washingtonpost.com - Colbert KingColbert KingHijacking Christianity . . .- April 23, 2005 The American flag was appropriated by the political right wing years ago. Now the Christian right is trying to hijack religion. This time it shouldn't be allowed to happen without a fight.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10688-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/... Marriage in the March of Time- April 23, 2005 There's really no telling what the 29 black intellectuals who met 100 years ago in Niagara Falls would think of America today. Of course, the same might be said of Americans in the year 2105 who look back to see how we lived out our lives a century before. There's good reason, however, to believe that the 29 men, led by W.E.B. Du Bois, then a professor at Atlanta University, would hardly recognize this as the same country.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17600-2005Feb11.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/... The Right Tony Williams Question- April 23, 2005 Dust-ups over national and global issues remain daily fare in the nation's capital. But the local political scene in Washington is dominated by a single question that lies beyond the reach of Congress and the White House: Will D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams run for a third term next year Only Williams knows. But when it comes to the mayor's political future, D.C. residents also have a dog in this hunt. For them, the question is not "will he" but "should he" Where you stand on that question may...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57773-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/... Stepping Up to the Plate for the City- April 23, 2005 "Thanks for that stupid woman that you call council member to vote against the baseball stadium. Do you really think that that dumbass jungle monkey and her socialist ways is going to win Why are you people full of envy for upstarting and growing a community that needs something like this No wonder so many of you kill each other, none of you don't have brains and feed off like animals. Nice job socialists!!!!"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9248-2004Dec17.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/k... Not So United After All- April 23, 2005 The outpouring of ecumenism around the death of Pope John Paul II may last for a while; where it will be a month from now is another matter. Despite the comity among religious people that was witnessed this week in Rome, the fissures separating the faithful may be greater than the theological agreements uniting them.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38703-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/k... Bridging the Great Divide- April 23, 2005 The top domestic news over the last week has been pretty much the 55th presidential inauguration and confirmation battles on Capitol Hill. But what shows up on the tube at 6 and 11 o'clock doesn't necessarily consist of the most significant doings in town. For example, two Washington events leading up to George Bush's Big Bash completely escaped the camera's eye. In the long run, however, they could be every bit as consequential as the president's Inauguration Day declarations or the...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45983-2005Jan28.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/... Race and Baseball in D.C.- April 23, 2005 Anticipating tomorrow's appearance of the Washington Nationals baseball team at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium after a 34-year absence, The Post ran a story last Sunday on the fading image of the black ballplayer in the African American community. The piece touched all the right bases: the demise of the Negro Leagues, the allure of faster-paced football and basketball, the dearth of admirable black baseball players compared with black talent in the NBA and NFL, and the failure of Major...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20063-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/k... A Test for Tolerance- April 23, 2005 New Year's Day is not exactly the best time to pass along bad news, but as John Wayne famously said, "A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do." Or, to put it in modern, non-gender specific terms, "One does as one must," which, admittedly, doesn't sound half as cool, but why begin this column by antagonizing some folks Rest assured, that will come further down the page.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40034-2004Dec31.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/... A Tainted Easter Message- April 23, 2005 This is an Easter season story with all the makings of an uplifting message, except for one thing: At the end, there is no victory. To be sure, this account contains elements of despair, pain, sacrifice, hope and an unselfish devotion to the powerless. There's also international intrigue linking a central Pennsylvania community to a distant village in East Africa. But coming at the time of Christianity's central event, this is, in essence, a tragic tale of ignorance, bigotry and love unreturned.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2215-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/k... Missing Answers About Jonathan Magbie- April 23, 2005 The first thing you notice when you read the D.C. Health Department's report into the death of 27-year-old quadriplegic Jonathan Magbie is that several critical pieces of information have been blacked out. The second thing that becomes obvious is that while the Health Department correctly points an accusing finger at Greater Southeast Community Hospital for giving Magbie substandard care, the report gives the medical staff at the Corrections Department a pass, even though the jail's doctors...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56425-2004Dec10.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/... |