Better know a pre-frosh: Jonathan Krohn

Jonathan Krohn, 14 year old conservative pundit and author of Define Conservatism, is already thinking about college. Which? Hint: Rhymes with Cringeton.In an interview with The Daily Beast, Krohn noted his desire to attend Princeton some time in the future. Why? Mr. Robert George teaches here, of course:

“He goes on both sides of the aisles,” Jonathan says, “I love Robbie George.”

Oh, how young and smart, but yet so naïve.We're not making any judgments on Krohn (who knows, he might be the nicest guy, and there's no doubt he's an incredibly smart kid), but he doesn't seem like the ideal precept buddy, given these nuggets from his interview:

“A lot of people have trouble understanding how a 14 year old could know more about the issues than they do.”...“I was worried it would not come out right,” Jonathan says about his book. “It came out beautifully. I’m now one of the top five bestselling conservative authors in the country, according to Amazon.com. I’m pretty proud of that.”

Hm, well. Maybe he'd make a nice roommate? A little bit of awkwardness never hurt anyone:

But Jonathan’s not proud of the prodigy label that many try to stick on him.“It makes me feel like I’m awkward, but I’m not awkward. I’m not weird,” Jonathan says. “Then, people on the left say”—here he changes his voice to that of a Muppet—“‘He’s not a prodigy. He’s a weirdo, and I think he should be put in child protective services.’”

Muppet voices, okay, not the greatest living partner, perhaps.Oh, I know! Ideal Woodrow Wilson School undergraduate:(Note: the author is a non-ironic, satisfied undergraduate of the Wilson School. He would be happy to be in a seminar with future-Krohn. Maybe after high school, though, because it'd be weird to look over at a 14 year old in precept, you know?)(hat tip to the Daily Beast, ivygate, and Talking Points Memo for the video; image source: guardian.co.uk.)