In which the columnist tries to become a better person.

Yes, yes, thank you for sending us 342 emails about how New York Times columnist and Bethesda resident David Brooks wrote something really ridiculous today about District’s Ward 3. The column posits that the upper-upper-middle-class section of Washington is populated entirely by trial lawyers, TV news producers and Democratic staffers, and that these people are only upset about the excesses of Wall Street executives because they are envious. They are wealthy, you see, but…

Our friends over at Campus Progress sent us an email about a contest they’re sponsoring that should be good for a few laughs. The Social Capital blog’s Free Food-a-Thon promises to pit two of the most demanding needs of any Washington intern — to save money and to eat — in a battle of epicurean proportions. Here’s the deal: Next week, Campus Progress interns will compete, two a day, where they will document their meals/snacks/crumbs…

Attention all you political scientist groupies (we know you’re out there!): head over to the Wardman Park Marriott with your cameras and copies of the latest Nation or National Review right away. Because on a weekend where, traditionally, most involved in politics take off for one last weekend away from Swamp City, 6000+ political scientists from the worlds of academia, media, and government are descending on Woodley Park for the annual convention of the American…