January 27, 2006

GREAT ZUCCHINI:

The Peekaboo Paradox (Gene Weingarten, Washington Post; via Hugh Hewitt)

A better story than can be found in Chekhov.

Posted by pjaminet at January 27, 2006 1:50 PM
Comments

Wow. Talk about yer layered parables. Damn fine writing, too. I'm printing this one out for my wife.

Posted by: ghostcat at January 27, 2006 2:32 PM

I just finished reading that article, putting off doing some other things that have to be done today. I just hope the guy's success doesn't lead down that path which ends up with him wearing a burqa in Bahrain.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at January 27, 2006 2:39 PM

Excellent piece. Wiengarten seems a latter day Joseph Mitchell.

Posted by: Jim in Chicago at January 27, 2006 4:02 PM

There is no more insipid notion than that our lives are more difficult than they used to be, pasrticularly as regards raising children. Ever look at your family's genealogy, how few of the kids survived into adulthood, and how many wives/mothers each male went through to produce the survivors?

Posted by: oj at January 27, 2006 4:57 PM

Yes. And your point is?

Posted by: ghostcat at January 27, 2006 5:48 PM
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