Whats a Boston Brahmin?
Slate delves into Boston social history to try to discover if John Forbes Kerry is a Boston Brahmin. Although the St. Paul’s School and Yale (not Harvard) education, old money family roots, plus the Louisburg Square house probably comes to a “yes” for most people, Slate takes a strict line and thinks Kerry might not be as snooty as Henry Cabot Lodge (see above) after all.