Archive: March 30, 2008 - April 5, 2008
My School is Not a Battlefield
[From the Post's Close to Home page.] By Paris Achenbach Recent op-ed columns and news stories about Woodrow Wilson High School ["A Battlefield Called Wilson High," op-ed, March 29; "Security at Wilson High to Be Tightened," Metro, March 21]...
By | April 5, 2008; 1:17 PM ET | Comments (72)
The Legacy of MLK
Memphis 40 years on: Check out the great column this morning by Gene Robinson, plus an in-depth look at the real MLK by Kevin Merida. The latter shows how we sanitize (for your protection) the images of our icons,...
By | April 4, 2008; 8:21 AM ET | Comments (186)
The Next Big Career Move [Updated] [Again!]
Let's have a blog item today that's not about me and my personal obsessions and neuroses. Instead, let's talk about the general plight of all those middle-aged newspaper reporters out there who, at the age of 47, are just...
By | April 2, 2008; 9:23 AM ET | Comments (387)
My Excellent House
Here's the view from my back porch. I have the label on the black maple because I get sick of everyone asking me what kind of tree it is. When I designed the back yard I worried that it...
By | April 1, 2008; 11:38 AM ET | Comments (170)
Fate of the Earth and Stuff Like That
I could easily work full time at not working at all. If you know what I mean. I'd be a professional hobbyist and gadabout. Sloth would be my industry. Uselessness would be my vocation. But I give it too...
By | March 31, 2008; 8:59 AM ET | Comments (192)
