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		Previous Issues Volume 4, Number 6 for the week of Sunday, February 5, 2006 Current Events Paying Attention: Thirteen Ways of Looking at the News (with apologies to Wallace Stevens) On Consistency: Sometimes truculent rigidity masquerading as intellectual seriousness just gets you in trouble... Light Fog: Making Much of Nothing (the State of the Union Speech) Getting Serious: The War of the Shirts (and other matters) Cartoon Wars: The Sacred and the Profane Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - Those Who Forget The Past … Might Overlook A Great Topic For Their Next Column Book Wrangler: The Easiest Part Of Selling What You Write, Is Writing It! Southern California Photography Gritty Hollywood Hollywood Landmarks: Worldly and Otherworldly The Good Ship Coca-Cola A Resting Place: De Longpre Park Botanicals: Groundhog Day Blooms Quotes of the week of February 5, 2006 - "Let's think this through…" Links and Recommendations: Three New Photo Albums ________________ Volume 4, Number 5 for the week of Sunday, January 29, 2006 Current Events Low Points: They Call It Stormy Monday, But Tuesday's Just The Same Controversy: Maybe honesty isn't actually the best policy... Perspectives: Those Who Tell Us What It All Really Means Voting: People Deciding What They're Not Supposed to Decide Friday Follies: A Media Tradition Political Theory: Power Doesn't Corrupt, It Forces Pragmatic Dreariness The International Desk Our Man in Paris: Now Playing Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - Are Judas Goats Leading The US Toward A Third Term For Dubya? Book Wrangler: "How many fingers, Winston?" Southern California Photography Landmark Architecture: On Location at the Bradbury Building Past Glory: Broadway Movie Palaces, Los Angeles Street Scenes: In and Around Broadway, Downtown Los Angeles Quotes for the week of January 29, 2006 – Lighten Up ___________________________ Volume 4, Number 4 for the week of Sunday, January 22, 2006 Current Events King Day: 'His voice was like a furnace of optimism, trying to triumph over despair.' Ben's Day: Things Have Changed Perspective: Perhaps When You Are In The United States It Is Difficult To Have A Notion Of What Really Is Going On There Dangerous Ideas: News From Abroad (Thursday's Osama Bin Laden Surprise, and More) Constitutional Law: The Professionals' Views Safe and Convenient: The Price of Security and Other Things The International Desk Our Man in Paris: Commentary on the War of Ideas Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist " … rent a very fast car with no top and … " Book Wrangler: Alligators In El Paso And Other Texas Subjects Southern California Photography Randy's Donuts: The Quintessential LA Landmark Shore Birds: A Little Hitchcock, A Bit of Aerodynamics Signs Seen at the Beach Botanicals: The Coral Tree Quotes for the week of January 22, 1006 - The Law _________________________ Volume 4, Number 3 for the week of Sunday, January 15, 2006 Current Events Defining Terms: He Who Defines the Terms Controls the Argument Press Notes: Hazards Regarding Selecting What to Report Playing Fair: Knowing the Rules and What's Permissible Foreign Affairs: Idling at Home and Full Throttle Elsewhere Editor's Choice: Hot News versus Military Matters Book Notes Books: The Velocity of Everydayness The International Desk Our Man in Paris: The Annual Visit To The Old Iron Lady On The Champ De Mars (Nutella Uber Alles) Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - Picking The "What?" Out Of The Salad? Southern California Photography Working Hollywood: Little Theaters with Real People Close-Up: Hollywood Architectural Detail Quotes for the week of January 15, 2006 – "Just the facts, ma'am..." ____________ Volume 4, Number 2 for the week of Sunday, January 8, 2006 Current Events Judging Events: Context Is Everything Washington 90210: Alumni Note, Beverly Hills High School - Class of 1977 Perspective: Making Much of Little, Perhaps Changes: Just when you thought you knew the players and the rules... Press Notes: When Reporting is Treason In All Seriousness: Late Week Catch-Up History and Its Uses Nomenclature: We Ourselves Are Only Temporarily Modern The International Desk Our Man in Paris: Music Near Alesia Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - Letting Democracy Die By Asphyxiation Book Wrangler: "Read All About It!" - While You Still Can Southern California Photography Architectural Ruins: Ennis House - Frank Lloyd Wright - Los Angeles, 1924 Sightseeing: Hollywood for Texans On the Move: Driving Down Sunset Boulevard Quotes for the week of January 8, 2006 – Is That True? ________________________ Volume 4, Number 1 for the week of Sunday, January 1, 2006 Current Events Untangling Events: The Week the Year Ends Hollywood Amateurs: A matter of perspective... Storm Warnings: Rough Weather Ahead The Year in Review: Too Much Information Coming Attractions: Getting Ahead on the News The Unusual Year End Notes: 2005 in Perspective, and 2006 Predictions The International Desk Our Man in London: To 2006 Our Man in Paris: This is Snow? Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - "This is working out quite well for them." Book Wrangler: What Effect Will 2005 Have on Literature? Guest Photography Snow: New Years Eve in the Catskills Southern California Photography Backstage: Building the Floats for the Tournament of Roses Parade Surf: Christmas Day in Encinitas Quotes for the week of January 1, 2006 – We Have a New Year Links and Recommendations – New Photo Album __________________ Volume 3, Number 52 for the week of Sunday, December 25, 2005 Current Events Seventies Reruns: The Good Old Days Return Press Notes: Now and then you have a "pile-on" day… Documentation and Observations: Filling in the Corners of the Domestic Spying Dispute The National Script: Whose Story Makes Sense? Stopping for Christmas: Some Odds and Ends Just Don't Get Tied Up The International Desk Our Man in London: A Prince's Speech - Reviewing the Year 2005 Our Man in Paris: The Ginza Ninja Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - Surf's Up! Santa's Coming! Book Wrangler: On The Road To Illiteracy In The USA? Guest Photography Georgia: Preparing for Santa in Georgia New York: The Palm Court at the Winter Garden Southern California Photography Christmas at the Beach: So Very Los Angeles The Pacific: On the Shore Just Before Christmas Botanicals: Christmas Blooms Quotes for the week of December 25, 2005 - Christmas and More Links and Recommendations: A Beach Christmas Album ______________________ Volume 3, Number 51 for the week of Sunday, December 18, 2005 Current Events Lame Guesses: Teeing Up the Week - Which of these news stories will you be talking about tomorrow? The Passing Parade: Incremental Changes and More of the Same The Night of the Full Moon: Giving In When You're Looking Good Governance: The Founding Fathers Superceded by John C. Yoo Saturday Showdown: The Illegal Is Justified Other Matters Jurisprudence and Prudence: Justice in the State Governed by Former Movie Stars The Christmas Wars: The Jewish Problem The International Desk Our Man in London: Roasting Chestnuts, and An Open Fire Our Man in Musical Paris: Time for Chili Our Man in the Heart of Paris: Cold Wheels Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - Fact Finding Isn't As Easy As It Seems Book Wrangler: You're Never Too Young (Or Too Old) To Start A Writing Career Southern California Photography Hummingbirds: Motion Capture Christmas Streets Botanicals: Roses and More Quotes for the week of December 18, 2005 – On Politicians ___________________ Volume 3, Number 50 for the week of Sunday, December 11, 2005 Current Events Looking Back: The Sunday Funnies in Six Panels - Now Don't Get All Excited Main Concerns: The Passing Parade versus the Big Stuff Diplomacy: What's the Message and Who Do You Trust? Midweek News Explosion: More Grist for the Mill Nailed: The Hits Keep Coming Business Notes Choosing Sides: The Business of Business The International Desk Our Man in London: Cameron and the Thatcher Legacy Our Man in Paris: Howling Sirens Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - Is Bush Playing "Three Card Monte" with the Issues? Book Wrangler: Curmudgeons Prepare for the Bill O'Reilly Holiday Southern California Photography Christmas Money Shots: Christmas in the Land of the Obscenely Wealthy, Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills Christmas Displays: In the Windows of the Major Stores on Wilshire Boulevard Christmas Whimsy: All Those Details of the Season Botanicals: Beverly Hills Blooms Quotes for the week of December 11, 2005 – Russell Mania Links and Recommendations: New Christmas Photo Album _________________ Volume 3, Number 49 for the week of Sunday, December 4, 2005 Current Events Lining Up the Week: What's Hot News, What's Not What Cannot Be Said: Done Deal - We're Out of There Death Squads: Just Like Old Times - Leaving No Fingerprints The Plan: The President Explains Everything, and Other Things Happen Basics: Under the News Hard Rice: Dominatrix Diplomacy Three Details: Tying Up Loose Ends Religion: The Devil in the Details The International Desk Our Man in London: Power Out Our Man in Paris: Goodbye November Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - Was "The Blond Ghost" in Dealey Plaza? Book Wrangler: What Is A Fact Checker Supposed To Do With A Parable? Guest Photography Noël: Oh to be Rich and in Paris at Christmas Southern California Photography On Location: The Santa Monica Pier Botanicals: December in Santa Monica Quotes for the week of December 4, 2005 – On Language and Thought Links and Recommendations: New Photo Album – On Location Again __________________________ Volume 3, Number 48 for the week of Sunday, November 27, 2005 Current Events Big Story Weekend: The Sunday Funnies Featuring Curveball Authentic Motivation: It Really Is Always About Sex Reputation: Does What Others Think Matter? Resolving Dissonance: Explaining the Inexplicable (and Iraq as El Salvador) November Anniversaries: Times Have Changed Religion Deep Thoughts: Mondays With Murrow The International Desk Our Man in Paris: November 27, 2005 - Nicolas to the Rescue Our Man in London: [will return next week] Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the Desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - Is Dubya Heading for the Existentialist Hall of Fame? Book Wrangler: Writing Suspense and Horror Fiction Guest Photography Paris Winter: Sunday in the City of Light Markers: Signs of Victory (one sign from Casablanca) Hollywood Photography On Location: Greystone Mansion, Beverly Hills Botanicals: The Gardens of Greystone Mansion Quotes for the week of November 27, 2005 – Who Do You Trust? Links and Recommendations: New Photo Album – As Seen in Many Major Films ________________________________________ Volume 3, Number 47 for the week of Sunday, November 20, 2005 Current Events Parting Shot: Did so! Did Not! Did So! Did Not! Choose Your Poison: The Array from Tuesday, November 15 Paying Attention: The News is a Target-Rich Environment Opportunists: Things Coming to a Head Acrimony: More than a Nasty, Sometimes Personal Debate Saturdays: Who's Listening? The International Desk Our Man in London: Cheap Shots and Ethical Dilemmas (or The Joke-teller's Responsibility in an Age of War) Our Man in Paris: All's Quiet, But… Follow-Up: A Note to London from Paris via Hollywood Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the Desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - No One Died When the Dog Ate My Homework Book Wrangler: Who Was Canada's Most Famous Outlaw? Guest Photography Our Eye on Paris: Magic Paris Local Photography Danger: Being Careful Out Here The Season: Christmas on the Way Botanicals: In Bloom, Los Angeles - Late November 2005 Vistas: Sea, Sky and Long Hills Quotes for the week of November 20, 2005 – Anger and Resolution ___________________________ Volume 3, Number 46 - for the week of Sunday, November 13, 2005 Current Events Anticipation: The National Conversation Panned Out as Predicted Oddities: What couldn't be so is so… Entropy: Trying to Hold It all Together and Facing Facts Too Much News: Lots of Things Blow Up in the Middle of the Week Veterans Day: The World Gone Mad, or at Least Angry The International Desk Our Man In Paris: This Week Our Man in London: Vive La Difference Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - "What we have here is…" Book Wrangler: Venice, Frogs, and Racing Ferraris Guest Photography Paris Untouched: Christmas Lights and a Show at the Grand Palais Our Eye on Paris: Three from Paris Local Photography Peculiarly Los Angeles: Melrose Avenue Ephemera: Catching the Past in Los Angeles Before it Disappears - the Tail O' the Pup Local Sports: The Cow Quotes for the