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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
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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
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
Quotes for the week of January 29, 2006 – Lighten Up
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Volume 4, Number 4 for the week of Sunday, January 22, 2006
Current
Events
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King Day: 'His voice was like a furnace of optimism, trying to triumph over despair.'
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Perspective: Perhaps When You Are In The United States It Is Difficult To Have A Notion Of What Really Is Going On There
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Dangerous Ideas: News From Abroad (Thursday's Osama Bin Laden Surprise, and More)
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Bob
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WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist " … rent a very fast car with no top and … "
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Southern
California Photography
Quotes for the week of January 22, 1006 - The Law
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Volume 4, Number 3 for the week of Sunday,
January 15, 2006
Current Events
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
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Volume 4, Number 2 for the week of Sunday,
January 8, 2006
Current Events
History and Its Uses
The International Desk
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
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Volume 4, Number 1 for the week of Sunday,
January 1, 2006
Current Events
The Unusual
The International Desk
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
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Volume 3, Number 52 for the week of Sunday,
December 25, 2005
Current Events
The International Desk
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
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Volume 3, Number 51 for the week of Sunday,
December 18, 2005
Current Events
Other Matters
The International Desk
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
Quotes for the week of December 18, 2005 – On Politicians
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Volume 3, Number 50 for the week
of Sunday, December 11, 2005
Current Events
Business Notes
The International Desk
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
Quotes for the week of December 11, 2005 – Russell Mania
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Volume 3, Number 49 for the week of Sunday,
December 4, 2005
Current Events
The International Desk
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
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Volume 3, Number 48 for the week of Sunday,
November 27, 2005
Current Events
Religion
The International Desk
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
Hollywood Photography
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Volume 3, Number 47 for the week of Sunday,
November 20, 2005
Current Events
The International Desk
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
Local Photography
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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
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
Local Photography
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Volume 3, Number 44 - for the week of Sunday, November 6,
2005
Chasing the Zeitgeist
Troubles Elsewhere
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
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
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Volume 3, Number 44 - for the week of Sunday, October
30, 2005
Current Events
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Broken Scooter: A Liar Indicted, Resigns from the White House, But No Fat Lady Sings
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Trouble Brewing: Tuesday Indictment Rumors, For the Record (and "The Italian Job")
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Never Mind: Harriet the Church Lady Just Fades Away
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Legal Notes: Odd Challenges on the Limits of Free Speech
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The International Desk
Bob Patterson
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WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - "Week From Hell" Precipitates
a Cliché Fest
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Guest Photography
Local Photography
Quotes for the week of October 30, 2005 – The Scooter Conspiracy
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Volume 3, Number 43 - for the week of Sunday, October
23, 2005
Current Events
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Discontent: The Autumn of Reaching the Limit of What You Can Put Up With
The International Desk
Features
Bob Patterson
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WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - A Journalist's Guide to
Asking The Most Intelligent, Perceptive, and Insightful Questions
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Volume 3, Number 42 - for the week of Sunday, October
16, 2005
Current Events
The International Desk
Features
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
Guest Photography - North America
Local Photography
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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
Features
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
Local Photography
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Volume
3, Number 40 - for the week of Sunday, October 2, 2005
Current Events
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Race: Moralists Say the Oddest Things
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The International Desk
Bob Patterson
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WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - "There you go again, thinking
logically..."
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Our Eye on Paris
Local Photography
Of Interest
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Correction: Good Stuff, Actually For Sale (Hollywood Wine)
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Volume
3, Number 39 - for the week of Sunday, September 25, 2005
Current Events
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Lists: The 'Worst of All Time' Idea
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Race: The Fire Next Time, Again
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God Stuff: An Odd New Lobby Group in Washington
The International Desk
Features
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Follow Up: The Other Great Debate (about time itself)
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Quotes for the week of September 25, 2005 – Power
Bob Patterson
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WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - Is it "The Eternal Recurrence"
with a new war and different dates?
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Book Wrangler: Is censorship flourishing in a country that believes in "Freedom of Speech?"
Dialogs of the Dead
Local Photography
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Volume
3, Number 38 - for the week of Sunday, September 18, 2005
Current Events
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The Speech: Thursday Night as seen on Friday Morning
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The Foreign Desk
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Trends: Making a list and checking it twice…
Bob Patterson
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WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - On the Road to Becoming
the Pundits' Pundit
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Book Wrangler: On the Road to Becoming a Prodigy in Cinematography
Guest Photography
Local Photography
The Usual
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Volume
3, Number 37 - for the week of Sunday, September 11, 2005
Current Events
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Dialog: On Mixing Inefficiency With Authoritarianism
Late Wire Items:
Features
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Allegory: The Broadway Musical and Hollywood Film as Modern Christian History
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Bob Patterson
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WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist - Does a niggardly response
mean the Bush team is racist?
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Guest Photography
Local Photography
Quotes for the week of September 11, 2005 - Competence and Responsibility and all that –
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Volume
3, Number 36 - for the week of Sunday, September 4, 2005
Current Events
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Iraq: The Blindingly Obvious Strategy of the Day - The Oil Patch
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Features
Bob Patterson
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WLJ Weekly: from the desk of the World's Laziest Journalist -Between A Rock and a Hard
Place
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Guest Photography
Local Photography
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Hockney: The Sun-Drenched Color Palette He Devised in Los Angeles
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Quotes for the week of August 28, 2005 – Tangentially Related to Events In New Orleans
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Volume
3, Number 35 - for the week of Sunday, August 28, 2005
Current Events
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Last Weekend: As Expected, Nothing Happened - or Things Got Worse
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Changing Sides: "When the facts change, I change my mind - what do you do, sir?"
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Flypaper: Some Conceptual and Practical and Moral Issues
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