tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post5970062111265259536..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: Welcome Inside Higher Ed ReadersCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-23487578865197813162008-01-10T09:54:00.000-05:002008-01-10T09:54:00.000-05:00Hey -- I'm just a humble assistant prof, and I cou...Hey -- I'm just a humble assistant prof, and I could use some of those bills!Another Damned Medievalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231085915472400163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-37677681572253826982008-01-08T10:24:00.000-05:002008-01-08T10:24:00.000-05:00JJC: happy to help. Do I get to keep a couple?Karl...JJC: happy to help. Do I get to keep a couple?<BR/><BR/>Karl: your deserved fame is spreading to the early modern blogging community!<BR/>http://bloggingtherenaissance.blogspot.com/2008/01/karl-steel-is-smarter-than-charlie.htmlLiza Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105726464955172469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-76993649970908253292008-01-07T17:18:00.000-05:002008-01-07T17:18:00.000-05:00Truthful? I don't want truth; I want eloquence (in...Truthful? I don't want truth; I want eloquence (in both senses of the word want).<BR/><BR/>I love the 2 profs making $100K anecdote. Maybe Burger and Kruger? The Pattersons? Stanley Fish and his Ego, God Bless It?<BR/><BR/>I do wish, now that this letter's getting read, that I had mentioned Bérubé's <A HREF="http://www.powells.com/biblio/17-9780393060379-0" REL="nofollow"><I>What's Liberal About the Liberal Arts,</I></A> as that's the perfect exemplar of what I was trying to do.Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-5997234644471008852008-01-07T11:09:00.000-05:002008-01-07T11:09:00.000-05:00The Faculty on Food Stamps video may be instructiv...The <A HREF="http://howtheuniversityworks.com" REL="nofollow">Faculty on Food Stamps</A> video may be instructive here...<BR/>Marc Bousquet<BR/>http://howtheuniversityworks.comMarc Bousquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00994490111371549591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-37333463341198078462008-01-07T10:39:00.000-05:002008-01-07T10:39:00.000-05:00When you come to my house Friday, Liza, you are ve...When you come to my house Friday, Liza, you are very welcome to assist in the process of picking up my fallen large denomination bills, as described in the post. Grad students at NYU don't get to do THAT, do they?<BR/><BR/>Karl, it's always the posts composed before the morning bowl of cereal that are most truthful. Your letter was quite eloquent, and is obviously doing its work.Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-67660035923366157082008-01-07T10:28:00.000-05:002008-01-07T10:28:00.000-05:00Look at the audience's response: "That may be NYU,...Look at the audience's response: "That may be NYU, Charlie. I don’t think it's Saint Anselm."<BR/><BR/>Time to get some profs to cut me in on the action!Liza Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105726464955172469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-3111867486034328012008-01-07T08:50:00.000-05:002008-01-07T08:50:00.000-05:00Karl Steel, an assistant professor of English at B...<I>Karl Steel, an assistant professor of English at Brooklyn College, has published a critique of the magazine’s analysis.</I><BR/><BR/>Published a critique? More like "held off on breakfast for 20 minutes while I banged out a letter." Thanks for the link, yes, but lord, do read Jeffrey's day-in-the-life of a chair, linked below. It will make you laugh. Forever.Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.com