More reasons never to leave DC

DC is the town where tractors parked in the Reflecting Pool and vans full of explosives parked downtown, not to mention self-immolation in front of the White House, are all par for the course. But it could be worse. My friend Drew writes from his home in Vermont:

"It's negative 3 degrees outside and the morning paper for the northeastern part of my home state has the following headline. Man do I wish you all were here...
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TOP NEWS
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Youth Charged In Animal Sodomy Case"