http://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_colbert-kingGet the latest articles from Colbert I. King articles and view preview articles in the Colbert I. King archive from The Washington Post.enCopyright 2012 Washington Post CompanySun, 19 May 2013 20:19:34 GMTSun, 19 May 2013 20:19:34 GMT5http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gifhttp://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_colbert-kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/2c10699c/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Edisturbing0Eabuses0Eof0Epower0C20A130C0A50C170C915a72640Ebea90E11e20E9b0A90E1638acc3942e0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p>East Germany’s Ministry for State Security, also known as the Stasi, posed a major challenge during my three-year stint as an attache at the U.S. Embassy in Bonn during the 1960s. Detecting and preventing Stasi agents from penetrating the security of U.S. diplomatic facilities in West Germany was a 24-7 undertaking.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-disturbing-abuses-of-power/2013/05/17/915a7264-bea9-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/2c10699c/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-disturbing-abuses-of-power%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F915a7264-bea9-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Disturbing+abuses+of+power" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-disturbing-abuses-of-power%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F915a7264-bea9-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Disturbing+abuses+of+power" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-disturbing-abuses-of-power%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F915a7264-bea9-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Disturbing+abuses+of+power" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-disturbing-abuses-of-power%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F915a7264-bea9-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Disturbing+abuses+of+power" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-disturbing-abuses-of-power%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F915a7264-bea9-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Disturbing+abuses+of+power" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664822714/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2c10699c/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664822714/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2c10699c/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664822714/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2c10699c/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:40:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-disturbing-abuses-of-power/2013/05/17/915a7264-bea9-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/2bc4ac6b/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Edc0Ecorruption0Ecases0Emay0Eyield0Eresults0Esoon0C20A130C0A50C10A0Ce0A791a960Eb97a0E11e20Eb94c0Eb684dda0A7add0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p>Although news is scarce about the federal investigation into corruption and wrongdoing in the District’s official circles, that doesn’t mean things aren’t moving. </p> <p>First there is Keely Thompson Jr., the former professional boxer who, along with his wife, Bianca, is awaiting trial in October on <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/former-professional-boxer-keely-thompson-indicted-on-fraud-charges/2012/11/02/e4778fd0-2526-11e2-9313-3c7f59038d93_blog.html">federal charges</a> that they conspired to spend <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-boxing-center-money-may-have-gone-to-luxuries-for-owners/2013/03/15/1d6c6592-8ce5-11e2-b63f-f53fb9f2fcb4_story.html">on personal goods and entertainment</a> thousands of dollars in public money intended for their youth boxing center.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-dc-corruption-cases-may-yield-results-soon/2013/05/10/e0791a96-b97a-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/2bc4ac6b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-dc-corruption-cases-may-yield-results-soon%2F2013%2F05%2F10%2Fe0791a96-b97a-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Will+D.C.%E2%80%99s+crooked+politicians+be+called+to+account+soon%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-dc-corruption-cases-may-yield-results-soon%2F2013%2F05%2F10%2Fe0791a96-b97a-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Will+D.C.%E2%80%99s+crooked+politicians+be+called+to+account+soon%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-dc-corruption-cases-may-yield-results-soon%2F2013%2F05%2F10%2Fe0791a96-b97a-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Will+D.C.%E2%80%99s+crooked+politicians+be+called+to+account+soon%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-dc-corruption-cases-may-yield-results-soon%2F2013%2F05%2F10%2Fe0791a96-b97a-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Will+D.C.%E2%80%99s+crooked+politicians+be+called+to+account+soon%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-dc-corruption-cases-may-yield-results-soon%2F2013%2F05%2F10%2Fe0791a96-b97a-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Will+D.C.%E2%80%99s+crooked+politicians+be+called+to+account+soon%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664284291/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2bc4ac6b/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664284291/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2bc4ac6b/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664284291/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2bc4ac6b/a2t.img" border="0"/>U S Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuitelection campaignColbert KinglocalSat, 11 May 2013 00:41:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-dc-corruption-cases-may-yield-results-soon/2013/05/10/e0791a96-b97a-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/2b7dcd64/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Eguns0Egalore0Eon0Ethe0Estreets0Eof0Edc0C20A130C0A50C0A30C65a748f40Eb3730E11e20E9a980E4be1688d7d840Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p> <em> <span>W</span>e’ve got a lovely bunch of guns in the District. There they are, all standing in a row. Big ones, small ones, some as big as your head. Give them a twist, a flick of the wrist, that’s what the gun huckster said</em>.