week of November 13, 2005 – Government and Reality Links and Recommendations: New Photo Album _________________________________ Volume 3, Number 44 - for the week of Sunday, November 6, 2005 Chasing the Zeitgeist Long Ago: A Shift in the Wind, Maybe Changing the Subject: The 'Wise Guy' from Trenton - Sam 'Scalito' Gets Nominated Changing Subjects Back: Rule 21 from Outer Space Next Issue, Please: Prisons That Don't Exist for Those Who Don't Exist Our Richelieu: Who's Minding the Store While the Boss is in Argentina? Troubles Elsewhere Warning Signs: The Word from the Banlieues Our Man in Paris: Riots Continue - Politicians Wrangle While Suburbs Burn Paris Follow-Up: All Quiet in Paris Our Man in London: The Blind and the Drunk Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - A War That Was Started For No Reason Can't Have An Ending Book Wrangler: Playing the Name Game with Authors Guest Photography On the Scene: The World's Longest Hearse Procession Our Eye on Paris: One Simple Shot Local Photography Sculpture: Gentle Joking with the Rich - Otterness in Beverly Hills Botanicals: November Blooms Quotes for the week of November 6, 2005 – Return to Cynics Corner __________________________________________ Volume 3, Number 44 - for the week of Sunday, October 30, 2005 Current Events Broken Scooter: A Liar Indicted, Resigns from the White House, But No Fat Lady Sings Trouble Brewing: Tuesday Indictment Rumors, For the Record (and "The Italian Job") Never Mind: Harriet the Church Lady Just Fades Away Diva Journalism: Getting the Scoop, and Getting It Wrong Legal Notes: Odd Challenges on the Limits of Free Speech Digging Deeper: Follow-Up Notes The International Desk Our Man in London: On Mob Rule, Smoking, and George Galloway M.P. Our Man in Paris: Plague of Pigeons Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - "Week From Hell" Precipitates a Cliché Fest Book Wrangler: The War with the Blank Page Guest Photography Our Eye on Paris: A Photographer's Halloween Local Photography A Tour of the Sunset Strip (seven nested pages) Quotes for the week of October 30, 2005 – The Scooter Conspiracy ______________________________ Volume 3, Number 43 - for the week of Sunday, October 23, 2005 Current Events Smurf War: Doing Good, Doing It Right Whig Flipping: Tuesday Rumors Baseline Analysis: Getting Under the News, Again Mid-Week Bombshell: Perhaps More of a Squib Worth a Comment: End of the Week Political Notes Discontent: The Autumn of Reaching the Limit of What You Can Put Up With The International Desk Our Man in London: A Week in Politics Our Man in Paris: My Parking Ticket Ladies Features Tech Notes: Being Disconnected Quotes for the week of October 23, 2005 – The Judith Miller Journalism Collection Links and Recommendations: A New Halloween Photo Album Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - A Journalist's Guide to Asking The Most Intelligent, Perceptive, and Insightful Questions Book Wrangler: Judging Books by Their Titles Photography Amateur Halloween Hollywood Halloween Flora and Fauna _________________________________________ Volume 3, Number 42 - for the week of Sunday, October 16, 2005 Current Events Zeitgeist Fatigue: The Thrill of the Chase Fades as it's not 1973 Secular Government: Who Believes, and Why? Gnawing Old Bones: Iraq War Notes (True Believers) Meme Watch: Wrong Man, and No One Told Us The International Desk Our Man in London: In the Air Tonight Our Man in Paris: Goddesses on Display (with photos) Our Man in Tel-Aviv: Do You Speak Ivrit? Features It is I, Joy: The 2005 Black Movie Awards (BMAs) - A Celebration of Black Cinema: Past, Present and Future Quotes for the week of October 16, 2005 – Chaos and Madness Links and Recommendations: New Photo Album for Rock Fans Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - " …or run naked through the streets, screaming all the way…" Book Wrangler: "Ready anytime you are, CB!" Guest Photography - Europe Our Eye on Paris (1): The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Citroën DS Our Eye on Paris (2): The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Citroën DS Guest Photography - North America Canada: Hunting for Moose Coast-to-Coast: Manhattan to Los Angeles The Middle: Monument Valley, Utah Local Photography "Guitar Row" on Sunset Boulevard __________________________________________ Volume 3, Number 41 - for the week of Sunday, October 9, 2005 The Week in Review Catching Up: Peculiar News on a Slow News Day They Call It Stormy Monday - For Good Reason Two Days Out: Wednesdays with the Church Lady The Fire Below: Looking Behind the News The Week Ends Oddly Enough Assuming a Role: Bush on the Couch The International Desk Our Man in London: The End of America? A Conversation (an interview with journalist and travel writer Mark Avery) Our Man in Paris: Strike of the Week (on the scene, with photos) Our Man in Paris (2): Put Some Green Boom In Your Tank Features Language Notes: Words That Cannot Be Translated Quotes for the week of October 9, 2001 – William Bennett Edition Links and Recommendations: A New Photo Album (Topanga Canyon) Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Book Wrangler: Nihilism Means "Nothing" To Me Guest Photography Our Eye on Paris (1): The Grand Palais Our Eye on Paris (2): The Grand Palais, Details Our Eye on Paris (3): Harvest in Fuissé Local Photography Topanga Canyon - Its Own Place Topanga Canyon Hawk – A Red Tail ___________________________________________ Volume 3, Number 40 - for the week of Sunday, October 2, 2005 Current Events What We're Doing: A Hard Look at the Psychopathic Side of the American Spirit What Matters: Getting to the Core Midweek Scandals: Handy Scorecard Apocalypse: Local Version Race: Moralists Say the Oddest Things Marketing: New Problems with Brand America The International Desk Our Man in London: The Nation's Health Our Man in Paris: Sailing Off with a Whole Ship, and the Question of Corsica Our Man Sleepless in Paris: Another Nuit Blanche Our Man in Tel-Aviv: Safe or Sorry? Our Man in Tel-Aviv (2): The Seventh Day Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - "There you go again, thinking logically..." Book Wrangler: The Formula One Sunday Formula Our Eye on Paris October 2, 2005 - Harvest in Fuissé Paris City Details Local Photography Fire Sky Neighborhood Architecture (Hollywood) Botanicals Of Interest Correction: Good Stuff, Actually For Sale (Hollywood Wine) Quotes for the week of October 2, 2005 - Character, Honesty, and Motive (and all that) _____________________________________ Volume 3, Number 39 - for the week of Sunday, September 25, 2005 Current Events Momentum: A Meme Snowballs Lists: The 'Worst of All Time' Idea Teenagers: Always a Problem Race: The Fire Next Time, Again Iraq: The 'Other' Story The Law: What We Forbid God Stuff: An Odd New Lobby Group in Washington The International Desk Our Man in Paris: Get Rich Not So Quick Our Man Slightly Outside Paris: You Is Like a Painting Our Man in London: Things I Don't Get (from the Pussycat Dolls to Iraq) Our Man In Tel-Aviv: Addictive Jerusalem World Politics: Just More of the Realists versus the Idealists Features Follow Up: The Other Great Debate (about time itself) Quotes for the week of September 25, 2005 – Power Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - Is it "The Eternal Recurrence" with a new war and different dates? Book Wrangler: Is censorship flourishing in a country that believes in "Freedom of Speech?" Dialogs of the Dead Dead Hollywood: The Stars at Rest Phillip Raines: Cemeteries as Method Local Photography Unchanging Los Angeles: Service on Sawtelle Boulevard Botanicals: Rhyming With Purple Links and Recommendations: New Photo Album - The Stars at Rest _______________________________ Volume 3, Number 38 - for the week of Sunday, September 18, 2005 Current Events The Speech: Thursday Night as seen on Friday Morning Race: Here we go again… Meme Watch: Chasing the Zeitgeist The South: It's Everywhere Germany: The Weekend's Election Meanwhile: Items Not Covered The Foreign Desk Our Man in London: England's Big Summer Our Man in Tel-Aviv: Milk, Honey, Cash and Credit Card Our Man in Tel-Aviv (2): Sea, Sex and Torah Our Man in Paris: Hard Day Night Our Man in Paris (2): French Confusion Trends: Making a list and checking it twice… Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - On the Road to Becoming the Pundits' Pundit Book Wrangler: On the Road to Becoming a Prodigy in Cinematography Guest Photography Our Eye on Paris: More of Unseen Normandy Route 66: Seligman, Arizona On Location: Filming in the Streets of Los Angeles Local Photography Unexpected LA: Ice Hockey at the Beach The Usual Quotes for the week of September 11, 2005 - Taking the Bitter with the Sour Links and Recommendations: New Photo Album - Sports Photography - NHL Hockey in Los Angeles ______________________________________ Volume 3, Number 37 - for the week of Sunday, September 11, 2005 Current Events Responsibility: The Status of the Blame Game Governance: Falling Upward at FEMA Dialog: On Mixing Inefficiency With Authoritarianism Late Wire Items: Additions to the Blame Game Oh, Canada! Mismanagement: Not Hurricane Related Features Our Man in Tel-Aviv: God, Allah, and Israeli Politics Our Man in London: Whitweek Malarkey, and Other Songs Our Man in Paris: In the rue Fermat Allegory: The Broadway Musical and Hollywood Film as Modern Christian History Differences: Labor Day Here and There Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - Does a niggardly response mean the Bush team is racist? Book Wrangler: Being a Rebel for Fun and Profit Guest Photography Our Eye on Paris: Unseen Normandy Local Photography The Getty Center: Architectural and Cultural Notes with Seven Pages of Photos Just Below Sunset (Hollywood Without the Bling): Faces, Places, Geometric Pleasantries, Amazing Blooms Quotes for the week of September 11, 2005 - Competence and Responsibility and all that – _______________________ Volume 3, Number 36 - for the week of Sunday, September 4, 2005 Current Events The President's Rentrée: When it rains, it pours… News from Lake George: Things Fall Apart What's With These People? Readers on the administration's response to the storm and flood… Disconnects Noted: And Now They Are Open for Discussion Iraq: The Blindingly Obvious Strategy of the Day - The Oil Patch War Status: Who Do You Trust? Features Our Man in London: Notes from Westminster Our Man in Paris: In the News in France as Summer Ends Our Man in Paris (2): Last Word of August from Paris - Unauthorized Water! A Photo-Note from Our Man in Paris Las Vegas: Assessing the Pre-Ridiculous Book Note: Ray Bradbury Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist -Between A Rock and a Hard Place Book Wrangler: Study Hard, Make Us Proud, Get A Solid Script Guest Photography Our Eye on Paris: Traditional Paris Local Photography Hockney: The Sun-Drenched Color Palette He Devised in Los Angeles A Rose Richard Meier's Getty Center Quotes for the week of August 28, 2005 – Tangentially Related to Events In New Orleans _________________________________ Volume 3, Number 35 - for the week of Sunday, August 28, 2005 Current Events Last Weekend: As Expected, Nothing Happened - or Things Got Worse Changing Sides: "When the facts change, I change my mind - what do you do, sir?" Flypaper: Some Conceptual and Practical and Moral Issues Midweek Heat: Some thoughts on 'Disagreeing Sensibly' Stalemate: No Agreement in Iraq, Dissatisfaction on the Home Front, and No One Doing Much At Last Check: Congratulations, It's a Theocracy! Weariness: A Change in the Weather Features Our Man in London: Stumped Pastafarianism: The Flying Spaghetti Monster Religion: Avenging, Angry Christians, and the End of the Enlightenment Confirmed The SUV Debate: Rearranging the Deck Chairs Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - The Oxbow Incident in Iraq? Book Wrangler: Kreigschmerz? Try "on the road" literature for escapism! Guest Photography Our Eye on Paris: Seen This Week New York, Manhattan Rivers Local Photography Sill Life Studies Candid Signs Trapped Very Far Above Sunset Quotes for the week of August 28, 2005 – On Photography _____________________________ Volume 3, Number 34 - for the week of Sunday, August 21, 2005 Current Events The Day the Wheels Fell Off: Three Items from Sunday, Bloody Sunday Chatting With Baghdad: What's gone wrong with the narrative? Missing Link: A Vacuum Where the "Noble Cause" Should Be Momentum: From Brighton, New York to Paris, France Wrap-Up: This is the way the world ends - not with a bang but a whimper – Echoes of Vietnam Oh Henry!: Kissinger's Worse-than-Vietnam Analysis Inside Story: Angry Canadians Features Our Man in London: Lost In Transmission Our Man in Paris: Smoke Saved! Local History: We Don't Do That - We Obliterate Our Past Religion and the Law: "Ha, ha - you can't TOUCH me!" Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the Desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - Reality TV as Dadaist Entertainment Book Wrangler: Take off your glasses, Joe! - or, The Saga of The Fighter Pilot versus the Hausfrau Guest Photography Our Eye on Paris: August Local Photography Union Station, Los Angeles A Mariachi Band The Usual Quotes for the week of August 14, 2005 – Tolerance Links and Recommendations: Another New Photo Album, more of Union Station (28 photos) ______________________________ Volume 3, Number 33 - for the week of Sunday, August 14, 2005 Current Events The Dominant Story: Raising Questions Letter from Baghdad: At War Legal Matters: Dealing with Canadians and Shoplifters Don't Pretend: It is a War on Islam Sex: A Four-Star General is Fired The Culture Religion: Responding to the Theocrats (Rick Brown) Trends: What Belief Buys You Changes: Stones Attempting Significance The Foreign Desk Our Man in Paris: A World of Warm Airs Our Man in London: How to Stage An Olympic Games Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - The Return of "The Point of No Return" Book Wrangler: Who wants to leave "the land of silk and money?" Guest Photography Our Eye on Paris: Seen This Week Hollywood Photography Wildfire: Watching the Hollywood Hills Burn The Usual Quotes for the week of August 14, 2005 – Tolerance Links and Recommendations: Another New Photo Album, Fire in the Hollywood Hills (21 photos) ____________________________ Volume 3, Number 32 - for the week of Sunday, August 7, 2005 Current Events Nominees: Bolton In and Roberts in the Wings The Nominee: Roberts Did What? Fanning the Flames: An Official Endorsement of Magic Thinking Propaganda: The Tale of the Tape Midweek: Trouble Brewing (and the Sleeping Bag of Death) Extralegal Detention: Gitmo, Gutmo Follow Up: Back to the War on Terror (What's in a name?) Walking Out: Novak Loses It Features Our Man in London: Crashes and Bangs Cancelled Czech: Jára Cimrman Finally Gets His Due? Cultural Notes: Changing the World, One Song at a Time Global Warming: Is This Weep-Silently-Apologize-To-Your-Children-And-Throw-Yourself-Out-A-Window Depressing? Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - Is there a new national pastime? Book Wrangler: Gleichschaltung On the Scene: Up, Up and Away… Our Eye on Paris Our Eye on Paris (1): The Unusual Our Eye on Paris (2): Candid Our Eye on Paris (3): Breaking News Local Photography Surreal Vehicle: The Goodyear Blimp Aerial Photography: Long Beach and Los Angeles Harbor from a Blimp The Usual Quotes for the week of August 7, 2005 – On Flying Links and Recommendations: A New Photo Album, A Ride in the Goodyear Blimp (50 photos) ___________________________________ Volume 3, Number 31 - for the week of Sunday, July 31, 2005 Current Events Semantics: Thucydides got it right a long time ago… Tipping Point: Something Becomes News? Hints and Rumors: Judy's Secret and the JAG Protest Secrecy: News of What Didn't Happen, and of What Won't Happen Ohio Gets Noticed: Cincinnati to the Moon Ironies: Ironies that can only be seen from the left side… Features Our Man in London: Greetings from London: Host City for the 2012 Olympics and Suicide Bombers' Paradise! Our Man in Paris: France Paradise Our Man in Paris Illustrated: Under the Sand, the City News Notes: What's The News? What You Want It To Be. Film Notes: Something for a Hot Day in Los Angeles Basic Science: Counting the Seconds, or Not Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - Things done capriciously for no apparent reason are fun! Book Wrangler: In the Bookstores During the Summer of 2005 Guest Photography Left Bank Lens: This Week in Paris Baghdad Exclusive: New Photo from the Green Zone The Pocono Mountains: A Nature Shot Local Photography Malibu: Not Just Surfers The Usual Quotes for the week of July 24, 2005 – Truth and the Root of All Evil Links and Recommendations: A New Photo Album, All About Malibu _____________________________________________ Volume 3, Number 30 - for the week of Sunday, July 24, 2005 Current Events News Notes: Non-Stories London Again: The Second-String Executes Badly SCOTUS: Let the fun begin! ('Here come da judge, here come da judge!') Rush to Judge: Reactions to the US Issues from Our Man in Paris Enough: The Week Ends in Turmoil Features Our Man in Tel-Aviv: Armed Brothers Treehouse Chronicles: July 2005, After the Hurricane Big Doings in Los Angeles: Hip is Out, Atheism In, and the Media is in Turmoil Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - CaféPress to the columnist's rescue? Becoming a millionaire the existentialist way? Book Wrangler: Columnist = Good and Blogger = Not So Good? On The Scene: Academy Salute To Don Siegel Local Photography – Amazing Public Events Malibu Calling: The Call to the Wall LA and Paris: A Late Bastille Day Robert Williams: Through Prehensile Eyes Paris Photography Left Bank Lens (1): Bastille Day Left Bank Lens (2): Unexpected Paris The Usual Quotes for the week of July 24, 2005 – Originality and Such Links and Recommendations: New Photo Album, Bastille Day in Los Angeles ________________________________ Volume 3, Number 29 - for the week of Sunday, July 17, 2005 Current Events Delusions: This isn't funny anymore. But it never was. Foreigners: Common Decency is So Overrated Interesting Commentary: The Unitarian Jihad and Other Alternative Universes Reporting Something: One Man's News Is Another Man's Tedium. Did Things Just Heat Up? The Scorecard: Regarding l'affaire Rove at Mid-Week From the Other Side: Different Perspectives on Karl Rove, Harry Potter and Tom Cruise End of the Week: Rove and Social Security and Racism and the Evil of Boston Sequels: The Triumph of Hope Over Experience Features Our Man in Paris: France Goes Off the Clock Again Bastille Day: Paris and All Over What Matters: A Friend Reminds Us Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - A Face in the Crowd Book Wrangler: A Birthday Party Spawns a Column About Freedom of the Press Photography Left Bank Lens: Quelles choses secrètes on apprendrait-il si on devaient ouvrir ces portes à Paris ? Old Hollywood: Here, water cascades from the mouths of lions into multiple pools and waterways…. Hollywood Doors: The Private and the Public The Usual Quotes for the week of July 17, 2005 – The Press and Politics ______________________________________________ Volume 3, Number 28 - for the week of Sunday, July 10, 2005 Current Events London: What to Say? Politics: If I Want a Farce I'll Read Feydeau Staying Informed: No End of Futile Analysis Available Business Notes: Oh, Canada! Our Man in Paris: Paris battu par Londres (with new photographs) Features Summer Vacations: Immoral, Anti-American, or Just Too French? Quotes for the week of July 10, 2005 - London Calling Links and Recommendations: New Photo Gallery Available Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - What Democrats Could Learn From a Rape Prevention Program Book Wrangler: Bangers and Mash Trump Truffles Photography Local Photography: The La Brea Tar Pits SCI FI Corner: Watching the Skies (Hollywood and Toronto) Held Over and Reformatted Left Bank Lens: Pas tout l'art à Paris est dans les musées Left Bank Lens (2): Les périls étonnants de Paris ______________________________________________ Volume 3, Number 27 - for the week of Sunday, July 3, 2005 Current Events Busted: Bush's Brain (Karl Rove) Suddenly Exposed O'Connor Retires: The Game is Afoot Press Issues: "Time" Folds and No More Blogs? The Speech to Explain Everything Anticipation: Who Will Say What? The Speech: Things Going Badly Calls for More of the Same War and Pessimism: Failure Is an Option? War and Optimism: The Uses of the Perception of Success Just in from Paris Our Man in Paris: Is France Burning? Left Bank Lens: Pas tout l'art à Paris est dans les musées Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride Book Wrangler: New at the Local Library Features On the Scene: Bob Patterson on The Aristocrats Historical Note: Fourth of July 1905 at the Beach The Greatest: Now We Know Quotes for the week of July 3, 2005 – The Fourth of July Photography Local Shots: The Expected, and the Unexpected in July (from flags to dissolute pigeons to classic architecture to surreal numbers) ____________________________________ Volume 3, Number 26 - for the week of Sunday, June 26, 2005 Current Events Spin City: Temporarily Moved from DC to Manhattan Polling Notes: Effective Response to Disappointing Numbers Guest Column: Rick Brown on News That Doesn't Fit the Narrative Five Curiosities: Much is happening, and keeping on top of things is hard… Follow-Up: Last week's topics bleed into this week, so to speak… Features Hollywood Notes: The Other Celebrities Assessment: The man who thought he was being chased by a lobster through the nightmare streets full of loud music... Dead Guys: Another Birthday Last Week On the scene… Our Man in Paris (1): Europe Votes for Swing Our Man in Paris (2): Marche des Fiertés Lesbiennes, Gaies, Bi et Trans ! aka Gay Pride Rich Cars: Dogged Coverage of This Year's Rodeo Drive Concours d'Elegance Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - Cold Pizza and Warm Beer for Breakfast Book Wrangler: Doughnuts and links bond the Southern California literary scene… Guest Photography Left Bank Lens: 2005 Fête de la Musique (and Jean-Paul Sartre) Local Photography Rich and Famous: The Eighth Annual Rodeo Drive Annual Concours Curiosities: Sunrise to Sunset Out Here The Usual Quotes: Cynics Corner Links and Recommendations: New Photo Album, The Rodeo Drive Annual Concours Corrections: Regarding Cincinnati ______________________________ Volume 3, Number 25 - for the week of Sunday, June 19, 2005 Current Events Why Thursday?: After all this time it's now time to talk about the war? Case Closed: Dead, Autopsy, Enough Said Race: "Never apologize, son. It's a sign of weakness." Dissent: Conversations About Odd News Items Book Notes: Hedging Your Bets News Notes: What to cover is the question… News and Fame Enough Already: Michael Jackson So Over France Turns a Bit American: What's Up with That? Other News: While Fox, CNN, MSNBC and the networks deal with Michael… Paris News: Cruise, Holmes, Dump Cruz and Klein, Climb Eiffel Quotes regarding Michael Jackson in Santa Maria and Tom Cruise on the Eiffel Tower Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - Online Magazines Should Learn from the American Trucking Association: There's Strength in Numbers Book Wrangler: Barmecide Banquets - and other imaginary items from Baghdad Features Our Man in Tel-Aviv: Israeli Contrasts Guest Photography Vrai Paris: More from Left Bank Lens Étonnant par Paris: Unusual shots from Left Bank Lens (held over) Our Man in Paris: Summer in the City Local Photography West Hollywood Parade: Where was Paris Hilton? Somehow Unsettling: Odd LA Link and Recommendations: A new album from the West Hollywood Gay Pride Parade _________________________________________ Volume 3, Number 24 - for the week of Sunday, June 12, 2005 Current Events Revising the Past: Where Have All the Good Men (from Newark) Gone? Chasing the Zeitgeist: "Are there no prisons, are there no poor houses?" Jurisprudence: Gonzales v. Raich, case no. 03-1454 Press Notes: A Shift in the Wind? Language Notes: Worlds Apart Who We Are: Decline and Fall Short Shot: Dispatches from Cincinnati Speculation Clueless: The Evidence Mounts, and There's Nothing You Can Do With It Impeachment: Fantasy of the Week (or of the Weak) Reporting from the Scene Erotica LA: Freedom of speech is so American! Sporting LA: "If you make the headline big enough…" Bob Patterson Book Wrangler: Gumshoes - The Search For The Next Great Mystery WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist – "Wet the ropes!" Features Our Man in Paris: Taps for Samaritaine Paris Photos: Unusual shots from Left Bank Lens Mind Games: Dangerous Books and Mission Statements Quotes: William Butler Yeats – born June 13, 1865 Beach Photography At the Edge: Surf and Sand and More Color Studies: Long Late Light, and a Pink Church Reconceptualized Botanicals: Rose Avenue in Venice Beach Public Art: Claus Oldenburg, Frank Gehry and Jonathan Borofsky Note Link and Recommendations: A new album of forty-three shots of the surreal in Venice Beach ______________________________ Volume 3, Number 23 - for the week of Sunday, June 5, 2005 Current Events Memorial Day: Final Thoughts Marketing 101: Containing Costs with a Finely Tuned Marketing Campaign Military Matters: Are Our Leaders Slyly Anti-War? The Uses of The Past: Who Cares? Irony is all we have left these days. Imposing One’s Values on Others: Does Teaching Science in Public Schools Violate the First Amendment? Paying Attention: What’s News and What Isn’t Press Notes - "Maybe a little less of the pervert