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beirut — The recent appointment of a new prime minister in
Lebanon after more than a year of
political bickering brought at least
a small glimmer of hope to a country on its knees: a massive financial collapse, a huge chemical explosion, a chronic shortage of electricity and the absence of a government empowered to take action.
Then came armed confrontations in the past week pitting supporters of the Shiite-led Hezbollah
against the Christian Lebanese
Forces. Any hope of a turnaround
evaporated as Lebanon appeared
to descend into a new and potentially deeper crisis.
No one expects an outright civil
war of the kind that ravaged Lebanon from 1975 to 1990. Iranbacked Hezbollah is the country’s
most powerful political and military force, the only faction with a
well-armed militia and vast stocks
of weapons that make it more
capable than the Lebanese army.
But the flare-up has ignited
fears that simmering civil and sectarian strife will indefinitely defer
solutions to the multiple other
problems Lebanon is facing —
from a lack of fuel for the country’s
power stations to the slide in the
value of the currency that has gutted the finances of its once relatively prosperous citizens.
The streets are now calm, but
tensions persist. The senior Hezbollah leader who led funerals for
two Hezbollah members — among

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Matthew Payne supervises colleagues at Stillwater Medical Center in Oklahoma as they intubate a covid patient.

48 hours to live, nowhere to go
stillwater, okla. — The covid patient
in Room 107 was bleeding internally and
near death.
So Robin Pressley, transfer coordinator
at Stillwater Medical Center, was working
fast to try to find an ICU bed at a larger
hospital for Johnnie Novotny, a 69-year-old
retired gas plant operator who had developed a hematoma and needed more specialized care than doctors at this modest
rural hospital could provide.
Pressley knew that other hospitals in the
region were already choked with covid
patients because of a summer surge driven
by the highly infectious delta variant and

One Oklahoma
covid patient’s
best shot was
a bed in a
larger hospital.
Then a nurse
started dialing.
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the state’s large numbers of unvaccinated
residents, like Novotny. But she also knew
that Novotny’s life depended on her success.
After 34 years in nursing, Pressley had
developed ways to deal with the stress of
her job. So, on this August day, she loaded
her diffuser with calming lemongrass oil
and pulled out a piece of putty she uses as a
makeshift stress ball and began squeezing.
Then she fired up her two computer
screens, picked up one of her three phones,
and started dialing.
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The White House is scrambling to salvage a critical proposal to reduce carbon emissions
and deliver on President Biden’s
ambitious climate agenda, as
pushback from Sen. Joe Manchin
III (D-W.Va.) creates new headaches for the administration entering key international negotiations next month.
The fight revolves around the
Clean Energy Performance Program, which Democrats have
proposed as a way to reward
utilities that increase their clean
energy supply by 4 percent each
year, while penalizing those that
don’t. Lawmakers have included
the initiative as part of a multitrillion-dollar tax-and-spending package that aims to advance
Biden’s broader economic vision.
But the emissions-reduction
program has drawn fierce public
and private opposition from
Manchin, whose home state of
West Virginia depends heavily on
coal. The standoff has jeopardized Biden’s pledge to halve
emissions by 2030, inspiring a
new flurry of last-minute policy
proposals just two weeks before
the president and other world
leaders are set to convene the
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Eerie lights of nearby fleet
put Taiwan islanders on edge
Chinese squid boats
illuminate the sky with
‘unnatural’ green glow
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AND L ILY K UO

matsu, taiwan — As dusk falls,
green lights appear one by one
along the horizon off Matsu, a
chain of Taiwanese islands near
China’s coast. Soon, an eerie,
fluorescent glow fills the night
sky. The lights, used by Chinese
fishermen to attract squid, leave
residents of Matsu feeling uneasy and surrounded.
“It’s so unnatural. It’s like
being in a science-fiction film,”
said Huang Kai-Yang, who works
in youth development and ecotourism in Matsu.

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On Facebook, residents shared
photos and theories. “Suddenly
many squid boats appeared. I felt
like the whole island was under
siege,” said Chang Liang-Wei, 58,
a fisherman from Matsu’s Beigan
island.
Almost every night for the past
four months, dozens, often hundreds, of Chinese squid boats
have plied the sea off Matsu near
the invisible boundary known as
the median line, an unofficial
buffer between Taiwan and China. Mounted with green LED
lights that envelop the islands,
the flotilla represents the latest
Chinese encroachment on Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its
own and has threatened to seize
by force. Officials and residents
say the lights threaten tourism
and marine life, and are a reminder of their helplessness in
the face of Chinese actions.
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Vaughn Moser leases land for wind turbines on his Copenhagen, N.Y., farm. By 2030, a study
found, the country will need to invest $125 billion in the grid for it to handle electric vehicles.

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Chinese fishermen use green LED lights to lure squid near Matsu,
a chain of Taiwanese islands off the coast of China.

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blows off Lake Ontario, the long-distance transmission lines of New York state are not clogged
up, and yet another heat wave hasn’t pushed the
urban utilities to their limits. On such a day,
power from the two big wind turbines in Vaughn
Moser’s hayfield in this little village join the great
flow of electricity from upstate as it courses
through the bottleneck west of Albany and then
heads south, where some portion of it feeds what

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is currently the country’s largest electric vehicle
charging station, on the edge of Brooklyn’s
Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood.
There, at an installation opened earlier this
year by a car-sharing company called Revel, on
the site of the old Pfizer pharmaceutical headquarters, this carbon-free power can help juice
up a whole fleet of sleek vehicles that aim to leave
the internal combustion engine behind.
But that’s on a good day. Even now — before
this state and the country’s grand ambitions for

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Twenty-one months after the
country’s first confirmed case of
the coronavirus, the U.S. economy
remains rocked by conflicting
forces, with businesses and
households struggling to adjust
to what many hoped would be a
temporary disruption.
Uncertainty obscures the path
forward. Backlogged supply
chains have left ships — and the
imports they carry — stuck outside key U.S. ports. Inflation has
driven up the cost of everyday
items, and prices aren’t easing.
Restaurant reservations have seesawed for months, bobbing up
and down as Americans consider
whether they feel safe amid the
ongoing pandemic.
Meanwhile, the labor market
has whipsawed millions of Americans through layoffs and then
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STATE OF THE UNION (CNN)
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Rep. Adam
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Fauci; Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton.

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Mark Galeotti, author of “We Need To Talk About Putin:
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The Capitol dome at sunset in early October. Americans warmed to more government to address the pandemic in its earlier stages, but
polling shows a reversion to the norm. That reality confronts Biden and his party as they press ahead for trillions in new spending.

Souring on government bodes ill for Biden’s agenda
A year ago, as
Americans were
casting their votes
for president, the
effects of the
coronavirus
Dan Balz
pandemic had
shifted attitudes
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toward greater
support for a
more robust role
for government. Many
Democrats believed that could
be a long-lasting effect, and
President Biden built his
domestic agenda in part around
the idea that Americans were
ready for big and bold.
Global pandemics have a
history of changing the shape of
societies. Working from home is
one example. A warming toward
government and its role in
helping to alleviate the
pandemic’s shocks to the wellbeing of families and businesses
appeared to be another. Today
there is some evidence that the
public’s appetite for more and
bigger government, at least in
the abstract, is not what it was
last year.
The evidence comes from new
polling from the Gallup
organization, which produces an
annual survey of attitudes about
government, governance and
politics. In last year’s survey,
54 percent of Americans said
government should do more to
solve the country’s problems. In
the latest round, conducted
during the first half of
September, 52 percent said
government is trying to do too
many things that are better left
to businesses and individuals.
The current findings are a
reversion to the norm. Over the
past 29 years of Gallup’s trend on
this question, there was only one
other time when half the country
favored a more active role for

government. That came in the
immediate aftermath of the
attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when
the desire for more government
was focused on security issues
and defending the country from
foreign terrorists, rather than on
whether to spend more to deal
with health and economic issues.
Other than that moment and last
year, Americans have been wary
of too much government.
That reality confronts Biden
and his party as they press ahead
to pass both a bipartisan
infrastructure package and a
Democrats-only package of
social initiatives and climate
programs. Like former
Democratic presidents Bill
Clinton and Barack Obama,
Biden faces the twin challenges
of asking voters to support more
government while also trying to
persuade the public that
government is capable to doing
what these presidents said was
needed.
Republicans have uniformly
stood against more government,
and Democrats have been its
champions, which adds to the
quandary for Biden. As the
intraparty debate in Congress
over what was initially a
$3.5 trillion spending package
shows, there is a perceived
political necessity to do as much
as possible so as not to
disappoint his party’s activist
core. Democrats will need
motivated voters in next year’s
midterm elections (and in the
Virginia gubernatorial election
in a few weeks).
If Republicans and Democrats
haven’t changed much on the
role of government,
independents are the weather
vanes on this question. In 2019, a
bare majority of independents
said government was trying to
do too much. A year later, in the

