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Turkophilia

Posted on October 10, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

The Armenian genocide resolution (H.Res. 106) is due for a committee vote today. Last week the Turkish government took out a full-page ad in section A of the Washington Post in an attempt to throw sand in everyone’s eyes, and … Continue reading →

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Fleshification

Posted on September 28, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

Every time I watch The Simpsons, I think: “This stuff is brilliant!” And yet I don’t watch the show religiously. I figure I’ll see every episode eventually. Why rush things? The writing is fantastically good. It captures so much of … Continue reading →

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Hoaxed

Posted on April 1, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

The devoted reader of this blog will know why its proprietor won’t be concocting his own April Fools’ Day joke. (Besides, his team just got slaughtered in softball, so cut him some slack.) He did manage to find a nifty … Continue reading →

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Fallout

Posted on March 8, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

The New York Times ran an analysis of the Libby case today that argues the verdict will change the way the press covers the government. Would that it does. “Every tenet and every pact that existed between the government and … Continue reading →

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Libbyphilia

Posted on March 7, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

It’s been a banner week over at the Washington Post. On Monday they run a rotten op-ed piece pooh-poohing the Armenian genocide (more on that later this week). And today’s Post brings a truly execrable editorial on the Libby verdict. … Continue reading →

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Scary

Posted on February 2, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

Photos by Vanderlin “Looks like a bomb t’me. Whaddya think, Mick?” “Yuh, could be. Better blow id up just in case.”

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Protest

Posted on January 29, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

It’s progress of sorts. Both the New York Times and the Washington Post described how “tens of thousands” marched in Washington on Saturday in protest against the Iraq war. In September 2005, an even bigger march was characterized by the … Continue reading →

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Resolution

Posted on January 10, 2007 by WorldWideWeber

On December 31, I thought about resolving to be even lazier in 2007 than I was in 2006, but I never got around to it.

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Change

Posted on December 20, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

Why I like the New York Times (and New York): The last New York City mechanical parking meter—an emblem of street life, an object of motorist frustration and endless source of fascination for city children since 1951—was withdrawn from service … Continue reading →

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Close

Posted on November 26, 2006 by WorldWideWeber

… but no cigar. You don’t like to see this in the New York Times. From an otherwise excellent article on the definition of “civil war” and who gets to say whether there is one in Iraq: Large swaths of … Continue reading →

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