tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post1520499218824633486..comments2024-03-16T02:16:54.082-07:00Comments on Vagabond Scholar: Silent QuestionsBatocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-74850642762357049242009-08-14T17:30:16.578-07:002009-08-14T17:30:16.578-07:00I keep reading you, I just don't comment often...I keep reading you, I just don't comment often. Yes, I do deal with Hayden White in my Philosophy of History course. If you're interested, go to http://www.emporia.edu/socsci/faculty/dgerish.htm where you'll find my e-mail address, and I'll send you anything you ask for about my courses, research, etc. You've suggested I start blogging myself, but I think I'm more of a debghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14824163721348960071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-91787673383385433382009-08-13T21:44:47.800-07:002009-08-13T21:44:47.800-07:00As I recall, there's an Edgar Allen Poe story ...<i>As I recall, there's an Edgar Allen Poe story where they guy sets up a bell-on-a-cord system because he's so terrified about being buried alive.<br /></i><br />Poe was obsessed with that shit. Cask of Amontillado is a perfect example.Comrade PhysioProfhttp://physioprof.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-75569726852235465162009-08-13T17:03:29.786-07:002009-08-13T17:03:29.786-07:00I should also note that as folks in the Hullabaloo...I should also note that as folks in the Hullabaloo thread pointed out, the food in the coffin idea isn't that great. As I recall, there's an Edgar Allen Poe story where they guy sets up a bell-on-a-cord system because he's so terrified about being buried alive. That would be more effective – or leaving the bodies out for a while. But as Postman says, that's not his main point Batocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-54384275903809900132009-08-13T17:02:12.096-07:002009-08-13T17:02:12.096-07:00Nice to see you again, debg. Hey, did you ever re...Nice to see you again, debg. Hey, did you ever read much by Hayden White? I read one of his pieces on "objectivity" in history in a narratives class in undergrad. It was about 20 pages, but I remember taking about an hour to read the whole thing because it was the first piece in the book, and I was pondering each sentence and mulling each claim as I went, scribbling notes... (GuessBatocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-89010373716966292122009-08-13T16:43:25.610-07:002009-08-13T16:43:25.610-07:00It's a great post, Batocchio. I talk about the...It's a great post, Batocchio. I talk about the link between research questions we ask and the answers we get quite often in my history courses.debghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14824163721348960071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-47277102330775818872009-08-13T15:56:09.914-07:002009-08-13T15:56:09.914-07:00Suzan, I am so with you on the League of Women Vot...Suzan, I am so with you on the League of Women Voters thing. That came up many times on blog threads during the actual "debates" - which were mostly joint press conferences. <br /><br />Also, I posted this in the Hullabaloo thread, but you might enjoy this cartoon based on Neil Postman's <a href="http://www.recombinantrecords.net/docs/2009-05-Amusing-Ourselves-to-Death.html" rel="Batocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-40407106922791107602009-08-13T14:07:35.774-07:002009-08-13T14:07:35.774-07:00Whoops, I forgot to mention how I still long for t...Whoops, I forgot to mention how I still long for the time when the League of Women Voters was running fair debates before they were turned over to Snooze journalists.<br /><br />SCirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-12942385005037783822009-08-13T14:00:58.485-07:002009-08-13T14:00:58.485-07:00Having followed Graham pretty closely since the Cl...Having followed Graham pretty closely since the Clinton impeachment I feel safe in saying that he prides himself on knowing military law and knows exactly how he is doing everything but telling the truth about torture.<br /><br />Thanks for the Postman too. I studied him in undergrad school and thought he was a terrific writer/scholar. I even read the '76 book, which was a treat.<br /><br />ICirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-27088186679071071292009-08-13T12:05:50.594-07:002009-08-13T12:05:50.594-07:00Great post, what a fantastic read. Thanks for the...Great post, what a fantastic read. Thanks for the excerpt from Postman; I'll try to find the whole essay.<br /><br />I read the post over at Digby.Twiistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-30932454663312955402009-08-13T11:49:12.777-07:002009-08-13T11:49:12.777-07:00Very nice post, holmes, and thanks for the Postman...Very nice post, holmes, and thanks for the Postman excerpts. I hadn't read that before and it's a great piece.<br /><br />One of the worst forms of questions that occurred during the presidential election debates was: "Can you promise that you will/won't...?"Comrade PhysioProfhttp://physioprof.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-49199625271953403042009-08-13T06:55:57.611-07:002009-08-13T06:55:57.611-07:00I suppose the solution is to teach people to think...I suppose the solution is to teach people to think for themselves, which is all kinds of ironic because many already think they do.<br /><br />I'd love to see critical thinking classes or lectures in schools.Comrade Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393718048145784837noreply@blogger.com