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Interview: 2013 MLB Draft prospect Dominic Smith
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Obama and U.S. lawmakers need better options for peace in Syria
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Polls show President Obama popular despite scandals
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Red line diplomacy with Iran
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The Riverbreaks at DC9
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Oil wobbles, Fed prepares to speak as confused markets meander
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Asking Josh Silver: What's the American Anti-Corruption Act all about?
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Did the Feds violate Adam Kokesh's civil rights?
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'Hitchcock': The movie review
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Atheists to place literature in Georgia parks
Sutton Stokes
After three decades on the coasts, Sutton Stokes and his wife, Amy, are raising a Montanan in West Virginia. Sutton is a freelance business writer and journalist but has also worked as an education reformer, health policy analyst, outdoor educator, and the law on the sea. You can find him on Twitter and Facebook. His professional web site is here.
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Wells On Baseball
This column will cover anything that has anything remotely to do with the game of baseball, from the game itself to mid-summer trades to offseason moves.
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Interview: 2013 MLB Draft prospect Dominic Smith
Dominic Smith will be in New York on draft day
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Jonathan Sanchez and Carlos Zambrano sign minor league contracts
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies have reached out to Jonathan Sanchez and Carlos Zambrano
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Pete Gray the "One-Armed Wonder"
Pete Gray overcame a childhood accident and became a professional baseball player
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Dee Gordon making the most of his chance with Los Angeles Dodgers
Dee Gordon is getting another shot with the Dodgers and he is not wasting it
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Interview: 2013 MLB Draft prospect Dominic Smith
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EMEA Watch
Eye on Europe, the Middle East and Africa
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Political Potpourri
A collection of reader guest articles, thoughts and opinions by Communities writers and breaking news and information.
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A Word on the National Interest
Analyzing the most important questions of American foreign policy
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Riffs
Find up-to-date information on the D.C. and Baltimore live music scenes and read interviews with artists and reviews of the latest releases and concerts.
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The Conscience of a Realist
Politics, economics, and business from a real world perspective.
Recent Entries by Sutton Stokes
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"Men who change diapers rule!"
Published 9:30 a.m. September 12, 2010
I always figured I'd be a fantastic dad—until I realized how much work it is.
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How not to shake your baby
Published 10:24 a.m. September 5, 2010
News flash: Your baby *will* make you angry. What will you do about it?
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Look on my parenting, ye Mighty, and despair
Published 10:47 a.m. August 29, 2010
What if our children turn out to be, you know, different from us?
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New rugged cross
Published 9:27 a.m. August 15, 2010
My friend Steve is putting up one of those crosses you see on hillsides in rural areas.
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Don't fear the coyote, but maybe fear some other things
Published 6:32 a.m. August 8, 2010
The conversation turned to the possibility of coyote predation of cats, dogs, babies and other small house pets.
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I licked chapped elbows
Published 7:56 a.m. August 1, 2010
Choking on the ashy air roiling in from the walls of flame encircling Missoula, others would decry the parched dryness. Not me, though.
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Mouse turds and ghost dandruff: rewiring an old house
Published 10:27 a.m. July 25, 2010
Quality and speed are two different places on the map; the closer you get to one, the farther you leave the other behind.
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Is marijuana legalization finally on the march in the U.S.?
Published 12:27 p.m. July 13, 2010
Young adults are poisoning themselves with artificial pot, just as California is about to (maybe) legalize the real thing.
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New York Magazine: parents surprised to learn parenting isn't always fun
Published 9:09 a.m. July 11, 2010
I figured that some aspects of parenting would suck—and I was right!
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Property values, pt. 3
Published 8:31 a.m. July 5, 2010
Strange to reflect on what my house might have meant to its original owners, in 1955.
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Property values, pt. 2
Published 8:27 a.m. June 27, 2010
In the midst of two simultaneous real-estate transactions, we decided to add a third.
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How can I keep from leaving my baby in a hot car?
Published 1:42 p.m. June 25, 2010
Eight children have died in hot cars since June 13. How will you keep yours from being next?
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Property values
Published 9:26 a.m. June 22, 2010
Is a house ever really an investment? On the other hand, is it ever just a home?
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Always make the dump run, and other lessons on How To Be A Man
Published 8:56 a.m. June 13, 2010
Ladies: "letting" men be chivalrous might be annoying—but it might just be an act of kindness, too.
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Lowe's, Memorial Day, and the problems that didn't get solved
Published 9:01 a.m. June 6, 2010
We’ve all been calling ourselves “problem solvers” on our resumes for so long, it’s easy to forget that the words actually mean something.
