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The Academy Encounters the Real World
Fox ^ | 2001.12.12 | Glenn Harlan Reynolds

Posted on 12/12/2001 7:50:42 PM PST by N00dleN0gg1n

Edited on 04/22/2004 12:31:51 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

September 11 brought a major change to academia. Suddenly the outside world was paying attention to what university people were saying

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: academialist

1 posted on 12/12/2001 7:50:42 PM PST by N00dleN0gg1n
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To: N00dleN0gg1n
If you have ever been to his website,

instapundit.com,

you will see that he must never have an unpublished thought. Nonetheless, Reynolds is a great addition to the regular FOX online commentators. He is smart, slightly conservative, and understands how to get his point across. Well done!!

2 posted on 12/12/2001 7:59:07 PM PST by Hagrid
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To: N00dleN0gg1n
Great essay!
3 posted on 12/12/2001 8:15:10 PM PST by randog
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To: N00dleN0gg1n
Anent #2:

The well-known (now) Enlightenment scholar Peter Gay made his reputation by attacking Carl Becker's The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth Century Philosophers.

4 posted on 12/12/2001 8:18:11 PM PST by CatoRenasci
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To: N00dleN0gg1n
I hope this gets some action in the halls of academia before the funds start drying up. Hate to see all those high flying professors standing in an unemployment line.
5 posted on 12/12/2001 8:22:13 PM PST by McGavin999
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To: N00dleN0gg1n; *Academia list
Bump.
6 posted on 12/12/2001 8:22:49 PM PST by denydenydeny
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To: N00dleN0gg1n
Reynolds rules...
7 posted on 12/12/2001 10:07:01 PM PST by Croooow
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To: McGavin999
Hate to see all those high flying professors standing in an unemployment line.

That would be a real shame, wouldn't it? The secular university has been a hotbed of treason since the 60s. They took the Jane Fonda Syndrome to heart and never got over it.

Looking for a terrorist cell? Look no further than your neighborhood college.

I only hope the FBI is crawling all over them.

8 posted on 12/13/2001 6:01:00 AM PST by Euro-American Scum
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9 posted on 12/13/2001 11:55:56 AM PST by Joe Brower
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To: N00dleN0gg1n
A bump for an excellent, and seemingly overlooked, article.
10 posted on 12/15/2001 8:41:31 AM PST by Snuffington
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To: N00dleN0gg1n
This is a fantastic analysis of our self-declared elites in Academe and the media. It will of course be ignored.
11 posted on 12/18/2001 4:55:19 PM PST by VadeRetro
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Any Objections to me using this to bump various comments on other threads???

Hope to hear back, yea or nay.

It's really cool, you did a great job!

12 posted on 12/22/2001 3:16:09 PM PST by Dr. Good Will Hunting
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To: N00dleN0gg1n


Any Objections to me using this to bump various comments on other threads???

Hope to hear back, yea or nay.

It's really cool, you did a great job!

13 posted on 12/22/2001 3:18:20 PM PST by Dr. Good Will Hunting
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To: Joe Brower

Any Objections to me using this to bump various comments on other threads???

Hope to hear back, yea or nay.

It's really cool, you did a great job!

14 posted on 12/22/2001 3:18:45 PM PST by Dr. Good Will Hunting
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