Story Lab Archive: The Blowback
Blowback: Potty training story hits a nerve
When Betsy Rosso contacted me to tell me about her three-year-old daughter being suspended from her preschool for having too many potty accidents, I knew the story would resonate. Toilet training your children, as I can certainly attest, is often...
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Brigid Schulte
| January 31, 2011; 11:01 AM ET |
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Postscript: Ken Diviney
Ken Diviney's doorbell rang Thursday just after a lunch. The caller was a stranger, a woman who said she had read a story on the front page of Thursday's Washington Post about his son, Ryan, 21, who has been in...
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Paul Schwartzman
| December 3, 2010; 12:24 PM ET |
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Generous readers help Burrito Man's kids
We wrote two weeks ago about the sad and sudden death of Carlos Guardado, the burrito vendor who made the corner of 17th and K Streets NW his daytime home for almost 20 years. It was clear that Carlos --...
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Steve Hendrix
| October 29, 2010; 10:25 AM ET |
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Coffeehouse coda: The anonymous girlfriend goes public
Last week, I got an unusual voice mail from an anonymous source. The source was upset. Not at me, she explained. But at herself. She wished that she had not turned herself into an anonymous source for my story just...
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Ian Shapira
| August 4, 2010; 9:04 AM ET |
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A little sailing story blows in a gale
Was it the August doldrums? Or maybe the prevailing angst in this time of war, spills and downturns? Whatever the reason, a lot of readers have been indulging in a bit of escapist fantasy over the last two days....
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Steve Hendrix
| August 3, 2010; 11:58 AM ET |
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Blowback: Is it unfair to use anonymous sources?
My story Sunday about tensions between parents with small kids and other folks in public spaces generated a lot of comments and email, but the reaction that took me by surprise was a call from Mel Antonen, the father...
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Annys Shin
| May 18, 2010; 12:46 PM ET |
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