{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Warhorn Blog Posts","title":"Wheaton College & President Buswell: James Buswell III, Rachel Boone","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/b85f91ba\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":840,"description":"Excerpt:\nThe good scholar anticipates lines of argument contrary to his thesis, raising them himself, then responding to them in a way that defends his own conclusions. The good scholar improves his opponent’s arguments for him, demonstrating his commitment to the pursuit of truth. This is “steel-manning,” the opposite of “straw-manning.”\nNo one familiar with the Report is surprised that the anti-segregation and anti-racism convictions and publications of Buswell the Son aren’t mentioned by the Task Force in defense of his father.\n\n* * *\nSupport Warhorn here.\n\nMusic is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AFW0rf1xQjGi_r6Ka0_R5EeRkduf1x_6onee9qFgoLY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI0Mzc5LzE2NTIy/MDQyMTMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}