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56 percent said government
should be doing more. Today,
those who back a more robust
government are down to
38 percent while 57 percent say
government is trying to do too
much.
Independents are a crucial
part of the electorate that will
help decide whether Democrats
hold their majorities in the
House and Senate in next year’s
midterm elections. They were
instrumental in the gains
Democrats made in 2018 and in
Biden’s election last year. If their
current shift in attitude toward
government translates into
skepticism about the Biden
agenda and leadership,
Democrats could be in serious
trouble next year.
Gallup also underscored what
has been a long-standing reality:
the general distrust toward
government. Trust in the
government to handle
international problems is at an
all-time low, at 39 percent. As a
cautionary note, this survey was
done shortly after the chaotic
withdrawal of U.S. forces from
Afghanistan, which could have
negatively affected the findings.
Trust in government to handle
domestic issues was also at
39 percent, again perhaps a
factor of the timing of the survey,
which coincided with the surge
in covid cases from the delta
variant and signs of higher
inflation.
When looked at in comparison
to the average response over
more than two decades, trust in
government to handle both
international and domestic
issues looks almost anemic,
20 points lower than average on
international issues and
14 points lower on domestic
issues.
This is part of the backdrop as
the president and Democratic
leaders in Congress seek
consensus on the big spending
package. But it is not the entire
picture, as administration
officials and Democratic
advocates of big and bold are
quick to note.
Another part of that backdrop
is evidence that major elements
of both the spending and the
revenue sides of the big package
are broadly popular. That
includes child tax credits,
universal prekindergarten,
expanded child care and family
leave as well as higher taxes on
corporations and the wealthiest
taxpayers. The problem is that to
date, the debate has focused on

the price tag, not the pieces.
Biden, House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate
Majority Leader Charles E.
Schumer (D-N.Y.) haven’t yet
found consensus on the exact
size or the individual pieces of
the package to assure passage.
Inside the administration there
is a general sense of progress, the
belief that, if many issues remain
unresolved, all sides are now
closer to agreement than they
were a few weeks ago, when
House liberals balked and forced
Pelosi twice to delay a vote on a
bipartisan infrastructure
package.
That may be accurate, but
meanwhile the ongoing public
debate continues to flare, as it
did last week between Sens.
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is
fighting to preserve as much of
the $3.5 trillion as possible, and
Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), who
has said he favors something
around $1.5 trillion. No one takes
seriously that either Sanders or
Manchin has drawn an
uncrossable red line on the size
of the package. Meanwhile, Sen.
Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), the
other most prominent holdout
next to Manchin, has signaled
problems with some of the tax
pieces in the package.
Ultimately, everyone will have
to give ground lest the Biden
agenda end up collapsing near
the finish line. Still, no one
seems to know right now what
the magic number will be, nor is
it clear just what the
combination of programs will be.
Democratic leaders have
signaled growing urgency on the
need to come together. At some
point, it will be the president’s
call, in consultation with Pelosi
and Schumer, to settle on
something and persuade all sides
to get behind it. He has shown
patience or passivity, depending
on the perspective, but the time
for choosing is not far into the
future.
Biden and his team built this
agenda in the fall of 2020 and
the earliest days of this year, at a
point when the pandemic was
raging and when unmet needs
seemed to demand what has
been described as a
transformative set of programs.
The needs are still there, but
after Biden sells his own party on
the final shape of the package, he
will then need to keep selling it
to the public. Then he’ll need to
show that has delivered results
they can feel and not just a
number.
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People visit the Matanuska Glacier, near Palmer, Alaska, in 2019. While most of it sits on state-owned land, the state controls no ready
road entrances or usable public-access easements. Instead, a company charges an access fee up to $100 a person and requires a tour guide.

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to the tourist attraction
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palmer, alaska — About
100 miles northeast of Anchorage,
off a two-lane highway and nestled between two mountain ranges, the Matanuska Glacier, a
27-mile-long expanse of white and
blue ice, offers a jaw-dropping
view. The ice rises low against the
landscape, a winding blanket of
curves and edges.
A large brown sign directs
those seeking glacier access down
a steep and potholed dirt road.
But instead of driving into a state
or federal park, visitors encounter
a private company that charges an
access fee as high as $100 per
person and requires a glacier tour
guide.
In a region that an estimated
400,000 tourists visited annually
before the coronavirus pandemic,
that private control can be a surprise and a source of controversy.
“It is something that comes up
on every tour, and if it doesn’t
come up on its own . . . I don’t
mind bringing it up,” said Nick
Jenkins, who has guided thousands of visitors on the Matanuska Glacier since 2011 for Nova
Alaska, a tour company based a
few miles west of the access road.
“Some people assume it’s a public
access point. And so they ask, ‘Is
this state park access?’ Or they
ask, ‘What kind of a park is this?’
And the answer typically surprises them that it’s a private park.”
The Matanuska is widely considered the state’s most visitorfriendly glacier because of its
proximity to the highway and the
walkable approach off a parking
lot at the end of the private dirt
road. It stretches down from
Chugach State Park and into a
narrow river valley between the
Chugach and Talkeetna mountain
ranges. Although it is one of about
25,000 glaciers in Alaska, only a
small number of those are visible
from a road.
Like most Alaskan glaciers, the
Matanuska is melting faster than
new ice forms. It is thinning an

estimated 12 inches per year and
retreating about 665 feet. Geologists generally agree that climate
change has increased the rate at
which glaciers such as the Matanuska are disappearing.
Tourists and Alaskans alike are
eager to explore the Matanuska,
but while most of it sits on stateowned land, the state controls no
ready road entrances or usable
public-access easements. Although the glacier can be accessed
via boat, plane, helicopter, snow
machine or a variety of challenging, days-long hikes, most visitors
use the private road, then pass
through the fee station and go to a
parking area managed by longtime resident Bill Stevenson.
To create that access, Stevenson’s Matanuska Glacier Park leverages a patchwork of private
land. It includes property originally settled through homesteading; a road easement that is the
subject of a lawsuit neighbor
Mark Wayson filed against Stevenson that contends, in part, that
the entrance road is unsafe for the
thousands of visitors who use it
every year; and land leased from
the Anchorage-based Cook Inlet
Region Inc. (CIRI), established
through the 1971 Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act, a federal
law that returned land to Alaska
Natives via business entities
known as native corporations.
Stevenson said that the simplest way to get to the glacier is via
private property.
“Not everybody has the ability
to pioneer their own route in the
wilderness,” he said. “The takeaway is that the glaciers are wild
and free. This is one you can go to
easily. You don’t have to spend a
lifetime figuring out how to get
around it. You hire somebody that
does.”
Glaciers are fraught with hazards that range from slips on ice to
falls down sinkholes called a
moulins. Stevenson requires all
but the most experienced glacier
trekkers to be accompanied by
tour guides, a rule he put in place
early this year to help ensure
safety.
Each Glacier Park client is issued a bright orange helmet and a
pair of microspikes, a set of metal
teeth that slip over the bottom of
shoes for stability on the ice.
Guides from the park lead groups

of as many as 25 people through
the glacial silt and mud at the
glacier’s toe, over the rocky moraine and onto the white ice.
Glacier Park charges most local
users $35 per person and nonAlaskan users $100 per person,
and guide tips are expected. Other
companies offer a variety of smaller and longer tours and ice climbing or glacier camping adventures. Users who visit by road
through one of those pay tour
prices set by those businesses,
plus an access fee to Stevenson.
The park is open daily from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., depending on the
season and holidays.
The tours are a steady business,
and despite coronavirus concerns
and restrictions, more visitors
flocked to the glacier in 2020 and
2021 than ever before. Stevenson
said he has had about 40,000 visits this year, with about 30,000 of
those Alaska residents and the
rest out-of-state tourists. Several
other nearby glacier tour companies, including Nova, also reported their busiest years ever but did
not provide specific numbers.
Stevenson leases a portion of
the parking lot and the glacier
land for his tours from CIRI for
about $55,000 a year, according to
court documents filed as part of
the road lawsuit and provided by
Wayson, the neighbor. CIRI officials did not respond to repeated
requests for comment. Lease information for the other land used
by the park was not available.
It is Stevenson’s control of and
rules for access that create the
ongoing conundrum, said Mark
Fleenor, who owns the nearby
Sheep Mountain Lodge. Most
guests who stay in his 13 cabins or
eat at his restaurant come to the
area to see the glacier. Fleenor, a
longtime pilot, bought a helicopter in early 2020 and sells flightseeing tours with glacier landings.
But not all visitors can afford to
or want to fly onto the glacier. And
that means that if Stevenson decides to cut off access for any
reason or close the park without
warning even for a day, Fleenor’s
business could quickly be in trouble.
“I am completely reliant on the
glacier for people to recreate
here,” he said. “And I mean, yes,
I’ve got a helicopter, and I can do
what I want. But my guests far

extend beyond that. . . . If glacier
access was managed in a consistent and reasonable manner, it
would be a huge benefit to the
community.”
The state does have a glacier
viewing area several miles from
Stevenson’s fee station, but it does
not provide access. Although
Fleenor hopes the state will leverage an existing public easement
and create its own access, it is
unlikely to do so because of the
cost, said Stuart Leidner, the state
park superintendent for the area
that includes the Matanuska Glacier.
“To be honest, do I need to
acquire any more lands by any
stretch of the imagination? We do
not need to be managing any
more — we can’t manage what we
have,” he said. “That’s a budget
issue.”
The state parks budget has taken a major hit during the ongoing
state budget crisis, which started
in 2016 and was caused, in part, by
plummeting oil revenue. For example, in 2012, unrestricted general funding for park operations
— money not designated to be
reinvested in specific services —
was about $3.5 million. That
funding hit a low of $53,000 in
2020 and is now $447,000 for
fiscal 2022.
Instead of viewing easy glacier
access as a public right, Nova’s
Jenkins, who also owns land and a
small cabin nearby off the Matanuska River, said he is grateful for
the service that Stevenson’s business allows. Without it, he said,
that private property would simply remain private and the glacier
would be inaccessible to all but
the most adventurous or wellfunded visitors.
“I really appreciate the service
of access that he brings,” he said.
“And I really appreciate the fact
that I’m able to walk on that
glacier and bring people from
around the world onto that glacier. And the accessibility on that
glacier means that I can show
people from all around the world
of all different abilities this absolutely incredible depleting resource. And they don’t have to pay
hundreds of dollars for a helicopter. We can drive right up to it and
walk right onto it. And that access
is second to none.”

