<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="/css/rss20.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<rss version="2.0"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
xmlns:fn="http://www.w3.org/2004/10/xpath-functions"
xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
xmlns:y="http://www.yahoo.com/y-namespace" xmlns:pheedo="http://www.pheedo.com/namespace/pheedo">
	<channel>
		<title><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com - Colbert I. King Archive]]></title>
		<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
		<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
		<y:navigations display="top">
		<!-- top|bottom-->
			<y:navigation title="Top News" url="http://www.washingtonpost.com"/>
			<y:navigation title="Politics" url="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/politics/"/>
			<y:navigation title="Post Opinion" url="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinions"/>
			<y:navigation title="WP Blogs" url="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/"/>
		</y:navigations>
		<language>en-us</language>
		<ttl>15</ttl>
		<image>
			<title>washingtonpost.com</title>
			<width>140</width>
			<height>20</height>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com?nav=rss</link>
			<url>http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url>
		</image>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Abe Pollin, our city's biggest supporter]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=6682d6bcdac393a1ed03cd490cc483c6</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/24/AR2009112403559.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/24/AR2009112403559.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ For years to come in our nation's capital, we shall have a deep chasm that Abe Pollin used to fill. The obituaries will recite Pollin's record as owner of the Wizards and Mystics professional basketball teams. That alone would warrant space on the obit page. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=6682d6bcdac393a1ed03cd490cc483c6&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=6682d6bcdac393a1ed03cd490cc483c6&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Abe]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Pollin,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[our]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[city's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[biggest]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[supporter]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Featured Advertiser]]></title>
			<link>http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=6682d6bcdac393a1ed03cd490cc483c6&amp;p=4</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">6682d6bcdac393a1ed03cd490cc483c6</guid>
			<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=6682d6bcdac393a1ed03cd490cc483c6&amp;p=4"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=6682d6bcdac393a1ed03cd490cc483c6&amp;p=4"/></a>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Colbert I. King on failing D.C. youth]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=92f3aae369d18912c38cdda1e133d6aa</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/20/AR2009112003376.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/20/AR2009112003376.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ We have been down this road on youth violence many times, each trip leading to the same dead end. Why bother, some of you have asked. Believe me, judging from the city's response, I have asked myself the same question. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=92f3aae369d18912c38cdda1e133d6aa&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=92f3aae369d18912c38cdda1e133d6aa&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Colbert]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[I.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[King]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[on]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[failing]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[youth]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Major Hasan's worst offense]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=5e0685a544ddf22da320b03f3d312696</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/13/AR2009111303587.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/13/AR2009111303587.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who reportedly shouted "Allahu Akbar" (Arabic for "God is great") before shooting his fellow service members at Fort Hood, Tex., woke up in his hospital bed with the presence of mind to suspend his personal jihad long enough to get lawyered up. No fool he. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=5e0685a544ddf22da320b03f3d312696&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=5e0685a544ddf22da320b03f3d312696&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Major]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hasan's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[worst]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[offense]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The DCPS gangs survey we didn't get a chance to see]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=b825238dc7a2e9617b2c1f30aad5a9d8</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/06/AR2009110603627.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/06/AR2009110603627.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Three columns last month about gang violence in D.C. public schools might leave the impression that I believe youth gangs are a recent development in the nation's capital ["Trouble Waits After Class Is Dismissed," Oct 3; "Talk Won't Stop a Predatory Gang," Oct. 10; and "Prayers Over Priorities in D.C.," Oct 24]. Would that it were true.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124427771" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124427771" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=b825238dc7a2e9617b2c1f30aad5a9d8&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=b825238dc7a2e9617b2c1f30aad5a9d8&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[DCPS]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[gangs]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[survey]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[we]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[didn't]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[get]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[chance]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[see]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Colbert I. King on the risk to Mayor Fenty of questionable contracts]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=717211904152f2053a2c99beaded2ea2</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/06/AR2009110603065.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/06/AR2009110603065.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Here's hoping that Mayor Adrian Fenty (D) has absorbed the meaning of the close call experienced on Election Day by his political godfather, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. With his billions, a well-oiled campaign machine and supreme self-confidence, Republican-turned-independent Bloomberg narrowly won reelection against an underfunded Democratic challenger who was ignored by the White House and who ran with little organized party support or chance of winning. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=717211904152f2053a2c99beaded2ea2&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=717211904152f2053a2c99beaded2ea2&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Colbert]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[I.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[King]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[on]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[risk]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Mayor]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Fenty]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[questionable]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[contracts]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Colbert I. King on D.C. youth offenders]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=c6809731d96ec9cac676f3eaf577c27c</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/30/AR2009103002871.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/30/AR2009103002871.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The D.C. Council labored mightily this week to give Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee her comeuppance for firing teachers and staff whom legislators wanted kept on the payroll. The way Rhee went about the layoffs may have handed council members ammo that could be used against her. But if test scores are up and the school system has stopped bleeding students, as The Post has reported, it's not all bad. Face it, a good bedside manner is not one of Rhee's strong points. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=c6809731d96ec9cac676f3eaf577c27c&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=c6809731d96ec9cac676f3eaf577c27c&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Colbert]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[I.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[King]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[on]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[youth]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[offenders]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Colbert King on violence on streets, in schools]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=23110b8b70d53c75f23fdf399a8d0716</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/23/AR2009102303395.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/23/AR2009102303395.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The flier announcing the candlelight vigil contained a standard invitation: "Join families, friends, clergy, and community leaders." <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=23110b8b70d53c75f23fdf399a8d0716&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=23110b8b70d53c75f23fdf399a8d0716&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Colbert]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[King]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[on]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[violence]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[on]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[streets,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[schools]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Killing or Being Killed While in DYRS Custody]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=9ac57ed7f2c7a824221c22308e0d2157</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/16/AR2009101602727.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/16/AR2009101602727.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ This is a story about Eddie Crist and how the D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services contributes to violence on our streets. But first a preface.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124430614" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124430614" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=9ac57ed7f2c7a824221c22308e0d2157&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=9ac57ed7f2c7a824221c22308e0d2157&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Killing]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[or]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Being]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Killed]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[While]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[DYRS]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Custody]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Gangs Preying on D.C. Students]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=ec7726075e30a8fdceb5bb1b28bcf9c2</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/09/AR2009100903417.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/09/AR2009100903417.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ I naively expected that last week's column about youth gangs preying on students at the Friendship Collegiate Academy on Minnesota Avenue in Northeast would bring some relief for kids who, with parents and devoted teachers, are doing their best to learn. Before writing the column, I had visited the school twice, observed a police presence both times, and concluded that D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier's assurance to me that her department was on the case was enough. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=ec7726075e30a8fdceb5bb1b28bcf9c2&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=ec7726075e30a8fdceb5bb1b28bcf9c2&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Gangs]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Preying]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[on]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Students]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[For Some D.C. Students, Trouble Waits After Class]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=c0a9f5d90fe70fe6b1df2c1f8517aac2</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/02/AR2009100204116.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/02/AR2009100204116.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Students eager to learn, educators ready to teach, a <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=c0a9f5d90fe70fe6b1df2c1f8517aac2&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=c0a9f5d90fe70fe6b1df2c1f8517aac2&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[For]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Some]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Students,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Trouble]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Waits]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[After]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Class]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Time for Straight Answers on Afghanistan from President Obama]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=4c94446d3cfe7b079a81def652a2b4d6</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/25/AR2009092502423.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/25/AR2009092502423.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ What will President Obama say at the Congressional Black Caucus's Phoenix Awards Dinner Saturday night? The caucus's dinner is the "see and be seen" event of the year for thousands of African American politicians, celebrities, and business and community leaders making their annual pilgrimage to Washington. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=4c94446d3cfe7b079a81def652a2b4d6&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=4c94446d3cfe7b079a81def652a2b4d6&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Time]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[for]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Straight]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Answers]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[on]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[from]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[President]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Peaceoholics Mentor Goes After High School Girls]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=e3bfcb8a8ca2000ade1d20df03f305b5</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/18/AR2009091803045.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/18/AR2009091803045.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Imagine your 15-year-old daughter being approached in high school by a 50-year-old man who bears the official title of mentor. Imagine, too, that he asks her to "walk and have a talk," leads her down a stairwell to the basement of the school, and grabs her by the buttocks, pulls her toward him, causing their genital areas to touch, grabs her hand, places it in his groin, telling her "this is what you do to me."<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124435214" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124435214" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=e3bfcb8a8ca2000ade1d20df03f305b5&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=e3bfcb8a8ca2000ade1d20df03f305b5&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Peaceoholics]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Mentor]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Goes]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[After]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[High]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[School]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Girls]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Those Who Hate the President See Him as an Enemy]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=d01c9e37bfc7a8d7d141a9b25e05038f</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/11/AR2009091103274.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/11/AR2009091103274.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ On Aug. 16, pastor Steven L. Anderson of Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Ariz., told his congregation that he prays for the death of President Obama. In a sermon titled "Why I Hate Barack Obama," Anderson preached: "I'm not going to pray for his good, I'm going to pray he dies and goes to hell." <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=d01c9e37bfc7a8d7d141a9b25e05038f&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=d01c9e37bfc7a8d7d141a9b25e05038f&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Those]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Who]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hate]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[President]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[See]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Him]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[as]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[an]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Enemy]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[D.C. Policy of Early Release of Juveniles Needs Review]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=d1ad0128f3ba7ef5310abe9dfed50b54</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/04/AR2009090403341.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/04/AR2009090403341.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ I didn't know Deborah Ann Brown, who worked at the Dunkin' Donuts store on 14th Street NW. But I know plenty of people like her. They stand on their feet all day doing their job of tending to others and playing by the rules. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=d1ad0128f3ba7ef5310abe9dfed50b54&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=d1ad0128f3ba7ef5310abe9dfed50b54&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Early]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Release]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Juveniles]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Needs]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Review]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Another Ward of D.C.'s Juvenile Justice Agency Is Charged in a Killing]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=9d00bee3cf90ab8be0dbd0aa012dc434</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/28/AR2009082803279.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/28/AR2009082803279.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "Let's do that nigger." <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=9d00bee3cf90ab8be0dbd0aa012dc434&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=9d00bee3cf90ab8be0dbd0aa012dc434&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Another]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Ward]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.'s]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Juvenile]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Agency]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Is]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Charged]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Killing]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Tolerance of Shootings Reflects Dispiriting 'New Normal' in D.C.]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=6126a4e3b44214ddeecf5aaf94afcb92</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/21/AR2009082103032.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/21/AR2009082103032.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Nearly as many Americans have been wounded in our nation's capital recently as in Iraq. Nine U.S. troops were wounded in Iraq the week of Aug. 11, according to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124439816" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124439816" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=6126a4e3b44214ddeecf5aaf94afcb92&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=6126a4e3b44214ddeecf5aaf94afcb92&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Tolerance]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Shootings]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Reflects]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Dispiriting]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA['New]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Normal']]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[An Encounter With a D.C. Police Officer Leads to an Arrest]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=85646a9919a8184f17f5d67a69b00789</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/14/AR2009081402327.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/14/AR2009081402327.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Has this ever happened to you or to someone you know? <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=85646a9919a8184f17f5d67a69b00789&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=85646a9919a8184f17f5d67a69b00789&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[An]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Encounter]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[With]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Police]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Officer]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Leads]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[an]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Arrest]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Featured Advertiser]]></title>
			<link>http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=85646a9919a8184f17f5d67a69b00789&amp;p=4</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">85646a9919a8184f17f5d67a69b00789</guid>
