I think that one of our problems today is that we have too many experts. Perhaps I should say too many people who either think they are experts or are just generally perceived to be experts.

A few decades ago experts were those people who stood at the top of their field. In order to get there they had to build their reputations over many years of hard work. In order to stay there they had to maintain a spotless record. Today it seems that people can be anointed as experts. About half the people giving their expert opinion on television look like they should still be under a parent-imposed curfew.

For many years now we have been advised by experts that we should slather our bodies with sun-screen when we expect to be exposed to direct sunlight for more than a few minutes. Now a few experts are saying that the risks to our health from the sun-screen may be greater than the risks from exposure to the sun. We were advised by experts that we should avoid cooking with animal fats. Now experts are starting to backtrack from that advice. And don't forget the experts' switch from global cooling to global warming -- and how the global warming alarm is now cooling. I could go on and on.

The Obama Administration has been hiring experts right left and left. They are all fully primed with expert opinions about how we should conduct our lives. I hear that one of them is going to help us reduce our body fat. I wonder what kind of cooking oil he will recommend. One of them decides what big businesses can pay their executives. I wonder if his mandates will apply to Hollywood and Obama's friends, Warren and Bill. One of them is to determine when a large business is taking on too much debt or engaging in other risky behavior and might be facing collapse and bankruptcy. I wonder if he will take a look at the government through that lense.

I'm waiting for an expert to tell us we should avoid experts. Oh, wait! That's what I'm doing. Does that make me an expert? Is that a paradox?