1 deputy killed, 2
wounded in ambush
A man with an AR-15-style
rifle ambushed three deputies
outside a Houston bar early
Saturday, killing one and
wounding two others,
authorities in Texas said.
Authorities detained one
person near the scene but he is
not believed to be the shooter,
according to the Houston Police
Department, which is
investigating the incident.
The constable deputies were
working extra security jobs at
the 45 Norte Sports Bar when
two of them responded to a
witness’s report of a suspected
robbery outside the business
around 2:15 a.m., according to
Harris County Precinct 4
Constable Mark Herman.
The two deputies were trying

to arrest someone when another
person ambushed them,
Herman’s office said in a
statement posted on Facebook.
That man had an AR-15-style
rifle and opened fire on them
from behind, according to
authorities. The third deputy
was shot when he came to help.
One of the first deputies who
was shot, Kareem Atkins, died
of his wounds, according to the
constable’s office.

save thousands of lives.
A governors’ highway safety
group says the United States
faces a “car crash epidemic” at
the same time that safety rules
languish.
An Associated Press review of
rulemaking by the National
Highway Traffic Safety
Administration under the past
three presidents found at least
13 auto safety rules past due.
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As traffic fatalities spike in
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federal agency in charge of auto
safety is struggling with a
growing backlog of safety rules
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years overdue and estimated to

Now 41, man who killed 4year-old at age 13 paroled: Eric

M. Smith, who was 13 when he
killed a 4-year-old boy with a
rock in western New York, has
been granted parole, corrections
officials said Saturday. Smith,
now 41, appeared for the 11th
time before the New York State
Board of Parole on Oct. 5 and
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Trump’s never-ending parade of election falsehoods belongs in a new category
The Fact
Checker
GLENN
KESSLER

“All of these
calamities are the
direct, predictable
and disastrous
consequence of a
totally corrupt
election.”

complaining that they weren’t
allowed to vote because they
were told that their ballot had
already been cast.”
This has been a persistent
claim by Trump in various states
— that Trump supporters went
to vote, only to find their ballot
had already been cast
(presumably by Democratic
operatives) and thus they were
given a provisional ballot.
But no evidence has ever
emerged to prove this. For
instance, Trump’s chief lawyer,
former New York mayor
Rudolph W. Giuliani, suggested
that 17,000 provisional ballots
were cast in Pittsburgh because
Democrats had already cast
fraudulent ballots on behalf of
someone who unexpectedly
turned up to vote. But there is
no evidence that is the case;
instead, there were a variety of
issues, such as a missing
signature on a form, that cause a
provisional ballot to be used.

— Former
president Donald
Trump, during a
speech in Des
Moines, Oct. 9

During a nearly two-hour
speech this month, filled with
his usual falsehoods, the former
president devoted more than 20
minutes to claiming, in detail,
how the 2020 presidential
election supposedly was stolen
from him.
This is a claim that has failed
to be proven in recounts, in the
courts, in state investigations
and in repeated audits
demanded by his supporters. Yet
the former president remains
undeterred.
We’ve largely ignored Trump’s
rallies since he left office. But
given that nearly a year has
passed since he lost the election,
we figured it would be useful for
readers to see whether he’s
saying much new about it.
Trump’s technique from the
start has been to overwhelm his
listeners with details — usually
irrelevant details — to leave an
impression of an election system
that is highly suspicious and
fraudulent.
Trump generally focuses on
the swing states he narrowly
lost. One thing that is striking is
that his act barely has been
freshened since his speech on
the National Mall on Jan. 6 that
was soon followed by the attack
on the Capitol by his supporters.
The one exception is Arizona,
where an audit underwritten by
supporters has given him some
fresh numbers for his assault on
the election process.
Let’s look at the highlights by
state.
(At the rally, he barely
mentioned one swing state,
Wisconsin, except to mention a
poll he disliked.)
Arizona
“23,344 mail-in ballots came
from people who no longer lived
at that address. . . . No chain of
custody for 1.9 million mail-in
ballots. . . . 2,500 duplicated
ballots with no serial number.
. . . At least 1,900 blank mail-in
ballot envelopes were discovered.
. . . 2,081 votes were cast by
people who had moved out of the
state. . . . 284,412 ballot images
were, quote, corrupt; they quoted
‘corrupt or missing.’ Oh, but I
only lost by a little more than
10,000 votes.”
This is a good example of how
Trump weaves a web of
conspiracy. He lists a bunch of a
highly specific numbers, most of
which are meaningless, and
then contrasts them with
President Biden’s narrow
margin of victory.
Interestingly, Arizona was one
state where Biden’s margin
shrank from election night as
the counting continued. Trump
never mentions this, though he
constantly harps on the fact that
in other states, such as
Pennsylvania and Michigan, his
election night margin
disappeared as more votes were
counted. In the end, Biden
pulled off a victory in Arizona —
and it was not because of fraud
but probably because of Trump’s
constant attacks on Sen. John
McCain, even after he died of
cancer. McCain was a
Republican, but his widow
endorsed Biden.
In Arizona, Trump supporters
spent nearly $6 million on an

JABIN BOTSFORD/THE WASHINGTON POST

Former president Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally in Des Moines on Oct. 9. During a nearly two-hour speech, he devoted
more than 20 minutes to claiming, with misleading details, how the 2020 election supposedly was stolen from him.

exhaustive review of ballots in
Maricopa County — and the
widely criticized review actually
ended up increasing Biden’s
margin of victory. But the audit,
conducted by the Cyber Ninjas,
also gave Trump a new set of
numbers with which to confuse
his supporters.
We’re not going to go into
detail, but let’s look at a few
examples.
Trump said that 23,344 mailin ballots came from people who
no longer lived at that address.
So what? This is legal under
federal election law. For
instance, military and overseas
voters cast ballots that can be
tied to their address back home.
Also, people may move just
before an election; they can still
vote as long as their driver’s
license address still matches the
voter registration address. In
any case, the Cyber Ninjas came
up with this number by
matching the names of voters
against a commercial database
of addresses, not a database of
voters.
As for the 2,081 voters who
allegedly moved out of state,
Maricopa County says that a
spot check using voter
registration numbers found no
discrepancies.
Trump also mentions 2,500
“duplicated ballots with no
serial numbers.” That was a
figure that circulated in rightwing tweets when the draft
report appeared, but the final
report says 500 — and labels the
issue of “low” concern.
As for the “corrupt or
missing” ballot images (Trump
yet again gave a figure different
than in the final report),
Maricopa County said the Cyber
Ninjas did not know where to
look. “The server isn’t the place
to find all ballot images. We
provided the hard drives that
contain all ballot images and
confirmed these images were
not corrupted and could be
opened,” the county said in a
tweet.
Georgia
“It was recently reported that
43,000 absentee ballot votes
were counted in DeKalb County,

Ga., that violated the chain-ofcustody rules. 43,000. Georgia
was decided by only 11,779 votes.
In other words, I needed 11,779
votes. And they have 40,000 here
and 20,000 here.”
Here again, Trump is kicking
up dust to call into question his
narrow loss in Georgia. This
time, he has numbers courtesy
of a Trump-friendly website
called Georgia Star News —
which is part of a chain of
websites that purport to be
about local news but exist
mainly to keep alive Trump’s
election falsehoods in key
electoral college states.
As we have reported before,

One thing that is
striking is that his act
barely has been
freshened since his
speech on the National
Mall on Jan. 6.
the Star News has attempted to
make hay out of chain-ofcustody issues all year, even
though the GOP-run secretary of
state’s office says nothing of
importance had been
uncovered. DeKalb County is a
heavily Democratic county that
is more than 50 percent Black.
The Georgia Star News alleges
that although ballots are
supposed to go from the drop
boxes immediately to the county,
some absentee ballot box forms
were not logged by the county
until hours later or the next day.
Georgia Secretary of State
Brad Raffensperger told CNN
that, even so, ballots were still
valid. “The ballots themselves
were approved and are lawful
ballots, but were processes
violated? That’s what we’re
investigating right now,” he said.
“Also in Georgia, everybody’s
heard the water main break
story, right? Where people were

rushed out of the vote tabulation
room because of the water main
break. ‘There’s a water main
break, everybody leave.’ They all
ran out, but there was no water
main break. Only to see a crew
of Democrat operatives, or
whoever, come back and start
pouring votes into machines
from boxes that mysteriously
appeared from under a table.”
This story is one of Trump’s
favorite falsehoods — that
Republican poll watchers were
ejected in Fulton County and
that video showed suitcases of
ballots had been hidden under
tables — but it’s been repeatedly
debunked.
First of all, there was no
“water main break.” A urinal
simply leaked in the State Farm
Arena, where absentee and
military ballots were counted in
the state.
The Fact Checker investigated
at the time, and the surveillance
video — which comprises four
security camera feeds — showed
no irregularities, illegal behavior
or evidence of malfeasance on
behalf of poll workers.
The “boxes” have been
repeatedly identified by election
officials as the standard boxes
used in Fulton County to
transport and store ballots.
Additionally, the video doesn’t
even prove Trump’s assertion
that GOP monitors were told to
leave the counting room for poll
workers to engage in illegal
ballot counting. Georgia
elections official Gabriel
Sterling, a Republican, at the
time said no formal
announcement to clear the room
was ever made. Sterling added
that the full surveillance feed
shows workers handling ballots
that were stored and processed
in full view of the news media
and partisan monitors earlier in
the evening.
“This is what’s really
frustrating: The president’s legal
team had the entire tape,”
Sterling said. “They watched the
entire tape. They intentionally
misled the state Senate, the
voters and the people of the
United States about this.”
Pennsylvania

