tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post790084921928599388..comments2024-03-29T11:05:39.071-04:00Comments on the daily howler: Supplemental: High praise for work which makes no sense!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-56723123838788685992014-09-07T13:51:24.245-04:002014-09-07T13:51:24.245-04:00You do know the acronym for Cory Allen Contemporar...You do know the acronym for Cory Allen Contemporary Art is CACA don't you, Bob?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-641977961842645482014-09-06T11:14:23.248-04:002014-09-06T11:14:23.248-04:00And not only that, she is "like Doris Kearns ...And not only that, she is "like Doris Kearns Goodwin" to boot.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-1676351429886510132014-09-06T11:13:30.905-04:002014-09-06T11:13:30.905-04:00"Her books are well known among historians in..."Her books are well known among historians in Academia."<br /><br />Well, there you go. Brodie's book is not only among the most influential in the past 30+ years simply because Bob says so, it is also "well known among historians in Academia."<br /><br />Goodness, the issue is settled. By all means lets spend the next six months repeating ourselves concerning this monumentally important work that forever change the course of political journalism and brought us the War on Gore.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-61642748082572663262014-09-06T11:09:13.795-04:002014-09-06T11:09:13.795-04:00As opposed to all the thought and effort you put i...As opposed to all the thought and effort you put into that comment.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-16806919864670029982014-09-06T10:12:02.278-04:002014-09-06T10:12:02.278-04:00@2:10, I swear you trolls aren't even trying a...@2:10, I swear you trolls aren't even trying any more. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-3828449011183232722014-09-06T08:33:26.465-04:002014-09-06T08:33:26.465-04:00It is also a hallmark of anti-intellectualism to f...It is also a hallmark of anti-intellectualism to feign lack of understanding to heap ad hominem ridicule and scorn on the expression of ideas found to be uncomfortable.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-59438109016984047602014-09-06T02:10:31.159-04:002014-09-06T02:10:31.159-04:00Your comment demonstrates a wealth of ignorance, 1...Your comment demonstrates a wealth of ignorance, 11:37.<br /> You are right up there with a blogger who would put "high praise" in a headline about reviews of Brodie's Nixon book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-67533146393110633782014-09-05T23:37:38.393-04:002014-09-05T23:37:38.393-04:00Her books are well known among historians in Acade...Her books are well known among historians in Academia. They were big sellers when they were released among the general public. She was like Doris Kearns Goodwin and was a professor at UCLA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-71410839911215168822014-09-05T23:31:21.164-04:002014-09-05T23:31:21.164-04:00No, but at my wife's 50th class reunion at Wel...No, but at my wife's 50th class reunion at Wellesley, I met a spouse who's on the faculty at Duke. He said that he was pressured some to join the infamous Group of 88 statement, but he resisted and didn't sign the statement..David in Calnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-63820096517242450742014-09-05T22:08:12.140-04:002014-09-05T22:08:12.140-04:00"The book is still alive in our politics, in ..."The book is still alive in our politics, in ways we’ve described this week."<br /><br />No Bob, it isn't. You haven't described it beyond this sentence in the post to which you link: "One unfortunate part of the book seemed to transmigrate into the press corps’ coverage of Campaign 2000."<br /><br />Whatever unfortunate transmigration "seemed" to happen in 2000 is never described. And 2000 is not "alive." It is history. Fourteen year old history. <br /><br />Fawn Brodie's book isn't even "fairly famous" although some might see that description as a downgrade from yesterday's label of it as "an influential book."<br /><br />But your series on it is fairly foolish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-87920138027091689012014-09-05T21:40:20.244-04:002014-09-05T21:40:20.244-04:00BTW, it was this TV show in early 1972 that first ...BTW, it was this TV show in early 1972 that first revealed Nixon's taping of everything-- long before John Dean.<br /><br />Why it isn't remembered beats me. It's also fascinating to watch:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZJpoq5sMQ0<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-62695724620181411502014-09-05T19:49:35.731-04:002014-09-05T19:49:35.731-04:00That 6:17 post certainly only shows how dumb *one*...That 6:17 post certainly only shows how dumb *one* person is.. but what were you supposed to do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-24941143748244152032014-09-05T18:58:39.935-04:002014-09-05T18:58:39.935-04:00What? Your wife doesn't have a cousin who once...What? Your wife doesn't have a cousin who once had a friend who knew somebody who went to Duke?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-78021388989240583342014-09-05T18:48:22.781-04:002014-09-05T18:48:22.781-04:00But on balance, [Lehmann-Haupt] praised Brodie’s b...<i>But on balance, [Lehmann-Haupt] praised Brodie’s book, perhaps deferring to her authority as a well-known biographer. </i><br /><br />One problem with many NY Times non-fiction book reviews is that the reviewer is not an expert in the subject matter. Thus, the reviewer doesn't have the right background to point out all the errors.<br /><br />An example is William D. Cohan’s “The Price of Silence: The Duke Lacrosse Scandal, the Power of the Elite, and the Corruption of Our Great Universities.” The Sunday Times book review wrote, <br /><i>The book is at once a masterwork of reporting and a devastating critique of a university that has lost its way</i><br /><br />In fact, this book is dreadfully one-sided and filled with inaccuracies. The reviewer, Caitlin Flanagan, who is a contributing editor at The Atlantic, evidently hadn't followed case closely enough to evaluate it properly.<br />David in Calnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-70646495683454739502014-09-05T18:17:42.457-04:002014-09-05T18:17:42.457-04:00So what are we supposed to discuss, Bob? Your defi...So what are we supposed to discuss, Bob? Your definition of an "artist" and an "exhibit" and how everything that doesn't exactly fit your rigid rules only shows how dumb we all are?<br /><br />You, sir, are an insufferable boor.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com