Sad news to pass along from the world of radio: Joe Barber, the entertainment editor at WTOP who spent 20 years as a film and theater critic for various broadcast and print outlets, was found dead at his Washington home today. According to WTOP, Barber died of natural causes; he was 53.

Photo by brents pix The WWII Memorial just celebrated its fourth anniversary, and a little meme has popped up on several blogs over the last couple of days that paints a picture of almost universal loathing for its design. Arms and Influence kicked it off, condemning the monument for looking too much like a “Nazi memorial,” then Matthew Yglesias picked it up, noting that it’s difficult to illustrate what he sees as wrong with…