I just saw this at the New Yorker's blog. Denis died of cancer. I met him many times; he often stayed at my place in Palo Alto. He was a contrarian on all things, very bright, and, well, chaotic. Yrs, Andreas On 12/28/10, torgeir_fjeld@xxxxxxxx <torgeir_fjeld@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > A blog-post from The Chronicle of Higher Education was forwarded to you by: > torgeir_fjeld@xxxxxxxx > > Message from the sender: > > December 28, 2010 > > Denis Dutton, Founder of 'Arts & Letters Daily,' Dies > http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/founder-of-arts-letters-daily-dies/29349 > > The popular and widely praised site, founded in 1998, was one of > the first to offer a daily collection of links to intriguing > reviews, essays, and other original writings online. > Most E-Mailed > The Big Lie About the 'Life of the Mind' > http://chronicle.com/article/The-Big-Lie-About-the-Life-of/63937/ > Students From Caribbean Med Schools Head for New York, Angering Some Local > Programs > http://chronicle.com/article/Students-From-Caribbean-Med/125681/ > The Shadow Scholar > http://chronicle.com/article/The-Shadow-Scholar/125329/ > 2 Studies Shed New Light on the Meaning of Course Evaluations > http://chronicle.com/article/2-Studies-Shed-New-Light-on/125745/ > Blind Students Demand Access to Online Course Materials > http://chronicle.com/article/Blind-Students-Demand-Access/125695/ > > > Finding it hard to keep up with all that's happening in academe? > The Chronicle keeps you up to date with award-winning reporting and > analysis of current events in higher education. We offer daily and > weekly e-mail newsletters that will keep you current. Go > to http://chronicle.com/myaccount/newsletters > http://chronicle.com/myaccount/newsletters > to sign up. > > (c) The Chronicle of Higher Education > 1255 23rd Street NW > Washington, DC 20037 > > > > -- yrs, andreas www.andreas.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html