Category Archives: Good Quote, Bad Quote

Definitions of “Liberal Arts”: 1

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Timothy Burke

Carl Edgar Blake II, Iowa pig farmer: ““I can build a motorcycle, I can fly a model airplane, I can throw somebody out of a bar, I can wrestle a pig and I can program a computer…”

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What Meets in Vegas, Stays in Vegas

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Timothy Burke

I wouldn’t quite say I was surprised at this report of unrest within the American Sociological Association over the choice of Las Vegas as the location for the 2011 meeting. And I’m fairly certain that some of the more extreme … Continue reading →

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That’s So Funny I Forgot to Laugh

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Timothy Burke

In the middle of a New York Times story on corruption in the World Food Program’s aid to Somalia, there’s this gem: “We have to tell these folks that you cannot go on like this — we know what you … Continue reading →

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Double Down

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Timothy Burke

Every once in a while, you see a public figure say something and think to yourself, “I am almost certain that a historian fifty or a hundred years from now is going to be using that quote to capture the … Continue reading →

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Favorites of the Favorite, or the Great Sayings of Chairman Fattah

Posted on May 14, 2007 by Timothy Burke

This has been an interesting and sometimes pretty nasty mayor’s race to watch in Philadelphia. I’m not a resident of the city, but obviously its governance has a big impact on the suburbs as well. The guy I like best, … Continue reading →

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Good Quote, Bad Quote

Posted on August 22, 2006 by Timothy Burke

Here’s a very lucid, clear description of repeated antagonism between intellectuals who identify as critical theorists and those who see their work in scientistic or positivistic terms. Raymond Geuss, The Idea of a Critical Theory: Habermas and the Frankfurt School, … Continue reading →

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Good Quote, Bad Quote

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Timothy Burke

Just so we’re clear: this is a bad quote, before I get some attack chihuahua from Inaccuracy in Academia talking about how I hate America based on reading this. Re-reading Data Trash briefly after pulling it down for cataloging, and … Continue reading →

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Good Quote, Bad Quote

Posted on July 31, 2006 by Timothy Burke

Another ongoing feature, an off-shoot of working through my library. I’m going to try and post up interesting short quotations from works. Mostly “good quotes”, but if I come across awkward, reprehensible, or annoying quotes, I’ll slap those up as … Continue reading →

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