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In poor countries, officials receive explicit bribes; in D.C. they get the sophisticated, implicit, ...

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Nassim Nicholas TalebThe Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.

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P. J. O'RourkeParliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

Bad as political fiction can be, there is always a politician prepared to make it look artistic by c...

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Watching the towers fall in New York, with civilians incinerated on the planes and in the buildings,...

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Christopher HitchensChristopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror

At a national political convention, you have hundreds of people who consider themselves at least as ...

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Dave BarryI'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood

When journalists are 'accused' of being 'advocates', that means: challenging and deviating from DC o...

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Washington likes to threaten the people over whom they exercise power.

I know where a lot of them [the elite or elitists]

Outside of the killings, DC has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.