Comments for John Strawn http://johnstrawn.com Mon, 14 May 2012 15:00:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on The China Golf Market: An Interview in China Real Estate Business by Kirk Miles http://johnstrawn.com/golf/golf/732/the-china-golf-market-an-interview-in-china-real-estate-business/comment-page-1#comment-16246 Kirk Miles Mon, 14 May 2012 15:00:22 +0000 http://johnstrawn.com/?p=732#comment-16246 John, Excellent! John,

Excellent!

]]> Comment on Bambi and the Art of Golf Course Design: An Appreciation by curt sampson http://johnstrawn.com/golf/golf/871/bambi-and-the-art-of-golf-course-design-an-appreciation/comment-page-1#comment-15714 curt sampson Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:25:49 +0000 http://johnstrawn.com/?p=871#comment-15714 I thought Mr. Strawn might veer toward The Jungle Book in this brilliant essay, which would have allowed him to bring in a snake, a tiger, and a bear. They design courses, too. I thought Mr. Strawn might veer toward The Jungle Book in this brilliant essay, which would have allowed him to bring in a snake, a tiger, and a bear. They design courses, too.

]]> Comment on Review of Robert Wright’s “The Evolution of God” by Sally West http://johnstrawn.com/golf/reviews/43/review-of-robert-wrights-the-evolution-of-god/comment-page-1#comment-15496 Sally West Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:15:54 +0000 http://johnstrawn.com/?p=43#comment-15496 Read Steven Pinker's "The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined." We live in a better, more moral society today than ever before, notwithstanding outliers like the Holocaust. Ask yourself if you'd rather be living now or 50, 100, 1000, 5000 years in the past? Especially if you're a woman, a child, poor, or an ethnic minority. I don't like Wright's weird conclusions about directed evolution either, but I do agree with him that the Judeo-Christian God has evolved into a more user-friendly concept. To me this provides overwhelming evidence that such a God is man-made. To Wright it seems to somehow prove his existence as some sort of real entity, although it's not a God that any religion or religious person would recognize (as you point out). Read Steven Pinker’s “The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined.” We live in a better, more moral society today than ever before, notwithstanding outliers like the Holocaust. Ask yourself if you’d rather be living now or 50, 100, 1000, 5000 years in the past? Especially if you’re a woman, a child, poor, or an ethnic minority.

I don’t like Wright’s weird conclusions about directed evolution either, but I do agree with him that the Judeo-Christian God has evolved into a more user-friendly concept. To me this provides overwhelming evidence that such a God is man-made. To Wright it seems to somehow prove his existence as some sort of real entity, although it’s not a God that any religion or religious person would recognize (as you point out).

]]> Comment on Larry Colton: Celebrating the Publication of “NO ORDINARY JOES” by alan Hollis http://johnstrawn.com/golf/golf/personalities/342/larry-colton-celebrating-the-publication-of-no-ordinary-joes/comment-page-1#comment-13465 alan Hollis Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:11:26 +0000 http://johnstrawn.com/?p=342#comment-13465 Sorry to be picky after reading your excellant book but in it were two errors You say that at the movies in Freemantle Australi, the patrons stood up when the National anthem was played, it was not God save the Queen,cos at that time it would have been God save the King Also it was stated that no American Airmen died on the Doolitle raid on Japnan when infact 11 airmen died..............Graet Book Sorry to be picky after reading your excellant book but in it were two errors
You say that at the movies in Freemantle Australi, the patrons stood up when the National anthem was played, it was not God save the Queen,cos at that time it would have been God save the King

Also it was stated that no American Airmen died on the Doolitle raid on Japnan when infact 11 airmen died…………..Graet Book

]]> Comment on Geoffrey Cornish, 1914-2012 by brian http://johnstrawn.com/golf/golf/personalities/747/geoffrey-cornish-1914-2012/comment-page-1#comment-12797 brian Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:26:24 +0000 http://johnstrawn.com/?p=747#comment-12797 John: That was really nicely said. All the best. Brian John:

That was really nicely said.

