History, law, and cite-checking

[Glenn Reynolds]

When it comes to judging the book, perhaps.  But in fact, most of
the debate around the book has occurred because the publisher
chose to present it in a particular way -- and the author has hardly
been shy about going along with that.  Thus, one of the ways in
which the book should be judged is with regard to whether it lives
up to the advertising, or whether it should be placed in a category
with baldness cures and weight-loss devices.

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> I doubt that one should judge the book by ads for it.  Better to judge the book
> by the book.
>
> Michael Curtis
>
> Glenn Reynolds wrote:
>
> > Hmm.  It doesn't seem like an "unremitting assault" to me, but like
> > a dialogue.  And since this is a book that -- at least in its
> > advertisements and early reviews -- is said to turn our
> > understanding of one-tenth of the bill of rights on its head, surely it
> > is worth some dialogue.
> >
> > I might suggest, though, that we make it plain in the subject lines
> > when messages discuss "Arming America" so that those who are
> > bored with the subject can tune it out.
> >
> > > May I enthusiastically second this suggestion?  The unremitting assault on
> > > this one book in multiple posts is extremely tiresome and has I think
> > > passed beyond the level at which continued discussion is of any value.
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
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> >
> > Prof. Glenn Harlan Reynolds
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> >
> > Attempt no more good than the people can bear.  --Thomas Jefferson


Prof. Glenn Harlan Reynolds
College of Law, University of Tennessee
1505 W. Cumberland Ave., Knoxville, TN  37996-1810

Attempt no more good than the people can bear.  --Thomas Jefferson