William Kristol at the New York Times

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If by hiring on William Kristol as a columnist, the Times was hoping to add a more stridently conservative voice to its largely liberal roll call, then they can more justifiably declare MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, judging by his first column today. Who else in the Times would mock Obama?

( Kristol )

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William Kristol at the New York Times

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If by hiring on William Kristol as a columnist, the Times was hoping to add a more stridently conservative voice to its largely liberal roll call, then they can more justifiably declare MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, judging by his first column today. Who else in the Times would mock Obama?

( Kristol )

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Of the Humanities

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To the question “of what use are the humanities?”, the only honest answer is none whatsoever. And it is an answer that brings honor to its subject. Justification, after all, confers value on an activity from a perspective outside its performance. An activity that cannot be justified is an activity that refuses to regard itself as instrumental to some larger good. The humanities are their own good. There is nothing more to say, and anything that is said – even when it takes the form of Kronman’s inspiring cadences – diminishes the object of its supposed praise.

-- Stanley Fish for The New York Times

Humanities may be a good in itself, but that is not going to bring more money into the enterprise. Rather like me life.

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Of the Humanities

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To the question “of what use are the humanities?”, the only honest answer is none whatsoever. And it is an answer that brings honor to its subject. Justification, after all, confers value on an activity from a perspective outside its performance. An activity that cannot be justified is an activity that refuses to regard itself as instrumental to some larger good. The humanities are their own good. There is nothing more to say, and anything that is said – even when it takes the form of Kronman’s inspiring cadences – diminishes the object of its supposed praise.

-- Stanley Fish for The New York Times

Humanities may be a good in itself, but that is not going to bring more money into the enterprise. Rather like me life.

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