On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 8:45 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "But then again, that's pretty common with political mass marketed > literature, so I guess it shouldn't be surprising. Disappointing though." > > That's why everyone should read it or something like it: to sort the wheat > from chaff. > > It drains me to read some of the stuff I read (Al Gore's Assualt on Reason > comes to mind; there's ten hours I'll never get back) but I feel obligated > so I can at least say I made an attempt to understand.
I understand and admire that sentiment and try to follow it myself. In the case of Goldberg, however, I am all too familiar with his writing already and so just can't bring myself to read a whole book of it. I'll read Op-Eds of his and such but my toleration tends to max out at a couple thousand words. The only book of Al Gore's that I've read was Earth in the Balance, back when it first came out. That was all right. I can't bring myself to read the big memoirs by politicians, like Obama's and Clinton's. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328542 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
