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“Most kinds of power require a substantial sacrifice by whoever wants the power. There is an apprenticeship, a discipline lasting many years...

I’ve been on Twitter since 2008. And I started with one account: @NewsCat_in_DC . It remains my “flagship” account in a way; the o...

1. Hipster T-Shirts do not reference mainstream TV. Your Dunder-Mifflin T-Shirt does not make you look cool. It makes you look like a fan....

( UPDATE 3/17/12: By now if you've seen this page you've heard about The Retraction where This American Life, after airing a porti...

I used to say that "dead blogs make baby Jesus cry." Well I'm going to try to keep our non-lord from crying. So I've menti...

Less Peril for Civilians, but More for Troops (A1) By Ann Scott Tyson Anonymous Quote #1 "We heard they held back artillery. We also he...

I'm currently behind by four days on posting Anonymous Source counts. I will be "backfilling" the missing four days over the n...

From Finance Chief, a Bill That My Weather the Blows (A1) By Ceci Connolly Anonymous Quote #1 "There will be a lot of horse-trading, an...

Mullen: More Troops ‘Probably’Needed (A1) By Ann Scott Tyson Anonymous Quote #1 “There's a very big opportunity here to reduce violence ...

I should define what I call an anonymous quote. Anytime the speaker or source for the information isn’t named, I call that anonymous. Exclud...

Threat of Trade War With China Sparks Worries in a Debtor U.S. (A1) By Steven Mufson and Peter Whoriskey Anonymous Quote #1 The Obama admini...

In Kandahar, a Taliban on the Rise (A1) By Rajiv Chandrasekaran Anonymous Quote #1 “Kandahar is at the top of the list," one senior U.S...

U.S. Gives New Rights to Afghan Prisoners (A1) By Karen DeYoung and Peter Finn Anonymous Quote #1 "This process is about doing the righ...

I apologize for being a day late posting this. U.S., NATO to Revamp Afghan Training Mission (A3) By Ann Scott Tyson and Walter Pincus Anonym...

Iran Urges Disposal Of All Nuclear Arms (A18) By Thomas Erdbrink Anonymous Quote #1 A senior administration official, speaking on the condit...

After Rescue, Recriminations (A11) By Pamela Constable Anonymous Quote #1 "He was such a nice person. I am so sad and confused about wh...

Dodd Said to Decline Kennedy Post (A6) By Paul Kane Anonymous Quote #1 Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) is next in line after Dodd to assume the cha...

For Obama, A Pivotal Moment in Afghanistan (A1) By Karen DeYoung Anonymous Quote #1 Asked whether the administration would consider reversin...

I had originally intended to launch this project on Sunday, but I got a late start on the day and thought tweeting about the “morning” paper...

Obama Readies Reform Specifics (A1) By Ceci Connolly Anonymous Quote #1 “Let’s see what the Finance Committee does,” said one administration...

The recent baffling story in the Washington Post where an article penned by Peter Finn, Joby Warrick, Julie Tate and Walter Pincus reported ...

If anyone reads this blog I'm sure they'll find not only typos but also sentences that just don't make any sense. That's bec...

First off if you noticed I haven’t been blogging all that much in the last few months its not because I’m not active. It’s because Twitter i...

Coming out the Feminism 2.0 conference I had a bit of an epiphany. The bloggers/activists panel attended by Tedra Osell of Bitch Ph.d , Li...

A while back Slate's advice columnist, Dear Prudence, gave some advice to a woman who was concerned about her baby niece living next to ...

So six days after my bike was stolen I've bought a new Trek. This time a FX 7.3 . As you might be able to guess from the picture, it...

Goddamn it I want to cry! I loved my bike probably more than any other material possession I own. I bought it almost exactly 11 months ago....

It's been a long time since I posted a Friday Cat Blogging pic and being both Halloween and close to Election Day I should have been mor...

I guess I can't act too surprised if your advice column is named "Dear Prudence." A recent column had a letter-writer concern...