Another Bite Out of D.C.'s Hide- January 27, 2007 Here's a well-worn piece of advice to D.C. taxpayers: If a dog bites you, the first time, it's the dog's fault. If the dog bites you a second time, it's your fault.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... In Virginia, More to 'Get Over' Than Slavery- January 20, 2007 On last Monday's Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, Frank D. Hargrove, a Republican lawmaker in Virginia's House of Delegates, said that instead of seeking a formal apology from the commonwealth for slavery, "black citizens should get over it." Hargrove also reportedly wondered how far such apologies should go. "Are we going to force the Jews to apologize for killing Christ"http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... From Dr. King, a Reminder on Iraq- January 13, 2007 Forty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whom the nation will honor on Monday, took to the pulpit of Riverside Church in New York City at a meeting organized by Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam. The date was April 4, 1967, one year before his assassination in Memphis.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... School Struggle Out of an Old Playbook- January 6, 2007 "When elephants fight," goes the saying, "only the grass gets trampled." So here's a warning to 58,000 D.C. public school students: Run for cover. The city's newly elected young bulls are about to butt heads over governance of the public school system. Such fights have occurred before. But when they happen, public education usually takes a pounding.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... |