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-guns-galore-on-the-streets-of-dc/2013/05/03/65a748f4-b373-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/2b7dcd64/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-guns-galore-on-the-streets-of-dc%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2F65a748f4-b373-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Guns+galore+on+the+streets+of+D.C." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-guns-galore-on-the-streets-of-dc%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2F65a748f4-b373-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Guns+galore+on+the+streets+of+D.C." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-guns-galore-on-the-streets-of-dc%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2F65a748f4-b373-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Guns+galore+on+the+streets+of+D.C." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-guns-galore-on-the-streets-of-dc%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2F65a748f4-b373-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Guns+galore+on+the+streets+of+D.C." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-guns-galore-on-the-streets-of-dc%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2F65a748f4-b373-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Guns+galore+on+the+streets+of+D.C." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017092930/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2b7dcd64/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164017092930/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2b7dcd64/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164017092930/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2b7dcd64/a2t.img" border="0"/>Colbert KingGlockgun controllocalFri, 03 May 2013 23:57:16 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-guns-galore-on-the-streets-of-dc/2013/05/03/65a748f4-b373-11e2-9a98-4be1688d7d84_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/2b39f121/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Ecan0Ejustice0Estay0Eout0Eof0Edc0Epolitics0C20A130C0A40C260C94f34b560Eadee0E11e20E8bf60Ee70Acb6ae0A66e0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p>As the federal prosecutor of corruption in the District, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. has made himself one of the city’s most influential figures. But has his pursuit of wrongdoing risked entangling his federal office in the city’s political process? If so, does it matter? Is that a good thing? These are hard but fair questions.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-can-justice-stay-out-of-dc-politics/2013/04/26/94f34b56-adee-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/2b39f121/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-can-justice-stay-out-of-dc-politics%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F94f34b56-adee-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Let%E2%80%99s+try+to+keep+prosecution+from+influencing+D.C.+elections" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-can-justice-stay-out-of-dc-politics%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F94f34b56-adee-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Let%E2%80%99s+try+to+keep+prosecution+from+influencing+D.C.+elections" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-can-justice-stay-out-of-dc-politics%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F94f34b56-adee-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Let%E2%80%99s+try+to+keep+prosecution+from+influencing+D.C.+elections" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-can-justice-stay-out-of-dc-politics%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F94f34b56-adee-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Let%E2%80%99s+try+to+keep+prosecution+from+influencing+D.C.+elections" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-can-justice-stay-out-of-dc-politics%2F2013%2F04%2F26%2F94f34b56-adee-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Let%E2%80%99s+try+to+keep+prosecution+from+influencing+D.C.+elections" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016635927/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2b39f121/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016635927/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2b39f121/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016635927/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2b39f121/a2t.img" border="0"/>localFri, 26 Apr 2013 23:41:16 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-can-justice-stay-out-of-dc-politics/2013/04/26/94f34b56-adee-11e2-8bf6-e70cb6ae066e_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/2aef509f/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Eafter0Eboston0Ewhat0Eis0Ethe0Enew0Enormal0C20A130C0A40C190C3858c6980Ea90A50E11e20Ea8e20E5b98cb59187f0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p>The weapons used at <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/massive-police-operation-under-way-in-boston/2013/04/19/979ec6dc-a8c6-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html">the Boston Marathon this week</a> were common <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/boston-marathon-bombs-had-simple-but-harmful-design-early-clues-indicate/2013/04/16/c2b061cc-a6d8-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html">pressure cookers</a> — armed with a detonator and filled with BB’s, nails and pellets. The <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/boston-marathon-explosions-map/">explosions killed at least three</a> people, including an <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/martin-richard-8-loved-playing-with-sister-friends/2013/04/16/1e5c123c-a698-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html">8-year-old boy</a>, and injured more than 170 others. