Anthrax Mystery and Misery Linger for Postal Workers- October 25, 2006 The envelope containing the anthrax was postmarked Oct. 9, 2001, and arrived at the Brentwood postal facility in Northeast Washington a few days later. The return address read, "4th Grade, Greendale School, Franklin Park, NJ 08852." But the letter had not been mailed by kids. And you could be forgiven for no longer wondering who had mailed it.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/24/AR2006102401365.html?nav=r... Hate Is Always in Style At a Gathering of the Klan- October 18, 2006 I wanted to see what a 21st-century Ku Klux Klan rally was like, so I went to one Saturday at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in West Virginia. About a dozen or so people showed up in white sheets and pointy hoods. And I assure you they were treated a lot better than they treat others.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/17/AR2006101701557.html?nav=r... For Allen, a Lesson in the Painful Power of Symbols- October 11, 2006 As a Boy Scout in the early 1960s, I earned a pioneering merit badge due in no small measure to my knot-tying skills. (Untying them was a different story.) I could tie, for instance, a simple square knot, which can be used for joining two pieces of rope, and a bowline with stop knots, which can be used on a lifeline thrown to someone who is drowning. I could also fashion a hangman's knot, which was beautifully coiled with an opening that fit snuggly around the neck.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/10/AR2006101001273.html?nav=r... Understanding George Allen's Best Black Friend- October 4, 2006 Benjamin J. Lambert III, who serves in the Virginia Senate, hears the question all the time: Why would such an influential black Democrat come to the rescue of George Allen, a white Republican U.S. senator who was being tarred and feathered by his own racist pasthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/03/AR2006100301520.html?nav=r... |