tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644836580408797480.post2393200891852419862..comments2012-11-10T07:36:43.002-08:00Comments on Book Talk: Book Review - A Great Idea at the TimeBryan, Reference Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04499815154315967124noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-644836580408797480.post-1853457372344958552009-02-18T18:16:00.000-08:002009-02-18T18:16:00.000-08:00The subtitle should have read, Every Negative Fact...The subtitle should have read, Every Negative Fact and Innuendo I Could Dredge Up<BR/><BR/>Although he was not particularly unkind to me in the book, I found virtually every page to be a smart-alecky and snide diatribe of the worst order against the Great Books, Adler, Hutchins, et al. Plus the book is replete with errors of commission and omission.<BR/><BR/>As an effective antidote, I prescribe Robert Hutchins' pithy essay, The Great Conversation.<BR/><BR/>If the Great Books crusade is as bleak as Beam purports, then happily, not many will read his invective book.<BR/><BR/>Max Weismann,<BR/>President and co-founder with Mortimer Adler, Center for the Study of The Great Ideas<BR/>Chairman, The Great Books Academy (3,000+ students)Max Weismannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02461338802201367403noreply@blogger.com