tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post344366878450774800..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Rush Limbaugh Takes on Elizabeth WarrenStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-60955891788139711242011-09-23T12:35:09.764-07:002011-09-23T12:35:09.764-07:00Bookworm comments on her former Law professor (Eli...Bookworm comments on her former Law professor (Elizabeth Warren) at http://www.bookwormroom.com/2010/08/28/elizabeth-warrens-inchoate-thought-process/. Doesn't think much of her.<br /><br />Might be a good opportunity to use one of Glenn Reynolds favorite Heinlein quotes again: <br /><br />"Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty. This is known as "bad luck."Soviet of Washingtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-76484826690210351532011-09-23T11:16:43.553-07:002011-09-23T11:16:43.553-07:00No, the "crucial" is something that Tom ...No, the "crucial" is something that Tom added to his usual gibberish to profoundify it.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-59815819049677613042011-09-23T11:08:11.524-07:002011-09-23T11:08:11.524-07:00Thanks, JP. I didn't know about the reference....Thanks, JP. I didn't know about the reference... do they have one about the "crucial hinges of history?"Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-60628942589162711532011-09-23T10:57:55.219-07:002011-09-23T10:57:55.219-07:00I note that "Hinges of History" is a ser...I note that "Hinges of History" is a series of popular histories written by Thomas Cahill. I read a couple of them some years ago. Very light histories.<br /><br />http://www.randomhouse.com/features/cahill/bio.html<br /><br />So, while I agree with you that Tom is actually painful to read, I suspect this is where he got the "hinge" from.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.com