Man Thinks, God Laughs
Kundera’s novels are expansive and support irreconcilable yet arguably valid points of view.
Who’s Afraid of Barbara Wawa?
Posted on July 11, 2023
Image: Left: George W. Romney and Barbara Walters with President Richard Nixon,1969, public domain, White House Photo Office Collection. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:President_Richard_Nixon,_George_W._Romney,_and_Barbara_Walters.jpg; Right: Barbara Walters interviewing Gerald and Betty Ford, 1976; Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, Image B2386-12A; public domain, work of US Federal Government. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barbara_Walters-The_Fords.jpg; Center: Barbara Walters’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; Shutterstock.
That I have no idea who Barbara Walters is doesn’t matter nearly as much as the fact that this is the Times.
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