In preparation for John Milton’s birthday this week (today, Dec. 9), I have been reading Paradise Lost in the terrifically well-annotated Cambridge University Press paperback edition. Reading? Well, I’ve been … looking into it.Really.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Derbyshire gets out his crystal ball. Again
John Derbyshire, the National Review writer who reviewed Ben Stein's movie "Expelled" several months ago without actually watching it, now writes on John Milton's "Paradise Lost" after ... well, let's let Derbyshire explain:
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Derbyshire methods of argumentation are a disgrace and a continual reminder the National Review isn't what it used to be.
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