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<title><![CDATA[Md. smart growth needs to be improved]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nov. 2 Metro article "Study calls Md. smart growth a flop" leads to an inescapable conclusion: We in Maryland need to do more -- more to create walkable neighborhoods, more to give people transportation choices, more to save tax money and more to protect the Chesapeake Bay. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[No time for children at home is saddening]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Regarding the Nov. 3 Metro article "The locals live and learn," on families who board their children at nearby private schools: ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Boosting confidence too close to propaganda]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Congratulations to the compilers of The Post opinion page on a great juxtaposition of two Nov. 2 columns: "Murderous idealism" by Paul Hollander and "Hearts, minds and health care" by E.J. Dionne Jr.. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[To avoid camera fines, obey the law]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Regarding the Nov. 4 Style article "Shudder Speed," on the controversy over traffic cameras:<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681421111" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681421111" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Little League editing on the World Series]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I'd like my 75 cents back, please. I'd like my old Post back as well. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Free for All roundup of short critiques of The Post]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[The beauty of nature -- at the expense of soldiers?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The pastoral photo of two horses, a deer and a tree taken by Richard A. Lipski and published in the Metro section on Oct. 29 is a superb reflection of the tranquil beauty that surrounds the metropolitan D.C. area. Really darn well done. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Desegregating Glen Echo Park]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I take issue with Hank Stuever's statement in his Nov. 2 TV preview, "A checklist tour through 'Washington in the '60s,' " that "Glen Echo was in the '60s staunchly off-limits to blacks." While that was true in 1960, there was massive picketing that summer, and as a result Glen Echo opened its doors as a desegregated park in the summer of 1961.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681424840" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681424840" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Edward Brooke speaks up, but Post readers miss out]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ I was extremely disappointed to see my hometown paper omit an important detail of former senator Edward Brooke's remarks during the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony ["An honor for a Senate pioneer," front page, Oct. 29]. I was in the room when he offered one of the biggest applause lines of the event -- offering to trade in his medal for D.C. voting rights. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Clattering trolley cars? Not in Washington]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I must take exception to the caption under the trolley car photos on Page C2 of the Nov. 1 edition, which stated, "For almost a century, streetcars clattered along steel tracks . . ." ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Woman who had 15 abortions praised as parent]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nov. 3 letters concerning the Oct. 30 story about the woman who had 15 abortions before deciding to bear a child focused on only one side of the story. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama's poor template for global diplomacy]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Scott Wilson's Nov. 2 article on the Obama administration's foreign-policy outlook ["Shared interests define Obama's world"] raised serious questions with the first sentence: "President Obama is applying the same tools to international diplomacy that he once used as a community organizer on Chicago's South Side, constructing appeals to shared interests and attempting to bring the government's conduct in line with its ideals."<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681427361" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681427361" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Climate bills offer real benefits]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The United States needs comprehensive clean-energy and climate legislation to reduce carbon pollution, create jobs and increase our national security. Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel, the authors of the Oct. 31 op-ed "Cap-and-trade mirage," argue that extensive use of emission "offsets" will undermine these goals. But their argument ignored critical provisions of the bills moving through Congress. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Where the money will go to transform Tysons Corner]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Oct. 30 Metro article "Tysons will need $15 billion -- 'with a B' " may have left a false impression regarding the costs for "Transforming Tysons." It's important to put the estimates in context. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sharing the health-care load]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Regarding Michael Gerson's Nov. 4 op-ed, "Making the young pay for health reform," which presents the social cost of paying for the health care of the aged as a disproportionate burden on the young. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Left in the dark in Montgomery County]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ "The first inkling that something was wrong came shortly after midnight, and as computer technicians were rushing to handle it, the computer crashed completely about 3 a.m. Wednesday." So said the article in the Nov. 5 Post ["Humming along with technology, until it's not," front page].<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681432637" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681432637" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Too much of a good thing in sports?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Regarding the Nov. 2 Sports article "In Philly, fans make it a double": ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Election victories hinged on moderation, competence]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The governor's races in Virginia and New Jersey were not about hewing to a party line; they were about competence and the future. These were not votes for or against President Obama, but they do signal a feeling among voters that candidates will be held responsible for what they do and don't do. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Time to vote out Rep. James Moran]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Post reported that Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.) called the Republican gubernatorial ticket the "Taliban ticket." While today's political tone often gets overheated, this is an unacceptable comment from an elected official. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Between a bump and a broom]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Nov. 4 front page included a story about a high school football star disciplined for a celebratory gesture ["High school star benched for celebrating with a chest bump"]. Turn a few pages, and there was a photo of Republican Ken Cuccinelli, the newly elected attorney general, waving a broom. Do boys ever grow up? Broad Run High School's T.J. Peller might wonder why unsportsmanlike conduct is okay from the attorney general-elect but gets a teenage athlete a trip to the bench.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681437353" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681437353" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Weak gubernatorial nominee led to Democrats' Virginia losses]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I keep hearing different reasons for the Democratic election loss in Virginia on Tuesday. There is just one reason: The Democrats had a terrible gubernatorial candidate -- one who took two good candidates down with him. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bob McDonnell's anodyne campaign issues]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ I was bowled over by Ed Gillespie's brilliant insight when he counseled Republicans to focus on the benefits of Robert F. McDonnell's policies ["Lessons from Virginia for the GOP," op-ed, Nov. 5]: "better elementary schools, more college degrees, less time stuck in traffic, more affordable gas and electricity, and most important, jobs, jobs, jobs." I guess that means the Democrats favor worse elementary schools, fewer college degrees, more time stuck in traffic, less affordable gas and electricity, and unemployment, unemployment, unemployment. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Democratic robo-calls turn off a Virginia voter]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ I have been a reliably Democratic voter for more than three decades, but this year no Virginia Democrat got my vote. Why? It's not that my political philosophy has changed. It's not that I'm disillusioned with the candidates. I've simply had it with the robo-calls. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Signs of hypocrisy in political telemarketing and road signs]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Here are a couple of thoughts after this off-year election: Why is it that I can be on a federally mandated do-not-call list that applies to just about everyone except those who make the law? Why does it remain illegal in our area to post signs within roadway rights of way, except for those who make the law?<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681441239" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681441239" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Virginia election shows Post editorial stance out of touch]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ With all the talk in The Post's opinion pages about how the two major political parties need to evaluate their agendas and the kind of candidates they nominate, maybe The Post should take some of its own medicine. The editorial page frothed in its attacks against Robert F. McDonnell and all the Republican nominees for statewide office. It endorsed only four out of 23 Republicans for the state legislature. The tone of Post editorialists throughout this campaign was snide, derisive and appallingly biased. The results on Tuesday demonstrated how out of touch you are with the voters and the mood in Virginia. Maybe it's time for you to abandon endorsements for statewide offices and commit yourself anew to objectivity. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Michelle Rhee wants competent D.C. teachers ÃÂ of any age]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ It is simplistic for critics of D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee to accuse her of hiring only young employees ["Rhee ignored instructions about cuts, council says," front page, Oct. 30]. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Clarifying U.S. relations with Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Regarding the Nov. 3 front-page article "Karzai is wild card for U.S. strategy": ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Better to fret over the Redskins than the economy]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ A year ago we worried about the fortunes of our nation, our financial system and our personal fortunes. Investments I had relied on for a comfortable retirement had declined 30 percent, with no bottom in sight. Now, the Commerce Department is indicating that the recession is ending. My investments are still nowhere near their previous highs, but the trend is positive and there is hope for a better future.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681444245" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681444245" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Protecting the planet should trump economic growth]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Oct. 28 news story "Economics of climate change in forefront" missed the key point. Of course politicians will argue about whether climate change legislation will "slow U.S. economic growth," because economic growth is assumed to be a top priority. But that assumption is simplistic and outdated. Stabilizing the climate is all about stabilizing the economy: moving it toward a "steady state" that is neither growing nor in recession. The economy is predominantly fossil-fueled, and that will not change on a dime. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Swimmers or not, wastewater spill is a problem]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ On Oct. 28, approximately 130,000 gallons of wastewater were accidentally released into Piscataway Creek in southern Prince George's County. In The Post's coverage of the incident ["Wastewater spills into Md. Creek," Metro, Oct. 30] a Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission spokesperson is reported to have expressed the sentiment that the "overflow had little effect because most recreational activities . . . take place in spring and summer." ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Virginia does a disservice in closing pharmacy for those with mental illness]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ I disagree with one assertion in an otherwise excellent article "Va. to close pharmacy for mentally ill" [Metro, Oct. 30]. While the article said that "mentally ill patients who can't get their medications -- or don't take them -- can become dangerous, winding up in jails or hospitals," the fact is that such people might get sick but only rarely do they pose a threat to society. People with mental illnesses mostly wind up in jails or hospitals because they are ill or suicidal, or because community care is lacking. Rarely do they become truly dangerous. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A letter writer on Charles Krauthammer's criticism of President Obama]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Will the economy recover? Will we ever have health care for everyone? For these and so many other issues, we can only speculate as to the eventual outcome.