“In Pennsylvania, there were
reportedly hundreds of
thousands of more votes than
there were voters. Oh, I see
Philadelphia, more votes than
voters. That’s a tough one to
explain. Why didn’t they do
something about that?”
This falsehood is based on a
misunderstanding of an
incomplete voter registration
database, which was missing
numbers for some of the most
populous counties in the state.
“To put it simply, this so-called
analysis was based on
incomplete data,” said
Pennsylvania’s Department of
State, which labeled the claim
“obvious misinformation.”
A small group of Republican
state representatives began to
circulate this claim about a
month after Pennsylvania’s
election results were certified
and Gov. Tom Wolf (D) had
issued a certificate of
ascertainment of presidential
electors stating that Biden
received 80,555 more votes than
Trump in the state.
“In Pennsylvania, thousands
of voters reported receiving at
least two ballots in the mail, and
many others reported receiving
mail-in ballots without
requesting them. They just
happened to flow in. They flowed
in on Election Day.”
Trump is again making
mountains out of molehills. In
October, some voters in
Allegheny and Fayette counties
received incorrectly printed
ballots.
In both cases, election
officials issued corrected ballots
and made clear: “Only one
ballot will be counted for each
voter.”
The state also contacted in
October about 4,300 voters who
received two ballots because of a
printing error. Department of
State spokesperson Ellen Lyon
told reporters that any duplicate
ballots were “coded for the same
voter, so if a voter tried to
submit more than one, the
system would literally prevent
the second ballot from being
counted.”
“Thousands of people were

Michigan
“Oh, and again in Detroit, which
is known as the single most
corrupt election venue in the
country for many years, but
nobody went to look at that.
There were many more votes
than there were voters.”
Detroiters cast 257,619 ballots
in the Nov. 3 election. There are
506,305 registered voters in the
city. This falsehood is based on a
ridiculous misunderstanding:
An affidavit filed in a Georgia
election case that made this
claim mixed up two states that
started with “Mi.” The precincts
were not in Wayne County,
Mich., but in some of the
reddest parts of Minnesota —
Trump country.
Our colleague Aaron Blake
further dug into the data and
found that even in those
Minnesota precincts, the data in
the affidavit was off. Minnesota
has same-day registration and
very high turnout rates. Blake
determined that the number of
voters matched the number of
votes cast. He speculated that
the affidavit might have been
relying upon incomplete
“estimated voters” data from the
Minnesota secretary of state in
the days after the election.
Trump’s allies also tried to
blame the “overvote” problem
on Dominion voting machines,
but the counties in Minnesota in
question did not use Dominion
machines.
This is a prime example of the
incompetence of the president’s
legal team in the aftermath of
the election. But astonishingly,
almost a year later, Trump is still
making this claim.
Miscellaneous
“No presidential candidate has
ever lost an election while
winning Florida, Ohio and a
place called Iowa. First time it’s
ever happened.”
Trump again is suggesting
something fishy happened. But
he needs to brush up on his
electoral college history.
Richard M. Nixon, a
Republican, won Florida, Ohio
and Iowa in 1960 — and lost to
John F. Kennedy, a Democrat.
In 1960, the three states
totaled 45 electoral college
votes, and in 2020, they
amounted to 53 electoral college
votes.
The Pinocchio Test
Is there any doubt? But truly,
Four Pinocchios is not enough.
glenn.kessler@washpost.com

U.S. plans to pay families of Afghans killed in mistaken drone strike
BY

A DELA S ULIMAN

The United States has pledged
to make undisclosed “ex gratia
condolence payments” to the
families of 10 Afghan civilians —
including seven children — who
were killed in a mistaken drone
strike in August, as American
troops were exiting the country,
the Pentagon said in a statement
late Friday.
The statement follows a meeting Thursday between U.S. officials and the head of a Californiabased charity that employed
Zamarai Ahmadi, the Afghan
man targeted and killed in the
drone strike on Aug. 29.
Ahmadi, a father of four, was
an aid worker with the U.S.
nonprofit organization, which
was working to alleviate malnutrition in Afghanistan. He had
just returned home to his family
compound in a neighborhood
west of Kabul’s Hamid Karzai
International Airport when a
Hellfire missile strike was conducted.

U.S. military officials said they
had tracked Ahmadi’s white Toyota sedan for hours after the
vehicle left what U.S. officials
thought was a safe house for the
Islamic
State-Khorasan,
or
ISIS-K. The Pentagon later issued a mea culpa and said the
strike was a result of a chain of
miscalculations by U.S. commanders, who wrongly thought
the aid worker was carrying
explosives in his car, they said.
Thursday’s virtual meeting
took place between Colin Kahl,
the U.S. undersecretary of defense for policy, and Steven
Kwon, the founder and president
of Nutrition & Education International, the charity that employed
Ahmadi,
Pentagon
spokesman John Kirby said in
the statement Friday.
“Dr. Kahl noted that the strike
was a tragic mistake and that Mr.
Zemari Ahmadi and others who
were killed were innocent victims, who bore no blame and
were not affiliated with ISIS-K or
threats to U.S. forces,” Kirby said.

(The Pentagon and The Washington Post use different spellings of
Ahmadi’s first name.)
Kahl also reiterated Secretary
of Defense Lloyd Austin’s “commitment to the families, including offering ex gratia condolence
payments,” the statement added.
During the meeting, Kwon
paid tribute to Ahmadi’s work
over many years “providing care
and lifesaving assistance” to Afghans, according to Kirby’s statement.
The Defense Department had
initially defended the drone operation as a “righteous strike.”
However, in September, Austin
said in a statement: “We now
know that there was no connection between Mr. Ahmadi and
ISIS-Khorasan, that his activities
on that day were completely
harmless and not at all related to
the imminent threat we believed
we faced.”
Austin apologized for Ahmadi’s death, describing him and
others as innocent victims and
pledged “to learn from this horri-

ble mistake.”
Last month, members of the
Ahmadi family told The Post that
the attack had upended their
lives, shattered their home and
cast a dangerous spotlight on
them as having worked with
foreigners, in addition to giving
rise to false accusations that the
family had ties to the Islamic
State.
“We are happy they have acknowledged their mistake and
confirmed that they killed innocent people,” Zamarai Ahmadi’s
32-year-old brother Emal told
The Post.
The drone strike on the compound that Ahmadi shared with
his three brothers and their families killed Zamarai and three of
his sons — Zamir, 20, Faisal, 16,
and Farzad, 11. Three children of
another brother — Arween, 7,
Binyamin, 6, and Ayat, 2 — also
died, along with Emal’s 3-yearold daughter, Malika, and his
nephew Nasser, 30. A cousin’s
infant daughter, Sumaiya, also
was killed.

Zamarai Ahmadi was his family’s main breadwinner with his
$500 monthly salary, and the
family was seeking compensation from the U.S. government
and help in leaving Afghanistan
for resettlement in the United
States or another safe country,
Emal said.
“We want peace and comfort
for our remaining years. Everyone makes mistakes. The Americans cannot bring back our loved
ones, but they can take us out of
here,” Samim Ahmadi, 24, the
stepson of Zamarai Ahmadi, said
last month.
Kirby’s statement Friday confirmed that the Defense Department was working with the State
Department “in support of Mr.
Ahmadi’s family members who
are interested in relocation to
the United States.”
The August drone strike came
days after a suicide attack at
Kabul airport claimed the lives of
at least 170 Afghans and 13 U.S.
service members. It also followed
days of chaos in Kabul as thou-

sands of Afghans tried to flee
through the airport amid a Taliban takeover of the country and
a hurried withdrawal of U.S.
troops.
The security situation in Afghanistan under the Taliban remains precarious.
On Friday, suicide bombers
attacked a Shiite mosque in the
southern city of Kandahar during the main weekly prayers,
killing at least 50 people. The
Islamic State said it carried out
the attack.
The group also claimed a similar attack on a mosque in Kunduz days earlier.
The frequency of attacks has
deepened concerns that in the
aftermath of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, other militant groups are growing in
strength and finding a haven for
their activities around the country. The deadly violence also has
fueled skepticism about the Taliban’s ability to maintain security
across the vast country.
adela.suliman@washpost.com

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Prisoners
cleared for
transfer
remain
Unclear when
Guantánamo detainees
will be able to leave
BY

