<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Mary McGrory</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/opinion/columns/mcgrorymary?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</link><description>Mary McGrory</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['The Saddest Loss']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35281-2004Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35281-2004Apr22.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:26:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ <em> This column by Mary McGrory appeared in The Post on Jan. 10, 2002.</em>]]></description><author> Mary McGrory</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blossoms and Bombs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27806-2003Mar14.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27806-2003Mar14.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:26:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   The hounds of spring are on winter's traces and so, of course, are the dogs of war. Who will win the race?]]></description><author> Mary McGrory</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tony Blair in the Doghouse]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18047-2003Mar12.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18047-2003Mar12.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:26:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tony Blair has been called "Bush's poodle" for his support of the war in Iraq. He may be headed for the pound unless George W. Bush can do some fancy footwork and perhaps eat a little humble pie to rescue him.]]></description><author> Mary McGrory</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 'Shock and Awe' News Conference]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59647-2003Mar7.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59647-2003Mar7.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:26:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The president's  news conference was meant to be a demonstration -- as he stands on the brink of unleashing "shock and awe" on Iraq -- of how much he hates war. One of many unasked questions was: Does he hate war as much as he hates  news conferences?]]></description><author> Mary McGrory</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[To My Very  Persuasive Readers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48619-2003Mar5.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48619-2003Mar5.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:26:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     Dear Readers: <br> We have been through a great deal together -- the Kennedy assassination, Vietnam, El Salvador, Grenada, Lebanon and Florida. For the first time I can remember, we are estranged. That is, you have been since I wrote a column Feb. 6 about Colin Powell's...]]></description><author> Mary McGrory</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not a Week for Reality]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18961-2003Feb28.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18961-2003Feb28.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:26:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It was a week to check your hearing. Many of the things that were being said could only be described as delusional.]]></description><author> Mary McGrory</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praying for Papal Intervention]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8498-2003Feb26.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8498-2003Feb26.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:26:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Pope John Paul II is causing heartburn among one of the president's key constituencies: conservative Catholics. The pope is unequivocally and fervently against the war in Iraq, and George W. Bush, who fancies himself something of a spiritual leader, has to grin and bear it.]]></description><author> Mary McGrory</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Parade for President]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45434-2003Feb21.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45434-2003Feb21.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:26:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Some people take cruises to avoid the February blahs. Democrats run for president.]]></description><author> Mary McGrory</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[French Fashions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32834-2003Feb19.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32834-2003Feb19.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:26:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  A lot of people who never thought they would are saying "<em>Vive la France</em>" and humming "<em>La Marseillaise" </em>when they think John Ashcroft is not around.]]></description><author> Mary McGrory</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panic City, U.S.A.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10604-2003Feb14.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10604-2003Feb14.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:26:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Dr. Marie Schum-Brady, a general practitioner in Arlington, reports a surge in patient requests for tranquilizers and other medications that will suppress their anxieties. To some she gives pills; for most she prescribes prayer.]]></description><author> Mary McGrory</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shield Us From War]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A398-2003Feb12.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A398-2003Feb12.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:26:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The pope, God bless him, has the right idea. He has sent a cardinal, his personal emissary, to Baghdad.]]></description><author> Mary McGrory</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fuzzy-Headed on North Korea]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42812-2003Feb7.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42812-2003Feb7.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:26:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Fresh from his Broadway triumph -- his Iraq indictment at the United Nations -- Secretary of State Colin Powell went before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was pelted with flowers -- and questions about our incomprehensible policy on North Korea. Even the most persuasive man on the planet cannot sell this mix of huffiness and obtuseness, which Sen. John Kerry, in an excess of charity, called "fuzzy."]]></description><author> Mary McGrory</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm Persuaded]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32573-2003Feb5.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32573-2003Feb5.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:26:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   I don't know how the United Nations felt about Colin Powell's "<em>J'accuse" </em>speech against Saddam Hussein. I can only say that he persuaded me, and I was as tough as France to convince.]]></description><author> Mary McGrory</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Creatures Great and Small]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8779-2003Jan31.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8779-2003Jan31.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:26:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Last Tuesday, as the world was gathering to hear what President Bush was going to say about war with Iraq, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) rose in the Senate to note that the commander in chief had already gone to war against the environment.]]></description><author> Mary McGrory</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanitarian Warrior]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63759-2003Jan29.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63759-2003Jan29.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:26:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   If George Bush's intensely awaited State of the Union speech had a subtitle, it would be "Dr. Schweitzer reaches for his rifle."]]></description><author> Mary McGrory</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Karl Rove Show]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40865-2003Jan24.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40865-2003Jan24.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:26:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[People who wonder what George W. Bush and his genius adviser Karl Rove have in common need look no further than their attitudes toward the press.]]></description><author> Mary McGrory</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['A River of Peaceful People']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30697-2003Jan22.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30697-2003Jan22.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:26:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   The preemptive demonstration against the preemptive war, which drew an estimated 250,000 chilled Americans to the Mall last weekend, was as polite and peaceful as George W. Bush could have asked. It also had diversity, an imperative he lately discovered.]]></description><author> Mary McGrory</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Doctor's Certainty]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9030-2003Jan17.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9030-2003Jan17.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:26:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Howard Dean was here last week, and writer James Fallows introduced him to a National Press Club audience as "the interesting candidate," which is code for a novelty candidate in the presidential bazaar. It's someone who is more likely to be fun than president.]]></description><author> Mary McGrory</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[What About This Crisis?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64232-2003Jan16.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64232-2003Jan16.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:26:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.), the premier calamity collector of the House of Representatives, is just back from a country we'd rather not think about, and telling us things we'd rather not know. As usual, he is demanding that attention be paid.]]></description><author> Mary McGrory</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silent on the Brink]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40823-2003Jan10.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40823-2003Jan10.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns/mcgrorymary</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:26:32 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   The barely breathing peace community is clinging to a faraway figure, Britain's foreign secretary, Jack Straw. He's in London, and he's all they've got. He said last week that the odds on going to war had shifted from 60-40 for war to 60-40 for peace.]]></description><author> Mary McGrory</author></item></channel></rss>