But spin – the pronouncing on things from an interested angle – is not a regrettable and avoidable form of suspect thinking and judging; it is the very content of thinking and judging

Stanley Fish on his home territory -- lovely essay but he himself is guilty of making assertions about the nature of thought and language which, as i understand it, psychologists would say was at best unproven: we need more empiricism on the topic and less art faculty assertion and rhetoric. But i do have to acknowledge his expertise on the topic of language since i came up against his work whilst doing my degree and didn't agree with it but couldn't defeat his arguments.

I spent the month of November in New York, and for part of that time I hung out at the Museum of Television and Radio (now the Paley Center for Media), doing research for a book I’m writing on the ’60s TV show “The Fugitive.” When I wasn’t reading reviews and cover stories in old issues of TV guide, I was going to galleries, listening to concerts and seeking out movies that would probably not make it up to Delaware County. The movie I found was “Starting Out in the Evening,” described in the reviews as a “small film,” which means not only that there are no special effects, but that almost nothing happens (a point of criticism on the part of some reviewers).

Stanley Fish on Art and meaning and in sense looking at a mess he helped create as a critic by writing "Is There a Text in This Class?" and thus debunking authoritive meaning - oh the irony