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-after-boston-what-is-the-new-normal/2013/04/19/3858c698-a905-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/2aef509f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-after-boston-what-is-the-new-normal%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F3858c698-a905-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=After+Boston%2C+how+do+we+feel+secure%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-after-boston-what-is-the-new-normal%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F3858c698-a905-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=After+Boston%2C+how+do+we+feel+secure%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-after-boston-what-is-the-new-normal%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F3858c698-a905-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=After+Boston%2C+how+do+we+feel+secure%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-after-boston-what-is-the-new-normal%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F3858c698-a905-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=After+Boston%2C+how+do+we+feel+secure%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-after-boston-what-is-the-new-normal%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2F3858c698-a905-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=After+Boston%2C+how+do+we+feel+secure%3F" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016192106/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2aef509f/kg/342/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016192106/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2aef509f/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016192106/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2aef509f/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:58:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-after-boston-what-is-the-new-normal/2013/04/19/3858c698-a905-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/2aa8cda2/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Erace0Edoesnt0Ebelong0Ein0Edc0Ecouncil0Eelection0C20A130C0A40C120Ca76621a80Ea3780E11e20E82bc0E511538ae90Aa40Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p>Of all the factors weighing on the April 23 <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/wp/2013/04/08/at-large-d-c-council-voting-is-underway/">special election for the D.C. Council’s at-large seat</a>, a candidate’s race should be among the least important. Voters need to know whether a candidate will work hard, keep his or her word and maintain high ethical standards once settled in the John A. Wilson Building. Simply stated, race tells us none of that. And race is no indicator of where a candidate stands on the issues. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-race-doesnt-belong-in-dc-council-election/2013/04/12/a76621a8-a378-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/2aa8cda2/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-race-doesnt-belong-in-dc-council-election%2F2013%2F04%2F12%2Fa76621a8-a378-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Race+doesn%E2%80%99t+belong+in+D.C.+Council+election" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-race-doesnt-belong-in-dc-council-election%2F2013%2F04%2F12%2Fa76621a8-a378-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Race+doesn%E2%80%99t+belong+in+D.C.+Council+election" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-race-doesnt-belong-in-dc-council-election%2F2013%2F04%2F12%2Fa76621a8-a378-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Race+doesn%E2%80%99t+belong+in+D.C.+Council+election" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-race-doesnt-belong-in-dc-council-election%2F2013%2F04%2F12%2Fa76621a8-a378-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Race+doesn%E2%80%99t+belong+in+D.C.+Council+election" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-race-doesnt-belong-in-dc-council-election%2F2013%2F04%2F12%2Fa76621a8-a378-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Race+doesn%E2%80%99t+belong+in+D.C.+Council+election" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323146792/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2aa8cda2/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323146792/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2aa8cda2/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323146792/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2aa8cda2/a2t.img" border="0"/>Colbert KingDemocratic Partypolitical issueslocalSat, 13 Apr 2013 17:29:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-race-doesnt-belong-in-dc-council-election/2013/04/12/a76621a8-a378-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/2a63ee75/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Eteens0Ehaving0Ebabies0Ein0Edc0Eneed0Emore0Ethan0Etalk0C20A130C0A40C0A50C77aba8340E9d790E11e20Ea9410Ea19bce7af7550Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p>Three years ago, candidates for mayor and the D.C. Council crisscrossed the city, telling voters how they would bring progress and prosperity to District residents. That same year, 73 D.C. infants died, including 51 who never reached their 30th day of life, according to city <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://newsroom.dc.gov/file.aspx/release/23327/2010%20Infant%20Mortality%20FINAL%20%2805%2014%202012_MAPS_edited%29%20.pdf" target="_blank">health department data</a>.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-teens-having-babies-in-dc-need-more-than-talk/2013/04/05/77aba834-9d79-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/2a63ee75/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-teens-having-babies-in-dc-need-more-than-talk%2F2013%2F04%2F05%2F77aba834-9d79-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Teens+having+babies+in+D.C.+need+more+than+talk" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-teens-having-babies-in-dc-need-more-than-talk%2F2013%2F04%2F05%2F77aba834-9d79-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Teens+having+babies+in+D.C.+need+more+than+talk" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-teens-having-babies-in-dc-need-more-than-talk%2F2013%2F04%2F05%2F77aba834-9d79-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Teens+having+babies+in+D.C.+need+more+than+talk" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-teens-having-babies-in-dc-need-more-than-talk%2F2013%2F04%2F05%2F77aba834-9d79-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Teens+having+babies+in+D.C.+need+more+than+talk" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-teens-having-babies-in-dc-need-more-than-talk%2F2013%2F04%2F05%2F77aba834-9d79-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king&t=Teens+having+babies+in+D.C.