Wednesday, November 2, 2005

Recommended Reading

William F. Buckley on the real issue in the Valerie Plame/CIA mess. (Well, one of the real issues.)

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Recommended Reading

You may have heard about the New Yorker article by Jeffrey Goldberg in which Brent Scowcroft explains why he thinks the Iraq War is a huge mistake. That article is now available for your online perusal.

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Shazam!

I can't believe I just learned about Walt Grogan's terrific Marvel Family website devoted to the Fawcett Captain Marvel and friends. Walt's a bit more interested in the later versions of those characters than I am but it's a wonderful resource with fine graphics. There was a wonderful simplicity to the material published by Fawcett in the forties and midway into the fifties, and just enough self-parody to not be silly. When I was younger and read the books, I didn't quite get why Captain Marvel was more popular than Superman but in later years, after I'd read enough of both, I think I got it. Walt's site reminds me of a lot of what I like about those books.

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