A friend sends me an article from the Daily Mail. It’s not about Britain but about America. It is, in fact, about my hometown. The article says that Ann Arbor, Mich., is the “most educated” city in the country.

I can think of a hundred possible responses, but can’t quite settle on one. You know how it is when the mind reels a bit. How about this? Oh, great. That’s what Ann Arbor needs to be: smugger.