Comments on: More posts about buildings and food http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/more-posts-about-buildings-and-food The chief of the Inner Station Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:46:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Gil http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/more-posts-about-buildings-and-food/comment-page-1#comment-224 Gil Tue, 09 May 2006 23:20:20 +0000 http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/more-posts-about-buildings-and-food/#comment-224 Glad you liked it! That Lingua Franca essay is one of my all-time faves, and I'm glad I can share it. I'm reading Ron Rosenbaum's "Explaining Hitler" right now, and I'm marveling over his grace with the language, the not-exactly-plain-spoken-ness of it that manages to convey so much (both concepts and passion) without being -- how we say? -- deliberatelyobfuscatory? Glad you liked it! That Lingua Franca essay is one of my all-time faves, and I’m glad I can share it.

I’m reading Ron Rosenbaum’s “Explaining Hitler” right now, and I’m marveling over his grace with the language, the not-exactly-plain-spoken-ness of it that manages to convey so much (both concepts and passion) without being — how we say? — deliberatelyobfuscatory?

]]> By: Mark http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/more-posts-about-buildings-and-food/comment-page-1#comment-223 Mark Tue, 09 May 2006 21:49:55 +0000 http://chimeraobscura.com/vm/more-posts-about-buildings-and-food/#comment-223 Just excellent Gil: I made a go at "The Authoritarian Personality" about six years ago. You probably won't be surprised to hear that I was thrown back with heavy losses. Anyway, this is a perceptive post and I for one really appreciate it.... Just excellent Gil: I made a go at “The Authoritarian Personality” about six years ago. You probably won’t be surprised to hear that I was thrown back with heavy losses. Anyway, this is a perceptive post and I for one really appreciate it….

]]>