			<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=85646a9919a8184f17f5d67a69b00789&amp;p=4"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=85646a9919a8184f17f5d67a69b00789&amp;p=4"/></a>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[What 'Disorderly Conduct' Means in the District]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=8b5c9077a4a0c16e274b901ab42fbe42</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/07/AR2009080703042.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/07/AR2009080703042.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ She and her fiance (now husband) were unpacking their car. Her dog was sitting across the street, outside the door of their apartment building. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=8b5c9077a4a0c16e274b901ab42fbe42&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=8b5c9077a4a0c16e274b901ab42fbe42&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[What]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA['Disorderly]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Conduct']]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Means]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[District]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Obama Missed a Moment to Defend Constitution]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=e4a531f4ab72723a289066730022dd0a</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/31/AR2009073102864.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/31/AR2009073102864.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Far be it from me to carp about the bonding over beer that took place Thursday evening at the White House. President Obama probably did the smart thing by playing Healer-in-Chief in the wake of the racially tinged national debate over the arrest of Harvard Prof. Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr. by Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=e4a531f4ab72723a289066730022dd0a&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=e4a531f4ab72723a289066730022dd0a&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Missed]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Moment]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Defend]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Henry Louis Gates: When White People See Black]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=9bf915fe93abdb3f9510ae4da25f9729</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/24/AR2009072402937.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/24/AR2009072402937.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The roiling debate over the arrest of prominent black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. has focused on what he and Sgt. James Crowley, the white police officer, said to each other. Their accounts differ, but at least we have their perspectives.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124444099" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124444099" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=9bf915fe93abdb3f9510ae4da25f9729&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=9bf915fe93abdb3f9510ae4da25f9729&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Henry]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Louis]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Gates:]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[When]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[White]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[See]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Black]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[An Rx Too Easy to Get for Oak Hill Youths]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=f98d88704db090803924f8d81bba8866</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/17/AR2009071702610.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/17/AR2009071702610.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ On the streets it's called Susie Q, Squirrel or Quell -- a new drug of choice for those on the streets or behind bars. They say it helps them fall asleep. Inmates fake a mental illness to get it. They'll steal it if they can; trade for it, too. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=f98d88704db090803924f8d81bba8866&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=f98d88704db090803924f8d81bba8866&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[An]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rx]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Too]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Easy]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Get]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[for]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Oak]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hill]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Youths]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[D.C. Council Needs Transparency in Hiring]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=d13d624ff6eb94bca56b5c6c39bead24</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/10/AR2009071003387.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/10/AR2009071003387.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ I was heartened on Wednesday afternoon when an e-mail arrived from D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray's communications director, Doxie McCoy, advising me that the chairman would be issuing a statement of council procedures in light of media requests for comment on council member Marion Barry. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=d13d624ff6eb94bca56b5c6c39bead24&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=d13d624ff6eb94bca56b5c6c39bead24&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Council]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Needs]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hiring]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Douglass Would Say Rejoice, With Caution]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=832c3120944b121f76967f4e7eef9678</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/03/AR2009070301485.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/03/AR2009070301485.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Independence Day is as good a time as any to do a little stock-taking on the cause of liberty in America. After all, the road from 1776 to 2009 has been lined with so many stumbling blocks and detours. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=832c3120944b121f76967f4e7eef9678&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=832c3120944b121f76967f4e7eef9678&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Douglass]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Would]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Say]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rejoice,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[With]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Caution]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Little Consideration for Those Who Fall Short]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=ff41a511079e562c9999f5dfe45de147</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062602769.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062602769.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Have you noticed the overtone of glee in some of the media commentary about South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's confession of an extramarital affair with a woman in Argentina? The merriment is unbecoming, and it is based on a virtue that many of the gleeful themselves don't possess.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124446975" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124446975" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=ff41a511079e562c9999f5dfe45de147&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=ff41a511079e562c9999f5dfe45de147&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Little]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Consideration]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[for]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Those]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Who]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Fall]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Short]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Let's Reclaim Dad for Father's Day]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=721cc70d420700df0ad333eb2390d7e6</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/19/AR2009061902061.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/19/AR2009061902061.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Comes now the celebration of dear old dad. Time to get out the greeting cards, neckties, socks and the grill. Time to honor Daddy, Pops, the ol' man -- fathers who help mold boys and girls into productive men and women. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=721cc70d420700df0ad333eb2390d7e6&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=721cc70d420700df0ad333eb2390d7e6&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Let's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Reclaim]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Dad]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[for]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Father's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Day]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Place of Prayer Counters Museum Attack]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=4cf94259871ccfd4dc0173376968135a</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/12/AR2009061203451.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/12/AR2009061203451.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ During the very hour when a handful of worshipers, including yours truly and the wife, were at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Foggy Bottom praying "for all who are in danger, sorrow, or any kind of trouble," 88-year-old James von Brunn was nine blocks away wreaking havoc at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=4cf94259871ccfd4dc0173376968135a&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=4cf94259871ccfd4dc0173376968135a&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Place]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Prayer]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Counters]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Museum]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Attack]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[George Tiller, Rush Limbaugh and the Consequences of Hateful Words]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=1f6d884cb5d58093a0c72f4d19a2da88</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/05/AR2009060503023.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/05/AR2009060503023.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "I hope you're satisfied," the caller said. She identified herself as the wife of a D.C. government official taken to task in a Post editorial for a bad decision he had made on the job. "My husband just received word that he has been fired," she said. "An honorable career down the drain." <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=1f6d884cb5d58093a0c72f4d19a2da88&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=1f6d884cb5d58093a0c72f4d19a2da88&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[George]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Tiller,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rush]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Limbaugh]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[and]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Consequences]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hateful]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Clarence Thomas and a Challenge to the Voting Rights Act]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=c1a458a4d9781a67b407fbea31bb6c3e</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/29/AR2009052902621.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/29/AR2009052902621.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "Don't shame me. And don't shame our race."<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124450374" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124450374" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=c1a458a4d9781a67b407fbea31bb6c3e&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=c1a458a4d9781a67b407fbea31bb6c3e&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinions/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Clarence]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Thomas]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[and]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Challenge]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Voting]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rights]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Act]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Terrorists vs. Our Prison System]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=8e273f0cc67e5d9c3c182456d2ce2316</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/22/AR2009052203088.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/22/AR2009052203088.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Waterboarding, snarling dogs, sleep deprivation: international outrage. D.C. native Keith Barnes should have had it so good. His federal prison experience involved more than physical exhaustion, fear and humiliation. His ended in death. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=8e273f0cc67e5d9c3c182456d2ce2316&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=8e273f0cc67e5d9c3c182456d2ce2316&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Terrorists]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[vs.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Our]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Prison]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[System]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[His Highness Mayor Adrian Fenty]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/15/AR2009051502997.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/15/AR2009051502997.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ If the election for D.C. mayor were held today, Adrian Fenty would romp to victory. If the balloting occurred six months from now, he would still win easily. A year from now? Probably the same result. And on Sept. 14, 2010, the date of the Democratic primary election? Quite likely he would still land in the winner's circle. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[His]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Highness]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Mayor]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Adrian]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Fenty]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The Hidden Details in a Teen's Death]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/08/AR2009050803167.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/08/AR2009050803167.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The fatal shooting of a 17-year-old youth on the streets of the nation's capital gets a two-sentence mention buried in a lengthy April 25 news-in-brief column in Metro, while a panda's colonoscopy at the National Zoo warrants a 240-word story and photograph on Metro's May 2 front page. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hidden]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Details]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Teen's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Message From Morehouse]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/01/AR2009050103164.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/01/AR2009050103164.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Eliminate young African American men, and what would police, jailers, social workers, and sports and entertainment moguls do for a living?<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124454202" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124454202" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Message]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[From]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Morehouse]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[In D.C., a Spat Among Spongers]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/24/AR2009042403264.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/24/AR2009042403264.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "Those are the council's tickets," said D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray (D). ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[In]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Spat]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Among]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Spongers]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The Love Between the Obamas and Their Portuguese Water Dog, Bo]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/17/AR2009041702386.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/17/AR2009041702386.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Within his first 100 days in the White House, President Obama has made several critical decisions that will live with him for some time to come: an unprecedented economic stimulus package, the bailout of the nation's financial industry, a surge of 21,000 troops into Afghanistan. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Between]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Obamas]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[and]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Their]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Portuguese]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Dog,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Bo]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Local Stories You Couldn't Make Up]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/10/AR2009041002765.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/10/AR2009041002765.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Here are a few local stories that your morning newspaper may have missed. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Stories]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[You]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Couldn't]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Make]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Up]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The Right People to Decide Vouchers' Fate]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040303269.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040303269.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In a March 29 column on The Post's Local Opinions page, Joseph E. Robert, a member of the board of D.C. Children First, denounced congressional Democrats for voting to require that any school voucher or D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program appropriations after the 2009-10 school year be reauthorized by Congress. Robert was not alone in his anger. Editorials and columnists have echoed the complaint.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124458554" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124458554" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Right]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Decide]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Vouchers']]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Fate]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Fake Fury Over D.C.'s Budget]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/27/AR2009032702186.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/27/AR2009032702186.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "I'm concerned that this budget lacks compassion for the least, last, lost and left-out," said Michael Brown (I-At Large), the D.C. Council's newest member and arguably its best with alliteration. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Fake]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Fury]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Over]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.'s]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[What the Mayor Won't Tell You About D.C.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/20/AR2009032002927.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/20/AR2009032002927.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ This week ended with Mayor Adrian Fenty delivering a 2009 State of the District address that was most notable for what was left out. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[What]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Mayor]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Won't]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Tell]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[You]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[About]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The Trouble With Michael Steele]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/13/AR2009031302808.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/13/AR2009031302808.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele took office declaring he would show the country that his party cared about minorities. As a shining example of that which he claimed, Steele cited himself, the GOP's first African American chieftain. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Trouble]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[With]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Michael]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Steele]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The Senate Betrayed Washington in Its Version of the D.C. Voting Rights Act ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/08/AR2009030801524.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/08/AR2009030801524.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In Washington, D.Colony, the politically correct thing to do is to praise the Senate for passing the D.C. House Voting Rights Act. Mayor Adrian Fenty set the pace following passage when he rushed out a press release expressing thanks to "Senators Joseph Lieberman, Harry Reid and Orrin Hatch for their tremendous support and leadership" in steering the bill through the Senate. Other city officials followed suit with hosannas of their own. <br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124502922" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124502922" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinions/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Betrayed]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Its]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Version]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Voting]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rights]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Act]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Another Child Killed, but Who Cares?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/06/AR2009030602825.