I would suppose it's a commentary about a former child star who appears to the Seattle Times to be a little lawsuit-happy. But you can only suppose that.

This editorial neither addresses the validity of his gripe with the Guild, nor the issue of what they seem to regard as a thoughtless lawsuit; it's just an excuse to write something as stupid as "pound the Beaver"--but probably that's as good a reason as any to write for such a crappy newspaper.

"duking it out in the courtroom is nothing knew..."?? - "pounding the Beaver"?? - must have been a slow gnus day. Is this representative of some sort of Blethen Narcosis?

this editorial has almost all the hallmarks of a ted nugent rant: a half-baked argument supported by manly aphorisms and frequent usage of vaguely naughty words such as "oily", "beaver", and "squab". i see he cleverly avoided ascribing the blame to liberals and/or PETA. probably just to throw us off.

Well Talk Like a Pirate Day was last week. And it doesn't sound that much like a pirate anyway. Perhaps a disgruntled employee is trying to make the Times look bad?

The "Copyright © 2007 The Seattle Times Company" at the bottom is a classy touch. Because with solid gold editorials like this you have to make sure you claim credit and protect your valuable material.

"The Beaver got sweet revenge for all those poundings." BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

Oh man. Thanks, Dan, for posting this link. The whole Ahmadinejad thing was getting waaay to serious.

that totally made me horny.

Sounds like a NY Post editorial, only the paragraphs are too long.

I think they got into the mushroom stash that the Essential Bakery founder left behind.

Boy, talk about a non-sequitor!!

Isn't the Times' a "family newspaper"? Apparently, it's all about family until Beavers are involved. Then it's straight to the gutter. (Plus, who was even following the Eddie Haskell story anyway?)

As Kerri H. might say, "Stay classy, Seattle Times"!

Um... Yeah... Slow news day or horny editor? You decide!

I think James Vesely, the opinion page editor, was taking a nap. He's getting old, you know...

The typo is priceless.

I think we should all write the Times requesting more editorials and articles about "pounding the beaver".

I thought the same thing when I read it. Glad it's not just me. Why are they writing about this?

Barbara Billingsley was born in Dec 1915 so that makes her nearly 92-years-old. She has had only 2 TV apearances since the 1997 Leave to Beaver remake movie where she played Aunt Martha. It will truely be a sad day when we eventually lose the actress who played everything from the ultimate mom on TV to the Jive Lady on Airplane.

@16 - Cut me some slack, Jack! Chump don' want no help, chump don't GET da' help!

He sued on behalf of 30,000 others?! Who the hell are they?!

Why is 'porn' italicised? -- it's not a French word!

I'm so glad that the professional editors and wordsmiths at the Seattle Times are preserving the language by writing carefully-crafted prose. If this were handed into a high school journalism class, it should have received a D, but only if the teacher were generous.

is switching 'new' and 'knew' indicative of some secret meaning? is this written in code?

is switching 'new' and 'knew' indicative of some secret meaning? is this written in code?

Wow, I just don't know... or should it be no?
WTF?

Ward Cleaver new the type and was never fooled for a moment.

Seriously, did the Times fire their copy editor? Do their editors ever actually do their basic jobs anymore?

The story is about the guy who played Eddie Haskell on the show "Leave it to Beaver". He is suing the Screen Actors Guild for millions of dollars, depsite the multi veiled references to beavers. The story goes on to say that he has tried to sue someone before, (a porn star), but was unsuccessful. Clear as mud? How about, it is a half assed story.

"I read it three times and I still can’t quite figure out what the fuck it’s supposed to be about." ... sounds like a description of a josh feit article.