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<item><title><![CDATA[ The Post's Indecent Exposure ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903061.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903061.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Usually I do not read the Sports section, but I looked at it during the Olympics. My husband and I were delighted to see Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh win their second gold medal in beach volleyball. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Post's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indecent]]></category><category><![CDATA[Exposure]]></category><category><![CDATA[Misty May-Treanor]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jonathan Newton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kerri Walsh]]></category><category><![CDATA[Middletown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carrie Kelly]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Party Time ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903062.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903062.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ When I saw your Aug. 27 headline " 'Barack Obama Is My Candidate' "; Clinton Urges Support, Calls for Party Unity," I must say that for the first time in years I felt proud of The Post's front page. The headline was perfect, the emphasis was on the future and not the past, and the focus was on the winner and not the loser, at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[Time]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Christian Pinkston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joseph Biden]]></category><category><![CDATA[Democratic National Convention]]></category><category><![CDATA[Republican National Convention]]></category><category><![CDATA[Swift Boat Veterans for Truth]]></category><category><![CDATA[Allan Lichtman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bethesda]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carl Kwadrat]]></category><category><![CDATA[Denver]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eduardo Rodriguez]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Bason]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jamil Shawwa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jennifer N. Martin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vienna]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vladimir Kelis-Borok]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mike Cifarelli]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rockville]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Issues Project]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Picture Of Negligence ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903060.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903060.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Post seems to be striking out with photographs of people in traffic-related situations. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Picture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Negligence]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Creepy Dissection of a Cover Boy ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903067.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903067.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I can't help wondering at the weird and bitter personality that was reflected in the focus of Robin Givhan's column on Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps's Sports Illustrated cover, showing off his eight gold medals ["The Man With All the Medals Blows a Golden Opportunity," Aug. 24, Style &amp; Arts].<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=353024828297" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=353024828297" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Creepy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dissection]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cover]]></category><category><![CDATA[Boy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Phelps]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robin Givhan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mark Spitz]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sports Illustrated]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brad Pitt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Jordan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tiger Woods]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alice Klages]]></category><category><![CDATA[College Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bright Idea ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903059.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903059.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I was disappointed to see that you have used an illustration of an incandescent light bulb instead of a compact fluorescent bulb for the logo of the "Ideas Primary" series of editorials, the most recent of which, "An I for Incomplete," appeared on Aug. 20. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bright]]></category><category><![CDATA[Idea]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Presidential Race ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903161.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903161.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I definitely have favored Sen. John McCain and the Republican platform over that of the Democrats. After listening to Gov. Sarah Palin's speech yesterday, I am now energized and emotionally involved more than ever. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Presidential]]></category><category><![CDATA[Race]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Democratic Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[California]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alexandria]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bonnie O'neil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charles Krauthammer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mark Hanna]]></category><category><![CDATA[Martin Luther King Jr.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mort Paulson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Newport Beach]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robyn Muncy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rosanne Desmone]]></category><category><![CDATA[William McKinley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eagle Forum]]></category><category><![CDATA[Falls Church]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gerald M. Bastarache]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Auto Workers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michigan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ohio]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Speeders Waste Gas, Risk Lives -- and They're Rude ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903171.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903171.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Aug. 24 Metro item on saving gas stressed obeying the speed limit. I only wish that more drivers would heed this excellent advice. Not only would they save gas, they might also save lives. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Speeders]]></category><category><![CDATA[Waste]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gas,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lives]]></category><category><![CDATA[--]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[They're]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rude]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Contract Issue That BLM Is Tackling ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903163.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903163.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As director of the Bureau of Land Management, I take very seriously concerns raised by the Office of the Inspector General regarding the helium program's contracts with refiners [news story, Aug. 22].<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=353024828778" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=353024828778" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Contract]]></category><category><![CDATA[Issue]]></category><category><![CDATA[That]]></category><category><![CDATA[BLM]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tackling]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bureau of Land Management]]></category><category><![CDATA[James Caswell]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Solving the Day-Laborer Problem ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903170.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903170.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ "Herndon Could Tighten Screws on Day Laborers" [Metro, Aug. 15] didn't mention the only realistic option to deal with the problem of day laborers hanging out all day and rushing up to every van and truck that pulls into a parking lot. How about enforcing vagrancy laws? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Solving]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Day-Laborer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Problem]]></category><category><![CDATA[Annandale]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steve Berto]]></category><category><![CDATA[7-Eleven Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[McDonald's Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wendy's International Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Helping Fairfax Students Make the Grade ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903169.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082903169.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Fairfax County public school system has been crowing, for good reason, over the continued success of the system's students on the SAT [Metro, Aug. 27]. County schools outperform the national average by a wide margin, and their scores continue to improve. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Helping]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category><category><![CDATA[Students]]></category><category><![CDATA[Make]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grade]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fairfax County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fairfax]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Brunori]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vienna]]></category><category><![CDATA[Falls Church]]></category><category><![CDATA[Meredith Kramer Hay]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fixing Social Security ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082803609.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082803609.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Aug. 25 editorial "Social Security on Ice" about Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's suggestion of a higher FICA tax on earned income of more than $250,000 a year, but not on income from $102,000 to $250,000, would have been better if it had clarified the way in which benefits and taxes are coordinated. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fixing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Social]]></category><category><![CDATA[Security]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bethesda]]></category><category><![CDATA[Security Advisory Council]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Dealing With Dementia ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082803607.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082803607.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Regarding the Aug. 26 news story "Thatcher's Daughter Reveals Britain's Ex-Premier Has Dementia":<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=353024829420" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=353024829420" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Dealing]]></category><category><![CDATA[With]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dementia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carol Thatcher]]></category><category><![CDATA[Margaret Thatcher]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joanne Koenig Coste]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sallie Reese]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vienna]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington National Cemetery]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sunrise Senior Living Inc.]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Recycling, Metro Style ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082803610.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082803610.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A few nights ago, as I was waiting for a train at the Farragut West Metro station, I noticed a Metro employee emptying the trash cans. When he got to the newspaper "recycle" bin, he poured its contents into his rolling trash can along with all the trash he had already collected. Surprised, I watched him approach the last trash can and dump that trash on top of the newspapers. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Recycling,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Metro]]></category><category><![CDATA[Style]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Debate Over Prostate Cancer Tests ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082803608.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082803608.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ William J. Catalona's Aug. 26 op-ed, "The Wrong Call on Prostate Cancer Screening," failed to mention that there is at least one prostate cancer test that is being extensively tested and that appears to be markedly superior. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Debate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Over]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prostate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tests]]></category><category><![CDATA[William J. Catalona]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charlottesville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Moseley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Edmund M. Waller]]></category><category><![CDATA[Johns Hopkins University]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Is Their Wind Power Just Hot Air? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082803626.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/28/AR2008082803626.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I read with interest the Aug. 22 Metro article ["Wind Power's Energetic Fans"] about Ken Robinson and Sheryl Elliott, the couple who wish to erect a wind turbine to supply power to their Charles County home. I found it quite heartening that they are so concerned about the environment that they are trying to replace 25 to 40 percent of the conventionally generated electricity needed for their large (second) home, which is located in one of the region's most environmentally sensitive areas. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Their]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wind]]></category><category><![CDATA[Power]]></category><category><![CDATA[Just]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hot]]></category><category><![CDATA[Air?]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ken Robinson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sheryl Elliott]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charles County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgetown]]></category><category><![CDATA[Myersville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Katie Wathen]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Great Unknowns In Household Cleaners ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/27/AR2008082703394.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/27/AR2008082703394.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I was happy to read "Cleaning House? Shelve the Fancy Sprays for Kitchen Basics" in the Aug. 24 Sunday Source. However, it is extremely important to explain why homemade cleaners are safer than the leading brands.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=353024830042" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=353024830042" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Great]]></category><category><![CDATA[Unknowns]]></category><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[Household]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cleaners]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dori Gilels]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fatiah Hosein]]></category><category><![CDATA[Missoula]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montana]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Take Us Out to Wrigley Field ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/27/AR2008082703396.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/27/AR2008082703396.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Stephen Hunter's wonderful Aug. 26 Style essay hit a home run with us; we read it the morning after returning from Chicago and seeing the Washington Nationals play the Cubs at Wrigley Field. What a difference there is in the atmosphere of the beautiful, ancient, 1914 park -- from the neighborhood, to the seats close to the field even from some 40 rows back, to the delightful organ music that fans get instead of the blaring noises that greet Nats fans. The era Mr. Hunter speaks of -- the late 1950s -- still exists at Wrigley. It is only about baseball -- there are no Build-a-Bear Workshops or video games or other "entertainment experiences," as the Nats' failed advertising proclaims. Even the young people who drink in the Wrigley bleachers watch the game. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Take]]></category><category><![CDATA[Us]]></category><category><![CDATA[Out]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wrigley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Field]]></category><category><![CDATA[Major League Baseball]]></category><category><![CDATA[National League (Baseball)]]></category><category><![CDATA[NL East Division]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington Nationals]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nationals Park]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dale Kaufman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sheffield]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stephen A. Klatsky]]></category><category><![CDATA[Waveland]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Choices for Hillary Clinton's Supporters ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/27/AR2008082703393.