Comments on: The Age of Unreason http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/17/08/40/the-age-of-unreason/ Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:19:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Nick http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/17/08/40/the-age-of-unreason/#comment-136645 Nick Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:03:01 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/17/08/40/the-age-of-unreason/#comment-136645 GREAT BOOK ! I am buying for friends as a gift to read. The only thing that worries is..... are we going to go out and blame our teachers on our dumbing down, instead of ourselves? Buy It! GREAT BOOK ! I am buying for friends as a gift to read.

The only thing that worries is….. are we going to go out and blame our teachers on our dumbing down, instead of ourselves?

Buy It!

]]> By: Stick With A Nose » On Literacy http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/17/08/40/the-age-of-unreason/#comment-136587 Stick With A Nose » On Literacy Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:48:28 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/17/08/40/the-age-of-unreason/#comment-136587 [...] on education and literacy in the US that is surprisingly good. The first article is by author Susan Jacoby, and the second article is a response penned by Harvard educational psychologist Howard Gardner. It [...] [...] on education and literacy in the US that is surprisingly good. The first article is by author Susan Jacoby, and the second article is a response penned by Harvard educational psychologist Howard Gardner. It [...]

]]> By: Linkmeister http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/17/08/40/the-age-of-unreason/#comment-136586 Linkmeister Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:53:59 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/17/08/40/the-age-of-unreason/#comment-136586 Moyers interviewed her for his "Journal" Friday night; the transcript might be available at the PBS site (I'm too short on coffee to look for the link myself). Moyers interviewed her for his “Journal” Friday night; the transcript might be available at the PBS site (I’m too short on coffee to look for the link myself).

]]> By: Alan http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/17/08/40/the-age-of-unreason/#comment-136583 Alan Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:49:26 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/17/08/40/the-age-of-unreason/#comment-136583 One of my friends made a comment on 9/11 about how he thought it was like Pearl Harbor. My immediate response was that it was more like the Riechstag burning down. Of course, it could have been worse. Several ladies in our office who had gathered to watch news coverage on our tv kept say things like "and there shall be wars and rumors of wars," causing me to bite my tongue so hard it hurt. One of my friends made a comment on 9/11 about how he thought it was like Pearl Harbor. My immediate response was that it was more like the Riechstag burning down. Of course, it could have been worse. Several ladies in our office who had gathered to watch news coverage on our tv kept say things like “and there shall be wars and rumors of wars,” causing me to bite my tongue so hard it hurt.

]]> By: marci http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/17/08/40/the-age-of-unreason/#comment-136580 marci Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:21:56 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/17/08/40/the-age-of-unreason/#comment-136580 I am going to go buy the book and read it. How about you? I am going to go buy the book and read it. How about you?

]]> By: Mold http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/17/08/40/the-age-of-unreason/#comment-136571 Mold Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:32:46 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/17/08/40/the-age-of-unreason/#comment-136571 Empty suits. Fits the current administration well. Empty suits. Fits the current administration well.

]]> By: susan http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/17/08/40/the-age-of-unreason/#comment-136559 susan Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:43:26 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/17/08/40/the-age-of-unreason/#comment-136559 IMO, the first sentence tells you everything you ned to know about our culture-and what the writer thinks of its subject. "Ms. Jacoby, dressed in a bright red turtleneck with lipstick to match" Imagine that sort of thing in a piece on John McCain: "Short, portly, balding, Mr. McCain mumbles in a soft monotone, conspicuously turning away from the camera to hide the bulge on the left side of his jaw left by cancer surgery." Think that would ever get by the editor's blue pencil? IMO, the first sentence tells you everything you ned to know about our culture-and what the writer thinks of its subject.

“Ms. Jacoby, dressed in a bright red turtleneck with lipstick to match”

Imagine that sort of thing in a piece on John McCain:

“Short, portly, balding, Mr. McCain mumbles in a soft monotone, conspicuously turning away from the camera to hide the bulge on the left side of his jaw left by cancer surgery.”

Think that would ever get by the editor’s blue pencil?

]]> By: Susie http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/17/08/40/the-age-of-unreason/#comment-136558 Susie Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:22:25 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/17/08/40/the-age-of-unreason/#comment-136558 Neidermeyer? DEAD! Neidermeyer? DEAD!

]]> By: lutton http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/17/08/40/the-age-of-unreason/#comment-136556 lutton Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:03:57 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/17/08/40/the-age-of-unreason/#comment-136556 Come on...doesn't everybody know it wasn't over when the <i>Germans</i> bombed Pearl Harbor? Come on…doesn’t everybody know it wasn’t over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

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