Gene Weingarten
Gene Weingarten
Gene Weingartenis a Washington Post columnist and American two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist known for both his serious and humorous work. Weingarten's column, Below the Beltway, is published weekly in the Washington Post Magazine and syndicated nationally by The Washington Post Writers Group, which also syndicates Barney & Clyde, a comic strip he co-authors...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth2 October 1951
CountryUnited States of America
use weight comic
Every single fat comic uses his weight as a punchline. There is something sad about that.
comics early flat joe
I have two favorites: Reading Kierkegaard while listening to Mozart's Piano Concerto 9 in E Flat Major, and reading early Bazooka Joe comics in Hebrew.
call capital persuasive seat work
Because I live and work in Washington, D.C., I have a ringside seat at the world capital of The Persuasive Arts, or, as I like to call it, The Opinions Racket.
believe race ethnicity
I believe that sensitivity to issues of race and ethnicity is important, and nuanced, even more so when it intersects with the issue of free speech.
kings book doctors
One of my favorite footnotes in the hypochondria book [The Hypochondriac's Guide to Life. And Death.] was about the death of one of the King Charleses. He was essentially bled and vomited to death by his doctors. They also drilled holes in his head.
talking phones giving
I once found myself driving, smoking a cigar, taking notes, and talking on the phone at the same time. I only became completely aware of this when I had to shift, and realized something had to give.
men ridiculous advertising
I don't see a point in advertising my marital status when men don't. Completely ridiculous.
mistake believe college
I do not believe in public shaming. I do believe that young adults go to college to learn things, and that this process will almost inevitably result in their making mistakes and misjudgments and otherwise acting badly.
splendid
Shakespeare was such a splendid vulgarian.
clueless punctuation-marks needs
I need an irony punctuation mark for the clueless.
mirrors want naked
I always thought there was some cleverness to the joke diet in which you could eat as much as you want and as often as you want, but everything must be consumed naked in front of a full-length mirror. That would deter me!
theory humans knows
That is my theory to explain the I don't knows. It's human.
school careers decision
I feel like no matter what happens in my career endeavors after today, going to grad school is one of the best decisions I've ever made.
atheist sorry hate
I don't think there is prejudice against atheists the same way there is prejudice against fat people. I don't think people hate or contemn atheists; I think people feel sorry for atheists.