On the other hand, Greg, consider this case:

When Thurgood Marshall died, a callow young editor at The Daily Texan, at the University of Texas, decided that Marshall’s obit should go inside, rather than on the front page, because the paper’s primary mission is to cover the university (or, as they write it, the University). Being at the bottom end of the learning curve (as Jonah likes to write) the editor in question did not know that Marshall really made his mark on the legal map with a case called Sweat v. Painter, which demanded the desegregation of the University of Texas law school. (Texas had been planning to build an all-black law school rather than integrate.)

Experience matters, though I suppose a pretty good definition of “fool” would be somebody unable to benefit from his experience. I was certainly called worse than a fool after blowing that Thurgood Marshall call.

My current rule is to never trust anybody older than 35 or anybody younger than 35. That’s up for revision in September.