Sad News in the Blogosphere

James Joyner · Monday, June 14, 2004 · 2 Comments

My blog reading has been light the last few days, owing to the Reagan funeral and the three-day weekend. I missed the news that Matthew Yglesias, one of the few big name bloggers that I actually know, is dealing with the rapidly declining health of his mother. That’s a crappy enough thing to deal with in due time, let alone when you’ve just turned 23.

Best wishes to Matt and his family during these trying times.

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James Doney says:

Monday, June 14, 2004 at 21:59

I wish him the best. I know from experience that losing one’s mother is quite possible the hardest thing to live through. I lost my mother while in high school at the age of 17.

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Obsidian Wings says:

Tuesday, June 15, 2004 at 07:59

Oh.
I’m surprised that I missed this – well, actually, no: I was on a bit of a self-enforced hiatus last week* – but I’d like to offered my (belated) sympathies to Matthew Yglesias about the health of his mom. I

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