+need+more+than+talk" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991401437/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2a63ee75/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991401437/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2a63ee75/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161991401437/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2a63ee75/a2t.img" border="0"/>Christian Science MonitorColbert Kingelection yearlocalFri, 05 Apr 2013 23:29:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-teens-having-babies-in-dc-need-more-than-talk/2013/04/05/77aba834-9d79-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/2a250e03/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Ea0Etoo0Ecandid0Ecamera0Eat0Estarbucks0C20A130C0A30C290Cfc70Ad0A740E97e0A0E11e20E814b0E0A63623d80Aa60A0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p>It was a Saturday in April, a good day for sightseeing in our nation’s capital. After walking around, William A. Yockey, his wife, Lindsay, and their 5-year-old daughter, K.Y., visited a Starbucks coffee shop in the 300 block of Seventh Street NW, a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol and the Mall.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-a-too-candid-camera-at-starbucks/2013/03/29/fc70d074-97e0-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/2a250e03/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=A+too-candid+camera+at+Starbucks&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-a-too-candid-camera-at-starbucks%2F2013%2F03%2F29%2Ffc70d074-97e0-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991038943/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2a250e03/kg/355/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991038943/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2a250e03/kg/355/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161991038943/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2a250e03/kg/355/a2t.img" border="0"/>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:21:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-a-too-candid-camera-at-starbucks/2013/03/29/fc70d074-97e0-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/29e3efe1/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Edyrs0Eis0Estill0Efailing0Edc0Eyouth0C20A130C0A30C220C30A9e10A80A0E926b0E11e20E9cfd0E36d6c9b5d7ad0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p>Mark Kenneth Blank wasn’t bothering anybody. He couldn’t have done so, because his arms were filled with bags of groceries and he was making his way home to his apartment near Waterside Mall in Southwest. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-dyrs-is-still-failing-dc-youth/2013/03/22/309e1080-926b-11e2-9cfd-36d6c9b5d7ad_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/29e3efe1/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=D.C.+keeps+failing+young+offenders&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-dyrs-is-still-failing-dc-youth%2F2013%2F03%2F22%2F309e1080-926b-11e2-9cfd-36d6c9b5d7ad_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161393458327/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/29e3efe1/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161393458327/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/29e3efe1/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161393458327/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/29e3efe1/a2t.img" border="0"/>federal courtColbert KingD C CouncillocalSat, 23 Mar 2013 00:03:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-dyrs-is-still-failing-dc-youth/2013/03/22/309e1080-926b-11e2-9cfd-36d6c9b5d7ad_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/29a06705/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Eboxing0Ecenter0Emoney0Emay0Ehave0Egone0Eto0Eluxuries0Efor0Eowners0C20A130C0A30C150C1d6c65920E8ce50E11e20Eb63f0Ef53fb9f2fcb40Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p>The 31-count federal indictment leveled against <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/former-professional-boxer-keely-thompson-indicted-on-fraud-charges/2012/11/02/e4778fd0-2526-11e2-9313-3c7f59038d93_blog.html">Keely Thompson Jr. and his wife</a>, Bianca, <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/18/AR2010111806120.html">in November</a> is the kind of thing that gets the blood boiling. If the grand jury’s charges are true, the Thompsons are wolves masquerading as shepherds and some of our city officials are about as dumb as sheep.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-boxing-center-money-may-have-gone-to-luxuries-for-owners/2013/03/15/1d6c6592-8ce5-11e2-b63f-f53fb9f2fcb4_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/29a06705/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Boxing+center+money+may+have+gone+to+luxuries+for+owners&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-boxing-center-money-may-have-gone-to-luxuries-for-owners%2F2013%2F03%2F15%2F1d6c6592-8ce5-11e2-b63f-f53fb9f2fcb4_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921343460/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/29a06705/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921343460/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/29a06705/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158921343460/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/29a06705/a2t.img" border="0"/>localSat, 16 Mar 2013 00:12:15 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-boxing-center-money-may-have-gone-to-luxuries-for-owners/2013/03/15/1d6c6592-8ce5-11e2-b63f-f53fb9f2fcb4_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/295d9736/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Eilliteracy0Eis0Edcs0Ebiggest0Echallenge0C20A130C0A30C0A80Cf4a2b54e0E87760E11e20E98a30Eb3db6b9ac5860Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p>Recently I closed out a talk at the Martin Luther King public library with this <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/01/31/national-african-american-history-month-2013">quote: </a> </p> <p>“Today, because of <span>. . .</span> hope, coupled with the hard and painstaking labor of Americans sung and unsung, we live in a moment when the dream of equal opportunity is within reach for people of every color and creed. National African American History Month is a time to tell those stories of freedom won and honor the individuals who wrote them. We look back to the men and women who helped raise the pillars of democracy, even when the halls they built were not theirs to occupy. We trace generations of African Americans, free and slave, who risked everything to realize their God-given rights. <span>. . .