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/06/AR2009030602825.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ If that bullet had only nicked 14-year-old Arthur Daniels or perhaps had just passed through his clothing without touching his body, you would not be reading about him today. But the shot didn't miss. It hit him in the back and exited through his throat, killing him instantly last Saturday night on Minnesota Avenue NE. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Another]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Child]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Killed,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[but]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Who]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Cares?]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Unsolved Murders, Unbroken Grief]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/27/AR2009022702279.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/27/AR2009022702279.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ It was a Sunday evening in October 1949. I remember the day because my sister, my brother and I had just gathered in the living room to listen to three of our favorite radio programs: "The Shadow," "Roy Rogers" and "Jack Benny." ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Unsolved]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Murders,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Unbroken]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Grief]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[In D.C., Deadly Youth Violence Is Reduced to 'Anecdotes']]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/20/AR2009022002890.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/20/AR2009022002890.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Seventeen-year-old Diedrick R. Johnson faces a maximum statutory penalty of 75 years when he goes to court for sentencing on June 12. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[In]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Deadly]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Violence]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Is]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Reduced]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA['Anecdotes']]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A New Face for Lincoln's Washington]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/13/AR2009021302726.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/13/AR2009021302726.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ My great-grandfather Isaiah King, who served in the Civil War as a private in the 5th Massachusetts (Colored) Cavalry, described his chance meeting with Abraham Lincoln in a 1932 interview with the New Bedford (Mass.) Evening Standard.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124507208" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124507208" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinions/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[New]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Face]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[for]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Lincoln's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[One Youth Offender's History in D.C.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/06/AR2009020602744.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/06/AR2009020602744.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty ought to be thankful that the two people found shot to death Dec. 10 and Jan. 9 (the first in an alley behind the 2200 block of Champlain Street NW and the second behind a building in the 1300 block of Columbia Road NW) were not high-ranking federal officials or Capitol Hill lawmakers. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[One]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Offender's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Republicans Need to Remember Hoover]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/30/AR2009013003182.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/30/AR2009013003182.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Republicans are given to saying and doing the darnedest things. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Need]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Remember]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hoover]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Inaugural Week Missteps From Clinton, Biden and the Media]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/23/AR2009012303129.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/23/AR2009012303129.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ I close this first week of the Barack Obama presidency with a few churlish thoughts that, perhaps, I should keep to myself but won't. I'm in the autumn years of life, beyond the point of worrying about my life when I grow up. So here goes: ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Inaugural]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Week]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Missteps]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[From]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Clinton,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Biden]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[and]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[D.C. the Federal Lab Rat]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/16/AR2009011603669.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/16/AR2009011603669.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ As a Washingtonian, I am delighted to learn that President-elect Barack Obama has decided to put District affairs on his crowded agenda.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124513439" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124513439" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Lab]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rat]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[When My Troop Hailed the Chief]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/09/AR2009010902996.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/09/AR2009010902996.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ This time around, the newly minted president of the United States will have to make his way to the White House from the Capitol without my participation. I'm scheduled to watch the proceedings from the roof of a building on the parade route as part of a team providing television commentary. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[When]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[My]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Troop]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hailed]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Chief]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Is Michelle Rhee Really Producing?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/02/AR2009010202078.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/02/AR2009010202078.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ During the end-of-year show last week, ABC 7 "Inside Washington" host Gordon Peterson asked panelists to cite their favorite story of the year. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Is]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Michelle]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rhee]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Really]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Producing?]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[For D.C.'s Supervision of Youth Offenders, 2009 Has to Be Better]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/26/AR2008122601360.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/26/AR2008122601360.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ This final column of 2008 begins with the same plea made in my first column of the year ["Outfoxed in the District," Jan. 5 ] -- that leaders address the real problems that threaten the quality of life in our city: the erosion of public safety, an apathetic and complacent city workforce, and D.C. Council members who fail to realize they are getting duped by the $10 billion municipal enterprise that voters hired them to oversee. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[For]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.'s]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Supervision]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Offenders,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[2009]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Has]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Be]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Better]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Rick Warren's Praying at Obama's Inauguration Isn't a Problem]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/19/AR2008121902985.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/19/AR2008121902985.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ If Harry Truman's inauguration had been proclaimed by one of the theaters lining Washington's black U Street in 1949, the marquee might have read: "The Truman Inauguration, starring Lionel Hampton."<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124518790" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124518790" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rick]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Warren's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Praying]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[at]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Obama's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Inauguration]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Isn't]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Problem]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Rosy View of D.C.'s Youth Crime]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/12/AR2008121203331.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/12/AR2008121203331.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "The overall serious crime arrest rate for juveniles declined 24% between January 2004 and August of 2008." ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rosy]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[View]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.'s]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Quadriplegic D.C. Inmate Jonathan Magbie's Death and a Settlement]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/05/AR2008120503090.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/05/AR2008120503090.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "I was dumbfounded because I didn't understand how he [could] go from stable . . . in an emergency room to dead in three hours. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Quadriplegic]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Inmate]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Jonathan]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Magbie's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[and]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Settlement]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Colbert King on D.C.'s Failure to Rehabilitate Troubled Youths]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/28/AR2008112802269.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/28/AR2008112802269.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "But most of all I feel terrif[ied] even now when I leave the house[.] I pause for a moment before I go out the door and say a prayer before I leave. I know that not all the people in the world are bad[;] it's just the ones that do bad to others. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Colbert]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[King]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[on]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.'s]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Failure]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rehabilitate]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Troubled]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Youths]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Colbert I. King -- Sleeping Rough in a D.C. Juvenile Center]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/21/AR2008112102686.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/21/AR2008112102686.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Dogs in animal shelters have it better. At least they sleep alone at night.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124524006" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124524006" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Colbert]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[I.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[King]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[--]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Sleeping]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rough]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Juvenile]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Center]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Colbert I. King -- The City That Obama Won't See]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/14/AR2008111402847.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/14/AR2008111402847.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ It's too late for President-elect Barack Obama and his family to stay away, but at least they are bringing the Secret Service with them. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Colbert]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[I.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[King]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[--]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[City]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[That]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Won't]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[See]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Few Obama Thank-Yous]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110702806.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110702806.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In his Tuesday night acceptance speech, President-elect Barack Obama appropriately offered "thank-yous" to his family, campaign aides and voters who supported the Democratic ticket. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Few]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Thank-Yous]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A High-Stakes Election for Mid-Term Fenty]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/31/AR2008103103089.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/31/AR2008103103089.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Tuesday's local election results will have a heavy bearing on the political future of an elected official whose name is not on the ballot. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[High-Stakes]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Election]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[for]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Mid-Term]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Fenty]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Released, Yes. Rehabilitated, Not So Much.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/24/AR2008102402531.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/24/AR2008102402531.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "The tasks of . . . providing children in the District's care the kind of quality rehabilitation services they need will require much more than yet another cabinet-level agency. Oak Hill must be replaced, as youth rehabilitation experts have recommended and as the council has agreed. Community-based facilities must be found for youths deserving of less secure confinement. And the overall quality of youth services needs upgrading."<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124529918" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124529918" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Released,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Yes.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rehabilitated,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Not]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[So]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Much.]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Rage No One Should Be Stoking]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/17/AR2008101702496.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/17/AR2008101702496.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "Kill him": the battle cry of a lynch mob and words yelled out by a man at a Sarah Palin rally in Clearwater, Fla., this month, according to my Post colleague Dana Milbank. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rage]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[No]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[One]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Should]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Be]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Stoking]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Candor Takes a Beating at Oak Hill]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002557.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002557.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The D.C. Council held hearings this week on youths who are released from the Oak Hill detention facility before they are ready to rejoin the community -- an issue I have addressed in several columns. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Candor]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Takes]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Beating]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[at]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Oak]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hill]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Young Deaths That Diminish Us All]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100302949.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100302949.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The discoveries of the bodies of two girls encased in ice this week and of the decomposed bodies of four sisters earlier this year raise questions that go to the heart of what we mean when we speak of community. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Young]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Deaths]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[That]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Diminish]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Us]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[All]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Hanging With the Palins? Not for Me.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/26/AR2008092603046.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/26/AR2008092603046.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ I still listen when Bill Clinton speaks, and this week the former president got off a few lines that really got me thinking.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124535368" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124535368" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hanging]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[With]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Palins?]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Not]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[for]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Me.]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Back to Basics in Banking]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/19/AR2008091902953.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/19/AR2008091902953.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Before becoming a journalist in 1990, I spent nearly a decade in commercial banking. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Back]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Basics]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The Lapses Behind a Killer's Rampage]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091202659.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091202659.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A sentence of four consecutive life terms in prison ensures that Anthony Kelly will die in jail. He deserves nothing less. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Lapses]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Behind]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Killer's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rampage]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Empty Promises to D.C.'s Most Vulnerable]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/05/AR2008090502985.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/05/AR2008090502985.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The scene was depressingly familiar: the D.C. government called on the carpet by a judge frustrated with the city's failure to meet the terms of a consent decree. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Empty]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Promises]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.'s]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Most]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Vulnerable]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Suicidal Choice for Clinton Supporters]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082902891.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082902891.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ I get the part about feeling disappointed and bitter. I can even understand their impulse to sit this one out. After all, this was supposed to be Hillary Clinton's time.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124541347" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124541347" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Suicidal]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Choice]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[for]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Clinton]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Supporters]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[More Deaths -- and a Promised Review in D.C.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/22/AR2008082202206.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/22/AR2008082202206.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ From the Aug. 15 Post: "Police yesterday captured a District man who escaped from Cheltenham Youth Center in Prince George's County on Sunday along with two other detainees. Maryland state troopers and D.C. police said they arrested 18-year-old Demarco E. Smith in the 700 block of 24th Street NE in the District." ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[More]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Deaths]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[--]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[and]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Promised]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Review]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Memo From a Poison Penn]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081502825.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081502825.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Say you find yourself seated on the train behind two white supremacists who are beside themselves over the possibility that Barack Obama could become America's first black president. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Memo]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[From]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Poison]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Penn]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Paying the Price for D.C.'s Juvenile 'Supervision']]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/08/AR2008080802915.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/08/AR2008080802915.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ By the end of the robbery spree during the early hours of June 4, four innocent people in the District had fallen victim to holdups. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Paying]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Price]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[for]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.'s]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Juvenile]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA['Supervision']]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Youth Agency That Needs to Open Up]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080103066.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080103066.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Phyllis Woods, crying softly, was being comforted by two co-workers as I left the building where she works on Trenton Place SE.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124545923" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124545923" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Agency]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[That]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Needs]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Open]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Up]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[In the Wrong Hands]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/25/AR2008072502718.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/25/AR2008072502718.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In May, three teenagers placed in secure detention at Oak Hill Youth Center by D.C. Superior Court judges were taken to a cookout at the Northwest Washington home of Vincent Schiraldi, director of the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[In]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Wrong]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hands]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Tragedy That Is Ours to Stop]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/18/AR2008071802386.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/18/AR2008071802386.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "It starts with teaching our daughters to never allow images on television to tell them what they are worth, and teaching our sons to treat women with respect, and to realize that responsibility does not end at conception, that what makes them men is not the ability to have a child but the courage to raise one." ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinions/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Tragedy]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[That]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Is]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Ours]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Stop]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The Unkindest Cut]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/11/AR2008071102512.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/11/AR2008071102512.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ If the Rev. Jesse Jackson has trouble with something Sen. Barack Obama has said, why does Jackson wish to have the senator from Illinois neutered? ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Unkindest]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Cut]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Two Speeches, Two Truths About America]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/04/AR2008070402088.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/04/AR2008070402088.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Sen. Barack Obama's speech on patriotism this week at the Truman Memorial Building in Independence, Mo., stands in sharp relief to Frederick Douglass's Fourth of July oration before the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society in 1852. The two men's remarks, touching on loyalty, race and the country's moral foundation, underscore the difference 150 years has made in the life of our nation.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124552181" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124552181" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Two]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Speeches,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Two]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Truths]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[About]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Tainted Money For D.C. Schools]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062702630.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062702630.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ What to think about the nonprofit D.C. Public Education Fund created by Mayor Adrian Fenty? It is supposed to have a good purpose: raising funds in the private sector to help the public schools with their operating budgets. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Tainted]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[For]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Schools]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The Thugs Win the Case]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062601755.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062601755.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:28:12 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ There's one group of District residents absolutely unfazed by today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling shooting down the District's strict handgun ban: the dudes who have been blowing away their fellow citizens with abandon since the law was put on the books 32 years ago.  ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinions/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Thugs]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Win]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Case]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Heretic's Advice To Obama]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062002120.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062002120.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Today, I shall commit an act of heresy so offensive to cherished Washington beliefs that revocation of my citizenship in the nation's capital is quite likely to follow. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Heretic's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[To]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Checks and Imbalances in D.C. Finances]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/13/AR2008061302710.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/13/AR2008061302710.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Is there something in the water in the D.C. chief financial officer's office that makes some employees fool around with what's not theirs?<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124557924" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124557924" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Checks]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[and]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Imbalances]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Finances]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Week of Wonders]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/06/AR2008060603151.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/06/AR2008060603151.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ This is the kind of week that might blow Alexander Crummell's mind. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Week]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Wonders]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Handouts and Hands Out]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/30/AR2008053002522.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/30/AR2008053002522.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ When I think about the performance of folks in city hall, I repeat to myself, in a soothing tone, a slightly abridged version of French psychologist Ãmile CouÃ©'s positive autosuggestion: Every day, and in every way, the D.C. government is getting better and better. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Handouts]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[and]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hands]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Out]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Let Us Remember Them]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/23/AR2008052302169.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/23/AR2008052302169.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Have I got news for you! ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Let]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Us]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Remember]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Them]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[What D.C.'s Elves Do With Your Taxes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051603273.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051603273.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Jolly old St. Nicholas came to town early, landing at the John Wilson Building on Tuesday to give presents to a select group of D.C.-based organizations. Santa bestowed his largess in one night, thanks to his elves -- the mayor and D.C. Council -- who packaged the gifts from the city's unwitting taxpayers.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124604724" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124604724" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[What]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.'s]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Elves]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Do]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[With]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Your]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Building That Speaks to Us]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/09/AR2008050902297.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/09/AR2008050902297.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In his recently released book, "Becton: Autobiography of a Soldier and Public Servant," retired Army Lt. Gen. Julius W. Becton Jr. delves into his tumultuous tenure as chief executive of D.C. public schools in the late 1990s. Chapter 19, "My Toughest Challenge," should be read by anyone interested in a firsthand account of life in a D.C. school system firestorm. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Building]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[That]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Speaks]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Us]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The Next Willie Horton]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/02/AR2008050202796.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/02/AR2008050202796.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Some events in a presidential campaign turn out to be so pivotal that they can end up influencing the outcome. Examples that come to mind include: ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Next]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Willie]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Horton]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Farrakhan's Pennsylvania Admirer]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/25/AR2008042502976.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/25/AR2008042502976.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The old Irving Berlin tune "The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On)" captures the aftermath of Pennsylvania's Democratic primary -- with a twist. The contest is, indeed, over. But the tune that's slow in parting is more of a sour note than a sweet sound. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Farrakhan's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Admirer]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Old Lessons For Obama]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/18/AR2008041802467.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/18/AR2008041802467.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In this year's contest for the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama has been taken to school by Hillary Clinton and the Republican right wing. The New York senator and her GOP allies are giving him lessons in politics' dark side. Whether he's learning anything remains to be seen.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124610502" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124610502" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Old]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Lessons]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[For]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The History in Our Town]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/11/AR2008041103130.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/11/AR2008041103130.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Today the missus, my mother-in-law and I will get gussied up and return to my old neighborhood in the District's West End for an annual black-tie gathering of close friends and our special guests. It also will be a time for some of us to marvel at -- or gripe about -- how much our city has changed in our lifetimes. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Our]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Town]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[What King Would See Today]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/04/AR2008040402682.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/04/AR2008040402682.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ April 4, 1968, was a day when black people didn't feel much like singing "God Bless America." It was an ugly time made worse by a sense of despair too deep for words. Somebody had killed the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[What]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[King]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Would]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[See]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Today]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Battlefield Called Wilson High]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/28/AR2008032802958.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/28/AR2008032802958.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "Security at Wilson High to Be Tightened" announced a headline in The Post's March 21 Metro section. More stringent measures were being put in place after 13 students were arrested because of two fights that week, the story said. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Battlefield]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Called]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Wilson]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[High]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Why Obama Stands With His Church]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032102539.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032102539.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ All they wanted to do was pray with the rest of the congregation. But that was asking too much.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124620749" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124620749" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Why]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Stands]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[With]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[His]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Church]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Two Errant New Yorkers]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/14/AR2008031403017.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/14/AR2008031403017.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Reminded that it was he who had appointed a judge who displeased him, New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia replied, "I have made a lot of good appointments, and I think I am good. But when I make a mistake, it's a beaut." ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Two]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Errant]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[New]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Yorkers]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Another Failed 'Farrakhan Test']]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/07/AR2008030702825.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/07/AR2008030702825.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Frequent readers of this column know that I'm not one to start trouble. But this is the political season; scratchy topics are part of daily reporting. So let's return to a figure prominent in last week's column: Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakhan. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Another]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Failed]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA['Farrakhan]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Test']]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Double Standard on 'Reject and Denounce']]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/29/AR2008022902986.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/29/AR2008022902986.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ With the crucial Ohio and Texas Democratic primaries only three days away, this might not be the best time for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama to slip away to ponder what he has gotten himself into. The temptation, though, would be understandable. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Double]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Standard]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[on]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA['Reject]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[and]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Denounce']]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Truth the Clintons Can't Handle]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/22/AR2008022202333.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/22/AR2008022202333.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Today, it's almost an article of faith among pundits and pollsters that Hillary Clinton can't win the African American vote because Barack Obama has that bloc sewn up.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124626691" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124626691" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Truth]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Clintons]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Can't]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Handle]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Who Couldn't Find Deidrick Johnson?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/15/AR2008021502589.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/15/AR2008021502589.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "A custody order is essentially a bench warrant for a juvenile." ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Who]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Couldn't]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Find]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Deidrick]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Johnson?]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The Running-Mate Roundup]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/08/AR2008020802980.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/08/AR2008020802980.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ We still have a ways to go before the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations are officially decided. But it's not too soon to start thinking about the selection of running mates. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Running-Mate]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Roundup]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Teen Released, Nine People Shot. Why?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/01/AR2008020102623.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/01/AR2008020102623.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The following disturbing report appeared on Page B4 of The Post on Jan. 12: "Five teenagers were wounded in Southeast Washington yesterday in a drive-by shooting, D.C. police said. The shooting occurred about 4:30 p.m. in the 2600 block of Douglass Road. The wounds were not believed to be life-threatening." ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Teen]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Released,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Nine]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Shot.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Why?]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Billary's Adventures in Primaryland]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/25/AR2008012502780.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/25/AR2008012502780.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "Be what you would seem to be -- or, if you'd like it put more simply -- Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise."<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124632120" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124632120" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Billary's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Primaryland]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Abe Pollin, our city's biggest supporter]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=6682d6bcdac393a1ed03cd490cc483c6</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/24/AR2009112403559.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/24/AR2009112403559.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ For years to come in our nation's capital, we shall have a deep chasm that Abe Pollin used to fill. The obituaries will recite Pollin's record as owner of the Wizards and Mystics professional basketball teams. That alone would warrant space on the obit page. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=6682d6bcdac393a1ed03cd490cc483c6&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=6682d6bcdac393a1ed03cd490cc483c6&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Abe]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Pollin,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[our]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[city's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[biggest]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[supporter]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Featured Advertiser]]></title>
