"You need a pretty low opinion of people in the White House to imagine they would knowingly foster the possible assassination of CIA assets in other countries for the sake of retaliation against someone who wrote an op-ed they didn't like in the New York Times."

Weisberg has been spending too much time at cocktail parties with the Kewl Kidz and all the other Washington insiders.  How could he wonder how any reasonable person could possibly have a low opinion of the people in the White House?

I mean, really, next you'll be thinking that Bush started the war in Iraq because he thought a short successful war helped the popularity of the party in power.  Too bad it didn't turn out to be either short or successful. 

Posted at October 19, 2005 9:04 AM in response to Moral Clarity

For a good laugh, go visit James Wolcott's 2004 observations on Wendy Shalit and her sister Ruth, the "dimunitive mantrap".

"... Wendy, whose ghost-pale complexion and demure demeanor had older men splashing on the Aqua Velva and lining up to "mentor" her. Her doll-like features and little-girl voice brought out the Humbert Humbert in them ..."

Wolcott remarked that Wendy Shalit was always ready to be "quoted whenever some pop star did something trampy."

Posted at September 21, 2005 2:52 PM in response to It's Good to Read the Book

I see you've decided to use your personality as a form of birth control.

Was Fourier really serious with this "sexual minimum" business?  Are you sure he wasn't just pulling everybody's leg?  Or some other body part?

Posted at September 16, 2005 3:03 PM in response to Nothing New

Fourier's plan (if we can dignify his notion with the word "plan") reminds me of the urban myth I heard back in the 70s that some insurance companies, as part of their disability coverage, would pay for "loss of nookie".

Posted at September 16, 2005 8:57 AM in response to Nothing New