</span> We have yet to reach the mountaintop, we cannot stop climbing.”</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-illiteracy-is-dcs-biggest-challenge/2013/03/08/f4a2b54e-8776-11e2-98a3-b3db6b9ac586_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/295d9736/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Illiteracy+is+D.C.%E2%80%99s+biggest+challenge&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-illiteracy-is-dcs-biggest-challenge%2F2013%2F03%2F08%2Ff4a2b54e-8776-11e2-98a3-b3db6b9ac586_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920584133/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/295d9736/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920584133/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/295d9736/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158920584133/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/295d9736/a2t.img" border="0"/>Colbert Kingcorporal punishmentlocalEpiscopal ChurchSat, 09 Mar 2013 01:02:20 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-illiteracy-is-dcs-biggest-challenge/2013/03/08/f4a2b54e-8776-11e2-98a3-b3db6b9ac586_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/291d33ec/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Edc0Ecouncil0Ehas0Emore0Ework0Eto0Edo0Eon0Ejim0Egraham0Emisconduct0C20A130C0A30C0A10Ca3dad0Af20E81f80E11e20Eb99e0E6baf4ebe42df0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p> <span>After the D.C. Council voted to <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-council-reprimands-jim-graham-in-lottery-contract-flap/2013/02/25/75242f96-7f60-11e2-b99e-6baf4ebe42df_story.html">publicly reprimand member Jim Graham</a> (D-Ward 1) for improper conduct in the award of a city lottery contract and a Metro property development contract, Graham announced himself “relieved,” adding, “It’s over and we can move forward.” </span> </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-dc-council-has-more-work-to-do-on-jim-graham-misconduct/2013/03/01/a3dad0f2-81f8-11e2-b99e-6baf4ebe42df_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/291d33ec/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=D.C.+Council+has+more+work+to+do+on+Jim+Graham+misconduct&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-dc-council-has-more-work-to-do-on-jim-graham-misconduct%2F2013%2F03%2F01%2Fa3dad0f2-81f8-11e2-b99e-6baf4ebe42df_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920231946/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/291d33ec/kg/342/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920231946/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/291d33ec/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158920231946/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/291d33ec/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/>Colbert KingD C CouncillocalFri, 01 Mar 2013 23:35:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-dc-council-has-more-work-to-do-on-jim-graham-misconduct/2013/03/01/a3dad0f2-81f8-11e2-b99e-6baf4ebe42df_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/28dce4c9/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Ejesse0Ejackson0Eand0Emisbehaving0Epoliticians0C20A130C0A20C220C65ddf5920E7c5b0E11e20E9a750Edab0A20A1670Ada0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p>This week I received an e-mail with the subject line: “Please Colbert, write about Jesse Jackson Jr and father.”</p> <p>The message from Dennis Flynn was brief: “Please write about the part genetics play in the problems in the Jackson family lineage. Out of marriage children by a Minister. Fraud and stealing by a congressman. What an example for young African Americans.”</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-jesse-jackson-and-misbehaving-politicians/2013/02/22/65ddf592-7c5b-11e2-9a75-dab0201670da_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/28dce4c9/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=A+different+kind+of+black-and-white+issue&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-jesse-jackson-and-misbehaving-politicians%2F2013%2F02%2F22%2F65ddf592-7c5b-11e2-9a75-dab0201670da_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920197654/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/28dce4c9/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920197654/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/28dce4c9/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158920197654/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/28dce4c9/a2t.img" border="0"/>localSat, 23 Feb 2013 00:15:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-jesse-jackson-and-misbehaving-politicians/2013/02/22/65ddf592-7c5b-11e2-9a75-dab0201670da_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/289e08ad/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Edc0Estill0Ehas0Ehundreds0Eof0Ehomeless0Echildren0C20A130C0A20C150C76b50Ad70A0E770A0A0E11e20Eaa120Ee6cf1d3110A6b0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p>More than <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-advocates-at-odds-over-homeless-families-about-900-still-in-shelter/2013/02/11/c38a32ee-7460-11e2-8f84-3e4b513b1a13_story.html">900 people, including 600 children, crammed into a makeshift D.C. homeless shelter</a>? Things weren’t supposed to turn out this way. By now, we were told, homelessness in our nation’s capital would be a thing of the past.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-dc-still-has-hundreds-of-homeless-children/2013/02/15/76b50d70-7700-11e2-aa12-e6cf1d31106b_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/289e08ad/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Why+does+D.C.