More Reader Comments
Edited by Thursday Review staff | published Sunday, October 20, 2013 |
Here are some recent comments and remarks by readers of Thursday Review, most of these from our blog on our Word Press site:
Beware the Siren Servers:
A reader at Gmail: I discovered your blog and website through MSN, and this is a very smartly written article about technology. I will bookmark it and come back for more, and have already shared it with colleagues.
Tico Rodriguez: Like any technology, the internet has its luminous moments of glory and it dark places. It’s up to us to manage the web and shape it to fit humanity, not the other way around. Thorough book review. [Who Owns the Future?; Jaron Lanier; Simon & Schuster, 2013.]
Lynyrd Skynyrd 40 Years After Pronounced
A reader at AOL: Loved this band and their iconic music; this is a great look back at a group with a truly unique sound. Learned some new things about Skynyrd in this well-written article.
Traci Decker: My mom had all their stuff on vinyl, and I used to listen to it on her old record player. This review made me want to shop for their stuff on CD and relive the experience.
Immigration and the Human Dimension:
Leola Cummings: The real cost of immigration comes through the next generation: kids of immigrants, the cost to public schools, the cost of medical care, the costs of higher education, the costs when vouchers are used to send some of these students to private schools. As Bush notes, there are advantages, but only if the second generation use that education to become members of the workforce, taxpayers and participants in Social Security.
A reader at Yahoo: I did a search on Google for a better understanding of immigration and its human cost—came up with your review and your website. Nicely done and well-researched, and the other articles are enlightening as well.
Edward R. Murrow: Great American Reporter:
Daniel Beaulieu: Thanks for sharing this book review; a great post. I learned something new—that the paths of two important men crossed at a critical moment in U.S. history.
What is Gained or Lost With Drones?
A reader at Gmail: This equation is simple: in the war on terror, we can accept heavy losses on the ground, or we can use the profound and game-changing technologies at our disposal. Blood is blood, and violence is still violence, whether sanitized or messy.
Michael Glassman: Well-written piece with an interesting comparison to Vietnam, but as a progressive I can’t see the morality of using robotic weapons as if they are video game platforms—killing potential terrorists alongside innocent people simply because in the U.S. we don’t have the stomach to admit we were duped by faulty information.
American Graffiti & the Great Boomer Experience
Neal Keery: This is a really relevant article and nicely researched. Went on a search this morning for some information about this movie and came across your website—great content, well-designed and easy to navigate. Keep it up!
Jeff Tazursky: Saw this movie recently on DVD. Blew me away and loved every frame. Good review of how it connects to the generations and to the music.
Abbi Urilla: I don’t usually comment on websites but yours is well-designed and well-maintained for a place with little or no advertising. Your authors are skilled, and this article makes me want to see a movie I have never seen by the same guy who created Star Wars. Will bookmark your site and be back for more!
The Great Debt Debate
A reader at Gmail (with the Southern California Institute of Law): It’s a shame you do not have a “donate” button! I’d most certainly donate to this outstanding blog. For now I’ll settle for bookmarking and adding your RSS feed to my Google account. I look forward to fresh updates and will share this with my Facebook groups.
A reader at AOL: Nicely balanced article, and timely, considering the mess in Washington and the impasse over budgets and spending. I’ll have to read the book [White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why it Matters to You; Simon Johnson and James Kwak; Pantheon Press, 2013.]
Various comments:
Sherry Crossley: The design of your website is incredible. You certainly know how to keep the reader engaged; witty writing and a variety of content. I’d love to start my own blog which looks this good. Great job.
Lucille Spangler: This website is a form of exhibitionism, or journalism, of bloggerism, or just theater…not sure which. But conservative rants and the GOP thread of talk makes me wonder where your secret source of corporate financial backing is found.
(Editor’s response to Lucille: Actually Thursday Review considers itself quite moderate on many issues, and even in our political reporting and analysis we strive to always present a variety of viewpoints. As for corporate funding—we receive none. For now we prefer our flexibility and independence.)