Jeremiad jottings / Blaise Cronin.

Author/creator Cronin, Blaise
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2004.
Descriptionxi, 164 pages ; 22 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Affirmative reaction -- Can you celebrate diversity? -- He may be retro but not done spewing -- Mollycoddlying mediocrities -- Sartorial shenanigans -- Rites and wrongs of passage -- Disruptive technologies -- Very well endowed -- What a library is not -- Barefacedly barefoot -- All too common scents -- Burned any good books lately? -- Wolves in sheep's clothing -- Coach class in academia -- The trouble with trophy speakers -- Follow the money -- Bun ladies on bikes -- Responsible, moi? -- Egypt's white elephant -- Aslib : a very special association -- The public intellectual -- Signs of the times -- Name dropping -- Mangled metaphors -- The language of learning -- Weasel words -- Card games -- Virtual venting -- Bursting into print -- Holding the center -- Honoris causa -- Resident alien -- The ten best things in America.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2003015310
ISBN0810849518 (alk. paper)