			<link>http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=6682d6bcdac393a1ed03cd490cc483c6&amp;p=4</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">6682d6bcdac393a1ed03cd490cc483c6</guid>
			<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=6682d6bcdac393a1ed03cd490cc483c6&amp;p=4"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=6682d6bcdac393a1ed03cd490cc483c6&amp;p=4"/></a>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Colbert I. King on failing D.C. youth]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=92f3aae369d18912c38cdda1e133d6aa</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/20/AR2009112003376.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/20/AR2009112003376.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ We have been down this road on youth violence many times, each trip leading to the same dead end. Why bother, some of you have asked. Believe me, judging from the city's response, I have asked myself the same question. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=92f3aae369d18912c38cdda1e133d6aa&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=92f3aae369d18912c38cdda1e133d6aa&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Colbert]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[I.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[King]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[on]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[failing]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[youth]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Major Hasan's worst offense]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=5e0685a544ddf22da320b03f3d312696</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/13/AR2009111303587.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/13/AR2009111303587.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who reportedly shouted "Allahu Akbar" (Arabic for "God is great") before shooting his fellow service members at Fort Hood, Tex., woke up in his hospital bed with the presence of mind to suspend his personal jihad long enough to get lawyered up. No fool he. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=5e0685a544ddf22da320b03f3d312696&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=5e0685a544ddf22da320b03f3d312696&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Major]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hasan's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[worst]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[offense]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The DCPS gangs survey we didn't get a chance to see]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=b825238dc7a2e9617b2c1f30aad5a9d8</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/06/AR2009110603627.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/06/AR2009110603627.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Three columns last month about gang violence in D.C. public schools might leave the impression that I believe youth gangs are a recent development in the nation's capital ["Trouble Waits After Class Is Dismissed," Oct 3; "Talk Won't Stop a Predatory Gang," Oct. 10; and "Prayers Over Priorities in D.C.," Oct 24]. Would that it were true.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124640019" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124640019" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=b825238dc7a2e9617b2c1f30aad5a9d8&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=b825238dc7a2e9617b2c1f30aad5a9d8&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[DCPS]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[gangs]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[survey]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[we]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[didn't]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[get]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[chance]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[see]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Colbert I. King on the risk to Mayor Fenty of questionable contracts]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=717211904152f2053a2c99beaded2ea2</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/06/AR2009110603065.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/06/AR2009110603065.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Here's hoping that Mayor Adrian Fenty (D) has absorbed the meaning of the close call experienced on Election Day by his political godfather, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. With his billions, a well-oiled campaign machine and supreme self-confidence, Republican-turned-independent Bloomberg narrowly won reelection against an underfunded Democratic challenger who was ignored by the White House and who ran with little organized party support or chance of winning. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=717211904152f2053a2c99beaded2ea2&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=717211904152f2053a2c99beaded2ea2&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Colbert]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[I.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[King]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[on]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[risk]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Mayor]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Fenty]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[questionable]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[contracts]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Colbert I. King on D.C. youth offenders]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=c6809731d96ec9cac676f3eaf577c27c</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/30/AR2009103002871.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/30/AR2009103002871.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The D.C. Council labored mightily this week to give Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee her comeuppance for firing teachers and staff whom legislators wanted kept on the payroll. The way Rhee went about the layoffs may have handed council members ammo that could be used against her. But if test scores are up and the school system has stopped bleeding students, as The Post has reported, it's not all bad. Face it, a good bedside manner is not one of Rhee's strong points. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=c6809731d96ec9cac676f3eaf577c27c&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=c6809731d96ec9cac676f3eaf577c27c&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Colbert]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[I.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[King]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[on]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[youth]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[offenders]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Colbert King on violence on streets, in schools]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=23110b8b70d53c75f23fdf399a8d0716</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/23/AR2009102303395.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/23/AR2009102303395.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The flier announcing the candlelight vigil contained a standard invitation: "Join families, friends, clergy, and community leaders." <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=23110b8b70d53c75f23fdf399a8d0716&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=23110b8b70d53c75f23fdf399a8d0716&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Colbert]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[King]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[on]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[violence]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[on]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[streets,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[schools]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Killing or Being Killed While in DYRS Custody]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=9ac57ed7f2c7a824221c22308e0d2157</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/16/AR2009101602727.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/16/AR2009101602727.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ This is a story about Eddie Crist and how the D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services contributes to violence on our streets. But first a preface.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124644932" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124644932" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=9ac57ed7f2c7a824221c22308e0d2157&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=9ac57ed7f2c7a824221c22308e0d2157&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Killing]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[or]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Being]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Killed]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[While]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[DYRS]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Custody]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Gangs Preying on D.C. Students]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=ec7726075e30a8fdceb5bb1b28bcf9c2</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/09/AR2009100903417.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/09/AR2009100903417.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ I naively expected that last week's column about youth gangs preying on students at the Friendship Collegiate Academy on Minnesota Avenue in Northeast would bring some relief for kids who, with parents and devoted teachers, are doing their best to learn. Before writing the column, I had visited the school twice, observed a police presence both times, and concluded that D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier's assurance to me that her department was on the case was enough. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=ec7726075e30a8fdceb5bb1b28bcf9c2&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=ec7726075e30a8fdceb5bb1b28bcf9c2&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Gangs]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Preying]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[on]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Students]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[For Some D.C. Students, Trouble Waits After Class]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=c0a9f5d90fe70fe6b1df2c1f8517aac2</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/02/AR2009100204116.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/02/AR2009100204116.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Students eager to learn, educators ready to teach, a <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=c0a9f5d90fe70fe6b1df2c1f8517aac2&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=c0a9f5d90fe70fe6b1df2c1f8517aac2&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[For]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Some]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Students,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Trouble]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Waits]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[After]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Class]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Time for Straight Answers on Afghanistan from President Obama]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=4c94446d3cfe7b079a81def652a2b4d6</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/25/AR2009092502423.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/25/AR2009092502423.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ What will President Obama say at the Congressional Black Caucus's Phoenix Awards Dinner Saturday night? The caucus's dinner is the "see and be seen" event of the year for thousands of African American politicians, celebrities, and business and community leaders making their annual pilgrimage to Washington. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=4c94446d3cfe7b079a81def652a2b4d6&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=4c94446d3cfe7b079a81def652a2b4d6&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Time]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[for]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Straight]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Answers]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[on]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[from]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[President]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Peaceoholics Mentor Goes After High School Girls]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=e3bfcb8a8ca2000ade1d20df03f305b5</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/18/AR2009091803045.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/18/AR2009091803045.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Imagine your 15-year-old daughter being approached in high school by a 50-year-old man who bears the official title of mentor. Imagine, too, that he asks her to "walk and have a talk," leads her down a stairwell to the basement of the school, and grabs her by the buttocks, pulls her toward him, causing their genital areas to touch, grabs her hand, places it in his groin, telling her "this is what you do to me."<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124650061" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124650061" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=e3bfcb8a8ca2000ade1d20df03f305b5&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=e3bfcb8a8ca2000ade1d20df03f305b5&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Peaceoholics]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Mentor]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Goes]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[After]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[High]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[School]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Girls]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Those Who Hate the President See Him as an Enemy]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=d01c9e37bfc7a8d7d141a9b25e05038f</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/11/AR2009091103274.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/11/AR2009091103274.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ On Aug. 16, pastor Steven L. Anderson of Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Ariz., told his congregation that he prays for the death of President Obama. In a sermon titled "Why I Hate Barack Obama," Anderson preached: "I'm not going to pray for his good, I'm going to pray he dies and goes to hell." <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=d01c9e37bfc7a8d7d141a9b25e05038f&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=d01c9e37bfc7a8d7d141a9b25e05038f&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Those]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Who]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hate]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[President]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[See]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Him]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[as]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[an]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Enemy]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[D.C. Policy of Early Release of Juveniles Needs Review]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=d1ad0128f3ba7ef5310abe9dfed50b54</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/04/AR2009090403341.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/04/AR2009090403341.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ I didn't know Deborah Ann Brown, who worked at the Dunkin' Donuts store on 14th Street NW. But I know plenty of people like her. They stand on their feet all day doing their job of tending to others and playing by the rules. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=d1ad0128f3ba7ef5310abe9dfed50b54&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=d1ad0128f3ba7ef5310abe9dfed50b54&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Early]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Release]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Juveniles]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Needs]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Review]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Another Ward of D.C.'s Juvenile Justice Agency Is Charged in a Killing]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=9d00bee3cf90ab8be0dbd0aa012dc434</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/28/AR2009082803279.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/28/AR2009082803279.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "Let's do that nigger." <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=9d00bee3cf90ab8be0dbd0aa012dc434&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=9d00bee3cf90ab8be0dbd0aa012dc434&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Another]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Ward]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.'s]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Juvenile]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Justice]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Agency]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Is]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Charged]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Killing]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Tolerance of Shootings Reflects Dispiriting 'New Normal' in D.C.]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=6126a4e3b44214ddeecf5aaf94afcb92</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/21/AR2009082103032.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/21/AR2009082103032.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Nearly as many Americans have been wounded in our nation's capital recently as in Iraq. Nine U.S. troops were wounded in Iraq the week of Aug. 11, according to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124654282" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124654282" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=6126a4e3b44214ddeecf5aaf94afcb92&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=6126a4e3b44214ddeecf5aaf94afcb92&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Tolerance]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Shootings]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Reflects]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Dispiriting]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA['New]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Normal']]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[An Encounter With a D.C. Police Officer Leads to an Arrest]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=85646a9919a8184f17f5d67a69b00789</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/14/AR2009081402327.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/14/AR2009081402327.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Has this ever happened to you or to someone you know? <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=85646a9919a8184f17f5d67a69b00789&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=85646a9919a8184f17f5d67a69b00789&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[An]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Encounter]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[With]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Police]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Officer]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Leads]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[an]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Arrest]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Featured Advertiser]]></title>
			<link>http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=85646a9919a8184f17f5d67a69b00789&amp;p=4</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">85646a9919a8184f17f5d67a69b00789</guid>