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681447815" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681447815" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[When red tape pushes us to tears]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ I am sure you will receive many anecdotes in response to Petula Dvorak's column about the horrendous customer service that Jean Earley received at the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles ["After identity tangle at the DMV, she'll keep her vote to herself today," Metro, Nov. 3]. But it will be tough to top mine. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The limits of religious exemptions from same-sex marriage legislation]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Robin Fretwell Wilson missed the point in her Nov. 1 Local Opinions commentary, "A marriage equality bill that respects religious objectors." ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Richard Goldstone's honest report on Gaza]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Regarding the Oct. 31 news story "House to weigh in on U.N.'s Gaza report": ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Will the U.S. offer sufficient care as combat casualties climb?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Regarding the Oct. 31 front-page article "U.S. combat injuries rise sharply":<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681451362" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681451362" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[D.C. teachers aren't guilty of skewed priorities]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In her Oct. 30 letter to the editor about D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee's relationship with teachers, Tammy Lee said that "teachers seem to be more concerned with keeping their jobs than improving their teaching." ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The real obstacle to D.C. voting rights]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Oct. 29 editorial "The Democrats' dodge on voting rights" was absolutely correct in pointing out that the debate over D.C. voting rights "isn't being seen as the civil rights issue that it is," and further, that congressional leaders are not "pressing members to put principle ahead of political interests." ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Online help for Virginia voters]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Oct. 31 editorial "Virginia's Secret Election" asserted that the State Board of Elections' Web site made the process of finding specific ballot information "needlessly complicated" for voters. While we agree that our Web site can be improved, the State Board of Elections is proud of its work in partnering with Google and the Voting Information Project to readily provide exactly this type of information to voters. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Irene Vilar and the trauma of 15 abortions]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ As someone who has worked for 12 years with women who have had abortions and who leads a local abortion recovery program, I was captivated by Irene Vilar's insight into the trauma she has survived ["An addiction that only motherhood could cure," Style, Oct. 30].<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681454957" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681454957" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Silliness in the flu season]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ After a week of working to secure H1N1 vaccinations for my family to try to prevent my 11-year-old with leukemia from having to endure yet another hospital stay and a morning of fighting to bring down my 10-year-old's 102-plus fever (seems those shots scheduled for November may come too late for us), including having to tell him there wouldn't be any trick-or-treating this year, I stole a moment to check how the Washington Capitals did Friday. Then another headline on the front of the Sports section caught my eye. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why fderal agencies produce gobbledygook writing]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Joe Davidson was right [Federal Diary, Oct. 30] to mock "impenetrable fedspeak" and to call for a "plain-language revolution" to make all those "badly written documents" sing. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Paying tribute to architectural photographer Robert C. Lautman]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ I was saddened to read the news ["Photos put buildings in a wonderful light,"  obituaries, Oct. 31] that architectural photographer Robert C. Lautman had succumbed to cancer at the quite respectable age of 85. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A twist on a life sentence]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ "Justices will scrutinize life sentences for youth," Robert Barnes reported [front page, Oct. 29].<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681458385" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681458385" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Save our community's school]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Regarding the Oct. 30 Metro  article "Opposition to school closing gets organized": ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Bush-Obama comparison]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ It was reassuring to read that Michael Gerson was on top of the issue, as he catalogued the politicization of the White House under President Obama ["Too small to lead," op-ed, Oct. 30]. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Keeping the 'live' in 'alive']]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ As musicians and members of the Washington Ballet Orchestra Committee, we share reviewer Sarah Kaufman's concern about the absence of live music in the production of "Don Quixote" [Style, Oct. 17]. In particular, we regret the decision by the Washington Ballet to do without its orchestra in "The Nutcracker," reversing a tradition of live accompaniment dating to 1974. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[An ethical industry responds]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ As a Washington area debt collector, I read with interest Michelle Singletary's Oct. 29 column on debt collection ["Calling the debt collectors on abuse"] and the need to update the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Ms. Singletary missed the mark in her piece in telling readers that the subject of the Government Accountability Office's recent report on credit card debt was my industry's "dreadful players." Actually, the GAO's report was all about the pressing need to update a woefully out-of-date law so the members of my industry can do our jobs better and stay in compliance.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681501451" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4681501451" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The FDR memorial in a state of neglect]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Post's Oct. 28 obituary of landscape architect Lawrence Halprin was a thoughtful tribute to a gifted man who gave America many wonderful places, particularly Washington's prized Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial. ]]></description>
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