of the day…" World View Geopolitics: Fallout from the French Kiss of Death (with an exclusive editorial cartoon) Our Man in Paris: Urge To Be - Just What Were the French Voting Against? Dateline Paris: Get A Job! (includes new photographs from Paris) Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World’s Laziest Journalist - The Hershey (PA) Auto Museum is "Sweet" Book Wrangler: Beatniks with laptops, Otto von Stroheim’s legendary parties, and the Elephant Museum Guest Photography Symbolisme Aujourd'hui: More from Left Bank Lens Automotive: Kisses from Hershey Photography Not Barney: The Topiary Dinosaurs of Santa Monica Quiet Neighborhood: The Opposite of California Glitz Miscellaneous Quotes – June (and D-Day) Links and Recommendations – Photography Sites ______________________________________ Volume 3, Number 22 - for the week of Sunday, May 29, 2005 Current Events Ethics: Snowflakes in DC in May – or Just Flakes Getting Along: Compromise means no one is happy. Or it means everyone is happy a little. Or something. Moral Nagging: The Amnesty International Report Not That It Matters: We Get a Close Reading of the Downing Street Memo Press Notes: Acknowledging the Dispute Our Columnists WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World’s Laziest Journalist - Return to the Past Our Man in Paris: Nicolas Sarkozy Suffers Dateline Paris: Late Breaking News from Our Man in Paris Features Cultural Delusion: Michael Jackson and Postmodernism Pop Culture: Greece is the Word Quotes: What do to, what to do… Photography Memorial Day: A Traditional Album Washington DC: A Guest Photo Album for the Memorial Day Weekend Sculpture Garden: Strange Encounters at UCLA Odd Shot: Squirrel in Palm Tree Is Paris Burning: As a matter of fact, Paris IS burning… (held over) ____________________________________________ Volume 3, Number 21 - for the week of Sunday, May 22, 2005 Current Events Meme Watch: A Touch of Class Meme Overwhelmed: Newsweek, Suckered, Sucks the Air Out of the Room Fireworks: The Scots are known for being blunt… Midweek Ennui: What to say…? End of the Week Follies: When in Doubt, Send a Librarian Features Barney Does Paris: Cultural Notes for Parents from the City of Lights, Atlanta and the Texas Courts Paris versus Hollywood: Star Wars on the Champs Elysées and Palm Wars on the Internet Paris News: Trademark Violation Gone Bad Web Notes: Paying for What You Read Quotes: Armageddon? Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World’s Laziest Journalist -Become a conservative radio talk show host for fun and profit! (Lots of both!) Through the Viewfinder: Paul Newman Asked for My Autograph Don Smith of Left Bank Lens Is Paris Burning: As a matter of fact, Paris IS burning… Political Visuals: France at the Crossroads Photography Hollywood Hills: Lifestyles of the Visually Confused Hollywood Desert: Cacti and Such Color Studies: Odd Colors (Botanicals) New Corrections: From the Department of Oops Links and Recommendations: Another New Photo Album ____________________________________________ Volume 3, Number 20 - for the week of Sunday, May 15, 2005 Current Events Fish Stories: A Conversation on Displaying One’s Faith Ambiguity: We don’t recommend him, so let’s vote! Fretting: The Price of Failure in Iraq Ethics in Three Parts: The State of Things Infamy: Was he number three, or are you? Scatology: Protests in Germany Follow Up: Speaking of Kansas… Guest Columnist - Jeremy Stahl My Pet Goat Re-dux: The safer we are, the less they know? Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World’s Laziest Journalist - Naked Aggression Book Wrangler: "…a slap in the mouth or a slug from a .45." Features Palm Wars: Hollywood versus Paris Our Man in Paris: A Fool for Palms Our Turn: The Greatest American of All Time Quotes: From the World of Noir Photography Hollywood Rides: The George Barris Collection Cowboy Art: John Wayne and Larry Flint, and Harry Shapiro from Chicago, a good friend of Jackson Pollock, channeling Frederic Remington Architectural Color: West Side Whimsy Oddities: The Double Mini and Captain Kirk _________________________________________ Volume 3, Number 19 - for the week of Sunday, May 8, 2005 Current Events Underreported News: The Smoking Gun You Have to Admire Meme Watch: Things fall apart, the center will not hold… and people are buying gay cars! Press Notes: Celebrity trials are the opiate of the masses? Religion: On Disciplining Children, God’s Vengeance, and Keeping Jews and Muslims Contained Media Notes: The Run-Away Bride and Michael Jackson’s Urges – Not the Only News Kansas A Thursday Anniversary: Has nothing changed? Institutionalizing Magic Thinking: Late Comment on the New and Improved Scopes Trial Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of World’s Laziest Journalist - Seven Days in May Book Wrangler: Time Travel isn’t a section in America’s most popular weekly magazine… Automotive Features Our Man in Paris: Cult Car (the Pope’s Golf) Iran: Nuclear Ambitions, Automotive Ambitions On Writing: The often repeated charge that Americans lack a sense of irony… Cherry 54: A 1954 Chevrolet Corvette in all its glory…. (photo feature) Features Quotes: Mothers Day Links and Recommendations: Two New Photo Albums Photography Moving Paris: More from Left Bank Lens Beach Shots: Hermosa and Manhattan Beach Beach Sports: Surfing and Volleyball May Day: Botanical Detail Beach Blooms: Growing at the Edge Old Birds: The Western Museum of Flight __________________________________________________ Volume 3, Number 18 - for the week of Sunday, May 1, 2005 Current Events The Alarmist Dialogs: Paying Attention and its Disadvantages Media Notes: Worms Turning? Notes on This Week’s Press Conference Sensing Change: The Limits of Spin Nuclear Fallout: The Oppressed Minority – Christians in America and Conservative Republicans – That Powerless Group of Outsiders Pessimism: Hard Times in the Reality-Based Community, but Not Elsewhere Delusions: Realism and Idealism are the Same Thing Religion (or its absence) Intelligent Design: "Fossil Rabbits in the Precambrian" Bob Patterson On The Scene: The Bloggerteers Motto: “One for all, all for one!” (as long as you’re a conservative) WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World’s Laziest Journalist - Kiss her, you fool! Book Wrangler: Deja vu and existentialism in Westwood Features Paris May Day: On the scene in Paris, Sunday, May 01, 2005 Our Man in Paris: Another Phony War (Google versus the Bibliothèque Nationale) Web Notes: Trademark and Public Domain Issues with the Eiffel Tower Quotes: May Day - the day set aside by the Second Socialist International in 1889 to commemorate Labor and still celebrated around the world. Late Update! In Defense of Bo Diddley added to last week’s Music: From the Department of Useless Information, the Pop Culture Bureau Photography Modern Architecture: Spatial Ambiguity Whimsical Architecture: Where are the Hobbits? Old Birds: Back to the Start Botanicals: It’s Jacaranda Time Again ___________________ Volume 3, Number 17 - for the week of Sunday, April 24, 2005 Current Events Changes: The End of Outrage? Warm Frogs: The So-Called Liberal Media Evaporates Before Our Eyes Media Notes: The Grownups Will Tell You What You Need to Know Anniversaries: An Oklahoman Turns European Earth Day: Number Thirty-Five with Baked Alaska Globalization: Archimedes said "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." Here’s one. Religion The New Pope: Assessment Religious War: The Christians are going after the Christians as to who are the real Christians… Religion: Who is YOUR Copilot? Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World’s Laziest Journalist - Fangs Out, Hair on Fire Book Wrangler: James Dean, Philip K. Dick, and Don King together (again?) in one column? Features Our Man in Paris: Hands Off My Holiday! Molecular Gastronomy: Beyond Shepherd’s Pie and Bangers and Mash The Classics: From the Department of Useless Information, the Greek Bureau Music: From the Department of Useless Information, the Pop Culture Bureau Quotes: The Ends of Outrage Links and Recommendations: A New Photo Album and a New Commentary Site Photography Local Shots: Venice and its Canals – 21 April 2005 Escape Money: More on the B-17G Manhattan: Façades and Details _________________________________________ Volume 3, Number 16 - for the week of Sunday, April 17, 2005 Current Events Follow-Up: Inventing a Loyal Opposition Legal Theory: I love the smell of theocratic McCarthyism in the morning… The Economy: Better Times for Whom? Paris Hilton? Ethics: Loopy Pharmacists for God Trends: Healthcare in America is the Best? Popularity: The OTHER French Paradox The Pope-a-Thon Continues: What are they Thinking? Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - "Off we go, into the wild blue yonder…" Book Wrangler: E=MC squared isn’t square these days. Our Man in Paris Our Man in Paris: Runners-Up The Week in Paris: News and Views Features Americana: Mickey D’s and Twinkies, and Taxes Links and Recommendations: New Photo Albums from *Just Above Sunset* Quotes: Done, for this year – Taxes Photography Old Bird: A Ride on a B-17G over Los Angeles Landmarks: Manhattan Reinterpreted Symbols: New York’s Finest Acting Up: Manhattan Theater District Paris Photo: Picasso and Kandinsky? ___________________________________________ Volume 3, Number 15 - for the week of Sunday, April 10, 2005 Current Events Liberal Wimps: The Allure of Calm Reasoning With the Powerful Right Media Notes: CNN and the Death of Serious TV News – The Inside Story Judges One: The Revolution Continues Apace Judges Two: The Conservatives Get Deadly Serious Sunday Matters: Things Sometimes Overlooked Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the World’s Laziest Journalist - “Bomb’s Away!” Target? Liberal Media Book Wrangler: Once you’ve written the review, why read the book? Photography and more... Landmarks: What Passes for History in Los Angeles New York: A Good Day in Manhattan Quotes: As the war continues, or the occupation, or whatever it is… And special photos from last week - France: Gers is not Paris _____________________________________ Volume 3, Number 14 - for the week of Sunday, April 3, 2005 Current Events The Report: Newsmen Don’t Throw Curveballs Holy War: The Tiger-by-the-Tail Problem Words: The Rhetoric of the Godly and its Consequences Ethics: Thinking of toasters in Rochester… Press Notes: The Art of Controlling the Interview, and the Craft of Selling Advertising Slots Polarization: The Effect of Washington’s Intervention in Florida Regarding the Woman with No Brain Waves for the Last Fifteen Years Pedagogy: The Uses of Philosophy Anger Management: On Taking Politics Way Too Seriously Technology: On wanting to kill anyone who does not share your views…. Irony: Humor in Saying Actually What You Meant to Say Not Quite So: Fahrenheit 911 Vindicated? Pointers: Recommending Two Items Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: - from the World’s Laziest Journalist - “They Shoot Horses Don’t They?” Book Wrangler: So many books to review, so few free lunches to help sway the decision! Photography and more... France: Gers is not Paris Our Man in Paris: Paris is Paris Beginnings: Baseball Season Starts Old Birds: Tigers that fly, or used to, and so much more… The Usual Quotes: Appropriate to recent events… ____________________________ Volume 3, Number 13 - for the week of Sunday, March 27, 2005 Current Events Meme Watch: The Republican Party Self-Destructs Before Our Eyes Party of God: Propitious Events The Main Event Monday: Cynicism 101 Tuesday: Talk Radio Wednesday: Three Odd Events Thursday: A Call for an American Bastille Day Odd Humor: Can We Joke? Secondary Events Teaser: He’s Back Otherwise: Short Notes on What Else is Up Bob Patterson and more… WLJ Weekly: from the World’s Laziest Journalist - “Good Americans, when they die, go to Paris.” Book Wrangler: Book ‘em (Rue) Daunou Supplement: Americans in Paris Quotes: Paris and the French Features Photography: Saturday Dawn Links and Recommendations: Local webcams of note…. __________________________________ Volume 3, Number 12 - for the week of Sunday, March 20, 2005 Current Events The Politics of Death: A Private Matter Becomes Extremely Public Vengeance: An Idea Whose Time Has Come Paying Attention: The Culture of War Failing Upward: Wolfowitz to the World Bank Selling America: Just What Are We Selling? Logic: The Fallacy of the Undistributed Middle? Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from the World’s Laziest Journalist - Operation “Repeal The New Deal” Continues Book Wrangler: The Lost Episodes of the Twilight Zone Francophile Corner Our Man in Paris: France Picks Its Nose (Formerly 'French Baffled By Nose') Our Man in Marseille: What's that Smell? Paris Photos: A good week, an Irish poet, and a big balloon… Features Cognac: Are These People Mad? Boredom: Another Invention from the Eighteenth Century? Quotes: On Lawyers and the Law Photography Coincidence: The Vernal Equinox Issue __________________________________ Volume 3, Number 11 - for the week of Sunday, March 13, 2005 Current Events International Law: America is being Texified? Diplomacy: My Favorite Diplomat, and his Shadow Class Warfare: Keeping the Poor Honest Governance: Make it All Private Populism: Two Kinds of Conservatives The Law: A Short Note on The Divine Nature of Human Law Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: from The World’s Laziest Journalist - How to Argue Like a Conservative Radio Talk Show Host (for fun and profit?) Book Wrangler: National Columnists Day Features Our Man in Paris: Street Democracy Paris Extra: Paris mérite d'obtenir les Jeux olympiques 2012 ? Quotes: Shakespeare and Company Photography Local Stuff: Renoir on Wilshire Boulevard ______________________________________ Volume 3, Number 10 - for the week of Sunday, March 6, 2005 Current Events Jurisprudence: A Minor Matter Justifications: Why We Did What? Are We Allowed to Ask? Governance: The Purpose Disputed Tactics: On Dealing With Those Who Think "Tolerance" is a Dirty Word Press Notes: Fair and Balanced One More Time The Zeitgeist: Notes on the F-Word Social Security: Reform as a Form of Sadism? Special Dialogs: Hunter Thompson Reconsidered Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World’s Laziest Journalist - Speculation Prompted by the Michael Jackson Trial Book Wrangler: "The Boys on the Bus" - a review 33 years past deadline... Features Internet Notes: The End of this Publication? Bush In Europe: The REAL story Quotes: Food, Glorious Food! New Link: Velvel on National Affairs Photography Paris Photos: Winter, and Cows Back East: New York and Washington Photography: Early Sunday at the Beach _____________________________ Volume 3, Number 9 - for the week of Sunday, February 27, 2005 Current Events Social Security: Whom Do You Trust? Tripping: Bush in Europe Evolution: Scopes was convicted, wasn’t he? Reevaluations: Pay attention! This is a new America! Cognitive Dissonance: Call it salvaging self-respect… Winning: A good right hook… Urban Legends: Getting your green card the hard way... Paris Weekly Letters from Paris: Expensive Lives Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World’s Laziest Journalist - Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and Words of Mass Deception (WMD’s) Book Wrangler: Born too soon to be a Hunter S. Thompson wannabe? Features Beer: Political Differences and Lager and Stout and Ale Quotes: Oscar Weekend (Fame) Photography Photography: Oscar Morning in Hollywood More Paris: More of Left Bank Lens Held Over - Iraq Photography: Exclusive Election Photographs from Mosul Held Over - Paris Photography: Left Bank Lens from Paris, the weekly photo magazine… ________________________________________ Volume 3, Number 8 - for the week of Sunday, February 20, 2005 Current Events International Relations: Mars and Venus and Technology The New Guy: Dean Leads the Democrats Free Speech: Attacks, Lies, Offensive Opinion and all the rest… Quick Hit: What You Can Stand Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World’s Laziest Journalist - Roulette game or a train wreck about to happen? Book Wrangler: 2Z77767, Rolf Wutherich, and Donald Turnipseed Features Blood Sport: The Sport of the British Aristocrats (Aristos) Saved by the Perfidious French Habits: “If smoking was about being grown up, the new Puritanism is about being a perpetual child…” Gone Now: Arthur Miller Words: Dangerous Things (even in French) Quotes: “When ideas fail, words come in very handy.” Photography Iraq Photography: Exclusive Election Photographs from Mosul Paris Photography: Left Bank Lens from Paris, the weekly photo magazine… Cute Photography: Kids and Ducks and Things… ________________________ Volume 3, Number 7 Sunday, February 13, 2005 Current Events Press Notes: What the Press Reports – Notes on Objectivity and Selectivity Press Scandal Right: The Limits of Allowable Manipulation Press Scandal Left: Ah heck, stick to the narrative! Offend the most people the least. Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World’s Laziest Journalist - “Would that it were so!” (Return to the kill-the-messenger philosophy?) Book Wrangler: Biker wisdom - Kansas: home of the highway with 318 miles and 11 curves. Features Paris Weekly: 'Tidy Enough for Bobos' (Paris these days, with an exclusive photo gallery) Quotes: Some really odd ones for Valentines Day (and more) Photography: The Other Film Capital of Southern California ______________________________________ Volume 3, Number 6 Sunday, February 6, 2005 Current Events State of the Union: Reactions to the Mid-Week Speech Social Security: The Debate About Other Things, Really Losing Battles: Opposing Torture Certified as Quaint Ironies: The Vote In Iraq Tort Reform: Personal Injury as an Investment Strategy Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World’s Laziest Journalist - “…sealing wax, cabbages, and kings…” Book Wrangler: “There were no rules for dealing with anarchists.” Features Film: Our Man on Paris finds Bob L'Éponge Books: Our Responsibility To The Commons Quotes: Considering Sports on Super Bowl Sunday Photography Photography: Super Sunday Gloom _____________________________ Volume 3, Number 5 Sunday, January 30, 2005 Current Events Empire: Decline and Fall Into Irrelevance Mars and Venus: A Week for Policy Wonks Leadership: Who Gets Run the Show? Dialog: Being Truthful Is Irrelevant? Tolerance: The Sponge Story Has Legs (That Sponge Has Legs?) Words: Precise Language Can Serve Us Well Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World’s Laziest Journalist - Corrections, Connections and Musical Selections Book Wrangler: Dead seventy years and still ahead of his time… Features Paris Notes: A Brit Explains the French, and Our Man in Paris Gives Us the Truth (with photos) Quotes: Leadership Photography Photography: French Hollywood Guest Photography – Backstage at Carnegie Hall ____________________________ Volume 3, Number 4 Sunday, January 23, 2005 Current Events Event of the Week: Reactions to the Inauguration of George Bush for his Second Term Paris Political Notes: The "Inaugural Anti-Ball" Media Notes: Another Means of Engineering Conformity Short Shots: Torture and Offending Everyone Words: Accidental Wit and Wisdom Our Culture: A Diatribe Against a Cartoon Sponge and All That Sponge Stands For Aviation: Our Man in Paris Explains Events in Toulouse Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World’s Laziest Journalist - May I borrow your Ford Cobra for two weeks? Book Wrangler: What does it mean? Zen and The Art of Vocabulary Building Features Book Note: Anniversaries - Cervantes’s Don Quixote Quotes: Movies and Sunset Boulevard Photography Guest Photography – Backstage at Carnegie Hall Photography: Odd Times (Paradise Weather) ___________________________ Volume 3, Number 3 Sunday, January 16, 2005 Current Events Assessment: The Only Causes Worth Fighting For Are Lost Causes Generations: How to Wage War as a Function of Age Trends: It was the week of the Nazi revival… Holidays: When is Tet this year? Oops: Nothing to see here folks, move along… Religion Evolution: Sticker Shock Theology: What is God Up To These Days? Comparative Religion: Understanding Joan of Arc Moral Clarity: Comments On Smarmy Religiosity, Sexual Priggishness, Vengeance And Racism Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World’s Laziest Journalist - Morphogenic Resonance and Reviving the Draft Book Wrangler: “When you say that, smile!” Features Photography: After the Rain Humor: Dave Barry Quotes: Lying and Liars __________________________________________ Volume 3, Number 2 Sunday, January 9, 2005 Current Events Late Breaking: More “It Couldn’t Be So” Items Bypassing the Law: Only Girly Men Consider the Bill of Rights Delay or Charade: Why Don’t We Have an Election? Votes In Congress: AG for AG and What to do About SS Good Night To Us All: We chose the optimist over the realist after all…. (Management 101 Revisited) Political Strategy: What are the poor Democrats to do? Ceremonies: January 20th? HIDE! Foreigners Billboard Politics: Uppity French Folks Homogenized Culture: The New Anti-Enlightenment Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World’s Laziest Journalist - “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know” Book Wrangler: “So many books, so little time.” Features Photography: Rainy Day Blues One Shot: Georgia on My Mind (guest photograph) Guest Photography: A Different Eye (jimmy b lookin held over one week) Quotes Regarding Music: Ludwig Wittgenstein to Frank Zappa ___________________________________ Volume 3, Number 1 Sunday, January 2, 2005 Current Events Tsunami: A little help here… Sociopaths Rule: The Madness of King George Diagnosed Political Healing: Reconciliation and Polar Bears 2004 Done Gone Down: Retrospectives Looking Forward: The Next Election and the Oncoming Train The Season Ends Christmas Past: Last Month’s Culture Wars Holiday Notes: Happy Hedonism to you all from Georgia and Paris (with photos) Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World's Laziest Journalist - Never play cards with a man named ‘Doc’ (Talk Radio) Book Wrangler: Reach for the books, partner! (Howard Hughes) Features Cars: Returning to Vancouver by way of Lulu Island Guest Photography: A Different Eye (jimmy b lookin returns) Photography: The Year Turns... Preliminary Photography: Testing the New Camera Follow Up: Irving Berlin and Freud Quotes - Abbie Hoffman to Gertrude Stein _______________________________________ Volume 2, Number 50 Sunday, December 19, 2004 Current Events Oops Again: Faith-Based Missile Defense Oh Canada!: They're always trying to show us up, but politely... Sidebars: Short Shots of Silliness Media Notes: The Death of the Newspaper? Explanation: Politics Fade and Daydreaming Takes Over Travel Our Man in Paris: Is Paris Shopping? A Christmas Photo Essay. Travel Notes: The Goose, the Albatross, and the Caribbean Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World’s Laziest Journalist - The "Trickle Up" Style of Journalism Book Wrangler: The Mystery of the Missing Quotes and Other Literary Notes Features Music: The Best of the Best, from Brazil Photography: Trying for Christmas Manhattan Christmas: Christmas in the City (more photography) Kids: They don't get it... (more photography) Quotes: Useful Pithy Observations about the press and journalism and all that... Seasonal Christmas Photography Paris: The Champs-Elysées as the Christmas lights are now up… Christmas Photography Beverly Hills: Optical Oddities December 12, 2004 - Baccarat in Hollywood (actually Beverly Hills) - and a bit of Paris and Manhattan: Follow-Up Christmas Photography Hollywood Boulevard December 12, 2004 - December Gardens __________________________________________ Volume 2, Number 49 Sunday, December 12, 2004 Current Events Words: Rumsfeld and his tin ear, and AWOL heart and mind… Unintended Consequences: What We have Done and How We Talk About It Oops: "Mr. Clean" withdraws his name for consideration… Religion God Stuff: No Atheists in the Foxholes Hollywood and God: Strained Relations Sidebars Economic Notes: Insecurity Trees and Jesus: The Environment and Wayne Newton Slavery: Endorsed in the Bible? Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World’s Laziest Journalist - Where is Australia? Book Wrangler: Anyone want to write The Book of Ed Gein’s Favorite Recipes? Features Photography: December Gardens Photography Follow-Up: Baccarat in Hollywood (actually Beverly Hills) – and a bit of Paris and Manhattan Quotes: On Belief and Faith and that sort of thing… Seasonal Christmas Photography Paris: The Champs-Elysées as the Christmas lights are now up… Christmas Photography Beverly Hills: Optical Oddities Christmas Photography Hollywood Boulevard _______________________________ Volume 2, Number 48 Sunday, December 5, 2004 Current Events Religion This Week: Tolerance is for sissies… Torture: Look Away Oh Canada!: Bush is lucky he made it back to Washington…. Quick Hits Balance: Ah, there are always two sides… Differentiations: The big divide between liberals and conservatives ... Keeping Up: Running out of brain candy… Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World’s Laziest Journalist - The WLJ disk jockey looks in the geography book…. Book Wrangler: If LA is illiterate, why are there so many great bookstores here? Features Our Man in Paris: Weekend Updates Cats: Haiku for those who know of cats, author unknown… Music: Duke Ellington at Schoenberg Hall Sports: Football or Checkers Quotes: This is Hollywood Photography: Christmas on Hollywood Boulevard From the previous week... America: William Nichols - The Right, the Left, and My Mother Christmas Photography Paris: The Champs-Elysées as the Christmas lights are now up… Christmas Photography Bevery Hills: Optical Oddities ________________________________________ Volume 2, Number 47 Sunday, November 28, 2004 Special Items America: William Nichols - The Right, the Left, and My Mother Our Man In Paris: The Champs-Elysées as the Christmas lights are now up… Current Events Impunity: American Exceptionalism and the New Marlboro Man Talk Radio: Not for Liberals Our New Theocracy: The Triumph of Idealism The Values War: Don't try to join 'em, try to beat 'em! And, when possible, try to get them to join us… Parallels: Bush as Brezhnev (really) Real Costs: It’s not OUR fault! Summit of Sarkomania: Cocky is not a character trait favored by the French. Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World’s Laziest Journalist - Norman Rockwell, an American Original Book Wrangler: That’s using the old loaf! (That’s Cockney rhyming slang that means, “That’s using your head.”) Features Sunday Morning Photography: Optical Oddities Quotes: Cynics at Thanksgiving New Links and Recommendations: Simon Zheng – Photographer From the previous week... Guest Photography: A Different Eye (jimmy b lookin) Photography: Sunday morning in the other Los Angeles – Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park… ____________________________________ Volume 2, Number 46 Sunday, November 21, 2004 Posted Monday, November 22, 2004 Current Events No Comment: Running On Empty The War: Now What? Journalism 101: One more round on whether the press can be objective… Daring Canadians: Well, this is an idea…. Put George Bush in a Canadian prison? Guest Comment: Verses from the south of France (Samantha Timmerman) Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World’s Laziest Journalist - If they move… shoot ‘em! (A column about… Photography!) Book Wrangler: Talking emus, the Harry Stephen Keeler Society, and flocking penguins… Features Guest Photography: A Different Eye (jimmy b lookin) Automobiles: Topolino news and the streets of Paris… Photography: Sunday morning in the other Los Angeles – Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park… Quotes - Useful Pithy Observations - on photography, and more… ____________________________________ Volume 2, Number 45 Sunday, November 14, 2004 Current Events Out of Outrage: Election Fraud? A Draft? Ah, such pathetic losers… Religion: The Limits of Being Snide Tribal Warfare: So what happened this month with Alabama Amendment Two? Irreconcilable Differences: Should Certain States Now Be Forced Out Of The Union? Counterargument: Rick Brown on why what was said last week was wrong, or inadequate… Sidebar: British Busybodies Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World’s Laziest Journalist - Automobile museums and suggestions and other assorted car related material. (For taking our minds off politics...) Book Wrangler: Süsslichschmerz und Ceux de le Resistance (CDLR) Features The French Paradox: One more time… Paris Notes: But George Feydeau was talking about a flea in her ear – not a bee! Photography: Today’s Botanical and Signs Automotive Photography: California Cars Quotes - Useful Pithy Observations (of the automotive sort) _______________________________________________ Volume 2, Number 44 Sunday, November 7, 2004 The Election Issue Before Tuesday Reality Check: Listen up! There IS no War on Terror! I repeat: There IS no War on Terror! None! We have all been conned! Warming Up: Bush as Robespierre? After Tuesday The Day After the Election: "You need to disengage your need to be right." The Day After the Day After: Martyrs and God and Money and Gays and the Press At the End of the Week: Summing Up Next Steps: No Concessions? Paris Burgers: Maybe relations with France can be saved… Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World’s Laziest Journalist - Be careful what you dream… Features Photography: Gloom in Liberal Hollywood Quotes - Useful Pithy Observations... Bertolt Brecht, Ambrose Bierce, Joseph Conrad – and a Brazilian fellow… ___________________ Volume 2, Number 43 Sunday, October 31, 2004 Current Events The Short Snark: The New Bin Laden Videotape The Pledge: The Cult of Personality Returns (atavistic instincts are fascinating) Breaking News: October surprises as seen from Paris, Atlanta, the London in Canada and upstate New York... Class Warfare: We're not in Kansas any more? Oh yes we are! Catching-Up: The Week of Quite Odd Events in Review Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World’s Laziest Journalist - He's makin' a list and checkin' it twice. (Christmas comes early for the Republicans) Book Wrangler: Bookstores always remind the columnist of "Bring Cash Alley" in Saigon Features The Francophile Corner: How we are seen by the French, who we so love to hate... Halloween Extra: Notes on chocolate… Photography: Halloween Quotes - Useful Pithy Observations... Just who believes in what? ________________________________________ Volume 2, Number 42 Sunday, October 24, 2004 Current Events Political Advertisements: Never Cry Wolf The New Community: Say what? Who are you going to believe? Me, or your own eyes? Faith in Action: Everyone piles on as we move toward civil war, maybe ... Dialogs Concerning Natural Religion: Not David Hume in the late eighteenth century, but Paris and Cincinnati this week... Basic Facts: Here in the reality-based community ... Follow-Up: The possibility that Bush was wired with a little radio into his ear during the first debate, and its implications ... Our Man in Paris Paris this Week: Kerry Gets Edge At Harry's Language: Le 'Must' Globish Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World’s Laziest Journalist - Alien Abduction or Breech of Security? Book Wrangler: A book reviewer’s Christmas season bonanza … Features Guest Photography: C'est à cause que tout doit finir que tout est si beau. Photography: Sunrise over Sunset Boulevard, October 24, 2004 Quotes - What is art? ______________________________________ Volume 2, Number 41 Sunday, October 17, 2004 Current Events The Last Debate: Bush and Kerry in a last face-off ... Endorsements: Those with little success and even less luck in life don't much care for disagreement about George Bush The Draft: The issue that isn't an issue if the cease and desist order stands... Odd Diagnoses: Bush's Brain and all that.... Press Notes: Roles and Responsibilities Follow-Up: What changed after the second presidential debate? The folks from Venus bailed out. Recommended This Week: Item of Note Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World’s Laziest Journalist - Does carpe diem mean the daily special at a rug store? Book Wrangler: How can you tell when a politician is lying? (Their lips are moving.) Features Photography: It never rains in Southern California? Wet botanicals.... Quotes: Useful Pithy Observations... Albert Einstein gives fashion advice? Sure. Why not? _________________________________ Volume 2, Number 40 Sunday, October 10, 2004 Current Events First Stringers: This Week's Presidential Debate Irony: George Bush gets his suits from Georges de Paris... And is told what to say by whom? The Draw: The Debate of the Proxies Reactions: Honesty as the Best Policy? And why did God create conservatives? Features Paris This Week: The French - Upset? Quotes: Useful Pithy Observations... Old Greeks Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World’s Laziest Journalist - Have we got a deal for you? Photography Photography: In those high rolling hills... ____________________________________ Volume 2, Number 39 Sunday, October 3, 2004 Current Events The First Presidential Debate: "You forgot Poland." Debate: The Day After Logic Bombs: Why Bush Will (eventually) Win the Debates Media Notes: Fair and Balanced, and Quite Often Mistaken Facts: The Annuls of Cognitive Dissonance Legislation: The guy who used to coach high school wresting has a modest proposal… Ohio: Blackwell the Magician Our Man in Paris Paris: A quick note and photo from the City That Never Sleeps (at least for one night) regarding this year’s nuit blanche... Features Theology: The Paris-Atlanta Dialogs Travel: In the Land of Spiritual Elevators Quotes: Useful Pithy Observations... Parting Shots Photography Photography: Signs and Portents _________________________________ Volume 2, Number 38 Sunday, September 26, 2004 Current Events A Nation of Victims: The moral basis for redress, retaliation and even revenge in order to right any given wrong, real or imagined... Rhetoric: The campaigns settle on their preferred rhetorical devices for the final weeks... Policy: A slightly autistic self-satisfaction remains the dominant tendency of American power. (Bush at the United Nations) Odds and Ends: A Curious Map Reveals God's Politics Ongoing Issues Follow-Up: Who do you trust? What happened to CBS? Piling On: One step beyond the tipping point... Features The Work Ethic: Is the route to sanity to do as little as possible? Quotes: Even More Useful Pithy Observations - Amicule, deliciae, num is sum qui mentiar tibi? (Baby, sweetheart, would I lie to you?) Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World's Laziest Journalist "Cool Hunting" - done by a hippie columnist ... Book Wrangler: Early Christmas gift suggestions? Photography Photography: On the Boulevard - Raymond Chandler Territory _______________________ Volume 2, Number 37 Sunday, September 19, 2004 Current Events Trends: There just isn't enough fairy dust to fix this one ... Momentum: The rolling meme gathers speed ... Insecurity: It seems to be 1660 again ... Winning: What is being said about why the Democrats can't seem to get it together ... Features Paris Notes: Ces filles jumelles, sans des talents reconnaissables ... Paris Culture: This weekend's Techno Parade - and what to do with a really bad movie ... Minor Note: The Paris-Hollywood Thing Books: If you're so smart, how come you're not rich? Quotes: Even More Useful Pithy Observations - a potpourri, a plethora of pundits from Carl Sagan to Al Capone, from Garrison Keillor to William Gladstone… Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World's Laziest Journalist - "Don't make any sudden moves!" Book Wrangler: The never ending search for truth, justice, the American way, and a copy of Kitty Kelley's new book ... Photography Photography: Hollywood Murals _______________________ Volume 2, Number 36 Sunday, September 12, 2004 Current Events Political Methodology: Fighting Dirty Scandals: Bush's Bad Day at Black Rock (CBS) Framing Issues: Refer to a movie, or to sports, or... ? Follow-Up: Low-Rent Crystalnacht (...it continues) Features Paris Notes: Even thugs need advice now and then... Philosophy: True Lies Quotes: Even More Useful Pithy Observations - Everything you ever wanted to know about Paul Valéry, and more... Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World's Laziest Journalist - Conservatives Forgive the Sins of the Sixties Book Wrangler: My life is like an episode of ... Film: The fox condemns the trap, not himself... Photography Photography: The Wright Stuff - the Frank Lloyd Wright Stoner House in Hollywood (1923) In the Zone: On the recent expedition to the Twilight Zone event in the Valley ... ______________ Volume 2, Number 35 Sunday, September 5, 2004 Current Events Perspective: Bush Speaks Choosing sides: The defining moment of the Republican National Convention... Brown Shirts: Low-Rent Crystalnacht Tarring Others: Well, it could be true... you just never know. Nuance for Dummies: Words matter, except when they don't... Features Paris Notes: Politics and Celebrities, Headscarves, Hostages and Short People Paris Extra: The more things change, the more they... the Chinese arrive soon? The Law: Have you no shame, sir? The philosophy of law…. Quotes: Even More Useful Pithy Observations... regarding mental heath and smoking? Something like that... Bob Patterson WLJ WEEKLY: The World's Laziest Journalist - The Stanley Lord Journalism Awards? Photography Architectural Notes - a bit of old Hollywood Architectural Oddities: Photos from the Edge ____________________ Volume 2, Number 34 Sunday, August 29, 2004 Current Events Trends: The Coming Bush Victory Counting Votes: Guest Columnist Rick Brown - It's the Electoral College, Stupid! News Cycles: Friday Afternoon Follies (Bush Lucky Breaks and Spies) Political Theater: Our President Doesn't Deal with Losers, or Cripples, or Whiners UK Notes: Blair Does Not Have the Political Skills of Bush (or maybe he does) Odds and Ends: Three odd political items... Follow-Up: The Meme Gathers Momentum On Character Character 1: The Story That Won't Die - leading to a precise definition of cowardice... Character 2: From the Department of Useless Advice Character 3: Spite