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/27/AR2008082703393.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I was not a supporter of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton but, had she won the Democratic Party's nomination, I would have held my nose and voted for her -- not only because she would have been my party's nominee but also because she would have been far better than any of the Republicans running. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Choices]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hillary]]></category><category><![CDATA[Clinton's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Supporters]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alexandria]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lorraine Rennert]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robin Johnston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sterling (Virginia)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Musa K. Jawara]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Democratic Party]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Attacking Al-Qaeda From Every Angle ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/27/AR2008082703395.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/27/AR2008082703395.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Aug. 24 front-page article "Al-Qaeda Masters Terrorism on the Cheap" reported that the terrorist group's attacks cost very little and cited this "news" as "evidence that the U.S. government and its allies fundamentally miscalculated in assuming they could defeat the network by hunting for wealthy financiers and freezing bank accounts." The article's premise was flawed: We have never assumed that such actions alone could defeat al-Qaeda. Rather, combating terrorist financing is just part of a comprehensive counterterrorism strategy. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Attacking]]></category><category><![CDATA[Al-Qaeda]]></category><category><![CDATA[From]]></category><category><![CDATA[Every]]></category><category><![CDATA[Angle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Al Qaeda]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mike McConnell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stuart A. Levey]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of the Treasury]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Throwing Stones At Random House ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/26/AR2008082603392.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/26/AR2008082603392.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Post was entirely correct to criticize Random House for preemptively caving in to Islamic fundamentalists who might take offense with the novel "The Jewel of Medina" ["Random House's Retreat," editorial, Aug. 22].<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=353024830472" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=353024830472" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Throwing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stones]]></category><category><![CDATA[At]]></category><category><![CDATA[Random]]></category><category><![CDATA[House]]></category><category><![CDATA[Random House Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joe Schwind]]></category><category><![CDATA[Martinsburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[West Virginia]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ The Democrats in the Spotlight ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/26/AR2008082603413.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/26/AR2008082603413.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ So now the Republican Party is trying to use Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to attack Sen. Barack Obama ["Obama's Family Night Out," front page, Aug. 26]. In January, my husband and I walked the snowy streets of New Hampshire for Ms. Clinton and came down the mountain at the end of primary day crying and cheering as she won her remarkable, unexpected victory. We walked miles in Pennsylvania and Ohio on her behalf, donated to her campaign, and urged friends and relatives all over the country to vote for her. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Democrats]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spotlight]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joseph Biden]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[Northeast (Washington, DC)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bobbie Brinegar]]></category><category><![CDATA[Doug Poretz]]></category><category><![CDATA[Eugene Robinson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jacksonville (Florida)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Loretta Neumann]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marie Cocco]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tannahill Glen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beverly Watson]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. House of Representatives]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Hampshire]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ohio]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category><category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michelle Obama]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Misreading 'Twilight' ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/26/AR2008082603391.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/26/AR2008082603391.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As a reader of both The Post and of "The Twilight Saga" book series, I found Leonard Sax's Aug. 17 op-ed, " 'Twilight' Sinks Its Teeth Into Feminism," not only ridiculous but insulting to the girls who read it. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Misreading]]></category><category><![CDATA['Twilight']]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Taking Liberties At Homeland Security ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/25/AR2008082502217.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/25/AR2008082502217.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Regarding the Aug. 20 front-page article "Citizens' U.S. Border Crossings Tracked": ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Taking]]></category><category><![CDATA[Liberties]]></category><category><![CDATA[At]]></category><category><![CDATA[Homeland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Security]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Homeland Security]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fatiah Hosein]]></category><category><![CDATA[Margaret Huang]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Drinking at 16, Driving at 18 ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/25/AR2008082502211.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/25/AR2008082502211.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I've lived in 10 other countries, and in almost all of them teenagers routinely have much more access to alcohol, and much less access to car keys, than in the United States. America would do well to give its youth more exposure to alcohol and less to gasoline.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=353024830835" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=353024830835" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Drinking]]></category><category><![CDATA[at]]></category><category><![CDATA[16,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Driving]]></category><category><![CDATA[at]]></category><category><![CDATA[18]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Health Care's Conscientious Objectors ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/25/AR2008082502214.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/25/AR2008082502214.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Bush administration is putting regulations in place to accommodate and protect health-care workers who refuse to participate in care that they find objectionable ["Protections Set for Antiabortion Health Workers," front page, Aug. 22]. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Health]]></category><category><![CDATA[Care's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Conscientious]]></category><category><![CDATA[Objectors]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alexandria]]></category><category><![CDATA[Annandale]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Leavitt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mark Horowitz]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Fully Fund the Peace Corps ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/25/AR2008082502216.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/25/AR2008082502216.