			<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=85646a9919a8184f17f5d67a69b00789&amp;p=4"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=85646a9919a8184f17f5d67a69b00789&amp;p=4"/></a>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[What 'Disorderly Conduct' Means in the District]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=8b5c9077a4a0c16e274b901ab42fbe42</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/07/AR2009080703042.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/07/AR2009080703042.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ She and her fiance (now husband) were unpacking their car. Her dog was sitting across the street, outside the door of their apartment building. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=8b5c9077a4a0c16e274b901ab42fbe42&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=8b5c9077a4a0c16e274b901ab42fbe42&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[What]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA['Disorderly]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Conduct']]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Means]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[District]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Obama Missed a Moment to Defend Constitution]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=e4a531f4ab72723a289066730022dd0a</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/31/AR2009073102864.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/31/AR2009073102864.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Far be it from me to carp about the bonding over beer that took place Thursday evening at the White House. President Obama probably did the smart thing by playing Healer-in-Chief in the wake of the racially tinged national debate over the arrest of Harvard Prof. Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr. by Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=e4a531f4ab72723a289066730022dd0a&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=e4a531f4ab72723a289066730022dd0a&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Missed]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Moment]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Defend]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Henry Louis Gates: When White People See Black]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=9bf915fe93abdb3f9510ae4da25f9729</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/24/AR2009072402937.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/24/AR2009072402937.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The roiling debate over the arrest of prominent black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. has focused on what he and Sgt. James Crowley, the white police officer, said to each other. Their accounts differ, but at least we have their perspectives.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124700497" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124700497" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=9bf915fe93abdb3f9510ae4da25f9729&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=9bf915fe93abdb3f9510ae4da25f9729&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Henry]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Louis]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Gates:]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[When]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[White]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[See]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Black]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[An Rx Too Easy to Get for Oak Hill Youths]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=f98d88704db090803924f8d81bba8866</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/17/AR2009071702610.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/17/AR2009071702610.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ On the streets it's called Susie Q, Squirrel or Quell -- a new drug of choice for those on the streets or behind bars. They say it helps them fall asleep. Inmates fake a mental illness to get it. They'll steal it if they can; trade for it, too. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=f98d88704db090803924f8d81bba8866&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=f98d88704db090803924f8d81bba8866&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[An]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rx]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Too]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Easy]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Get]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[for]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Oak]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hill]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Youths]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[D.C. Council Needs Transparency in Hiring]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=d13d624ff6eb94bca56b5c6c39bead24</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/10/AR2009071003387.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/10/AR2009071003387.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ I was heartened on Wednesday afternoon when an e-mail arrived from D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray's communications director, Doxie McCoy, advising me that the chairman would be issuing a statement of council procedures in light of media requests for comment on council member Marion Barry. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=d13d624ff6eb94bca56b5c6c39bead24&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=d13d624ff6eb94bca56b5c6c39bead24&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Council]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Needs]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hiring]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Douglass Would Say Rejoice, With Caution]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=832c3120944b121f76967f4e7eef9678</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/03/AR2009070301485.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/03/AR2009070301485.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Independence Day is as good a time as any to do a little stock-taking on the cause of liberty in America. After all, the road from 1776 to 2009 has been lined with so many stumbling blocks and detours. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=832c3120944b121f76967f4e7eef9678&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=832c3120944b121f76967f4e7eef9678&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Douglass]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Would]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Say]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rejoice,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[With]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Caution]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Little Consideration for Those Who Fall Short]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=ff41a511079e562c9999f5dfe45de147</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062602769.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062602769.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Have you noticed the overtone of glee in some of the media commentary about South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's confession of an extramarital affair with a woman in Argentina? The merriment is unbecoming, and it is based on a virtue that many of the gleeful themselves don't possess.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124705556" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124705556" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=ff41a511079e562c9999f5dfe45de147&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=ff41a511079e562c9999f5dfe45de147&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Little]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Consideration]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[for]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Those]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Who]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Fall]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Short]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Let's Reclaim Dad for Father's Day]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=721cc70d420700df0ad333eb2390d7e6</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/19/AR2009061902061.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/19/AR2009061902061.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Comes now the celebration of dear old dad. Time to get out the greeting cards, neckties, socks and the grill. Time to honor Daddy, Pops, the ol' man -- fathers who help mold boys and girls into productive men and women. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=721cc70d420700df0ad333eb2390d7e6&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=721cc70d420700df0ad333eb2390d7e6&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Let's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Reclaim]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Dad]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[for]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Father's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Day]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Place of Prayer Counters Museum Attack]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=4cf94259871ccfd4dc0173376968135a</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/12/AR2009061203451.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/12/AR2009061203451.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ During the very hour when a handful of worshipers, including yours truly and the wife, were at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Foggy Bottom praying "for all who are in danger, sorrow, or any kind of trouble," 88-year-old James von Brunn was nine blocks away wreaking havoc at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=4cf94259871ccfd4dc0173376968135a&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=4cf94259871ccfd4dc0173376968135a&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Place]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Prayer]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Counters]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Museum]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Attack]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[George Tiller, Rush Limbaugh and the Consequences of Hateful Words]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=1f6d884cb5d58093a0c72f4d19a2da88</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/05/AR2009060503023.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/05/AR2009060503023.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "I hope you're satisfied," the caller said. She identified herself as the wife of a D.C. government official taken to task in a Post editorial for a bad decision he had made on the job. "My husband just received word that he has been fired," she said. "An honorable career down the drain." <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=1f6d884cb5d58093a0c72f4d19a2da88&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=1f6d884cb5d58093a0c72f4d19a2da88&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[George]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Tiller,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rush]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Limbaugh]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[and]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Consequences]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hateful]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Words]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Clarence Thomas and a Challenge to the Voting Rights Act]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=c1a458a4d9781a67b407fbea31bb6c3e</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/29/AR2009052902621.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/29/AR2009052902621.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "Don't shame me. And don't shame our race."<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124712614" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124712614" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=c1a458a4d9781a67b407fbea31bb6c3e&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=c1a458a4d9781a67b407fbea31bb6c3e&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinions/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Clarence]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Thomas]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[and]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Challenge]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Voting]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rights]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Act]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Terrorists vs. Our Prison System]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=8e273f0cc67e5d9c3c182456d2ce2316</link>
			<pheedo:origLink>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/22/AR2009052203088.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</pheedo:origLink>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/22/AR2009052203088.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Waterboarding, snarling dogs, sleep deprivation: international outrage. D.C. native Keith Barnes should have had it so good. His federal prison experience involved more than physical exhaustion, fear and humiliation. His ended in death. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
<a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=8e273f0cc67e5d9c3c182456d2ce2316&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=8e273f0cc67e5d9c3c182456d2ce2316&p=1"/></a>
<img alt="" height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2219"/>]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Terrorists]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[vs.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Our]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Prison]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[System]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[His Highness Mayor Adrian Fenty]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/15/AR2009051502997.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/15/AR2009051502997.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ If the election for D.C. mayor were held today, Adrian Fenty would romp to victory. If the balloting occurred six months from now, he would still win easily. A year from now? Probably the same result. And on Sept. 14, 2010, the date of the Democratic primary election? Quite likely he would still land in the winner's circle. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[His]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Highness]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Mayor]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Adrian]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Fenty]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The Hidden Details in a Teen's Death]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/08/AR2009050803167.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/08/AR2009050803167.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The fatal shooting of a 17-year-old youth on the streets of the nation's capital gets a two-sentence mention buried in a lengthy April 25 news-in-brief column in Metro, while a panda's colonoscopy at the National Zoo warrants a 240-word story and photograph on Metro's May 2 front page. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hidden]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Details]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Teen's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Message From Morehouse]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/01/AR2009050103164.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/01/AR2009050103164.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Eliminate young African American men, and what would police, jailers, social workers, and sports and entertainment moguls do for a living?<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124717128" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124717128" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Message]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[From]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Morehouse]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[In D.C., a Spat Among Spongers]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/24/AR2009042403264.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/24/AR2009042403264.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "Those are the council's tickets," said D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray (D). ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[In]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Spat]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Among]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Spongers]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The Love Between the Obamas and Their Portuguese Water Dog, Bo]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/17/AR2009041702386.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/17/AR2009041702386.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Within his first 100 days in the White House, President Obama has made several critical decisions that will live with him for some time to come: an unprecedented economic stimulus package, the bailout of the nation's financial industry, a surge of 21,000 troops into Afghanistan. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Between]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Obamas]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[and]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Their]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Portuguese]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Dog,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Bo]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Local Stories You Couldn't Make Up]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/10/AR2009041002765.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/10/AR2009041002765.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Here are a few local stories that your morning newspaper may have missed. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Local]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Stories]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[You]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Couldn't]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Make]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Up]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The Right People to Decide Vouchers' Fate]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040303269.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040303269.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In a March 29 column on The Post's Local Opinions page, Joseph E. Robert, a member of the board of D.C. Children First, denounced congressional Democrats for voting to require that any school voucher or D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program appropriations after the 2009-10 school year be reauthorized by Congress. Robert was not alone in his anger. Editorials and columnists have echoed the complaint.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124722821" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124722821" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Right]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Decide]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Vouchers']]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Fate]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Fake Fury Over D.C.'s Budget]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/27/AR2009032702186.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/27/AR2009032702186.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "I'm concerned that this budget lacks compassion for the least, last, lost and left-out," said Michael Brown (I-At Large), the D.C. Council's newest member and arguably its best with alliteration. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Fake]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Fury]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Over]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.'s]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[What the Mayor Won't Tell You About D.C.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/20/AR2009032002927.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/20/AR2009032002927.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ This week ended with Mayor Adrian Fenty delivering a 2009 State of the District address that was most notable for what was left out. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[What]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Mayor]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Won't]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Tell]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[You]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[About]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The Trouble With Michael Steele]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/13/AR2009031302808.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/13/AR2009031302808.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele took office declaring he would show the country that his party cared about minorities. As a shining example of that which he claimed, Steele cited himself, the GOP's first African American chieftain. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Trouble]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[With]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Michael]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Steele]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The Senate Betrayed Washington in Its Version of the D.C. Voting Rights Act ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/08/AR2009030801524.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/08/AR2009030801524.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:05:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In Washington, D.Colony, the politically correct thing to do is to praise the Senate for passing the D.C. House Voting Rights Act. Mayor Adrian Fenty set the pace following passage when he rushed out a press release expressing thanks to "Senators Joseph Lieberman, Harry Reid and Orrin Hatch for their tremendous support and leadership" in steering the bill through the Senate. Other city officials followed suit with hosannas of their own. <br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124728204" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124728204" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinions/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Betrayed]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Its]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Version]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Voting]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rights]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Act]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Another Child Killed, but Who Cares?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/06/AR2009030602825.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/06/AR2009030602825.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ If that bullet had only nicked 14-year-old Arthur Daniels or perhaps had just passed through his clothing without touching his body, you would not be reading about him today. But the shot didn't miss. It hit him in the back and exited through his throat, killing him instantly last Saturday night on Minnesota Avenue NE. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Another]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Child]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Killed,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[but]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Who]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Cares?]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Unsolved Murders, Unbroken Grief]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/27/AR2009022702279.