+still+have+so+many+homeless%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-dc-still-has-hundreds-of-homeless-children%2F2013%2F02%2F15%2F76b50d70-7700-11e2-aa12-e6cf1d31106b_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158365300742/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/289e08ad/kg/342/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158365300742/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/289e08ad/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158365300742/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/289e08ad/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/>domestic violenceLocal GovernmentsColbert KinglocalSat, 16 Feb 2013 00:31:32 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-dc-still-has-hundreds-of-homeless-children/2013/02/15/76b50d70-7700-11e2-aa12-e6cf1d31106b_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/286283c3/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Ea0Ebig0Eleague0Ecity0Eled0Eby0Ebush0Eleaguers0C20A130C0A20C0A80C655ac6420E71780E11e20Eac360E3d8d9dcaa2e20Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p>Mayor Vincent Gray’s upbeat <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://mayor.dc.gov/release/text-prepared-delivery-mayor-vincent-c-grays-2013-state-district-address">State of the District address</a> Tuesday night hailed many things: growth in businesses and higher-income residents, fewer homicides, 55 construction cranes dotting the D.C. skyline. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-a-big-league-city-led-by-bush-leaguers/2013/02/08/655ac642-7178-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/286283c3/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=A+%E2%80%98big-league+city%E2%80%99+led+by+bush-leaguers&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-a-big-league-city-led-by-bush-leaguers%2F2013%2F02%2F08%2F655ac642-7178-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155985030725/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/286283c3/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155985030725/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/286283c3/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155985030725/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/286283c3/a2t.img" border="0"/>localSat, 09 Feb 2013 01:09:35 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-a-big-league-city-led-by-bush-leaguers/2013/02/08/655ac642-7178-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/2825ecd0/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Edoes0Etommy0Ewells0Ehave0Ewhat0Eit0Etakes0Eto0Ebe0Edcs0Enext0Emayor0C20A130C0A20C0A10Cb22aaa10A0E6bf0A0E11e20Eada0A0E5ca5fa7ebe790Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p>“D.C. <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/tommy-wells-said-to-be-ready-to-form-committee-for-dc-mayors-race/2013/01/15/31a4a0fa-5f55-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd_story.html">Mayor Tommy Wells</a>.” Does that make you cheer, cringe or yawn? </p> <p>If you live in the District, start making up your mind about this because, ready or not, here he comes. Wells (D-Ward 6) has told me that he is “likely” to run for mayor next year. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-does-tommy-wells-have-what-it-takes-to-be-dcs-next-mayor/2013/02/01/b22aaa10-6bf0-11e2-ada0-5ca5fa7ebe79_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/2825ecd0/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Does+Tommy+Wells+have+what+it+takes+to+be+D.C.+mayor%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-does-tommy-wells-have-what-it-takes-to-be-dcs-next-mayor%2F2013%2F02%2F01%2Fb22aaa10-6bf0-11e2-ada0-5ca5fa7ebe79_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984707127/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2825ecd0/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984707127/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2825ecd0/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984707127/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2825ecd0/a2t.img" border="0"/>localFri, 01 Feb 2013 22:24:19 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-does-tommy-wells-have-what-it-takes-to-be-dcs-next-mayor/2013/02/01/b22aaa10-6bf0-11e2-ada0-5ca5fa7ebe79_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/27e8f775/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Ethe0Erepublican0Epity0Eparty0C20A130C0A10C250C0A2cd36d0A0E667a0E11e20E9e1b0E0A7db1d2ccd5b0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p>Conservative behavior since President Obama’s reelection in November has evoked, at least in me, a keen sense of sadness. Hardly a day goes by without weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth by the likes of Rush Limbaugh on talk radio and Sean Hannity on Fox News over Obama’s return to the White House. Similar whining is heard among Republicans on Capitol Hill.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-the-republican-pity-party/2013/01/25/02cd36d0-667a-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/27e8f775/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=The+Republican+pity+party&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-the-republican-pity-party%2F2013%2F01%2F25%2F02cd36d0-667a-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984391292/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/27e8f775/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984391292/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/27e8f775/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984391292/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/27e8f775/a2t.img" border="0"/>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:59:53 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-the-republican-pity-party/2013/01/25/02cd36d0-667a-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/27ab3cf3/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Ewe0Estill0Earent0Egood0Eenough0C20A130C0A10C170Cbfea640A0A0E60Ad90E11e20E9940A0E6fc488f3fecd0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p>How fitting it is that this weekend’s shabbat observance, which I plan to share with the B’nai Tzedek Congregation in Potomac, coincides with two other weekend celebrations: Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the swearing-in of President Obama. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-we-still-arent-good-enough/2013/01/17/bfea6400-60d9-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/27ab3cf3/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=We+still+aren%E2%80%99t+good+enough&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-we-still-arent-good-enough%2F2013%2F01%2F17%2Fbfea6400-60d9-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984044232/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/27ab3cf3/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984044232/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/27ab3cf3/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984044232/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/27ab3cf3/a2t.img" border="0"/>Colbert Kinghuman historyFri, 18 Jan 2013 18:58:31 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-we-still-arent-good-enough/2013/01/17/bfea6400-60d9-11e2-9940-6fc488f3fecd_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/2770a257/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Edc0Ecouncil0Eacts0Eentitled0Eto0Einauguration0Eperks0C20A130C0A10C110C4a96fa20A0E5b6a0E11e20E9fa90E5fbdc9530Aeb90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p>D.C. Council members should quit embarrassing the city. </p> <p>The legislators’ latest public act of puerile petulance came over security and ticket arrangements for President Obama’s inauguration. </p> <p>There was a time when the nation’s capital was wide open on Inauguration Day. I recall marching as a Boy Scout in President Dwight Eisenhower’s first inaugural parade and the ease everyone had in getting downtown and finding a place on the parade route [“<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-parade-of-53/2013/01/10/9bdde02a-5b73-11e2-9fa9-5fbdc9530eb9_story.html">The Parade of ’53</a>,” op-ed, Jan. 20, 2001].</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-dc-council-acts-entitled-to-inauguration-perks/2013/01/11/4a96fa20-5b6a-11e2-9fa9-5fbdc9530eb9_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/2770a257/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Alarm+clocks+for+the+D.C.+Council&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-dc-council-acts-entitled-to-inauguration-perks%2F2013%2F01%2F11%2F4a96fa20-5b6a-11e2-9fa9-5fbdc9530eb9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151540619146/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2770a257/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151540619146/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2770a257/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151540619146/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2770a257/a2t.img" border="0"/>localSat, 12 Jan 2013 01:30:04 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-dc-council-acts-entitled-to-inauguration-perks/2013/01/11/4a96fa20-5b6a-11e2-9fa9-5fbdc9530eb9_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/27349209/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Etoo0Emany0Ekillings0Enot0Eenough0Esolutions0C20A130C0A10C0A40C93c2c6440E55ce0E11e20E8b9e0Edd8773594efc0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p>Chances are that <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/dc-man-killed-by-gunfire-in-southeast-washington/2012/12/30/78ea53a4-529b-11e2-a613-ec8d394535c6_blog.html">Angelo Alphonso Payne</a> and Jason Anthony Emma didn’t know each other. Both men were in their 20s and lived in our nation’s capital. </p> <p>And both Payne, 23, and Emma, 28, were slain during the holidays. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-too-many-killings-not-enough-solutions/2013/01/04/93c2c644-55ce-11e2-8b9e-dd8773594efc_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/27349209/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Every+murder+matters&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-too-many-killings-not-enough-solutions%2F2013%2F01%2F04%2F93c2c644-55ce-11e2-8b9e-dd8773594efc_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151540285557/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/27349209/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151540285557/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/27349209/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151540285557/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/27349209/a2t.img" border="0"/>Audimurder victimTommy WellslocalSat, 05 Jan 2013 00:47:51 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-too-many-killings-not-enough-solutions/2013/01/04/93c2c644-55ce-11e2-8b9e-dd8773594efc_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/2705a57f/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Ewhat0E20A130Ewill0Ebring0C20A120C120C280C43bd476a0E50A5a0E11e20E950Aa0E7863a0A13264b0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p>This year has been quite a storm. Three hundred sixty-five days in a cyclone with fierce weather on all fronts: an economy tossing around in fits and starts; politics stalled by fog and precipitation, with heavy rains arriving in the fall to wash away Republican hopes of winning the White House and both houses of Congress.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-what-2013-will-bring/2012/12/28/43bd476a-505a-11e2-950a-7863a013264b_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/2705a57f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=What+to+expect+in+2013&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-what-2013-will-bring%2F2012%2F12%2F28%2F43bd476a-505a-11e2-950a-7863a013264b_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151540018240/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2705a57f/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151540018240/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2705a57f/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151540018240/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/2705a57f/a2t.img" border="0"/>localFri, 28 Dec 2012 23:58:47 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-what-2013-will-bring/2012/12/28/43bd476a-505a-11e2-950a-7863a013264b_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/26d8f606/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Ewhen0Efatherless0Eyoung0Eoffenders0Eare0Efathers0Ethemselves0C20A120C120C210Ccd833920A0E4b850E11e20Ea6a60Eaabac85e80A360Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p>Thousands of children are growing up in this city without fathers. </p> <p>Yes, many single mothers, also large in numbers, are raising their children to lead productive lives. </p> <p>But not having a responsible father around to help a child deal with life’s challenges has consequences for families and the community. That’s especially true with boys. Learning how to become a man is hard when there’s no man around to learn from. