A tip of the hat to the increasingly invaluable Loose Lips Daily for pointing out this Jonathan Stein piece in Mother Jones on the state of the D.C. statehood movement. Stein reminds us that even in the face of increasing insistence from voting rights leaders that we ought to focus on getting just one representative in the U.S. House, the president-elect is an open supporter of statehood. Still, Stein is right to note that Obama’s…
Aug 30, 2007
Morning Roundup: Video Killed the Radio Star Edition
Good morning, Washington. As you make your way into work on this fine morning, a note to fans of Canadian super group Stars: “Your Ex-Lover Is Dead”? Good song. “Set Yourself on Fire”? Good song. Setting your ex-lover on fire? Apparently not cool. Attack of the Dubyas: Washington Post Radio (WTWP) is shifting to a “personality driven talk format.” And whose personalities (I hear you cry) will be driven into us courtesy of the once-anodyne…