Comments on: michael bérubé is a funny man http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/2006/12/michael-berube-is-a-funny-man/ rhetorics, compositions, technologies, literacies, sexualities Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:05:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michael http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/2006/12/michael-berube-is-a-funny-man/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Michael Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:59:05 +0000 http://oregonstate.edu/~farism/blog/?p=294#comment-164 Oh, I meant Horowitz's arguments were dumb, not Bérubé's, if I was misunderstood there. Yeah, I know about Horowitz. oh, and accents above the e? On a mac (the, you know, superior machines), type 'option e' and then 'e'. The only way I've ever gotten it to work on a PC is through copying and pasting (when in a web browser). Oh, I meant Horowitz’s arguments were dumb, not Bérubé’s, if I was misunderstood there. Yeah, I know about Horowitz.

oh, and accents above the e? On a mac (the, you know, superior machines), type ‘option e’ and then ‘e’. The only way I’ve ever gotten it to work on a PC is through copying and pasting (when in a web browser).

]]> By: Dennis http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/2006/12/michael-berube-is-a-funny-man/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Dennis Sat, 09 Dec 2006 02:50:01 +0000 http://oregonstate.edu/~farism/blog/?p=294#comment-163 Uh, either you're being sarcastic or you really don't know much about Horowitz(?) He's a hack that's trying to get states to adopt what he calls a "Students' Bill of Rights" - which contains, among other gems, the idea that a student has the right NOT to be exposed to political/cultural ideas s/he doesn't like. And he girds it in the language of academic freedom, which is really, really annoying. Berube (how do you add the marks above his name?), on the other hand, is a brilliant writer and very, very funny (and his stories about his son Jamie are marvelous examples of how to humanize one's child). And he totally digs Critical Social Theory in a very pro-Habermas, upbeat lit-crit sort of way (there are more mentions, these are just the first few I found): http://www.michaelberube.com/index.php/weblog/liberal_thursday_iv_special_travel_edition/ http://www.michaelberube.com/index.php/weblog/still_nation_time/ http://www.michaelberube.com/index.php/weblog/2004/03/P24/ On the other hand, he has a tendency to dismiss almost anything to his political left. Sometimes he argues against it, but sometimes he's just snarky. Uh, either you’re being sarcastic or you really don’t know much about Horowitz(?) He’s a hack that’s trying to get states to adopt what he calls a “Students’ Bill of Rights” – which contains, among other gems, the idea that a student has the right NOT to be exposed to political/cultural ideas s/he doesn’t like. And he girds it in the language of academic freedom, which is really, really annoying.

Berube (how do you add the marks above his name?), on the other hand, is a brilliant writer and very, very funny (and his stories about his son Jamie are marvelous examples of how to humanize one’s child). And he totally digs Critical Social Theory in a very pro-Habermas, upbeat lit-crit sort of way (there are more mentions, these are just the first few I found):

http://www.michaelberube.com/index.php/weblog/liberal_thursday_iv_special_travel_edition/

http://www.michaelberube.com/index.php/weblog/still_nation_time/

http://www.michaelberube.com/index.php/weblog/2004/03/P24/

On the other hand, he has a tendency to dismiss almost anything to his political left. Sometimes he argues against it, but sometimes he’s just snarky.

]]> By: Michael http://michaeljfaris.com/blog/2006/12/michael-berube-is-a-funny-man/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Michael Fri, 08 Dec 2006 02:16:31 +0000 http://oregonstate.edu/~farism/blog/?p=294#comment-162 Oh, perhaps dumb was the word I was looking for. Yes, dumb. Oh, perhaps dumb was the word I was looking for. Yes, dumb.

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