Link Roundup

Why is tonight different from all other nights?

Because Jon Stewart will interview Harry Frankfurt about the new edition of his classic essay On Bullshit.

Today's posting will be light because I must stand in line for tickets.

In the meantime, enjoy the links:

An interview with Frankfurt, sponsored by Princeton University Press.
Traditional values can be fun: bed courtship among the Old Order Amish.
Sean Carroll's talkshow lineup.
The Rude Pundit on what you'd do If Tom DeLay were your dog.
The unmarked ashes of Oregon's mentally ill. [NYT]

Comments

[Luka Yovetich]

Lindsay,

I just checked the listing and it my cable company has Krugman listed as being on tonight (on at least one of the showings). Are they both on the same show? Or are there multiple episodes on today?

[paperwight]

Luka, check for the latest showing. At least in my area, the same-day show is on for the first time at 11 pm, and then is rebroadcast at 10 am and 7 pm the next day.

[John Steven]

I watched! Did you get into the show?

[The Critic]

I'm no philosopher, but I was unpersuaded by Frankfurt's thesis and find his definitions a little mushy and imprecise.

My take

here

.

And Lindsay since you have a Johnny Cash shirt, there's also a little

review

of his work with Rick Rubin.

[Luka Yovetich]

paperwight,

Thanks for the info. I just tivoed all of them. I'm gonig to go through them in a bit.

[Dr. Bonzo]

I thought the interview was delightful, and that there's some philosophical grist worth milling in the discussion about where "spin" fits into Frankfurt's "bullshit" framework.