and its uses... Why One Votes for Bush Features History: The Liberation of Paris (and the rise of California) Surrealism: How the World Ends (This week's version...) Quotes: Even More Useful Pithy Observations... Bob Patterson WLJ WEEKLY: The World's Laziest Journalist - Journalism New York style has evolved from the Pentagon Papers to spin lackeys... WLJ Sidebars: Hot on the trail of some old gossip... Photography Color Studies __________________________ Volume 2, Number 33 Sunday, August 22, 2004 Current Events Attack Ads: The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and all that... Fitness for Command: No one wants to mention the elephant in the room, but things change... Couldn't Be: From the Department of Oops! - Need some spin here, and some damage control.... Listen to the Women: Points to Consider Confidence: Who do you trust? The week started with the New York Times causing trouble again. Philosophy: George Bush has read Immanuel Kant? What's really going on here? Follow-Ups: Sensitivity and Madness (Cheney and Keyes) Conspiracy Theories: Assuming Competence on Scant Evidence (editor's official position) Features Film Notes: Affirmative Action Should Not Keep Me From the Movies (a guest column by Joy Childs) The Life: Ric Erickson's Report from Paris Gone: Julia Child and Donald Justice Quotes: Useful Pithy Observations... Robert Frost on humor, Hemingway on writing, some regarding conservatives and the rich, as some on, well, cats... Links and Recommendations - new this week, Don Smith, Paris photographer and his *Left Bank Lens* Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World's Laziest Journalist - The voice of one crying in the desert... Book Wrangler Book Review: Is it the San Andreas' fault? Photography Photography: Hollywood Ghosts (new photos added August 23) ______________________ Volume 2, Number 32 Sunday, August 15, 2004 Current Events Racial Identity: Who Gets to be Black? Male Identity: Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking to the Profound Playing Fair: The Bad-Boy Vote Sidebar: The Apolitical Side of Rugby Political Discourse: New Factors (the UN poking around) Running with the Story: Say you can't do the job and it's yours... This week's CIA notes. Hero Myth: Eschew nuance, and odd words. Notes on what really matters... Summary Questions: ... from our man in Paris to Americans over here Features WLJ Weekly: The World's Laziest Journalist - "The owls are not what they seem." Paris Weekly: A building without a concierge is a building without a soul? Quotes: Useful Pithy Observations... Three deep thoughts, and one that may be. Photography Photography: The War of the Handbills in West Los Angeles Photography 2: ... for Nelson Algren Photography 3: Simple Pleasures Special (held over from previous week) Gig Chronicles: The Boogie (Phillip Raines plays North Georgia) __________________ Volume 2, Number 31 Sunday, August 8, 2004 Current Events Political Discourse: There seem to be some disagreements on methodology... The L-Word: Rehabilitating the word LIBERAL - and Elvis? Words: The president once again says something really dumb, which is a Freudian slip or not, or... Election Notes: Tough Times for the Third Man (Ralph Nader not Orson Welles) High Finance: You can't touch me! Ha! History: It's always the French, isn't it? The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 UK Notes: They do wonder about us... The Law: Ignorance of the law is no excuse... an odd little item here... Odds and Ends: Oklahoma and Los Angeles - Details, details, details... Sidebar: Realism from the Right? Features Gig Chronicles: The Boogie (Phillip Raines plays North Georgia) Paris Weekly: Friday night - La rando du vendredi à Paris... and dancing Saturday night (text and photos from our man in Paris) Quotes: Useful Pithy Observations… Immanuel Fichte and Erica Jong together at last Bob Patterson WLJ Weekly: The World's Laziest Journalist - Fresno, Tigers, the Deprong Mori, and Penn State Election Trick Extra: A voter problem that may not register with the major media... Book Wrangler: If there are ghosts, writers and awards then we must ask: Are there awards for ghostwriters? Photography Photography: Two Eyes on Los Angeles ____________ Volume 2, Number 30 Sunday, August 1, 2004 Current Events Fixing Things: What to Make of the 9/11 Commission's Report Book Notes: Social Darwinism as seen from Pasadena UK Notes: Using the law to keep delusions under control... Gloom and Doom: The Really Dismal Science and the Damned Invisible Hand French Doctors: No one is neutral as you are with us or with the evildoers... The Law: Lawsuits Destroying American Business Sidebar: "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!" Boston and the Election Boston: What to do with the apolitical majority... Asked in Boston: Cain's Question Boston 2: Psychoanalysts for Peace and Justice! Election Notes: Events NOT Occurring in Boston Dissent: You won't see Dick, unless you say the magic words... Dissent 2: Keeping the press in line... Features WLJ Weekly: The World's Laziest Journalist - “Muster in Custer” or “East of Eden”? Alabama: Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere Quotes: Useful Pithy Observations… Doctor Johnson on life, and others on war. Photography Photography: Dislocations from the Present Photography 2: The Pasadena Street Art Fair Photography 3: The faux White Castle on Sunset, three blocks from home... ______________________________ Volume 2, Number 29 Sunday, July 25, 2004 Current Events Conspiracy Theory: Tin-Foil Hats for Everyone Déjà Vu: A Clear and Present Danger Checks and Balances: Stopping the Activist Judges from Destroying Life As We Know It The Law: The Company We Keep Not quite so...: But close enough for government work... Ongoing Issues Follow-Up One: Kansas Follow-Up Two: The Uses of Religion Follow-Up Three: The Terrorists Force Our Government to Call Off the November Elections Follow-Up Four: More to be said - Kafka and Soft Power Features WLJ Weekly: The World's Laziest Journalist - A sacred pilgrimage for a Hemingway wannabe... Book Wrangler: A famous writer gets burned up about a Fahrenheit 9/11 invitation... Paris News: More fun and games from Paris! The chips are down. Odds and Ends: Condiments Go to WAR! Writing Well 1: The winners of this year's Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest are announced... Writing Well 2: Faulkner in Hollywood - Even Now Quotes: Useful Pithy Observations… from Oscar Levant, Franz Kafka and André Maurois (a great team!) Photography Photography: Venice Beach Details Photography 2: Political Signs Photography 3: Architecture of Note Reference (new) Sources: For Political Commentary and News Before It Hits The Major Media ______________________________ Volume 2, Number 28 Sunday, July 18, 2004 Current Events Bold Leadership: The Case Against Playing Fair Kansas and the FMA: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a ... The Importance of Martyrdom to the Conservative Movement Resentment: The NAACP and George Bush - Political Theater Medical Notes: The Joy of Psychopathology Bush Notes: WMD for Dummies Paranoia 1: Let us not be paranoid ... Paranoia 2: Paranoia Take Two... Bummer Thursday: Hollywood Feels Like Steamy Florida and the Political World Stays Just As Nasty, and Abu Ghraib ... Features WLJ Weekly: The World's Laziest Journalist - Are Howard Hughes, Jett Rink, and Jethro Bodine, the Holy Trinity of the oil barons' brat pack? Bastille Day!: Allons enfants de la patrie! (With photos from Wednesday in Paris...) Quotes: Useful Pithy Observations… this time new sources, and a bit from both Montaigne and Hunter S. Thompson! Photography Photography: The Hollywood Eye _____________________ Volume 2, Number 27 Sunday, July 11, 2004 Current Events Report Card: George Gets Another Gentleman's-C The New Iraq: Amnesty for the Bad Guys? Martial Law for the Good Guys? Whatever. New Limitations: Kafka, Canadians and Cricket (and a Sartre bonus) World War: Djibouti and the July Surprise Just in from Paris: Who gets to tell the story? Narrative Theory. Sidebar: Way down Guantánamo Bay way... Couldn't be so!: Yes, they're not even pretending to be serious anymore. Ohio: Election Notes Propaganda: Photography as Propaganda Features WLJ Weekly: The World's Laziest Journalist - "I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it." Book Wrangler: Who's to say when dissent descends into sedition? Automobiles: A Debate on Virtue and Exploitation Language: Speaking With Dogs Odds and Ends: The Law in Italy Quotes: Useful Pithy Observations… this time some unusual Hemingway and much more Photography Photography: Götterdämmerung, Hollywood Style _____________________ Volume 2, Number 26 Sunday, July 4, 2004 Current Events - The Law The Decisions: SCOTUS - In league with the terrorists? The Discussion: Second Thoughts Official Responses: The Attorney General is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government, so ... The Michael Moore film... Fahrenheit 460: The Barbie Dialogs - Copyright Law and Ray Bradbury's Anger Moore to say...: From Pundits and a Friend in Boston Fun and Games Religion: Heresy - In the Specific Religious (and Los Angeles) Meaning of the Term Ethics: Many Voices - On Winning or Playing Fair Couldn't be so!: Your government at work... hoping there are some things you won't notice. Features WLJ Weekly: The World's Laziest Journalist - Sturgeon's Law and Zero Eight Foxtrot Paris Weekly: Paris Chronicles, Salut! - Ric Quotes: On America (4th of July Special) and Gatsby, an American Classic Photography Photography: The geometry of leisure… On Photography: Through the Viewfinder - Old photo lesson updated for the digital age: Don't be an equipment snob. ___________________ Volume 2, Number 25 Sunday, June 27, 2004 Current Events Trends: Something is up. Or maybe not. Or maybe so. (Cheney misbehaves?) Basics: They hate us? That proves we're right of course. Semantic Theory: Deconstructionist Semantics Used to Explain When a Lie is Not a Lie Follow-Up: On the other hand... The insightful, levelheaded News Guy clarifies matters. Couldn't be so: ... and the madness continues. Sidebar: The Children of Conservatives The Michael Moore film... Reviews 1: Less in no longer Moore, and never was Reviews 2: Is there such a thing as a legitimate abuse of power? An Alternative: If Michael Moore had any self-control... The film he didn't make. Review: Bob Patterson Reviews Michael Moore's New Film... The Press Press Notes: The news media wakes up and starts doing its job? Journalism 101: What journalism is and what it is not. A dialog. Features WLJ Weekly: The World's Laziest Journalist - Return of the guillotine? Odds and Ends: The French. Cats. Madness. Psychology: On Having a Positive Attitude - The argument that happy people are quite dangerous... Quotes: Useful Pithy Observations... from Maugham and Freud Photography Photography: As seen by others... *Vive La Vraie France!* Local Photography: Southern California for those elsewhere at the moment - _____________ Volume 2, Number 24 Sunday, June 20, 2004 Current Events Major News: The Big Stories of the Week. Not Really News. Just Confirmations. Policy Notes: Who needs respect? As long as they fear us we're safe? Impeachment: The Issue is Actually Raised by Over Four-Hundred Legal Scholars Press Notes: Fox News Officially Censured for Lying (but not here) Follow-Up: The wheels turn slowly, but they do turn.... Odds and Ends: What to cover, and in what depth... Arguing with others... Michael Moore: Asking the right questions? Christopher Hitchens: Speak for yourself, white man! David Brooks: "Isn't it pretty to think so?" Second Thoughts: When Good Conservatives Get Grumpy Features WLJ Weekly: The World's Laziest Journalist - A poltergeist guest and a feast of paranoid speculation... From Paris: This Week's Exchange with the editor of MetropoleParis Television: The Politics of the Heartland Photography: As seen by others... Guest Photographers Quotes: Useful Pithy Observations… Steinbeck and Nietzsche ________________________ Volume 2, Number 23 Sunday, June 13, 2004 Current Events Reagan: Ronald Reagan is dead. So is Emma Goldman. Tortured Logic: Ask a lawyer, get an answer... Just what is legal? Sidebar: Capturing lightning in a bottle - The Reagan Magic Formula On Our Side: Choosing friends and allies ... Disconnects: Things that just couldn't be so ... Oops Sorry: Brain Damage - Actual and Metaphoric (government apologies of the week) Features WLJ Weekly: The World's Laziest Journalist -Going "beyond the black stump" for our audience... Books: The Book Wrangler - Two days before Bloomsday Dialog: Hollywood and Paris, Back and Forth Film Notes: The Sex Kitten and Casablanca Photography - Odd Cars: Los Angeles Style Photography - Statement: A Famous Anti-War Monument in Santa Monica Photography - Mall: Surreal Shopping Environment Quotes: Useful Pithy Observations from George Orwell and two other Englishmen ____________________ Volume 2, Number 22 Sunday, June 6, 2004 Current Events Ceremonies: The Anniversary of D-Day Sixty Years Ago Memorial Day: We're always looking for the triumph of the good guys and happiness ever after... Soldiers: They Are the Good Guys Changes: Thursday was supposed to be a slow news day and no one told George Tenet International Relations: Two Views. 