tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post2485399636288679677..comments2024-03-29T03:19:09.227-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: INTO EACH LIFE A LITTLE RAIN MUST FALLRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-68656497818832897062012-10-10T18:04:54.054-04:002012-10-10T18:04:54.054-04:00Since you read Andrew Sullivan's blog, it may ...Since you read Andrew Sullivan's blog, it may not be out of place to remark here that Sullivan's reaction to the first debate has been absurd: his statement in a recent post (to which my attention was directed -- I don't ordinarily read Sullivan) that Obama was "incapable of making a single argument" is ridiculous.<br /><br />So while the first debate didn't go well for Obama, he did not do as badly as Sullivan thinks. Moreover, Sullivan's devoting an entire recent post to a single poll (the Pew poll) is evidence that Sullivan does not understand anything about polling. So if I were you, I wouldn't rely on him as a responsible guide to this election. LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-91629100266019021322012-10-09T07:53:18.597-04:002012-10-09T07:53:18.597-04:00John Adams' Dissertation is an extraordinarily...John Adams' Dissertation is an extraordinarily overheated piece of writing. Despite the over the top rhetorical flurishes [and a good deal of inaccurate history], it seems to be mostly about the hated Stamp Act. That and the fear and hatred of Catholics. It is certainly disestablishmentarian, that's for sure.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-17426649841870598542012-10-09T01:39:49.729-04:002012-10-09T01:39:49.729-04:00Congratulations on joining the legion of low road ...Congratulations on joining the legion of low road bloggers. I've been doing it for years. Unfortunately, there are times when such annoying, distracting, and unpleasant (more or less mildly so) events are so numerous and occur within such proximity to one another that blogging them is not possible......I have almost managed to collect all of the books I recently shipped to myself, but along the way I've gotten lost looking for the post office and have enjoyed the puzzled responses of local residents who would have never imagined that anyone would need to ask the location of a building which was standing almost immediately in front of the conversationalists.....formerly a wage slavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16064562730082906589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-75539956495953767132012-10-08T19:19:18.450-04:002012-10-08T19:19:18.450-04:00I had never heard of it1 But it is on line, and I...I had never heard of it1 But it is on line, and I will read it when I get a chance and see what it has to say.<br /><br />Remarkable the things you learn even at seventy-eight.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-53395904342029831002012-10-08T18:04:22.047-04:002012-10-08T18:04:22.047-04:00"Would anyone like a quiet discussion of the ..."Would anyone like a quiet discussion of the subtleties of the Subjective Deduction in the First Edition Deduction of the Pure Concepts of Understanding in the Analytic of Concepts of the Transcendental Analytic?"<br /><br />Ummmm, no. But I would like to hear your views on "Dissertation on Canon and Feudal Laws"<br />Am I right in thinking that this text is not only about the absence of Feudal law in America but also the separation of church and state?NotHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09443644930695303411noreply@blogger.com