Word: argumentatively
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...These are all amazingly fun to read. Not only are they fun, but they can be substantive and insightful as well. This is, I suppose, to be expected of Wolfe. He has a style that gives as much force to his argument as any amount of evidence does, drawing wonderful quasi-historical lessons and parallels, especially in his tale of Silicon Valley-who would have seen any connection between Grinnell, Iowa and the rise of an American legend? What you read here (or in any book review) does his skill absolutely no justice, because it is only as you actually...
...confidence and omniscience are a thrill, but they can also be somewhat annoying. Sometimes you just long to pick an argument with the man. How can he be so sure? So right? Wolfe tends to dismiss out of hand trends or ideas with which he has no affinity, especially intellectual styles related to deconstructionism and postmodernism. The temptation to ask The Question-does Tom Wolfe know what he's talking about?-is always hovering in the back of your mind. Maybe he's not totally right. Maybe he doesn't really understand the complexities of Foucault, the intricacies involved...
...some nifty pictures of his torn rotator cuff under a surgeon's knife. We even get Crowe's wicked commentary on the arthroscopic procedure: "Vivid memory of shaving of armpit, request by four hospital staff to strip naked and put on paper pants. Impolitely declined-basis of my argument, 'it's my fucking shoulder...
Lindzen still maintains the argument that there is little solid evidence that climate change would have harmful effects. This statement, however, can be easily discredited simply because it falls outside his area of expertise. As a meteorologist, Lindzen could back his previous argument that global warming did not exist by his own well-documented climate model. Determining the effects of global warming, however, falls in the realm of ecologists who almost all agree that climate change at this unprecedented rate in recent history will have negative effects on our flora and fauna. As a statement signed by 2,500 economists...
...where the chief executive has very little power, would therefore lack the hands-on experience necessary to run a nation. Highlighting the fact that the Texas legislature meets for only four months every two years makes the case well. But the corollary is that it has weakened the overall argument against Bush. It is difficult to make the case that the Texas governor can be held very accountable for failures if the gubernatorial power is so weak...