Saturday Afternoon Tabs
It's been more of a reading than writing morning.
Steven L. Taylor
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Saturday, July 2, 2022
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About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a retired Professor of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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I read that Solveig Gold piece and couldn’t figure out what the point is. I mean, I get that the Times has a quota of articles about rich, privileged white people who receive some criticism for saying ugly and stupid things and thus must be raised up as martyrs to free speech, but this was pretty weak tea even by their standards.
When the Times runs yet another article excusing Jared and Ivanka from anything that happened in the Trump administration and talks about their brilliant new selfless plan to save the world, at least I figure they’re sucking up to keep getting juicy anonymous quotes. But aside from the thinly veiled references to how much the writer wants to have sex with the subject, cui bono?
The thing is, I actually have more respect for pro-life people who don’t make an exception for rape and incest, because at least they’re being intellectually consistent. Is it far worse for the mother? Probably. But you’ve already determined her opinion doesn’t matter.
@wr: I emailed NYT to ask why that drivel was in my paper. But they did have a nice pic of her boobs. Maybe that was the point.
@wr:
@gVOR08:
Am I the only person who looked at the first pic and thought, “This person is 27 years old?” She looks 45.
@Kurtz:
I wouldn’t have guessed 27, but I wouldn’t have guessed 45 either. Either way, she’ll probably find that being married to someone twice her age may cause her to adopt older dressing and appearance styles. I’ve seen it happen fairly often.
@Kevin McKenzie: It is the intellectually consistent position. It also underscores, I think, the “forced birth” aspect of it all.
@gVOR08: I took that shot to be a not-so-subtle commentary on the marriage. There is no way the inclusion was accidental.
@Kurtz: I noted that in the third photo she looks much more like a student at a faculty dinner. Her Twitter banner far, far moreso.
@wr: “When the Times runs yet another article excusing Jared and Ivanka from anything that happened in the Trump administration and talks about their brilliant new selfless plan to save the world, at least I figure they’re sucking up to keep getting juicy anonymous quotes. But aside from the thinly veiled references to how much the writer wants to have sex with the subject, cui bono?”
The major job of the NYT is to support elites. Other stuff is ‘nice to have’.
Maybe it was just a coincidence that the guy she was screwing nominated her for a campus prize? (After all she may have had the talent to earn the nomination and its not her fault she found the professor inclined towards affairs with female students.) Maybe the fact that he ended up marrying another student 25 years younger and that he had an affair with another student and lied about it are just coincidental? He is a young soul? So for the last 30 years I could have preyed upon younger women over whom I held a position of authority as employer or teacher and justified it by saying I had a young soul?
Steve