Oy veh! I’ve caught some flak from the gentlefolk at Religion Dispatches for describing that worthy electronic rag as a place for “professorial thumbsucking.” Louis Ruprecht thinks I’m giving them the finger. Actually, professors, a “thumbsucker” is simply the term journalists use for a “think piece.” Professorial think pieces are RD’s stock in trade. Heck, professorial think pieces–short ones–are Spiritual Politics’ stock in trade too. Chill, guys.
Do you suck your thumb at us?
Oy veh! I’ve caught some flak from the gentlefolk at Religion Dispatches for describing that worthy electronic rag as a place for “professorial thumbsucking.” Louis Ruprecht thinks I’m giving them the finger. Actually, professors, a “thumbsucker” is simply the term journalists use for a “think piece.” Professorial think pieces are RD’s stock in trade. Heck, […]
