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The Saturday Morning Post

The Saturday Morning Post

Good morning, Washington. On Friday night, three people were struck by a car while taking part in an Occupy D.C. rally downtown. Hundreds of protesters blocked streets around the Convention Center during the Americans for Prosperity “dream summit,” which is affiliated with the conservative billionaire Koch brothers. The driver will not be charged, because he allegedly had a green light. We'll have more on this soon. more ›

Grads Not Happy to Hear GW President

Grads Not Happy to Hear GW President

It's almost graduation time for colleges around the D.C. area, but many George Washington students aren't that thrilled about it. Why? The keynote speaker at their commencement is none other than... their outgoing university president. We guess that's what the highest tuition in the country gets you these days. Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, who has been president of the Foggy Bottom university for 19 years, always speaks at graduation, but he usually does so alongside folks... more ›

Reader, Meet Author

Reader, Meet Author

MONDAY: It's hard to think of a more appropriate person to have written On the Wealth of Nations, part of the new Grove Atlantic Great Books series where contemporary writers flesh out the work of humanity's most important thinkers, than P.J. O'Rourke. Harder still to imagine a time when everyone agreed that P.J. O'Rourke had a sense of humor. At Politics and Prose at 7 p.m., also Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Cato Institute,... more ›

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