Comments on: Recommended Reading http://www.ephblog.com/2008/11/05/recommended-reading/ All Things Eph Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:53:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: kthomas http://www.ephblog.com/2008/11/05/recommended-reading/#comment-40400 kthomas Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:00:17 +0000 http://www.ephblog.com/?p=11044#comment-40400 <i>"When words lose their meanings..."</i> “When words lose their meanings…”

]]> By: Soph Mom http://www.ephblog.com/2008/11/05/recommended-reading/#comment-40397 Soph Mom Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:37:47 +0000 http://www.ephblog.com/?p=11044#comment-40397 At this point, and considering the dearth of intellect of the last 8 years, I am content to celebrate the fact that a post like isn't the height of satire. At this point, and considering the dearth of intellect of the last 8 years, I am content to celebrate the fact that a post like isn’t the height of satire.

]]> By: Ronit http://www.ephblog.com/2008/11/05/recommended-reading/#comment-40395 Ronit Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:24:43 +0000 http://www.ephblog.com/?p=11044#comment-40395 To be fair to Drezner, it's probably going to take a while for him to wrap his head around the fact that we're going to have a President who's not a downright moron, that he's going to be someone who's read a lot of the important texts, engaged in active debate, thought about the issues deeply, and examined them from different intellectual perspectives. Feels weird, no? To be fair to Drezner, it’s probably going to take a while for him to wrap his head around the fact that we’re going to have a President who’s not a downright moron, that he’s going to be someone who’s read a lot of the important texts, engaged in active debate, thought about the issues deeply, and examined them from different intellectual perspectives. Feels weird, no?

]]> By: Ronit http://www.ephblog.com/2008/11/05/recommended-reading/#comment-40394 Ronit Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:21:32 +0000 http://www.ephblog.com/?p=11044#comment-40394 I'd be shocked if Obama isn't already familiar with at least significant parts of Thucydides. Most people with his educational background are, and this is especially true for those with an interest in politics and foreign policy. The Melian dialogue is very widely quoted, and, just as every tense situation in foreign affairs eventually gets compared to Munich by some neocons, those opposed to war invariably draw the Syracuse comparison... Iraq must have been compared to Syracuse hundreds of times in the last five years, and the same analogy was current during the Vietnam war. Drezner's recommendation is cliched, unoriginal, and patronizing. I’d be shocked if Obama isn’t already familiar with at least significant parts of Thucydides. Most people with his educational background are, and this is especially true for those with an interest in politics and foreign policy. The Melian dialogue is very widely quoted, and, just as every tense situation in foreign affairs eventually gets compared to Munich by some neocons, those opposed to war invariably draw the Syracuse comparison… Iraq must have been compared to Syracuse hundreds of times in the last five years, and the same analogy was current during the Vietnam war.

Drezner’s recommendation is cliched, unoriginal, and patronizing.

]]> By: '10 http://www.ephblog.com/2008/11/05/recommended-reading/#comment-40376 '10 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:41:36 +0000 http://www.ephblog.com/?p=11044#comment-40376 <i>An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations</i>, Adam Smith Sorry, couldn't resist! An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith

Sorry, couldn’t resist!

]]> By: frank uible http://www.ephblog.com/2008/11/05/recommended-reading/#comment-40375 frank uible Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:03:45 +0000 http://www.ephblog.com/?p=11044#comment-40375 The Obama White House should take out a subscription to Classic Comics. The Obama White House should take out a subscription to Classic Comics.

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