Here's a fun game to waste time with. Who can tell me the one thing that all of these people have in common? (Mods, I'm putting it in this forum because many of these people are politicians, political journalists, and so forth, and the point I want to make is also political.) In no particular order: Terrence Mallick Bill Clinton Bobby Jindal Bill Bradley Kris Kristofferson Ronan Farrow Cory Booker Eric Garcetti Heather Wilson Pat Haden Pete Buttigieg Ashton Carter Jake Sullivan Susan Rice George Stephanopoulos No googling!
I know Buttigieg and Susan Rice and Stephanopoulos were Rhodes Scholars, so I'm guessing they all were.
Yes. I was surprised at a few of the names, like Bobby Jindal and Eric Garcetti. I find it very interesting that out of these 15 fairly well-known names, 11 are/were liberals.
There is only one Rhodes Scholarship awarded per year. The criteria for being awarded a Rhodes goes beyond scholastic achievement and includes things like the energy and determination to make a difference, honor, courage, a willingness to help others, etc. You have to be stellar in many ways. The criteria starts with high academic achievement but goes way beyond it.
