Who's the Incompetent One Here- September 30, 2006 Erika Smith was almost 3 years old when Anthony Kelly was sentenced on April 16, 1996, to 10 years and six months in prison for car theft and threatening to kill two people with a dangerous weapon. If Kelly had served his full term, would Erika be alive todayhttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... The War of the Hacks- September 23, 2006 It's amazing what a few days away from this politics-obsessed town can do for one's perspective. Seen from afar, the congressional debate over the war and terrorism comes across as a Washington event designed to show that Democrats are wimps on national security and to boost Republicans as true defenders of the homeland. Or Republicans are portrayed as clueless warmongers hell-bent on sending other people's sons and daughters into battle.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... Ground Rules for the Fenty Transition- September 16, 2006 D.C. Democratic mayoral nominee Adrian Fenty is wise not to put off transition planning until after the Nov. 7 general election. With Democratic voter registration outnumbering Republican 285,486 to 30,560 (Statehood Green: 5,044), Fenty is all but certain to be the new mayor of the District of Columbia. Next to winning in November, the efficient transfer of authority from Mayor Anthony Williams to a Fenty administration should be the top priority.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... A Ballad of the Ballot Follies in D.C.- September 9, 2006 News that on the eve of Tuesday's primary election, a recently mailed D.C. Voter Guide had some incorrect precinct locations on the label has produced heartburn in some voters. That's understandable. But as a wise old banker friend once told me, "Sometimes you just have to measure success by comparison." Whatever happens on Tuesday, there's a good bet that both the vote-counting and the victors will be a huge improvement over the pols and poll results that we the people of Washington have...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... Who Let a Killer Into Erika Smith's World- September 2, 2006 Two weeks ago I wrote about Erika Smith, who would have turned 13 in June had she not been shot to death four years earlier. The same column introduced you to Anthony Kelly, the repeat offender accused of shooting and killing Erika and her father, Gregory Russell, on the night of Aug. 6, 2002. Today let's take a closer look at the worlds occupied by Erika and her alleged assailant. The two should never have crossed paths.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... |