Comments on: A Stalinist (Who Can’t Spell) Calls me a “Collectivist”

By: marymcl

marymcl — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:27:12 +0000

~ Note:
1) He can’t spell “bearing”, a sign of adult illiteracy. (there are classes for this you know). ~

And so on. I am sick to death of liberal condescension. Forget the substance of the original comment. You took someone’s typo and set up a straw man in order to demonstrate your contempt for the people who frequent this site. How pathetic.

A recommendation from Cynthia Ozick carries a lot of weight with me, and I would’ve thought you were above that kind of cheap shot. But what I’ve read on your blog makes me wonder what a formidable mind like hers finds so impressive. BTW You think conservatives are petty? Vindictive? Specious? Go on over to Claudia Rosett’s blog and check out the comment thread on her post about Iran.

But then, that wouldn’t give you pause would it? You’d be right at home. As someone noted earlier, you’re sharing a website with the likes of Victor Davis Hanson, Richard Fernandez, Roger Kimball, and while I’m at it, Claudia Rosett. Your post reads like it was written by a troll. You should be ashamed.

And my name is Mary McLaughlin so don’t even think about calling me a coward, tough guy.

By: heathermc

heathermc — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:33:21 +0000

charlie finch, you are a very charming person. I want to read what you have to say about the Arts. Politics is not your realm. Seriously. Maybe PJM needs an artist type, to talk about the lovely and the ugly.

By: charlie finch

charlie finch — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:34:09 +0000

Alessandra Stanley in Saturday’s “New York Times” has an interesting fugue on Obama’s quest for detachment, a kind of wry disintetestdness. While Washington’s detachment was a sort of regal persona, subsequent examples among politicians hid a wry arrogance: Adlai Stevenson’s was rueful; Eugene McCarthy’s a self-superiority; Reagan’s the fullblown persiflage of the actor. Obama’s “Special Olympics” remark can be turned over like a many-sided crystal. “Specialness” is what he is. “Weakness” is that which he contrasts himself from: the simpering idealism of his mother, which Obama dislikes, the lack of self-discipline in his father, which Obama’s yearning excuses. He teases Michelle mercilessly because her personal strength is natural, while his is manufactured. There are sensual identities, relational aesthetics and streams of doubt within Barack which eke out from their hidyhole. When I contemplate him, I think of Fred Astaire meticulously rehearsing his dances with partner/choreographer Hermes Pan, while the public partner, Ginger Rogers, is compelled to observe from the sidelines. Obama aims to be the dancer and the dance and we are the partner.

By: David Thomson

David Thomson — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:18:09 +0000

“First a word about those who cry censorship when their posts are moderated.”

I have no problem whatsoever with my posts being moderated. As matter of fact, I prefer it that way. Editors are inherently necessary. We are not obligated to waste our time with the truly crazed. There is, alas, no perfect answer to this dilemma. Distinguishing between a real Tomas Paine and a plain fool can be very difficult. We just do our best.

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:58:03 +0000

Well, our education system is a complete disgrace.

And who’s been in charge of that for the past 30 years?

By: heathermc

heathermc — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:30:29 +0000

I can read, but mostly I just skim things. However, I always notice when a word has been misspelled (it’s my Grandmother in me):

it is REIN; not REIGN.

And I hope your are in better health than you were last week.