Monthly Archives: May 2006

Aversions

Posted on May 7, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

I don’t know how it came up, but for some reason our daughter found a reason to tell her mother on the phone that she doesn’t like the word “flab.” Not that she doesn’t like flab itself (which may or … Continue reading →

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Colbert

Posted on May 3, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

I thought I could get away with just enjoying Stephen Colbert’s brilliant performance at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. But I feel strangely compelled to say something, something more than the stray remarks I’ve dropped in my family forum … Continue reading →

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Pentagon

Posted on May 2, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

What a coincidence (see the previous post). Over at Salon, Farhad Manjoo interviews James Carroll, author of a “biography” of the Pentagon, House of War. “[I]f Carroll’s book actually reads … like a story not just of the Pentagon but … Continue reading →

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