Comments on: Running on Empty http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/2009/08/26/running-on-empty/ Culture, Politics, Academia and Other Shiny Objects Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:26:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: G. Weaire http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/2009/08/26/running-on-empty/comment-page-1/#comment-6799 G. Weaire Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:03:54 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=979#comment-6799 My memory of '90s Dowd may be edited, but honestly, what I remember at best said little, but said it cleverly. I'm even inclined to be more forgiving of this particular column, seeing as for years people online have been very nasty about her personally. (Including me, just now... But I'm thinking more of how Dowd brings out a certain strain of misogyny in some online discussions.) However, I realized that I lacked the competence to read the US op-ed the moment I saw Tim Russert tell William Safire how much he loved those columns where Safire pretended to be reporting the inner thoughts of someone. And I grew up with the British and Irish presses - hardly sources of enlightenment and insight. My memory of ’90s Dowd may be edited, but honestly, what I remember at best said little, but said it cleverly. I’m even inclined to be more forgiving of this particular column, seeing as for years people online have been very nasty about her personally. (Including me, just now… But I’m thinking more of how Dowd brings out a certain strain of misogyny in some online discussions.)

However, I realized that I lacked the competence to read the US op-ed the moment I saw Tim Russert tell William Safire how much he loved those columns where Safire pretended to be reporting the inner thoughts of someone. And I grew up with the British and Irish presses – hardly sources of enlightenment and insight.

]]> By: hwc http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/2009/08/26/running-on-empty/comment-page-1/#comment-6798 hwc Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:44:00 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=979#comment-6798 Are you sure that you want to admit to reading Maureen Dowd? Are you sure that you want to admit to reading Maureen Dowd?

]]> By: Timothy Burke http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/2009/08/26/running-on-empty/comment-page-1/#comment-6796 Timothy Burke Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:07:14 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=979#comment-6796 I've never particularly liked her column, but it had a bit more wit and bite in the 1990s, and she occasionally did something that vaguely resembled reporting. I’ve never particularly liked her column, but it had a bit more wit and bite in the 1990s, and she occasionally did something that vaguely resembled reporting.

]]> By: G. Weaire http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/2009/08/26/running-on-empty/comment-page-1/#comment-6794 G. Weaire Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:20:22 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=979#comment-6794 "...*happens* to columnists who have nothing *left* to say..." Was there ever a time when Dowd was different? Serious question - I didn't grow up in the States and might not be aware of some previous Dowd era. “…*happens* to columnists who have nothing *left* to say…” Was there ever a time when Dowd was different? Serious question – I didn’t grow up in the States and might not be aware of some previous Dowd era.

]]> By: Alan Jacobs http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/2009/08/26/running-on-empty/comment-page-1/#comment-6793 Alan Jacobs Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:09:54 +0000 http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=979#comment-6793 Not only do I agree with this, I plan to use the phrase "ouroboroic self-consumption" at least ten times in the coming week. Not only do I agree with this, I plan to use the phrase “ouroboroic self-consumption” at least ten times in the coming week.

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