The Thief
Le Voleur is French for the Thief. In 1828, during the birth and rise of the newspaper, Emile de Girardin had a novel idea on how to use the newest writing technology, the printing press. He and a friend decided to start a periodical, but since they lacked capital, the weekly was entitled Le Voleur (The Thief) and it reprinted the best articles that had appeared elsewhere during the week, saving editorial costs. (from ''The History and Power of Writing'')
Sunday, March 13, 2005
An SAT Without Analogies is Like: (A) A Confused Citizenry...
NY Times: "When Grover Norquist, a leading conservative activist, was on the NPR program 'Fresh Air' a while back, he casually made a comparison that left the host, Terry Gross, sputtering in disbelief. 'Excuse me,' she said. 'Did you just ... compare the estate tax with the Holocaust?' Yes, he did.
We are living in the age of the false, and often shameless, analogy. A slick advertising campaign compares the politicians working to dismantle Social Security to Franklin D. Roosevelt. In a new documentary, 'Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,' Kenneth Lay compares attacks on his company to the terrorist attacks on the United States.
Intentionally misleading comparisons are becoming the dominant mode of public discourse. The ability to tell true analogies from false ones has never been more important."
Written at 2:29 PM by Darcy.
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