tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post7139206407267607104..comments2023-09-19T10:00:29.637-04:00Comments on The Velvet Blog: Quotations of the dayJim Donahuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04140325442403671800noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-76693907370415515662010-12-02T15:10:17.306-05:002010-12-02T15:10:17.306-05:00Thank you!Thank you!Jim Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04140325442403671800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-59763033218680351822010-12-02T14:32:48.379-05:002010-12-02T14:32:48.379-05:00it may not be worth linking to. if it seems ok i&...it may not be worth linking to. if it seems ok i'll do just that though. appreciate the offer. <br /><br />by the way, damn i'm enjoying your blog. found it by googling about the donohue quote we both heard on npr. i'm not blog connoisseur (bloggosseur?) but yours is sharp.<br /><br />i see you're a writer/publisher/editor type so i suppose that explains the good entries.John Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01152001140094783646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-70558880445682752292010-12-02T10:04:16.537-05:002010-12-02T10:04:16.537-05:00Let me know when column is online, and I'll li...Let me know when column is online, and I'll link to it.Jim Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04140325442403671800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6990915.post-19822602524780402202010-12-02T09:51:01.248-05:002010-12-02T09:51:01.248-05:00I'm looking for the full quote also. I had th...I'm looking for the full quote also. I had the exact reaction you did. Of late I was beginning to wonder when anti-intellectualism would begin embracing itself instead of standing on the false platform that they are the thinking, and that 'liberals' are feelers. This has a long, cyclical history. For a great understanding read Richard Hofstadter's "Anti-Intellectualism in American Life"... a very readable but scholarly look at the history written in 1962.<br /><br />I'll continue looking for the full quote, as I want to use it in my weekly column I write for a small newspaper.John Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01152001140094783646noreply@blogger.com