Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.All parents experience this. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. November 14: “Love-Sick Queen Elizabeth II on Verge of Abdicating.” OK, so it turns out Her Majesty isn’t after all “head over heels” in love with a “wealthy, divorced Denver dentist named Murray.” But for a brief, shining moment, four wealthy, divorced Denver dentists named Murray got a taste of a world they could only dream about, so where-really-was the harm?Ĭhristopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. As many of you were quick to point out, the committee actually made its announcement on October 2, the day before, so I concede that my story was perhaps not the self-described “scoop” that I made it out to be. On October 3, I reported-as it happens, correctly-that the IOC would select Rio over Chicago as host city for the 2016 Olympics, despite President Obama’s personal intercession. My September 21 post, “Israel to Launch Nuclear Attack on Iran Wednesday Morning, Thursday Latest,” was, I now concede, a bit hasty, but wasn’t the reaction in Tehran kind of worth it? Meanwhile, I accept the Vatican’s correction and will start in on my penance of 10,000 Our Fathers and 5,000 Hail Marys. As it turns out, His Holiness does not have a pet schauzer, so my “well-informed source close to the pontiff” isn’t so “well-informed” or “close to the pontiff” after all. On September 14, I reported that Pope Benedict XVI had made his pet schnauzer Dieter a cardinal. In August I didn’t post anything, so I don’t have any August errors to correct, unlike, say, certain European leaders, circa 1914. government “replenish its strategic reserves of rock salt without delay.” In retrospect, perhaps I should not have used the word “hurtling.” Ice masses, especially ones the size of Canadian provinces, do not technically “hurtle.” But I stand by my recommendation that the U.S. In it, I quoted an “unnamed dweeb” at the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration saying that an “ice mass the size of Saskatchewan” was “hurtling toward the U.S.” and would cause “mayhem on an unparalleled scale.” My July 13 post, “New Ice Age ‘Imminent,’ Says Government Official,” caused quite the kerfuffle. According to his office, “The former president plans to raise money for his library by more conventional means.” Bush To Star in Porn Film, Bring It On, Bitch!” turned out not to be the case. Government for ‘Personal Use,’” was not entirely accurate, nor was it technically speaking “true” that the former vice president planned to “use the drones to hunt elk on his Wyoming ranch.” Also on the Republican front, my May 27 item, “George W. My May 3 post, “Dick Cheney Purchases Four Predator Drones From U.S. Treasury securities.” The post caused world-wide financial panic and a 30 percent plunge in the value of the dollar. On April 14, I reported-I love that word-that “China will announce on Tuesday it will no longer buy U.S. Government for ‘Personal Use,’” was not entirely accurate, nor was it technically speaking “true.”
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