fathers and sons
June 20, 2009
- Novelist/social satirist Christopher Buckley 's new memoir Losing Mum and Pup--is my suggested read for Father's Day...and beyond. Here's what it's about. In the course of a year (2007-2008), only-child Christo (his family nickname) lost both of his charismatic, extraordinary parents, Pat and Bill Buckley. If you read Vanity Fair and the New York Times and Washington Post society and/or ...
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June 20, 2009
- My cousin Lester told me that within the 48 hours following his son Jason’s high school graduation the lad had picked up four moving violations and attended a party raided by police. The good news was that he had timely fled. The bad was he’d left behind his wallet, which set two constables at Lester’s front door. "Jason’s learned a valuable lesson," he told me. Aside from ...
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May 17, 2009
- William was sitting on his mother’s lap, leaning back into the crook of her shoulder while the family watched television, only his father wasn’t looking at the screen. He was scowling at William. “Boy, you’re eleven now. You shouldn’t still be sitting in your Momma’s lap.”“Leave the boy alone,” she said. “You’re still my baby, aren’t you?” she teased, hugging him close, ...
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