Good morning, Washington, and happy St. Patrick’s Day. One day into the tournament, we hope your NCAA bracket is shaping up well. We know it is for the GW Colonials — they eked out a three-point win over UNC Wilmington in overtime last night. Their next game will be against Duke at 1:10 on Saturday. Maryland Mulls Response To Utility Rate Hikes: Last week we discussed the steep electricity rate increase that will likely face…

Thanks to Patrick Gavin, an editor at the Washington Examiner for tipping us off to a change in the paper’s editorial page: starting today, the daily paper won’t comment on televangelist Pat Robertson’s various pronouncements. Robertson has recently made headlines for saying that Ariel Sharon’s recent stroke was a form of divine vengeance. Refusing to dignify the mean-spirited religious theories of a kook wouldn’t merit attention but for the Examiner’s parent corporation. the Washington Times…

Well, that stunk. We admit it: TypeKey was not a good idea. We thought it was worth a try — and still think it was — but the results were underwhelming. Comment volume declined. Readers complained. It wasn’t all bad. We’d be lying if we said we missed the bad apples. You know the ones: the people who could justifiably be called troublemakers, jerks, borderline schizophrenics, shameless political candidates, or all of the above. But…