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I read with incredulity that in this time of international challenge, the Peace Corps is not being adequately funded ["Peace Corps to Pare Ranks of Volunteers," In The Loop, Aug. 22]. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Fully]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fund]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category><category><![CDATA[Corps]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peace Corps]]></category><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[John F. Kennedy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ellicott City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richard M. Krieg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Costa Rica]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category><category><![CDATA[Central America]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Keep Assigning 'The Scarlet Letter' ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/25/AR2008082502213.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/25/AR2008082502213.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I sympathize with teacher Nancy Schnog's lament that high school students often complain about the books English teachers require them to read ["We're Teaching Books That Don't Stack Up," Outlook, Aug. 24]. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Keep]]></category><category><![CDATA[Assigning]]></category><category><![CDATA['The]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scarlet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Letter']]></category><category><![CDATA[Nancy Schnog]]></category><category><![CDATA[William Shakespeare]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reston]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Opening Day in the D.C. Classroom ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/24/AR2008082401657.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/24/AR2008082401657.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ While paying middle-school students cash for performing well in schools grabs headlines [front page, Aug. 22], initiatives to improve school facilities do not seem forthcoming. As D.C. public schools open today, new teachers are struggling to get their classrooms in order. My daughter will begin teaching kindergarten. She was a highly accomplished young woman in college. But when I asked her how her classroom was progressing, she wanted to change the subject. Her school has open-space classrooms. Last week, she did not have a defined space. Furniture was piled around the school with no clear idea of what was available to a new teacher. Custodians were on overload and were not readily available to move heavy furniture.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=353024831609" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=353024831609" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Opening]]></category><category><![CDATA[Day]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Classroom]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beverly Klimkowsky]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michelle Rhee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Susan D. Ubriaco]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gary Goldberg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Joe Biden: No Change Agent but a Gentleman ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/24/AR2008082401660.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/24/AR2008082401660.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Well, Barack Obama has finally flip-flopped on everything he stood for. He's reversed his campaign theme of "Change" to "Inside Washington." Joe Biden, with his 36 years inside Washington, is anything but change. Mr. Biden symbolizes all the things Mr. Obama said he loathed in the primary. By choosing Mr. Biden as his running mate [front page, Aug. 24], Mr. Obama has played directly into the Republicans' emphasis on his lack of experience. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Joe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Biden:]]></category><category><![CDATA[No]]></category><category><![CDATA[Change]]></category><category><![CDATA[Agent]]></category><category><![CDATA[but]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gentleman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joseph Biden]]></category><category><![CDATA[Amtrak]]></category><category><![CDATA[Union Station]]></category><category><![CDATA[Delaware]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Richardson (Politician)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Debbie Hines]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wilmington]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yael Weinman]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Protecting Species When Necessary ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/24/AR2008082401656.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/24/AR2008082401656.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ We welcome The Post's call for targeted changes to the Endangered Species Act on the grounds that the law is "the wrong tool" for coping with climate change ["Endangered Process; Proposed rule changes to the Endangered Species Act could do lasting harm in the natural world," editorial, Aug. 19]. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Protecting]]></category><category><![CDATA[Species]]></category><category><![CDATA[When]]></category><category><![CDATA[Necessary]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lyle Laverty]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of the Interior]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alaska]]></category><category><![CDATA[Idaho]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Before Sept. 11, Assaults From Abroad ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082301751.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082301751.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Peter Bergen ["Al-Qaeda at 20 . . . Dead or Alive?", Outlook, Aug. 17] described the Sept. 11, 2001, assault as "the first direct attack on the continental United States since the British burned the White House in 1814." That was a compelling way to put what happened that day into historical context. But was it accurate? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Before]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sept.]]></category><category><![CDATA[11,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Assaults]]></category><category><![CDATA[From]]></category><category><![CDATA[Abroad]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peter Bergen]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Al Qaeda]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jersey City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lester A. Reingold]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category><category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category><category><![CDATA[Statue of Liberty]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[World Trade Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alaska]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oregon]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Helping Students Stay in Private Schools ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082301753.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082301753.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The increasing challenges faced by families that wish to send their children to Washington-area parochial and independent schools were worthy of the front-page coverage they received ["Slump Squeezes Enrollment at Private Schools," Aug. 14].<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=353024831979" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=353024831979" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Helping]]></category><category><![CDATA[Students]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stay]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Private]]></category><category><![CDATA[Schools]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A GOP-Friendly Forum ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082301750.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082301750.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ I had a hard time taking Michael Gerson [op-ed, Aug. 18] seriously as he lavished praise on Sen. John McCain's performance at the Saddleback Civil Forum, held at a church dominated by conservative evangelicals. What about the courage and self-confidence of Sen. Barack Obama in showing up for a forum in which he knew most in the audience opposed him? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Post]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[GOP-Friendly]]></category><category><![CDATA[Forum]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Gerson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Adam Terio]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Greenpeace International]]></category><category><![CDATA[Planned Parenthood Federation of America]]></category></item>
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