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-when-fatherless-young-offenders-are-fathers-themselves/2012/12/21/cd833920-4b85-11e2-a6a6-aabac85e8036_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/26d8f606/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=When+fatherless+young+offenders+are+fathers+themselves&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-when-fatherless-young-offenders-are-fathers-themselves%2F2012%2F12%2F21%2Fcd833920-4b85-11e2-a6a6-aabac85e8036_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151539784777/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/26d8f606/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151539784777/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/26d8f606/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151539784777/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/26d8f606/a2t.img" border="0"/>Barack Obamaholiday seasonSat, 22 Dec 2012 01:17:58 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-when-fatherless-young-offenders-are-fathers-themselves/2012/12/21/cd833920-4b85-11e2-a6a6-aabac85e8036_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/269e3d92/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Ei0Eking0Edc0Ecampaign0Efinance0Emisdeeds0Ecall0Efor0Efurther0Einquiry0C20A120C120C140C9e40Ab4fe0E46110E11e20E96480Ea2c323a991d60Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p>As expected, Che Brown, the brother of <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/tuesday-sentencing-for-kwame-brown-in-bank-fraud-case/2012/11/12/9412c386-2d08-11e2-89d4-040c9330702a_story.html">former D.C. Council chairman and convicted felon Kwame Brown</a>, <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/guilty-plea-expected-for-che-brown-in-bank-fraud-case/2012/12/13/82380392-452c-11e2-8061-253bccfc7532_story.html">pleaded guilty</a> this week to a federal charge of bank fraud. Kwame Brown pleaded guilty to a similar charge in June and is serving a six-month sentence of home detention.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-i-king-dc-campaign-finance-misdeeds-call-for-further-inquiry/2012/12/14/9e40b4fe-4611-11e2-9648-a2c323a991d6_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/269e3d92/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=D.C.+campaign+finance+misdeeds+call+for+further+inquiry&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-i-king-dc-campaign-finance-misdeeds-call-for-further-inquiry%2F2012%2F12%2F14%2F9e40b4fe-4611-11e2-9648-a2c323a991d6_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151539591425/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/269e3d92/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151539591425/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/269e3d92/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151539591425/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/269e3d92/a2t.img" border="0"/>Government Operations CommitteeKwame Browncampaign finance reformSat, 15 Dec 2012 01:31:50 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-i-king-dc-campaign-finance-misdeeds-call-for-further-inquiry/2012/12/14/9e40b4fe-4611-11e2-9648-a2c323a991d6_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/26625ada/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Eron0Emachens0Eunfinished0Ebusiness0Ein0Edc0Ecorruption0Eprobes0C20A120C120C0A70Ca74fbac0A0E40A910E11e20Eae430Ecf491b837f7b0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p>So what’s going on down at 555 Fourth St. NW, that fortress-like stronghold of U.S. Attorney <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-06-20/local/35461765_1_federal-court-public-corruption-guilty-pleas">Ronald C. Machen Jr.</a>? District residents searching for signs of progress in Machen’s investigation of the city’s 2010 mayoral campaign might conclude: Not much.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-ron-machens-unfinished-business-in-dc-corruption-probes/2012/12/07/a74fbac0-4091-11e2-ae43-cf491b837f7b_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/26625ada/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Ron+Machen+needs+to+pick+up+the+pace+in+D.C.+corruption+probes&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-ron-machens-unfinished-business-in-dc-corruption-probes%2F2012%2F12%2F07%2Fa74fbac0-4091-11e2-ae43-cf491b837f7b_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151539146010/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/26625ada/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151539146010/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/26625ada/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151539146010/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/26625ada/a2t.img" border="0"/>Kwame BrownU S Army Corps of Engineersfederal employeesSat, 08 Dec 2012 00:57:39 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-ron-machens-unfinished-business-in-dc-corruption-probes/2012/12/07/a74fbac0-4091-11e2-ae43-cf491b837f7b_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. Kinghttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/262660d1/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Ethe0Euncooperative0Evincent0Egray0C20A120C110C30A0C7cf6a6f20E3b0Ab0E11e20E8a970E363b0Af9a0Aab30Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Icolbert0Eking/story01.htm<p> <span>You had to read to the end of Sunday’s Post editorial “</span> <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-is-keeping-mayor-gray-quiet/2012/11/24/a9ee0930-333f-11e2-9cfa-e41bac906cc9_story.html">D.C.’s reticent mayor</a> <span>” </span> <span>to discover the most salient piece of information to date related to Vincent Gray and the federal investigation into his 2010 Democratic mayoral campaign. </span> </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-the-uncooperative-vincent-gray/2012/11/30/7cf6a6f2-3b0b-11e2-8a97-363b0f9a0ab3_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-king">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636555/s/262660d1/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Silent+days%2C+restless+nights+for+Vincent+Gray%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-the-uncooperative-vincent-gray%2F2012%2F11%2F30%2F7cf6a6f2-3b0b-11e2-8a97-363b0f9a0ab3_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_colbert-king" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151538848339/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/262660d1/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/151538848339/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/262660d1/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/151538848339/u/0/f/636555/c/34656/s/262660d1/a2t.img" border="0"/>localSat, 01 Dec 2012 01:12:42 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-the-uncooperative-vincent-gray/2012/11/30/7cf6a6f2-3b0b-11e2-8a97-363b0f9a0ab3_story.html?wprss=rss_colbert-kingColbert I. King