1. Are we our leaders? 2. Pragmatic Friendship Bush in Paris: The Week's Manif of the Day - Exclusive Report for Our Man In Paris (with photos) Odds and Ends: Gay Marriage and Angry Conservatives (but not Bush this time!) Sidebar: Rhetorical Flourishes and Imaginary Friends Features WLJ Weekly: The World's Laziest Journalist - Blogging for Fun and Profit (or: A Smorgasbord for Web Surfers) Books: We ARE the good guys, and always have been... Short Film Note: I take it all back - Photography: The moose is loose... Quotes: Useful Pithy Observations... (going deep this week) Links and Recommendations: Hugh O'Mara – Artworks ______________________________ Volume 2, Number 21 Sunday, May 30, 2004 Current Events Bush Speaks: Jumping the Shark Gore Speaks: Back from the dead ... Conservative Thought: A whole Lott of love here... Leadership: What Do You Owe Your Subordinates? Tom Clancy almost punched out Richard Perle? Really? Sidebar: He died. Sisyphus Shrugged. Legal Matters: International Law and the Geneva Convention: We Take Hostages... Odds and Ends: New Urban Legends Features WLJ Weekly: The World's Laziest Journalist Crazy, man, crazy! The return of the bebop sensibilities? Books: The Book Wrangler Returns (A Bob Patterson extra!) Religion: A Follow-Up on the Unitarians (Texas Theology Revisited) Legal Oddities: Adventures in Intellectual Property Rights Photography: Good Light in Los Angeles Quotes: Useful Pithy Observations... (even more this week) Links and Recommendations: Gros Morne National Park, A writer's adventures in Newfoundland... ___________________ Volume 2, Number 20 Sunday, May 23, 2004 Current Events Legitimacy: We are the good guys - and no one seems to understand that... Popular Elections: Vox Populii, Vox Dei and all that stuff... Trapped: Notes on the War Scandals Military Views: What the former commanders are saying these days... Sidebars: Minor Press Notes... but startling ones. Religion: Today In Religion - Texas Theology Features WLJ Weekly: The World's Laziest Journalist: Does Zipf's law apply to Schrödinger's cat? (Bob Patterson's weekly column) Film Notes: *Fahrenheit 9/11* Wins Palme D'Or Award at Cannes (and our readers in France have their say...) Odds and Ends: Happy Endings in La-La Land! (It really does pay to watch the news!) Photography: Nice and surreal - Hollywood mornings Quotes: Useful Pithy Observations... (Bob provides some good ones this week.) __________________________ Volume 2, Number 19 Sunday, May 16, 2004 Current Events Responsibility: Responsibility Military Style... and legal issues… Explaining Bush: A young and callow fellow, or a coward and a sociopath? Or an effective, heroic leader? Follow Ups: Torture and morality and all that sort of thing - Alan Dershowitz and Robert Jay Lifton History Repeated: We lost Iraq - so the Chinese win? Could be. Other Views: Worst Case Scenarios for this week... Sidebar: Good intentions and a little fudging on the résumé and people get all upset... Features WLJ Weekly: The World's Laziest Journalist: "On the Road" - or is "You could look it up on the Internet" better? (This week's column from Bob Patterson) Books: The Book Wrangler (A Bob Patterson extra!) Music Notes: Grim Music and Silly Music Photography: Botanicals Photography - Prague: May 2004 Photography - France: France - down south and up north... _________________ Volume 2, Number 18 Sunday, May 9, 2004 Features WLJ Weekly: The World's Laziest Journalist: Reelect Wolfowitz and Halliburton in 04? New Fiction: *Old Dog* by Deborah Vatcher Photography: Candid Paris by a guest photographer, with a local reply… Current Events International Law: Chickens coming home to roost, or the cliché of your choice... Leadership: The CEO President (folks are getting nervous) Religion: On your knees, America! Weekly Spinners: Responsibility and blame and all that sort of thing... Entropy: Things spinning down, as if it matters... _______________ Volume 2, Number 17 Sunday, May 2, 2004 Current Events War Notes: How things are going depends on how you look at things, as it is all a matter of having the right attitude… The Dead: A turning point this week? A long road to the final paragraphs that suggest just that… The Zeitgeist: Nathaniel West, cellos and mountain lions... Strange Times as seen from Los Angeles History Lessons: A minor history lesson from an unlikely source … Clemenceau jokes around with Woodrow Wilson? Something in praise of Warren G. Harding? Press Notes: Fox News, Fair and Balanced - Just Not Very Canadian Sidebar: Selling ersatz personal responsibility to the masses... Pythons: The Monty Python survivors (Eric Idle and Terry Jones) speak out ... Features Photography: May Day - From our correspondents in Paris and Chicago... Minor Ironies: The Revenge of the French Against America Quotes: Two more odd ones… _________________ Volume 2, Number 16 Sunday, April 25, 2004 Current Events Privatization: Two friends from France comment on privatization and mercenaries... Language and Politics: Playing dumb - C'est affreux of course - but necessary... Politics and Religion: The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You! Religion and Politics: The Vatican Rag Press Notes: Bring Out Your Dead More Press Notes: What gets reported? CNN slams Al Jazeera. The Price of the War: Building a nifty nuclear bulldozer... Diplomacy: One More Time... Why do they hate us? Features Fiction: *The Ride* (new fiction from Deborah Vatcher) Travel: Lawyers On The Road Book Notes: The Panda as seen from Canada, Paris, Boston Georgia and Chicago ... Follow-Up: Looking Back and Looking Forward (1968) Cultural Notes: Is it time to eschew Roland Barthes for the Marxist critic Walter Benjamin? Photography: Hot Rods on Sunset Boulevard ___________________________ Volume 2, Number 15 Sunday, April 18, 2004 Current Events Leadership: The Triumph of Hope Over Experience Taking Sides: In-Your-Face Diplomacy Coming Attractions: Another Book You Might Not Want to Read (Woodward this time) Legal Notes: Fat Tony and his Goon Squad - More Detail Sidebars: Preemption and Semantics Odds and Ends: Economic Data and Dyslexia Features Fiction: Goat Farm - new fiction from Deborah Vatcher Books: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - requiescant in pace - but not likely. Movies: Getting Out of Endless Loops - Lawrence of Arabia and his Motorcycle Photography: The famous (not really) Cactus Man of Mulholland Drive. ____________________ Volume 2, Number 14 Sunday, April 11, 2004 Current Events International Law: George Bush and Nuremberg (Really) Psychological Theory: If you look at contemporary psychological theories of aggression... Living History: Richelieu in the White House Almost Living History: Lawrence of Arabia Reports on George Bush’s War The Rice Testimony: Allergic to Rice? Some Reactions... British Pessimism: Things looking bad in Iraq over the last week? Oh heck, it'll only get worse. Rant: Piling on... Class Warfare: Last night I dreamed I saw Joe Hill... Press Notes: You don't mess with Fat Tony. Features Photography: Omens and Portents (signs) Links and Recommendations: Be worldly. Understand the French. Get a daily does of Gallic insight. Funny Stuff: The Andy Warhol Legacy Odds and Ends: Fun With Words Odd Movie News: Iraq, Bush and Hollywood _________ Volume 2, Number 13 Sunday, April 4, 2004 Current Events International Troubles: You and me against the world.... The Right Attitude: More on maintaining the right attitude... The GOD Franchise: Who Owns the Trademark? Ventriloquism and George Bush: Most people are far too young to remember Edgar Bergen and his wooden dummy Charlie McCarthy Getting Even: On getting your enemies but good.... Leadership and Technology: Leadership is Not Ever Changing your Mind - No Matter What - This Team Does NOT Flip-Flop! Conservative Aesthetics: Why are conservatives always so cheery and liberals always so glum? The case against gloom and doom. Odd and Ends: THE STARBUCKS PAPERS and What’s Wrong Those Spanish Folks Features Fiction: Martha's Secrets – new fiction from Deborah Vatcher Photography: Greetings from Hollywood Quotes: Useful Pithy Observations... two new really odd ones this week… Links and Recommendations: Slicing and dicing odd kinds of data… fun with demographics! _______________ Volume 2, Number 12 Sunday, March 28, 2004 Current Events The Worm Turns (1): Last Sunday Someone Spoke up… Press Coverage – What do reporters actually do for a living? The Worm Turns (2): An overview of the 9/11 hearings. William Clarke testified. He was mensch, as they say. Logic: The Meme of the Month - If Descartes were alive today these neoconservative guys would kick that evil French fellow in the shins and beat the snot out of him, in moral outrage, or just for the fun of it. Bush League Humor: Public Relations and Political Gain - Getting the Tone Right (with photographs) Tipping Points: Sometimes folks actually throw the bums out… Flash Report from Paris (Could this happen here?) History: George Bush as sort of, kind of Oliver Cromwell? That is a stretch. Religion: Mel Will Not Go Away! Other possible headings for this? … Why We Are All Wrong About Mel Gibson … France Gets a Gift from America … Algernon Charles Swinburne, Spanking Fetishes and Jesus Quotes - The last stage of sentimentalism is homicidal mania? Britain’s Feydeau – Joe Orton? Features Phillip Raines photo-essays… Real Work: Masonry Music: Playing a gig on Saint Simons Island a day or two before the G8 Summit. This Week’s Photography - Pushing Up Daisies on Deadman’s Curve ____________ Volume 2, Number 11 Sunday, March 21, 2004 Current Events Spain Changes Course: The Bombing and then the Vote in Spain Explained... The Two Opposing Views of What It All Means Bullfighting: Why would the Spanish find this patronizing? Logic: The Limitations of Empiricism in Politics The Law: Stop the judges! Send the gay folks somewhere else! Sex Matters (2): And the week after International Women's Day? Sidebars: Mel Gibson again, and an item on labor law... Features Photography: Sunset Strip Noir (black and whites) Music Notes: Follow Up - Howard Stern is our Shostakovich? Quotes: The Usual Useful Pithy Observations - with two new George Bush items... ____________ Volume 2, Number 10 Sunday, March 14, 2004 Current Events Backlash Populism: Should elitist snobs like me feel guilty? Sex Matters: International Women's Day, HIPPA, and guns... Language Disorders: Medical science is just catching up with George Bush? Religious War: Mel Gibson's movie becomes the film that defines George Bush... DEEP THOUGHTS: God in the Spreadsheet Odds and Ends: Oh! The irony! Features Photography: Botanicals for those in colder climes… Book Notes: Blix speaks out, as does Lord Hutton, in his way... Music and Politics: Shostakovich and Stalin - Bill Bennett and Janet Jackson et. al. Notes from France: Sabotage of the Capitalist Message, Demonstrations, and Heated Debate ______________ Volume 2, Number 9 Sunday, March 7, 2004 Current Events Leadership and Faith: A short meditation on the nature of faith and reason... Leadership: Get With The Program - The Most Influential Item Published This Week Proud Victims: How George Bush and Mel Gibson are connected in some way... Kulturkampf: Kulturkampf? Blitzkrieg? Why would a critic of George Bush use such words? UK Troubles: An item indicating Bush is lucky folks here are not really that angry with him... The Economy: The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling! France and US (us): Will Mel Gibson Conquer France Too? (and a few other odd items) Features Photography: Intense colors, or not.... Music Notes: Chopin and Attention Deficit Disorder Book Notes: Getting Even Quotes: More Useful, Pithy Observations gathered over the last two weeks From the phantom issue of February 29 Culture Wars Lost: Dead in the streets as the rabble is finally aroused? No, the cultural war was lost long ago. Culture Wars Won: Bush Calls for All-Out Cultural War. No One Shows Up. Gay Marriage: "Have you no decency sir? Have you no shame?" Notes on Ground Zero: The Uses of Tragedy Jesus Flogged Repeatedly: Reactions to Mel Gibson's new film... Previous Issues on the Previous Hosting Service ... In March of 2004 Just Above Sunset moved to a new hosting service. 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