A BIGAIL H AUSLOHNER

The U.S. government this
month cleared for transfer three
more detainees held at the military prison at Guantánamo Bay,
Cuba, attorneys say, a step toward
reducing the prisoner population
in advance of any effort to close
the facility.
But to be recommended for
transfer by a board composed of
the top national security agencies
doesn’t mean that a detainee gets
to leave Guantánamo. There are
now 13 men who have been designated by the multiagency Periodic Review Board as eligible for
transfer in accordance with U.S.
national security concerns. Three
of them have continued to be held
at Guantánamo for more than a
decade. One has been waiting for
six years, and six other men were
cleared for transfer home or to a
third country earlier this year.
Attorneys for the detainees,
none of whom have ever been
charged with a crime, complain
that the Biden administration,
despite statements that it wants
to close Guantánamo, isn’t doing
enough to make it happen.
“If I had to make a bet on
what’s happening, this is an example of the Biden administration, distracted by the pandemic
and the economy, not paying any
attention to actually making
transfers happen,” said Shane
Kadilal, an attorney at the Center
for Constitutional Rights, who
represents Algerian detainee
Sufyian Barhoumi, who was
cleared six years ago.
The prison, which has held
nearly 800 detainees and now
houses 39, became a global symbol of American torture and
abuse, following the Sept. 11,
2001, attacks.
President Biden has not appointed a special envoy — as
President Barack Obama did —
dedicated to negotiating the
transfer of detainees, and the
administration has said little
about its plans for the 13 men
cleared to depart by a board made
up of all the major national security agencies, including the CIA,
the director of national intelligence, the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice
Department.
The administration has repatriated just one detainee since
Biden took office, and that was a
Moroccan whose transfer arrangement was initiated under
the Obama administration.
“The resettlement of Guantánamo detainees in appropriate

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At the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, 13 of the facility’s 39 remaining detainees have been designated by a review board as eligible for transfer. Three of them
have continued to be held for more than a decade, one has been waiting for six years, and six others were cleared for transfer home or to a third country this year.

recipient countries is a multistep
process,” said a State Department
official who, like others, spoke on
the condition of anonymity to
discuss internal deliberations.
Ongoing negotiations “are also
addressing a range of related
issues, including rehabilitation
programs and resource gaps associated with hosting former detainees. Those arrangements may
require significant time to negotiate, and we are making progress,”
the official said.
The State Department’s acting
coordinator for counterterrorism
John T. Godfrey has been leading
those efforts, officials say.
The three men cleared this
month include one of the last two
remaining Afghans, Asadullah
Haroon Gul, a member of Hezb-iIslami Gulbuddin, a militant
group once allied with al-Qaeda
and the Taliban, but which made
peace with the Afghan government in 2016; Sanad al-Kazimi, a
Yemeni father of four, who was
arrested in the United Arab Emirates 18 years ago on suspicion of
being an al-Qaeda member and
former bodyguard of Osama bin
Laden; and a Pakistani, Mohammed Ahmed Rabbani, whose attorneys say was a taxi driver
picked up in Karachi and handed
to the CIA in a case of mistaken
identity.
“Nothing makes sense,” said
Barhoumi, whose repatriation to
Algeria was first approved under

the Obama administration, in a
message communicated through
his attorney. “You’re dealing with
a human being.” He said he aches
to see his mother, his brothers,
and the nieces and nephews he
has never met. “We still live in
limbo after 20 years,” he said.
“Until when?”
The Trump administration

“This is an example of
the Biden
administration,
distracted by the
pandemic and the
economy, not paying
any attention to actually
making transfers
happen.”
Shane Kadilal, attorney at the
Center for Constitutional Rights

largely froze transfers out of
Guantánamo. The Biden administration began a review process
earlier this year to examine cases
“that were unable to be completed prior to the end of the Obama

administration,” said a person
with knowledge of the situation.
“It’s only complicated because
[the Biden administration is] letting it be complicated,” said
George Clarke, who represents
the Yemeni national Tawfiq al-Bihani who has been held the longest — nearly 11 years past his
approval for transfer. “They don’t
want to actually deal with it. It
requires real willpower and doing the right thing in the face of
political exposure. And nobody
has the guts to do that. Which is
why it should be up to the courts.”
Last month the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reviewed the case of Abdulsalam
al-Hela, a Yemeni businessman
held at Guantánamo since 2004,
who was cleared by the Periodic
Review Board in June. Hela has
asked the court to rule his detention unlawful. The Justice Department argued that it is not —
even after the same department
participated in the Periodic Review Board decision that cleared
Hela for transfer.
A Board determination about
the threat of a detainee “does not
address the legality of any individual’s detention,” said Pentagon
spokesman Michael L. Howard.
For Rabbani, who was also
cleared this month, the acknowledgment is so overdue that it
would be comical if not so tragic,
one of his lawyers said Friday.
Rabbani, picked up in his native

Pakistan, was initially accused of
being a wanted man named Hassan Ghul, his attorney Clive
Stafford Smith said in an interview over the summer. Rabbani
denied the assertion, but was sent
to a CIA black site, where Smith
said he was tortured for a year
and a half before being sent to
Guantánamo.
As late as 2019, the Periodic
Review Board asserted that Rabbani was in fact a longtime alQaeda associate, who had worked
with alleged 9/11 mastermind
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and
therefore still posed “a significant
threat” to the United States. The
board, which typically announces
its decisions several days or
weeks after the fact, has not yet
published its new recommendation for Rabbani’s transfer. One of
Rabbani’s attorneys said they
learned of his clearance Friday.
Eventually, the U.S. captured
the real Hassan Ghul “and took
him to the same [expletive] prison,” Stafford Smith said, referring
to the black site. And then, it let
him go. “Because he was cooperative.”
Bihani, the Yemeni who was
cleared almost 11 years ago, “was,
at best, a wannabe jihadi 20 years
ago” who never actually made it
to the battlefield, Clarke said. The
government says he was captured
in Iran in 2001 or 2002 by Iranian
police, turned over to Afghan
authorities which turned him

over to the Americans.
In 2016 — six years after his
clearance — the military told
Bihani that he would be transferred to Saudi Arabia, where he
had grown up. Instead, at the last
minute and without explanation,
Clarke said, the Pentagon canceled the transfer.
“He’s depressed, he’s despondent. He doesn’t understand why
this is happening,” Clarke said of
Bihani.
Biden’s declared end of the war
in Afghanistan and the withdrawal of American troops has
further underscored the arbitrariness of continuing the detentions, attorneys say.
Of the 219 Afghans sent to
Guantánamo following the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, only
Gul and one other remain. Early
this year, the U.S.-backed Afghan
government — before the Taliban’s return to power — filed
their support for Gul’s release in
court, saying his continued detention was “detrimental” to
U.S.-Afghan relations.
“It’s really great in my opinion
that [Gul] has been recommended for transfer,” said his attorney
Mark Maher, from the nonprofit
Reprieve. “But it’s not really clear
when, if ever, that he’s going to be
released from Guantánamo.”
abigail.hauslohner@washpost.com
Missy Ryan contributed to this
report.

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Political posturing warps
trial involving Marine’s
criticism of U.S. policy
BY

D AN L AMOTHE

camp lejeune, n.c. – When a
Marine officer who repeatedly disrespected senior officials in videos
he posted online about the U.S.
withdrawal from Afghanistan
took the stand in a military courtroom here Thursday, there were
two versions of the man on trial.
First, there was Lt. Col. Stuart
Scheller, a combat veteran who, in
defiance of tradition and direct
orders, took to social media repeatedly to call out senior U.S.
officials for their handling of the
withdrawal from Afghanistan.
This Scheller acknowledged that
if he was going to call out others,
he had to be held accountable for
his own actions — willfully flouting military discipline.
“We have a lieutenant colonel
who decided on his own it was
appropriate to become the voice
of change,” said Lt. Col. Troy
Campbell, a Marine Corps prosecutor. In repeatedly escalating
his rhetoric, Scheller “quit on his
command,” Campbell alleged.
Then there was Scheller the
conservative cause — a political
vehicle for some lawmakers to
attack the Biden administration
and its handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan. The fact that
Scheller disobeyed lawful orders
and leveled his criticism at civilian and military leaders while he
was in uniform, actions that any
administration would find intolerable, mostly went unaddressed.
Testifying on his behalf were
some of the most controversial
members of Congress, including
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
(R-Ga.), who has no military experience. She told the military
court that President Biden should
be impeached for his management of the U.S. withdrawal from
Afghanistan and questioned why
Scheller was on trial.
The court-martial highlighted
the strains on the military as it
attempts to uphold a nonpartisan
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politics are deeply polarized and
many Americans are questioning
how U.S. military engagement in
Afghanistan ended in defeat after
20 years of war.
Jason Dempsey, a retired Army
officer who studies civil-military
relations, said that there are many
reasons to be angry with generals
about how the war was prosecuted. But cases like Scheller’s,
he said, inject partisanship into
how the military and civilians interact in a way that is unhealthy
for the country.
“What you’re seeing is everybody trying to get a piece of this
last respected institution for their
own purposes,” said Dempsey,
who is now an adjunct fellow at
the Center for a New American
Security. “People are going after
and using these members of the
military to advance their own political arguments.”
Scheller, a 17-year infantry officer who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, pleaded guilty to contempt toward officials, disrespect
toward superior commissioned
officers, willfully disobeying a superior commissioned officer, dereliction in the performance of duties and conduct unbecoming an
officer and a gentleman. As part of
his plea deal, Scheller signed an
11-page stipulation of facts in
which Marine prosecutors detailed 27 instances in which
Scheller violated laws or regulations as a military officer.
On Friday, Scheller was sentenced to a letter of reprimand
and $5,000 in forfeited pay. The
Marine Corps sought a stiffer
docking of pay but did not attempt
to force him out with a negative
discharge that would mean a loss
in benefits. Instead, he’ll resign
his commission.
Scheller burst into public view
on Aug. 26, hours after a suicide
bomber from an Islamic State affiliate detonated in Kabul, killing
13 U.S. services members and
more than 170 Afghans as U.S.
troops carried out a chaotic and
dangerous evacuation effort.
Sitting in his office in uniform
at Camp Lejeune, Scheller recorded a video in which he identified
himself by rank and as the commander of the Advanced Infantry
Training Battalion. He said he felt
a “growing discontent and con-

MARINE CORPS

At Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller’s court-martial, Rep. Marjorie Taylor
Greene (R-Ga.) testified and urged President Biden’s impeachment.