All the best.

Brian

]]> Comment on The China Golf Market: An Interview in China Real Estate Business by O'BRIEN http://johnstrawn.com/golf/golf/732/the-china-golf-market-an-interview-in-china-real-estate-business/comment-page-1#comment-9884 O'BRIEN Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:56:02 +0000 http://johnstrawn.com/?p=732#comment-9884 JOHN, ENJOYED READING YOUR INTERVIEW. GOOD POINTS AND ADVISE. O'BRIEN JOHN, ENJOYED READING YOUR INTERVIEW. GOOD POINTS AND ADVISE. O’BRIEN

]]> Comment on Weighing In on the 2012 Presidential Campaign: A View from the Links by John Strawn http://johnstrawn.com/golf/golf/personalities/690/weighing-in-on-the-2012-presidential-campaign-a-view-from-the-links/comment-page-1#comment-8393 John Strawn Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:43:17 +0000 http://johnstrawn.com/?p=690#comment-8393 Ike was a great presidential golfer but he wasn't fat! Ike was a great presidential golfer but he wasn’t fat!

]]> Comment on Weighing In on the 2012 Presidential Campaign: A View from the Links by Larry Colton http://johnstrawn.com/golf/golf/personalities/690/weighing-in-on-the-2012-presidential-campaign-a-view-from-the-links/comment-page-1#comment-8392 Larry Colton Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:40:51 +0000 http://johnstrawn.com/?p=690#comment-8392 How can you leave Ike out of the discussion? He was not only the greatest president of his presidency, there's a tree at Augusta named after him. How can you leave Ike out of the discussion? He was not only the greatest president of his presidency, there’s a tree at Augusta named after him.

]]> Comment on “The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates”–A Review by Susan Pawela http://johnstrawn.com/golf/reviews/498/the-other-wes-moore-one-name-two-fates-a-review/comment-page-1#comment-8177 Susan Pawela Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:32:03 +0000 http://johnstrawn.com/?p=498#comment-8177 Mr. Strawn - since we are using The Other Wes Moore with our Freshmen this Fall term, I would like to share my students how and why you are writing a review of the book. In other words, since your focus is golf, how and why did you turn your attention the "...Wes Moore" book? Thanks! Susan Pawela, Focused Inquiry Faculty Virginia Commonwealth University sjpawela@vcu.edu Mr. Strawn – since we are using The Other Wes Moore with our Freshmen this Fall term, I would like to share my students how and why you are writing a review of the book. In other words, since your focus is golf, how and why did you turn your attention the “…Wes Moore” book?

Thanks!
Susan Pawela, Focused Inquiry Faculty
Virginia Commonwealth University
sjpawela@vcu.edu

]]> Comment on Review of “The Swinger” by John Strawn http://johnstrawn.com/golf/golf/personalities/640/reviewoftheswinger/comment-page-1#comment-7679 John Strawn Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:50:25 +0000 http://johnstrawn.com/?p=640#comment-7679 On reflection I agree that my review is pretty generous. Part of the problem with a book like The Swinger is that nothing the authors can imagine is as scurrilous as the true history of the Tiger Woods' scandal. So nothing feels revelatory, as you note. The Tree character's redemption also seems far-fetched. I gave the book to my brother-in-law to read after I was done and his take was exactly yours--a giant shrug of the shoulders. And for sure nothing in The Swinger made me laugh. You're one up. On reflection I agree that my review is pretty generous. Part of the problem with a book like The Swinger is that nothing the authors can imagine is as scurrilous as the true history of the Tiger Woods’ scandal. So nothing feels revelatory, as you note. The Tree character’s redemption also seems far-fetched. I gave the book to my brother-in-law to read after I was done and his take was exactly yours–a giant shrug of the shoulders. And for sure nothing in The Swinger made me laugh. You’re one up.

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