Comments on: Talking Heads http://crookedtimber.org/2007/11/21/talking-heads/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:42:59 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Hedley Lamarr http://crookedtimber.org/2007/11/21/talking-heads/comment-page-1/#comment-219067 Hedley Lamarr Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:49:22 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/11/21/talking-heads/#comment-219067 "But this also allows op-ed writers to get away with a lot of self-serving bullshit while never being called on it." It's a tie between George Will and Herr Doktor K. “But this also allows op-ed writers to get away with a lot of self-serving bullshit while never being called on it.”

It’s a tie between George Will and Herr Doktor K.

]]> By: Linkmeister http://crookedtimber.org/2007/11/21/talking-heads/comment-page-1/#comment-218805 Linkmeister Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:10:08 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/11/21/talking-heads/#comment-218805 It's a pity the Times didn't allow this vigorous give-and-take when Safire was still writing his columns there. I'd have enjoyed a Krugman v. Safire battle. Krugman v. Brooks shows that Brooks is outmanned. It’s a pity the Times didn’t allow this vigorous give-and-take when Safire was still writing his columns there. I’d have enjoyed a Krugman v. Safire battle. Krugman v. Brooks shows that Brooks is outmanned.

]]> By: md 20/400 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/11/21/talking-heads/comment-page-1/#comment-218777 md 20/400 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:07:28 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/11/21/talking-heads/#comment-218777 The Post's op-ed page is dominated by its editorialists. Hiatt, Mallaby, Marcus, Applebaum, King, &c. The result is a very narrow range of opinion coming from the Post while making it seem like there is a broader range. The Post’s op-ed page is dominated by its editorialists. Hiatt, Mallaby, Marcus, Applebaum, King, &c. The result is a very narrow range of opinion coming from the Post while making it seem like there is a broader range.

]]> By: mpowell http://crookedtimber.org/2007/11/21/talking-heads/comment-page-1/#comment-218759 mpowell Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:03:27 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/11/21/talking-heads/#comment-218759 <i> I can see the justification for the previous policy, I think – that you don’t want your op-ed pages to break down into bickering between a small group of elites </i> I had wondered about this myself. What happens when you enforce this policy is that these guys are never forced to engage in reality.
I can see the justification for the previous policy, I think – that you don’t want your op-ed pages to break down into bickering between a small group of elites

I had wondered about this myself. What happens when you enforce this policy is that these guys are never forced to engage in reality.

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