“People are going after
and using these
members of the military
to advance their own
political arguments.”
Jason Dempsey, retired Army officer
who studies civil-military relations

tempt” for what he saw as “ineptitude” by senior U.S. officials overseeing the war and its end.
“The reason that people are so
upset on social media right now is
not because the Marine on the
battlefield let someone down,”
Scheller said in the video, which
he posted to Facebook and
LinkedIn. “That service member
has always rose to the occasion
and done extraordinary things.
People are upset because their
senior leaders let them down, and
none of them are raising their
hands and saying, ‘We messed this
up.’”
Scheller was quickly removed
from his job, and he testified that
his wife left him after the first
video appeared. But, despite orders to stop, he continued to post
his criticisms on social media for
weeks, taking aim at officials that
included Defense Secretary Lloyd
Austin; Gen. David H. Berger, the

commandant of the Marine
Corps; and Marine Gen. Kenneth
F. McKenzie Jr., the chief of U.S.
Central Command.
At the same time, Scheller said,
he received support from the families of some U.S. troops killed in
combat, junior enlisted Marines
and lawmakers.
On Thursday, Scheller said that
he knew he was breaking the law
and wanted to take responsibility
for doing so. But in a fiery, 20-minute statement, he also doubled
down on his comments, saying
that his criticism was not about
politics and that he came to the
conclusion that senior leaders
were unwilling to have an honest
discussion about their shortcomings.
“This whole process, in my
opinion, should be a case study on
how the system can turn on someone who speaks out,” he said. “I
truly hope going forward that Marine Corps leaders can better tolerate challenges to the system.”
Campbell challenged the implication that the Marine Corps had
immediately cast him out. Scheller's commanders sought several
times to intervene and correct
Scheller's behavior before throwing him in the brig for nine days in
pretrial confinement, the prosecutor said.
In court, Greene and two other
Republican members of Congress
— Reps. Louie Gohmert of Texas
and Ralph Norman of South Carolina — were called by the defense
to testify after Scheller already
had pleaded guilty. They sought to
reframe the debate as not about
Scheller’s actions as an officer, but
about the failures and political
motives of senior U.S. officials,
raising some incidents that had
nothing to do with Afghanistan or
Scheller.
Gohmert said that Gen. Mark
A. Milley, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, distanced himself
from President Donald Trump after appearing alongside him in
Lafayette Square in June 2020
following a clearing of racial justice protesters by federal security
forces. Gohmert said that Milley
“read the writing on the wall” and
did so for his own political benefit.
But the congressman left out that
there was broad outcry against
Milley at the time, and that the

general later apologized for creating “the perception of the military
involved in domestic politics.”
Gohmert, appearing outside
the courthouse Thursday evening, insisted that he was not
politicizing the case by appearing.
“I’m not here for politics,”
Gohmert said. “I’m here to help
Stu Scheller.”
One of Scheller’s attorneys, Tim
Parlatore, said they had Greene
testify after she offered to help.
Parlatore said that the defense
team would have been “glad to
have both parties” assist if someone had offered.
Scheller has previously distanced himself from Trump, saying in a Facebook post last month
that while others told him to “kiss
the ring” and seek the former
president’s help, he didn’t want to
and that “I hate” how Trump “divided the country.”
In court, prosecutors objected
several times to testimony from
Greene and Anthony Shaffer, a
retired Army officer who testified
on Scheller’s behalf and previously advised the Trump presidential
campaign. Shaffer likened Scheller to a whistleblower and claimed
that he had no choice but to express his opinion.
The judge overseeing the case,
Col. Glen Hines, sustained several
objections by the prosecution and
said that it appeared the defense
team was raising political issues
rather than focusing on Scheller’s
case.
“I’m kind of at a loss for what
I’m supposed to do with this testimony,” Hines said while Shaffer
was on the stand.
Dempsey said that general officers should consider how to avoid
politicization of the military as
they handle sensitive cases like
Scheller’s. Considering the moderate sentence, Dempsey said,
Scheller could have been reprimanded without holding a courtmartial that brought in lawmakers.
“It was opening up the military
justice system for arguments that
either should have taken place on
campaign stops or on the floor of
the House of Representatives,” he
said. “It just goes to indicate how
much partisanship could seep
into the military.”
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House Democrats have so far avoided a retirement wave that imperils majority
House Democrats
have fended off a
series of
PAUL KANE
retirement
announcements
by veteran lawmakers the past
few months, deflecting questions
about whether these departures
are a sign that members think
the party is about to lose the
majority in next year’s midterm
elections.
The latest example unfolded
after Tuesday’s decision by Rep.
John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) to retire at
the end of 2022 rather than seek
reelection, ending a 16-year run
representing the Louisville
region and giving up the
chairman’s gavel of the House
Budget Committee.
Yarmuth faced repeated
questions about whether he saw
the political writing on the wall
and wanted to get out on his
own terms rather than returning
to life in the minority.
“Believe me, it has nothing to
do with it,” Yarmuth told
reporters Tuesday in the Capitol.
The 73-year-old can point to
his own personal reasons —
Yarmuth appears to be trying to
set up his son to run for the seat
— and a broader review shows
that there is no major jail break
among Democrats heading for
the exits out of line with
previous election cycles.
But everyone knows that more
retirements are coming, and
with Democrats holding a
majority of just three seats for
now, they can ill afford too many
open seats in even remotely
competitive races.
One hope is that, with states
drawing up new district lines for
all 435 seats, Republicans will
join them in declining to run for
reelection amid a hyperpartisan
climate that can infuriate
everyone.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if you
get more announced retirements
or doing something else,” said
Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.), who
expects some to run for other
office. “I’d be surprised if it was
all on one side. Look around this
environment. I have as many
Republican friends as disgusted
with what’s going on in Congress
these days.”
Kind’s decision to retire,
announced Aug. 10, delivered a
gut punch in Democratic circles
because his western Wisconsin

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Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), seen in June, announced on Tuesday his decision to retire at the end of next year. He faced repeated questions
about whether he saw the political writing on the wall and wanted to get out on his own terms rather than returning to life in the minority.

district has tilted rightward in
recent years, favoring Donald
Trump in each of the last two
presidential elections. Many fear
that without the familiar Kind
on the ballot, Republicans could
pick up a relatively easy victory
there on a march toward the
majority.
But his retirement
announcement did not turn into
a flood of other similar
decisions, as only Yarmuth has
since also decided against
reelection. His district is safe for
Democrats unless Republicans
in Kentucky carve it up through
redistricting.
Indeed, just 10 Democrats
have so far decided not to run for
reelection to their House seat,
while nine Republicans have
decided against reelection and
another resigned. This is a
slower pace than what the GOP
faced recently.
By late October 2019, 18 House
Republicans had announced

they would not run for
reelection, and by late October
2017, 15 Republicans had
announced they were not going
to run for reelection or for other
office.
For now, though, Democratic
retirements pose a slightly
bigger problem because up to
eight of those seats could be
politically vulnerable next year,
depending on how legislators
draw district lines, while only a
couple of the GOP vacancies so
far are potential gains for
Democrats.
The holiday season, from
Thanksgiving through Christmas
and into the new year, serves
traditionally as a gut-check
moment for lawmakers.
From 2011 through 2020, the
final two months of the off year
and January of the election year
have prompted the most
retirement announcements for
members of the House,
according to data compiled by

Ballotpedia.
So, strategists at the
Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee and
National Republican
Congressional Committee are
keeping their eyes focused on a
few dozen lawmakers to see
what they do.
Back in 2009, the last period
when Democrats controlled both
majorities and the White House,
their party managed to avoid an
early rush of House members
announcing they wouldn’t run
for reelection.
Then, starting in late
November through the middle of
December, four veteran
Democrats announced they
would not run the following
year, including John S. Tanner,
an 11-term Democrat who
founded the Blue Dog Coalition
of centrist Democrats.
All four of those seats flipped
to Republicans, with Tanner’s
west Tennessee seat turning into

a deeply safe district for the most
conservative lawmakers. All told,
Democrats suffered a net loss of
63 seats in 2010, leaving them in
the minority the following eight
years.
For Republicans, in late 2017 a
flood of retirement
announcements followed a
summer of political discontent
with their failure to repeal the
Affordable Care Act, with
eventually 34 GOP members
deciding not to stand for
reelection — and Democrats
gained 40 seats and the majority.
No one is predicting such a
big defeat for Democrats next
year, as the Trump presidency
forced a political sorting of so
many congressional districts.
Many strategists think that
neither party will push much
above 235 seats for years to
come: Democrats currently hold
220 seats, with two more that are
vacant and very likely to be in
their fold after special elections

