In endorsing Mr. Gore, the paper, which is owned by The New York Times Company, said he "is the most competent among the Democrats to lead the country in a complicated world".
The idea is that the most competent, not the most privileged, would rise to positions of power in our society.
Not surprisingly, they tend to finance the most competent of the researchers, which poses a conundrum for the science editor, Laura Chang.
As the west knows all too well, democracy does not usually bring forth the most competent or the most charismatic.
Adam Lowther, of the US air force's Air University, pointed out recently on the Diplomat blog that Iran's "ministry of intelligence and national security (MOIS), Iran's espionage service, is among the most competent in the world".
Even though China is still a poor developing country, its state, I would argue, is the most competent in the world.
So while there may be too-few soldiers with too-old gear, they're still the most competent in the world at killing.
The black educators that mentored me in my time at Urban Prep were some of the most competent in the skill of relationship building.
Creative destruction often comes at the expense of those most competent in the old system.
RB1, who leaned strongly towards the SPÖ, chose SPÖ as most competent for the issue of immigration without hesitating.
