Sun, 24.Apr 2005

• Making Light: On reading Thomas Friedman # (filed under Reading)

  “Emboldened stupidity: I like that. It’s a good antidote to writing in which fuzzy metaphors yoked to abstract verbs overtake and engulf phrasal nouns. Check out the whole article. I particularly recommend Taibbi’s analysis of the calculability of Friedman’s numerical metaphors.” – a good and deserved bashing is always a lot of fun to read. [via]