tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post1003379929706648629..comments2024-03-14T08:44:35.149-07:00Comments on Edward Feser: Derbyshire encounters GottfriedEdward Feserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13643921537838616224noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-73675301908787035552009-08-29T12:27:59.035-07:002009-08-29T12:27:59.035-07:00For someone like me who is borderline ADD, to get ...For someone like me who is borderline ADD, to get through a whole book from cover to cover must signify that the book is really riveting and focussed on my own interests. And so it was with "Encounters". I too was very edified to see Dr. Gottfried's serene recollection of both intellectual, and professional, friends and foes.Woody Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-8546043321652910712009-08-25T07:17:39.559-07:002009-08-25T07:17:39.559-07:00Ed, for some reason I'm thinking Nixon was a b...Ed, for some reason I'm thinking Nixon was a bourbon man. He might have snuck Gottfried a double Manhattan...John Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18280296574996987228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8954608646904080796.post-87533277285642313532009-08-24T16:38:55.501-07:002009-08-24T16:38:55.501-07:00I stand second to no man in my admiration for John...I stand second to no man in my admiration for John Derbyshire. I love Derb for the same reason that I pay grudging respect to Patrick J. Buchanan: when either man makes a statement, you know both that he means it, and that he doesn't give a rat's ass how it affects your opinion of him.<br />Funny thing, though--when I point my left-seeking cursor at "Beautiful Losers" and click, I get <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Losers-Leonard-Cohen/dp/0679748253" rel="nofollow">this book.</a><br />Can this be another pernicious effect of the "Jew Thing?"Rodakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00077919085157653816noreply@blogger.com