Comments on: Free Douthat http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/10/free-douthat/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:12:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/10/free-douthat/#comment-29705 Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:35:04 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=10330#comment-29705 Oh, brother!! Do I need to reset my snark detector? Because the only good thing that could come of Ross getting his own <em>NYT</em> blog is more "chunky" Reese Witherspoon comments and the hilarity that would ensue. It would be the unintentional comedic gift that keeps on giving. Oh, brother!! Do I need to reset my snark detector? Because the only good thing that could come of Ross getting his own NYT blog is more “chunky” Reese Witherspoon comments and the hilarity that would ensue. It would be the unintentional comedic gift that keeps on giving.

]]> By: jh http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/10/free-douthat/#comment-28019 jh Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:14:05 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=10330#comment-28019 Um, Galileo <i>was</i> a 'papist,' and a fairly devout one at that. Um, Galileo was a ‘papist,’ and a fairly devout one at that.

]]> By: Free Ross Douthat? | Republicans United. http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/10/free-douthat/#comment-28005 Free Ross Douthat? | Republicans United. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:57:19 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=10330#comment-28005 [...] I don’t get the whole campaign by Freddie over at the League: The point is this: give Douthat a goddamn blog, New York Times. He can keep writing his column. [...] [...] I don’t get the whole campaign by Freddie over at the League: The point is this: give Douthat a goddamn blog, New York Times. He can keep writing his column. [...]

]]> By: matoko_chan http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/10/free-douthat/#comment-27854 matoko_chan Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:48:33 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=10330#comment-27854 I mean 500 YEARS before Galileo finally convinced the pig-ignorant papists of heliocentrism. I mean 500 YEARS before Galileo finally convinced the pig-ignorant papists of heliocentrism.

]]> By: matoko_chan http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/10/free-douthat/#comment-27851 matoko_chan Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:47:26 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=10330#comment-27851 C'mon, Freddie, Douthat is a "moran". The only way to improve the quality of american political discourse is to have his jaw wired shut and put him in anti-typing handcuffs. I particularily despised his last polemic on the "ignorant little brown muslim people". I'm reading a book by Ibn Arabi on string theory and spacetime that was written a half century before Galileo finally convinced the pig-ignorant papists of heliocentrism. C’mon, Freddie, Douthat is a “moran”.
The only way to improve the quality of american political discourse is to have his jaw wired shut and put him in anti-typing handcuffs.
I particularily despised his last polemic on the “ignorant little brown muslim people”.
I’m reading a book by Ibn Arabi on string theory and spacetime that was written a half century before Galileo finally convinced the pig-ignorant papists of heliocentrism.

]]> By: Chris Dierkes http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/10/free-douthat/#comment-27840 Chris Dierkes Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:15:56 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=10330#comment-27840 well said freddie. well said freddie.

]]> By: Mark http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/10/free-douthat/#comment-27823 Mark Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:22:03 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=10330#comment-27823 I'm sure he could have a blog if he wants one. It's his personal responsibility to get one! I'm not really familiar with his work pre-NYTimes (the self-aggrandizing piece he wrote complaining that Harvard was too easy - despite obviously having an 8th-grade science background that he had no interest in improving - turned me off.) But he doesn't demonstrate much in the way of original thinking or writing skill in his present job. This reminds me of evaluating prospects in baseball - a player will look great in the minors. He has all the skills that have made other similar players successful in the past. And then he makes the jump...and fails miserably. And it takes a lot of evidence of failure before I accept that his minor-league performance did not adequately predict his numbers in the majors. I'm right to demand a lot of evidence that his true talent is not what I saw before, but ultimately I have to admit that my eyes deceived me. I’m sure he could have a blog if he wants one. It’s his personal responsibility to get one!

I’m not really familiar with his work pre-NYTimes (the self-aggrandizing piece he wrote complaining that Harvard was too easy – despite obviously having an 8th-grade science background that he had no interest in improving – turned me off.) But he doesn’t demonstrate much in the way of original thinking or writing skill in his present job.

This reminds me of evaluating prospects in baseball – a player will look great in the minors. He has all the skills that have made other similar players successful in the past. And then he makes the jump…and fails miserably. And it takes a lot of evidence of failure before I accept that his minor-league performance did not adequately predict his numbers in the majors. I’m right to demand a lot of evidence that his true talent is not what I saw before, but ultimately I have to admit that my eyes deceived me.

]]> By: Mike at The Big Stick http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/10/free-douthat/#comment-27821 Mike at The Big Stick Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:18:52 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=10330#comment-27821 I'll sign that petition! I’ll sign that petition!

]]> By: Mark Thompson http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/10/free-douthat/#comment-27810 Mark Thompson Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:15:56 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=10330#comment-27810 Now there's a campaign we can all get behind! Now there’s a campaign we can all get behind!

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