<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Marc Fisher</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/columns/fishermarc?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</link><description>Marc Fisher</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome to Fairfax  --  if  You Vote Red]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12612-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12612-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Just when you thought the political polarization of this country had gone as far as it could, here comes Rep. Tom Davis with a whole new frontier for the Red-Blue wars: The Republican congressman from Fairfax seems to believe that the only way he can guarantee himself reelection till the end of time is to prevent Democrats from moving into his district.]]></description><author> Marc Fisher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unofficial Guide To Baseball At the Bobby]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6240-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6240-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  You weren't going to shell out the big bucks for Opening Day tickets on eBay. But now you see Washington Nationals tickets floating around the office, and the team seems better than anyone had expected, and the city is awash in red caps, so you figure it's time to check out the scene at RFK. You need the Incredibly Unofficial Guide to Baseball at the Bobby.]]></description><author> Marc Fisher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[These Walls Do Talk  --  to The Right Person]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64481-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64481-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Move into a house that's been around for a while and you discover mysteries  --  shadows of a former wall, remnants of a forgotten foundation, doorways that no longer lead to anything.]]></description><author> Marc Fisher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian Students Contend With Expectations]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40691-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40691-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   "H ow many of you play piano?" I ask. Nearly everyone raises a hand.]]></description><author> Marc Fisher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six Quick Reality Checks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32788-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32788-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  A six-pack of stories for the price of one. . . . <br> Exactly what will Gov. Bobby Haircut say is the reason Maryland voters should rehire him next year? He tried but failed to get slots legalized? He pronounced a medical malpractice crisis, rejected the legislature's solution and then...]]></description><author> Marc Fisher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tired of Riding The Yo-Yo Of Time?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26639-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26639-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Feeling lighter in the step? Younger, fresher, sharper? After all, we have just sprung forward into the glories of long, golden evenings and outdoor dining.]]></description><author> Marc Fisher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes One Homer Is Plenty]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14463-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14463-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Iknew the sacred relic was right there, inside a brown paper lunch bag that sat on the windowsill for four hours while Dr. Pete Paganussi told me what it all meant. I never asked to see the relic. But every once in a while, as the stories flowed and we worked our way through bagels and lox and egg creams and coffee, I'd steal a glance at the paper bag and feel a shiver of anticipation.]]></description><author> Marc Fisher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Might Be Eastern Choir's Swan Song]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8321-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8321-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Even in the darkest hours, even when the daily news out of the District school system was a nonstop barrage of bulletins about guns, drugs, illiteracy and incompetence, the Eastern High School Choir cast the light of hope. In one of the city's toughest places, young voices rose above the lowest of expectations to compete and win on the world stage.]]></description><author> Marc Fisher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nats' Broadcasters Blend the Cerebral With the Visceral]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3978-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3978-2005Mar26.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The last time Charlie Slowes lived around here, in the mid-'90s, he commuted from Ellicott City to Landover, no muss, no fuss. Now he's coming back on short notice, scrambling to find a home in the few days before he's due at the office, and everybody has advice.]]></description><author> Marc Fisher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many in Loudoun Strive to Keep Sense of Balance]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61339-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61339-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Martha Polkey and Stephen Budiansky are suburban kids who fell for the rural idea. They tested themselves by renting a farm in Montgomery County, then 12 years ago moved across the Potomac to the northern reaches of Loudoun County, where they live in a log cabin, raise sheep and fight to hold back the march of the townhouses.]]></description><author> Marc Fisher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Loudoun, The Discontented Cry 'Secession']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55489-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55489-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The Catoctin Revolution began with a letter to the editor. Six weeks ago in the Loudoun Extra section of this newspaper, Nancy Meissner of Purcellville asked, "Would the secession of western Loudoun from the rest of the county be possible?"]]></description><author> Marc Fisher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something's Awfully Fishy About the ICC]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42243-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42243-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   I like my trout with lemon and capers. But if you like yours swimming in a peaceful stream not far from your suburban lair, then your position on the intercounty connector, the region's biggest road project since the Beltway, is easy.]]></description><author> Marc Fisher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Swing And a Miss For Angelos]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35467-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35467-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   The Baron of Baltimore declared war on Washington over the weekend. At least he had enough self-awareness to leave his name off his manifesto.]]></description><author> Marc Fisher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Class Trip Into a Land Of Questions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30414-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30414-2005Mar12.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   At Takoma Park Middle School, parents and administrators have spent 19 years wrangling about the annual eighth-grade trip to Florida. About half of the grade goes to Disney  --  price: $610. Which means half do not go, raising issues of equity, comity, class and race. In Montgomery County, you could power a fleet of hybrid cars from all the hand-wringing about such questions.]]></description><author> Marc Fisher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grand Plan For Ballpark Raises Stakes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22156-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22156-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Throughout last fall's bruising battle over whether to bring baseball to the District, the two sides couldn't believe that their opponents were blind to some self-evident truths: Boosters insisted that with baseball, Washington could finally build a waterfront attraction on a par with Baltimore's Inner Harbor, while detractors shouted that the city was nuts to pay for a ballpark when private investors would happily build it on their own dime.]]></description><author> Marc Fisher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Baseball's Benefactors Soak Up the Love]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15610-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15610-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  VIERA, Fla.<br>The players, ice packs strapped to aching arms and backs, were in the locker room talking real estate  --  the relative merits of Chevy Chase and Foggy Bottom, the commutes from Alexandria and Annapolis to RFK Stadium. The politicians  --  that historic-sounding double-play...]]></description><author> Marc Fisher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Family Detoured by Mixed Signals]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2792-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2792-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   T here's little in life more frightening than having a child who is dramatically ill. Lily Bass was 8 months old, and she had had three truly scary days. It was an all-orifice extravaganza -- vomiting, diarrhea, bloody stools.]]></description><author> Marc Fisher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kaine-Kilgore Race Will Be Waged on GOP's Chosen Turf]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61737-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61737-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  RICHMOND<br>Deep in his heart, Mark Warner may not care much for guns, NASCAR, the death penalty or any of the other Red State symbols he embraced to become Virginia's governor. After all, nothing in Warner's Old Town Alexandria, George Washington University, suburban Connecticut liberal...]]></description><author> Marc Fisher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The House Deals Ehrlich at Least One Slots Win]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56656-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56656-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Less than an hour after he finally won one in the World Series of Slots, the governor of Maryland was in shirt-sleeves out on his front lawn in Annapolis, heaving snowballs at Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, topping off a snowman for First Son Drew, shouting how-dee-dos to startled passersby and generally yukking it up like a kid who'd just won the big game. I don't think he was filming a TV commercial, but with this guy, you never know.]]></description><author> Marc Fisher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C.'s Plan  To Take Back A Neighborhood]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48752-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48752-2005Feb23.html?nav=rss_metro/columns/fishermarc</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:50:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Princess Hansen's family got out of Sursum Corda; they hope never to set foot again in the scary place where the 14-year-old girl was murdered last year. The 1,041 people who still live in Sursum Corda may talk about getting out, but where would they go?]]></description><author> Marc Fisher</author></item></channel></rss>
