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Sunday, July 09, 2006

An Upstanding Friend



So here's UD's old friend
Peter Galbraith,



















all emblazoned in today's
New York Times Magazine --
in that strange interview feature
which always pictures its subject
standing up.

He gave UD and Mr. UD
an advance copy of
his book, The End of Iraq,
at the wedding of UD's niece.

He discusses the book
in the interview. Also
his father, John Kenneth
Galbraith, who just died,
age 97. UD sat next to
Galbraith's widow, Kitty, at
the wedding. She's certainly
frail, but she's still
in the game.
Posted at: 7/09/2006 07:22:00 PM