next month, while Republicans
hold 212 seats and have another
likely to be claimed next month.
But there’s a similar vibe to
this fall’s legislative slog to try to
pass President Biden’s
multitrillion-dollar agenda of
traditional infrastructure
projects and a burst of new
social safety net programs, akin
to the months-long journey of
trying to pass the ACA in 2009
and 2010.
“This is what legislating looks
like. It’s not pretty — there’s 24/7
news coverage. People see it day
in and day out, and they get
frustrated,” Kind said.
In November 2009,
Republicans easily won
gubernatorial races in Virginia
and New Jersey, and shortly
thereafter House Democrats
approved their first draft of the
ACA.
That legislation contained
proposals that were considered
popular, such as protections for
patients with preexisting
conditions, but the overall health
proposal did not gain broad
acceptance until years later.
Now, Biden is pushing a
package that includes very
popular proposals individually,
such as dental, vision and
hearing benefits for the elderly
through Medicare, but polls
show that the public has little
understanding of what the entire
“Build Back Better” agenda
entails.
The Democratic retirements
started after those gubernatorial
losses and the first passage of the
ACA, accelerating in January
after a little-known Republican,
Scott Brown, pulled off a huge
upset and won a special election
to fill the Senate seat of the late
Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.).
Democrats fear that next
month’s governor’s race in
Virginia, which has trended
toward Democrats the past 15
years, could serve as a similar
jolt if Republican Glenn
Youngkin pulls off the upset.
Yarmuth has not given up on
the House, as he is encouraging
his son, Aaron Yarmuth, who
owns a news organization, to
consider running for his seat.
“It’s a natural thing for him to
consider. He’s very political and
he has a lot of good ideas,” he
said.
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President Biden walks to
board Marine One on the
South Lawn at the White
House on Friday. His
climate agenda is in
jeopardy as a proposed
clean energy program faces
stiff opposition from Sen.
Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.).
Democrats are now rushing
to hammer out a deal that
can unite the liberal and
centrist wings of the party
while delivering on a White
House pledge on climate.

The uncertainty
around climate
change reflects only
part of the challenge
facing the president’s
economic agenda,
which remains mired
in political disputes
among Democrats on
Capitol Hill.

championed by lawmakers including Sen. Tina Smith (DMinn.) and Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), which targets
power companies themselves.
Without the CEPP, Democrats
and climate experts alike believe
the United States is certain to fall
far short of Biden’s climate goal.
Markey said in a recent interview
that eliminating the program
would undercut the president’s
pledge to reduce emissions by 50
to 52 percent, compared with
2005 levels, before the end of the
decade.
An analysis by Energy Innovation, a nonpartisan energy and
climate policy think tank, found
that U.S. greenhouse gas emissions otherwise would be 250 to
700 million metric tons higher
per year in 2030. “Obviously that
would be a very serious blow” to
“meeting our 2030 goals,” Markey said.
In opposing the proposal,
Manchin repeatedly has pointed
to its effect on coal producers in
his home state, as well as his
more general concerns about
government spending. The West
Virginian for weeks has sought to
shrink the total package perhaps
by as much as $2 trillion, frustrating other Democrats who believe that such cuts would force
them to compromise their key
goals, including on climate
change.
“Sen. Manchin has clearly expressed his concerns about using
taxpayer dollars to pay private
companies to do things they’re
already doing,” his office said in a
statement this weekend. “He continues to support efforts to combat climate change while protecting American energy independence and ensuring our energy
reliability.”
The standoff has prompted a
race behind the scenes to craft
some alternative, ideally before
the end of October, by which
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most important global climate
talks in a quarter-century.
One of the ideas under consideration would establish a scaledback voluntary emissions trading
system among aluminum, steel,
concrete and chemicals manufacturers that would provide federal funding to help companies
curb pollution, according to two
people close to the negotiations.
But it remains unclear how
exactly the program would be
structured, and whether it would
be sufficient to satisfy Democratic lawmakers who have demanded aggressive climate action, added the sources, who spoke on the
condition of anonymity to describe the private discussions.
Some in the party have taken the
opposite approach from Manchin, fearing they risk squandering a generational opportunity to
respond to the dire consequences
of a steadily warming planet.
The tense talks have added to
the high political stakes for Biden
as he prepares to travel to Glasgow, Scotland, for a United Nations climate summit next
month. The Sierra Club, an environmental organization, stressed
in a statement Saturday that
Democrats needed to preserve
the CEPP, as it is known, or
deliver investments in “other climate priorities to close the emissions gap and meet the president’s international climate goals
in the coming days and weeks as
the U.N. climate negotiations
near.”
Even the president’s top envoy
for climate, former secretary of
state John F. Kerry, delivered a
stark warning this week, stressing that a failure to adopt climate
legislation promptly could undermine the United States at a
time when it hopes to encourage
other countries to take action.
Biden, however, dismissed the
comments Friday evening as “a
little hyperbole,” adding, “It’d be
good to have agreement on the
climate piece, but we’re going to
get the climate piece.”
The uncertainty around climate change reflects only part of
the challenge facing the president’s economic agenda, which
remains mired in political disputes among Democrats on Capitol Hill. From its current $3.5 trillion price tag to the proposed tax
increases that would help finance
it, the party’s liberal and centrist
factions remain at odds over its
size and scope, preventing lawmakers from forging ahead since
their legislative ambitions require unanimity to prevail.
Talks over the total package
continued into the weekend as
Biden labored to broker an agreement with Manchin and another
moderate holdout, Sen. Kyrsten
Sinema (D-Ariz.), who has demanded additional cuts. The two
centrists have offered only scant
indications as to the exact changes they seek, frustrating liberal
Democrats who have insisted in
recent days that the party must
spend ambitiously or face the
political consequences in the
midterm elections next year.
“This bill offers us a chance to
fundamentally transform the relationship between the American
people and their government,”
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.)
and other members of the bloc
she leads, known as the Congressional Progressive Caucus, wrote
in a letter Wednesday.
With climate, some Democrats
harbor sky-high expectations,
hoping to address what they say
are decades of neglect. Biden
himself campaigned aggressively
on taking major steps to address
global warming during the 2020
election contest, drawing a stark
contrast with President Donald
Trump, who unwound federal
emissions rules and withdrew
the United States from a critical
international carbon-reduction
agreement.
To reach their goals, Democrats have tucked into their unfinished economic package a flurry of initiatives, including the
elimination of dozens of tax programs that subsidize fossil fuels.
Those efforts, championed chiefly by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.),
could accomplish significant improvements on their own, perhaps by incentivizing clean energy and cutting power sector
emissions by roughly 70 percent,
he said, over the next seven years.
“The Clean Energy for America
Act, because of the dramatic savings, the dramatic emissions cuts
in the power sector, is the linchpin,” stressed Wyden, the chairman of the tax-focused Senate
Finance Committee, referring to
his section of the legislation.
Democrats’ spending initiatives include other provisions
aimed at slashing greenhouse gas
emissions, including subsidies to
expand charging stations for
electric vehicles across the nation. But the most significant
proposal is the Clean Energy
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the final bill along with a related
$1.2 trillion infrastructure plan.
A voluntary carbon trading program is one of the many ideas in
the mix, according to a White
House official, who spoke on the
condition of anonymity to describe the private discussions.
Several climate experts said
they feared any narrower plan to
curb greenhouse gas emissions
would be inadequate. “We have to
have real pollution reductions in
the power sector. We can’t just
have voluntary programs and
expect that’s going to get us
where we need to go,” said Leah

Stokes, a climate policy expert at
the University of California at
Santa Barbara.
White House officials are still
looking at whether they can preserve the clean energy program
by providing a way for coal and
natural gas plants to keep operating for longer, according to three
individuals. Calls continued into
the weekend between White
House aides and climate experts,
according to one of these individuals, who said it remains unclear
if whether Manchin even supports some of the newer ideas
that the Biden administration

has floated.
“We don’t comment on the
state of our negotiations with the
wide array of Senators offering
views about the Build Back Better
agenda,” White House spokesman Vedant Patel said in an
email. “The White House is laser
focused on advancing the President’s climate goals and positioning the United States to meet its
emission targets in a way that
grows domestic industries and
good jobs.”
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austin — Joe Nelson arrived at
the abortion clinic at 8:30 a.m.
on Sept. 8. The doctor made
himself a cup of coffee, chatted
with the receptionist, then settled into a desk cluttered with
paperwork and maxi pads. He
answered some emails. Then he
opened his book on Zen Buddhism and read.
He did not see a patient for
almost two hours.
Before Sept. 1, when Texas
banned almost all abortions, Nelson rarely sat down. The only
full-time doctor at Whole Woman’s Health in Austin, he hustled
from room to room. For lunch, he
would scarf down a protein bar.
Nelson used to perform up to
30 abortions a day; since the ban
took effect, he might do two or
three. That didn’t change when a
federal judge issued an injunction on Oct. 6, temporarily blocking the law, which bans abortions
once early cardiac activity can be
detected, around six weeks’ gestation, before most people know
they’re pregnant. Like many other doctors in Texas, Nelson decided to continue complying with
the ban until other courts
weighed in. On Oct. 8, the conservative-leaning U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit lifted the
injunction. Abortion after six
weeks is, once again, illegal.
The Texas law empowers private citizens to file lawsuits
against anyone who helps facilitate an illegal abortion in Texas,
rewarding those who successfully sue with a $10,000 bounty.
Doctors who perform abortions
are prime targets, on the hook for
damages, the bounty reward and
the plaintiff ’s legal fees. Alan
Braid, an abortion provider in
San Antonio, was sued two days
after he explained why he had
performed an illegal abortion.
Nelson, 35, has over $200,000
in student debt and pays child
support for three kids. Since the
law passed in May, he’s been
trying to decide whether this
work — his “life’s calling,” he says
— is worth the risk.
At Whole Woman’s Health, one
of the largest abortion providers
in Texas, nine of the network’s 17
doctors in the state stopped performing abortions when Senate
Bill 8 took effect. Many of those
doctors are in their 30s and 40s,
said Amy Hagstrom Miller, chief
executive of Whole Woman’s
Health. They know lawsuits
could jeopardize their medical
licenses, she said. Even if a lawsuit goes nowhere, she added,
they will have to disclose it
anytime they apply for malpractice insurance, hospital admitting privileges or a license to
work in another state. Some
doctors with other jobs have
been forced to quit, Hagstrom
Miller said: Their employers decided the law was too much of a
liability. Others may have been
deterred by a drop in their salaries, which can fluctuate depending on how many patients they
see.
Doctors like Nelson will probably remain in legal limbo until
the law is evaluated again by the
U.S. Supreme Court, which refused to step in last month when
abortion rights advocates requested an injunction. Even if
the high court rules in their favor,
Texas clinics probably will strug-