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/27/AR2009022702279.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ It was a Sunday evening in October 1949. I remember the day because my sister, my brother and I had just gathered in the living room to listen to three of our favorite radio programs: "The Shadow," "Roy Rogers" and "Jack Benny." ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Unsolved]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Murders,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Unbroken]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Grief]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[In D.C., Deadly Youth Violence Is Reduced to 'Anecdotes']]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/20/AR2009022002890.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/20/AR2009022002890.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Seventeen-year-old Diedrick R. Johnson faces a maximum statutory penalty of 75 years when he goes to court for sentencing on June 12. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[In]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Deadly]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Violence]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Is]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Reduced]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA['Anecdotes']]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A New Face for Lincoln's Washington]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/13/AR2009021302726.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/13/AR2009021302726.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ My great-grandfather Isaiah King, who served in the Civil War as a private in the 5th Massachusetts (Colored) Cavalry, described his chance meeting with Abraham Lincoln in a 1932 interview with the New Bedford (Mass.) Evening Standard.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124733509" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124733509" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinions/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[New]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Face]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[for]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Lincoln's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[One Youth Offender's History in D.C.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/06/AR2009020602744.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/06/AR2009020602744.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty ought to be thankful that the two people found shot to death Dec. 10 and Jan. 9 (the first in an alley behind the 2200 block of Champlain Street NW and the second behind a building in the 1300 block of Columbia Road NW) were not high-ranking federal officials or Capitol Hill lawmakers. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[One]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Offender's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Republicans Need to Remember Hoover]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/30/AR2009013003182.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/30/AR2009013003182.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Republicans are given to saying and doing the darnedest things. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Republicans]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Need]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Remember]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hoover]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Inaugural Week Missteps From Clinton, Biden and the Media]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/23/AR2009012303129.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/23/AR2009012303129.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ I close this first week of the Barack Obama presidency with a few churlish thoughts that, perhaps, I should keep to myself but won't. I'm in the autumn years of life, beyond the point of worrying about my life when I grow up. So here goes: ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Inaugural]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Week]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Missteps]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[From]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Clinton,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Biden]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[and]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[D.C. the Federal Lab Rat]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/16/AR2009011603669.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/16/AR2009011603669.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ As a Washingtonian, I am delighted to learn that President-elect Barack Obama has decided to put District affairs on his crowded agenda.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124740179" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124740179" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Lab]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rat]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[When My Troop Hailed the Chief]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/09/AR2009010902996.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/09/AR2009010902996.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ This time around, the newly minted president of the United States will have to make his way to the White House from the Capitol without my participation. I'm scheduled to watch the proceedings from the roof of a building on the parade route as part of a team providing television commentary. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[When]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[My]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Troop]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hailed]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Chief]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Is Michelle Rhee Really Producing?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/02/AR2009010202078.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/02/AR2009010202078.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ During the end-of-year show last week, ABC 7 "Inside Washington" host Gordon Peterson asked panelists to cite their favorite story of the year. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Is]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Michelle]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rhee]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Really]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Producing?]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[For D.C.'s Supervision of Youth Offenders, 2009 Has to Be Better]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/26/AR2008122601360.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/26/AR2008122601360.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ This final column of 2008 begins with the same plea made in my first column of the year ["Outfoxed in the District," Jan. 5 ] -- that leaders address the real problems that threaten the quality of life in our city: the erosion of public safety, an apathetic and complacent city workforce, and D.C. Council members who fail to realize they are getting duped by the $10 billion municipal enterprise that voters hired them to oversee. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[For]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.'s]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Supervision]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Offenders,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[2009]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Has]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Be]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Better]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Rick Warren's Praying at Obama's Inauguration Isn't a Problem]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/19/AR2008121902985.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/19/AR2008121902985.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ If Harry Truman's inauguration had been proclaimed by one of the theaters lining Washington's black U Street in 1949, the marquee might have read: "The Truman Inauguration, starring Lionel Hampton."<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124744858" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124744858" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rick]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Warren's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Praying]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[at]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Obama's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Inauguration]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Isn't]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Problem]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Rosy View of D.C.'s Youth Crime]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/12/AR2008121203331.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/12/AR2008121203331.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "The overall serious crime arrest rate for juveniles declined 24% between January 2004 and August of 2008." ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rosy]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[View]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.'s]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Quadriplegic D.C. Inmate Jonathan Magbie's Death and a Settlement]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/05/AR2008120503090.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/05/AR2008120503090.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "I was dumbfounded because I didn't understand how he [could] go from stable . . . in an emergency room to dead in three hours. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Quadriplegic]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Inmate]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Jonathan]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Magbie's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[and]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Settlement]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Colbert King on D.C.'s Failure to Rehabilitate Troubled Youths]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/28/AR2008112802269.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/28/AR2008112802269.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "But most of all I feel terrif[ied] even now when I leave the house[.] I pause for a moment before I go out the door and say a prayer before I leave. I know that not all the people in the world are bad[;] it's just the ones that do bad to others. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Colbert]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[King]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[on]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.'s]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Failure]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rehabilitate]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Troubled]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Youths]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Colbert I. King -- Sleeping Rough in a D.C. Juvenile Center]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/21/AR2008112102686.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/21/AR2008112102686.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Dogs in animal shelters have it better. At least they sleep alone at night.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124749697" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124749697" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Colbert]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[I.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[King]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[--]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Sleeping]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rough]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Juvenile]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Center]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Colbert I. King -- The City That Obama Won't See]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/14/AR2008111402847.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/14/AR2008111402847.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ It's too late for President-elect Barack Obama and his family to stay away, but at least they are bringing the Secret Service with them. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Colbert]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[I.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[King]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[--]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[City]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[That]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Won't]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[See]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Few Obama Thank-Yous]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110702806.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/07/AR2008110702806.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In his Tuesday night acceptance speech, President-elect Barack Obama appropriately offered "thank-yous" to his family, campaign aides and voters who supported the Democratic ticket. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Few]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Thank-Yous]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A High-Stakes Election for Mid-Term Fenty]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/31/AR2008103103089.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/31/AR2008103103089.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Tuesday's local election results will have a heavy bearing on the political future of an elected official whose name is not on the ballot. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[High-Stakes]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Election]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[for]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Mid-Term]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Fenty]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Released, Yes. Rehabilitated, Not So Much.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/24/AR2008102402531.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/24/AR2008102402531.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "The tasks of . . . providing children in the District's care the kind of quality rehabilitation services they need will require much more than yet another cabinet-level agency. Oak Hill must be replaced, as youth rehabilitation experts have recommended and as the council has agreed. Community-based facilities must be found for youths deserving of less secure confinement. And the overall quality of youth services needs upgrading."<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124756056" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124756056" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Released,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Yes.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rehabilitated,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Not]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[So]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Much.]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Rage No One Should Be Stoking]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/17/AR2008101702496.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/17/AR2008101702496.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "Kill him": the battle cry of a lynch mob and words yelled out by a man at a Sarah Palin rally in Clearwater, Fla., this month, according to my Post colleague Dana Milbank. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rage]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[No]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[One]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Should]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Be]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Stoking]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Candor Takes a Beating at Oak Hill]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002557.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101002557.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The D.C. Council held hearings this week on youths who are released from the Oak Hill detention facility before they are ready to rejoin the community -- an issue I have addressed in several columns. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Candor]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Takes]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Beating]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[at]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Oak]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hill]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Young Deaths That Diminish Us All]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100302949.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/03/AR2008100302949.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The discoveries of the bodies of two girls encased in ice this week and of the decomposed bodies of four sisters earlier this year raise questions that go to the heart of what we mean when we speak of community. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Young]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Deaths]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[That]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Diminish]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Us]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[All]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Hanging With the Palins? Not for Me.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/26/AR2008092603046.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/26/AR2008092603046.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ I still listen when Bill Clinton speaks, and this week the former president got off a few lines that really got me thinking.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124801162" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124801162" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hanging]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[With]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Palins?]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Not]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[for]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Me.]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Back to Basics in Banking]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/19/AR2008091902953.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/19/AR2008091902953.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Before becoming a journalist in 1990, I spent nearly a decade in commercial banking. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Back]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Basics]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The Lapses Behind a Killer's Rampage]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091202659.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091202659.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A sentence of four consecutive life terms in prison ensures that Anthony Kelly will die in jail. He deserves nothing less. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Lapses]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Behind]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Killer's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Rampage]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Empty Promises to D.C.'s Most Vulnerable]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/05/AR2008090502985.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/05/AR2008090502985.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The scene was depressingly familiar: the D.C. government called on the carpet by a judge frustrated with the city's failure to meet the terms of a consent decree. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Empty]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Promises]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.'s]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Most]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Vulnerable]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Suicidal Choice for Clinton Supporters]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082902891.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082902891.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ I get the part about feeling disappointed and bitter. I can even understand their impulse to sit this one out. After all, this was supposed to be Hillary Clinton's time.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124806720" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124806720" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Suicidal]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Choice]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[for]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Clinton]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Supporters]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[More Deaths -- and a Promised Review in D.C.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/22/AR2008082202206.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/22/AR2008082202206.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ From the Aug. 15 Post: "Police yesterday captured a District man who escaped from Cheltenham Youth Center in Prince George's County on Sunday along with two other detainees. Maryland state troopers and D.C. police said they arrested 18-year-old Demarco E. Smith in the 700 block of 24th Street NE in the District." ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[More]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Deaths]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[--]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[and]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Promised]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Review]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Memo From a Poison Penn]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081502825.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/15/AR2008081502825.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Say you find yourself seated on the train behind two white supremacists who are beside themselves over the possibility that Barack Obama could become America's first black president. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Memo]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[From]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[a]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Poison]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Penn]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Paying the Price for D.C.'s Juvenile 'Supervision']]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/08/AR2008080802915.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/08/AR2008080802915.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ By the end of the robbery spree during the early hours of June 4, four innocent people in the District had fallen victim to holdups. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Paying]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Price]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[for]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.'s]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Juvenile]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA['Supervision']]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Youth Agency That Needs to Open Up]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080103066.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080103066.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Phyllis Woods, crying softly, was being comforted by two co-workers as I left the building where she works on Trenton Place SE.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124814447" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124814447" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Agency]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[That]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Needs]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Open]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Up]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[In the Wrong Hands]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/25/AR2008072502718.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/25/AR2008072502718.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In May, three teenagers placed in secure detention at Oak Hill Youth Center by D.C. Superior Court judges were taken to a cookout at the Northwest Washington home of Vincent Schiraldi, director of the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[In]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Wrong]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hands]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Tragedy That Is Ours to Stop]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/18/AR2008071802386.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/18/AR2008071802386.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "It starts with teaching our daughters to never allow images on television to tell them what they are worth, and teaching our sons to treat women with respect, and to realize that responsibility does not end at conception, that what makes them men is not the ability to have a child but the courage to raise one." ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinions/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Tragedy]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[That]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Is]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Ours]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Stop]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The Unkindest Cut]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/11/AR2008071102512.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/11/AR2008071102512.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ If the Rev. Jesse Jackson has trouble with something Sen. Barack Obama has said, why does Jackson wish to have the senator from Illinois neutered? ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Unkindest]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Cut]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Two Speeches, Two Truths About America]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/04/AR2008070402088.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/04/AR2008070402088.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Sen. Barack Obama's speech on patriotism this week at the Truman Memorial Building in Independence, Mo., stands in sharp relief to Frederick Douglass's Fourth of July oration before the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society in 1852. The two men's remarks, touching on loyalty, race and the country's moral foundation, underscore the difference 150 years has made in the life of our nation.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124820147" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124820147" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Two]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Speeches,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Two]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Truths]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[About]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Tainted Money For D.C. Schools]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062702630.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062702630.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ What to think about the nonprofit D.C. Public Education Fund created by Mayor Adrian Fenty? It is supposed to have a good purpose: raising funds in the private sector to help the public schools with their operating budgets. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Tainted]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[For]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Schools]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The Thugs Win the Case]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062601755.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062601755.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:28:12 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ There's one group of District residents absolutely unfazed by today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling shooting down the District's strict handgun ban: the dudes who have been blowing away their fellow citizens with abandon since the law was put on the books 32 years ago.  ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinions/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Thugs]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Win]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Case]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Heretic's Advice To Obama]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062002120.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/20/AR2008062002120.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Today, I shall commit an act of heresy so offensive to cherished Washington beliefs that revocation of my citizenship in the nation's capital is quite likely to follow. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Heretic's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[To]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Checks and Imbalances in D.C. Finances]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/13/AR2008061302710.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/13/AR2008061302710.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Is there something in the water in the D.C. chief financial officer's office that makes some employees fool around with what's not theirs?<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124828750" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124828750" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Checks]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[and]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Imbalances]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Finances]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Week of Wonders]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/06/AR2008060603151.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/06/AR2008060603151.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ This is the kind of week that might blow Alexander Crummell's mind. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Week]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[of]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Wonders]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Handouts and Hands Out]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/30/AR2008053002522.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/30/AR2008053002522.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ When I think about the performance of folks in city hall, I repeat to myself, in a soothing tone, a slightly abridged version of French psychologist Ãmile CouÃ©'s positive autosuggestion: Every day, and in every way, the D.C. government is getting better and better. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Handouts]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[and]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Hands]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Out]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Let Us Remember Them]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/23/AR2008052302169.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/23/AR2008052302169.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Have I got news for you! ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Let]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Us]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Remember]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Them]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[What D.C.'s Elves Do With Your Taxes]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051603273.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051603273.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Jolly old St. Nicholas came to town early, landing at the John Wilson Building on Tuesday to give presents to a select group of D.C.-based organizations. Santa bestowed his largess in one night, thanks to his elves -- the mayor and D.C. Council -- who packaged the gifts from the city's unwitting taxpayers.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124834318" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124834318" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[What]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[D.C.'s]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Elves]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Do]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[With]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Your]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Building That Speaks to Us]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/09/AR2008050902297.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/09/AR2008050902297.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In his recently released book, "Becton: Autobiography of a Soldier and Public Servant," retired Army Lt. Gen. Julius W. Becton Jr. delves into his tumultuous tenure as chief executive of D.C. public schools in the late 1990s. Chapter 19, "My Toughest Challenge," should be read by anyone interested in a firsthand account of life in a D.C. school system firestorm. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Building]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[That]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Speaks]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[to]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Us]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The Next Willie Horton]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/02/AR2008050202796.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/02/AR2008050202796.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Some events in a presidential campaign turn out to be so pivotal that they can end up influencing the outcome. Examples that come to mind include: ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Next]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Willie]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Horton]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Farrakhan's Pennsylvania Admirer]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/25/AR2008042502976.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/25/AR2008042502976.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The old Irving Berlin tune "The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On)" captures the aftermath of Pennsylvania's Democratic primary -- with a twist. The contest is, indeed, over. But the tune that's slow in parting is more of a sour note than a sweet sound. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Farrakhan's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Admirer]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Old Lessons For Obama]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/18/AR2008041802467.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/18/AR2008041802467.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In this year's contest for the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama has been taken to school by Hillary Clinton and the Republican right wing. The New York senator and her GOP allies are giving him lessons in politics' dark side. Whether he's learning anything remains to be seen.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124841144" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124841144" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Old]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Lessons]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[For]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The History in Our Town]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/11/AR2008041103130.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/11/AR2008041103130.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Today the missus, my mother-in-law and I will get gussied up and return to my old neighborhood in the District's West End for an annual black-tie gathering of close friends and our special guests. It also will be a time for some of us to marvel at -- or gripe about -- how much our city has changed in our lifetimes. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Our]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Town]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[What King Would See Today]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/04/AR2008040402682.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/04/AR2008040402682.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ April 4, 1968, was a day when black people didn't feel much like singing "God Bless America." It was an ugly time made worse by a sense of despair too deep for words. Somebody had killed the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[What]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[King]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Would]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[See]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Today]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Battlefield Called Wilson High]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/28/AR2008032802958.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/28/AR2008032802958.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "Security at Wilson High to Be Tightened" announced a headline in The Post's March 21 Metro section. More stringent measures were being put in place after 13 students were arrested because of two fights that week, the story said. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Battlefield]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Called]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Wilson]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[High]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Why Obama Stands With His Church]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032102539.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/21/AR2008032102539.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ All they wanted to do was pray with the rest of the congregation. But that was asking too much.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124847286" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124847286" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Why]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Stands]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[With]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[His]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Church]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Two Errant New Yorkers]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/14/AR2008031403017.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/14/AR2008031403017.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Reminded that it was he who had appointed a judge who displeased him, New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia replied, "I have made a lot of good appointments, and I think I am good. But when I make a mistake, it's a beaut." ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Two]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Errant]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[New]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Yorkers]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Another Failed 'Farrakhan Test']]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/07/AR2008030702825.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/07/AR2008030702825.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Frequent readers of this column know that I'm not one to start trouble. But this is the political season; scratchy topics are part of daily reporting. So let's return to a figure prominent in last week's column: Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakhan. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Another]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Failed]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA['Farrakhan]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Test']]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Double Standard on 'Reject and Denounce']]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/29/AR2008022902986.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/29/AR2008022902986.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ With the crucial Ohio and Texas Democratic primaries only three days away, this might not be the best time for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama to slip away to ponder what he has gotten himself into. The temptation, though, would be understandable. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Double]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Standard]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[on]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA['Reject]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[and]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Denounce']]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Truth the Clintons Can't Handle]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/22/AR2008022202333.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/22/AR2008022202333.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Today, it's almost an article of faith among pundits and pollsters that Hillary Clinton can't win the African American vote because Barack Obama has that bloc sewn up.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124853206" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124853206" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Truth]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[the]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Clintons]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Can't]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Handle]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Who Couldn't Find Deidrick Johnson?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/15/AR2008021502589.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/15/AR2008021502589.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "A custody order is essentially a bench warrant for a juvenile." ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Who]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Couldn't]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Find]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Deidrick]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Johnson?]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[The Running-Mate Roundup]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/08/AR2008020802980.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/08/AR2008020802980.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ We still have a ways to go before the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations are officially decided. But it's not too soon to start thinking about the selection of running mates. ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[The]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Running-Mate]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Roundup]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[A Teen Released, Nine People Shot. Why?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/01/AR2008020102623.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/01/AR2008020102623.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The following disturbing report appeared on Page B4 of The Post on Jan. 12: "Five teenagers were wounded in Southeast Washington yesterday in a drive-by shooting, D.C. police said. The shooting occurred about 4:30 p.m. in the 2600 block of Douglass Road. The wounds were not believed to be life-threatening." ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[A]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Teen]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Released,]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Nine]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Shot.]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Why?]]></category>
		</item>
		<item>
			<title><![CDATA[Billary's Adventures in Primaryland]]></title>
			<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/25/AR2008012502780.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link>
			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/25/AR2008012502780.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ "Be what you would seem to be -- or, if you'd like it put more simply -- Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise."<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124900244" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=4825124900244" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colbert I. King]]></dc:creator>
			<category domain="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinion/index.html">Opinions</category>
			<category><![CDATA[Billary's]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[in]]></category>
			<category><![CDATA[Primaryland]]></category>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>