PHOTOS BY JULIA ROBINSON FOR THE WASHINGTON POST

TOP: Joe Nelson at Whole Woman’s Health in Austin. He used to perform up to 30 abortions a day; since Texas’s ban took effect,
he might do two or three. ABOVE LEFT: Instruments to perform an abortion. ABOVE RIGHT: Nelson, a former Mormon, spent
two years as a missionary in Thailand. He still has the Book of Mormon he took with him on that mission trip.

a doctor’s dilemma
Abortion care is a ‘calling’ for him. With Texas’s ban, he faces a choice: Risk lawsuits, or quit.
gle to snap back to the way they
ran things before Sept. 1: Too
many doctors have stopped providing abortions.
As they wait, Nelson said, “the
uncertainty is excruciating.”
Unlike the majority of his
colleagues, who fly in from out of
state to perform abortions, for
Nelson, Texas is home. He lives in
Austin and was raised in Fort
Worth, in a Mormon family
where he says he was taught to
“multiply and replenish the
earth.” Much of his congregation,
he said, believed there was no

This is what he’s
“supposed” to do,
Nelson says. It is
the only thing that
“feels natural.”

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greater evil than abortion.
Every once in a while, Nelson’s
mother, who is Mormon, softly
prods her son with the same
question: When might you be
ready to try something new?
Since he started performing
abortions full-time four years
ago, Nelson has tried to make her
understand. All day long, he tells
her, patients come to him with a
“compelling need” — and he can
do something to help them.
“If I can keep doing this for the
rest of my career,” he’ll say, “I will
be very happy.”
Twelve days after the ban took
effect, Nelson took a few deep
breaths, sat up straight and
logged into Zoom for a job interview. For the next hour, he fielded
questions from a chief executive
about his professional strengths
and weaknesses.
She wanted to know what
drew him to abortion care — and
why he was applying to do something else.
Nelson spent most of his

young adulthood listening for
God’s call. Growing up Mormon,
he was taught that divine directions would take the form of his
own thoughts. If an idea occurred to him — if he spotted a
woman sitting alone on a train,
for example, and thought she
might be open to the gospel — he
felt compelled to act.
“I was taught to always be
ready. Any time I felt an inkling
to reach out and do something, to
do it, without question,” he said.
To not obey his gut impulse, he
told himself then, would risk
thwarting God’s plan.
Four months into his first
serious relationship, at 21, Nelson was sitting next to his girlfriend in a sacrament meeting
when he had the idea to propose.
He leaned over and asked her to
marry him.
By the time Nelson turned 25,
one year into medical school, he
was married with three sons
under 3.
In college, Nelson worked

three jobs on top of his classes,
regularly coming home after 11
p.m., he said. They couldn’t afford a babysitter, so his wife,
Leah Nelson, couldn’t work. Nelson switched his major from
music theory to physics and
started looking into medical
school. He still has scars on the
insides of his arms from donating plasma for cash.
“There was no way out,” he
said.
Nelson left the church in 2014.
In the months between medical
school and residency, he said he
finally had blocks of time to
think. One day, he stood in the
middle of a field and tried to talk
to God. By the time he got home,
he said, he knew he’d stopped
believing. Nelson’s marriage,
built in the shadow of Brigham
Young University, could not withstand his defection. His wife left
for a few weeks with the kids,
then Nelson moved out. He saw
his sons every other weekend.
Now they live in the Northeast,
and visit for a few weeks each
year.
In Nelson’s absence, Leah has
raised three kids almost entirely
on her own. Even when they lived
down the road from Nelson, she
said, her sons rarely saw their
father. “He was so involved in his
career, then residency, then he
found his love of abortion care,”
she said.
Leah tried not to get angry,
reminding herself that this was
something she loved about her
ex-husband: When he chooses
something, she said, he “puts his
whole heart and soul into it.” His
sons faded from his life as abortion came to the fore. One of her
reasons for moving across the
country, she said, was to remind
Nelson how much he loved them.
Now Nelson lives in Austin
with his second wife, Whitney
Mollenhauer, who was voted
“most likely to start a protest” by
her graduate school peers. They
are both ex-Mormons and refer
to each other as “partners,” because the terms “husband” and
“wife” do not match the life
they’re building together. At
home, Nelson wears skinny jeans

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Nelson cooks with his partner, Whitney Mollenhauer, at their home in Austin. Doctors like him will probably remain in legal limbo until
the Texas law returns to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Justice Department said last week it will seek an emergency review from the court.

with tight V-neck T-shirts, a tiger
tattoo dancing down his right
arm. He identifies as queer and is
proud to be, as he says, “a little
femmy.” Many patients have had
traumatic experiences with
White male doctors, he said. He
wants them to know he is different.
When his kids visit over the
summer, snuggling into the bunk
beds he keeps in the spare bedroom, Nelson takes them to the
park and splashes around with
them in the pool. They have fun
together, he says, but he still
spends his therapy sessions talking about the ways he falls short
as a dad.
Nelson moves about the world
with intention. Watching him as
he chops basil or tidies the floor,
it’s clear he’s trying to be present
as he goes through the motions, a
reflection of his Buddhist practice. This is particularly obvious
when he talks about his patients.
His voice gets softer, and he
speaks with a seriousness that
reflects his commitment to the
work. He wears his patients’ trust
as a badge of honor. The process
of earning it, he says, is the best
part of his job.
When he started residency,
Nelson wasn’t planning to do
abortions. He was in his third
year when one of his patients, a
19-year-old with epilepsy, got
pregnant unexpectedly. As he
delivered the news, he said, she
started to sob. The patient decided to go home and talk to her
parents about her options, he
said. A few weeks later, she came
in with her mother for her first
prenatal appointment. If Nelson
could have offered to perform the
abortion himself, he’s always
wondered whether things might
have been different. After that,
Nelson said, he knew he wanted
to learn how.
While Nelson has stopped listening for God’s call, he uses
familiar language to talk about
abortion care. This is what he’s
“supposed” to do, he says. It is the
only thing that “feels natural.”
Unlike the various callings he felt
throughout his time as a Mormon, however, he says this one
does not derive from a momentary impulse: He knows what an
unexpected pregnancy feels like.
After they had their first son,
Nelson and his wife decided to
wait a few more years to have
kids. A doctor told them they
wouldn’t need birth control until

his wife finished breastfeeding.
She got pregnant with their
second son five months after
their first was born.
“Abortion didn’t feel like an
option when I was that age. And,
you know, here my kids are, I love
them to death,” he said. “But I
know how difficult it can be to be
that overwhelmed.”
On the sidewalk outside of
Whole Woman’s Health, Heather
Gardner smiles and waves at
Nelson as he drives into work.
The executive director of the
Central Texas Coalition for Life,
she tries to “cover” the clinic
every day they perform abortions, recruiting volunteers or
standing there herself in an antiabortion T-shirt and silver earrings shaped like tiny feet. Nelson rarely looks her way, she said.
If he ever did stop to talk, she
said she’d ask why he got involved in “such a gruesome procedure.”
“There are many things you
could be doing besides dismantling tiny babies,” she would say.
As she watches patients file into
the clinic after Nelson arrives,
Gardner said, her heart feels
“heavy,” because they’re making
a decision “they can’t take back.”
Antiabortion advocates often
cite money as a major driver for
doctors and others who work in
abortion care. “It’s a cash cow,”
Gardner said. “If a doctor can do
20 abortions a day,” she said,
“times 500 bucks,” the average
cost of an abortion, they will
make a lot of money.
But that money is split among
the clinics, their staff and the
doctors, and barely covers operating costs, said Flor Hunt, executive director of Teach, an organization that trains abortion
providers. Because the federal
Hyde Amendment prohibits
Medicaid or any other federal

programs from covering most
abortions — and many antiabortion states also bar private insurance companies from subsidizing the procedure — clinics and
their doctors have to operate
almost entirely on out-of-pocket
payments. Clinics have to keep
costs low so the procedure can
remain accessible to low-income
patients, Hunt said.
Abortion clinics have always
struggled to attract and retain
doctors in antiabortion states,
where doctors and their families
face constant harassment and
threats to their safety, Hunt said.
Since 1993, at least 11 people have
been killed in attacks on abortion
clinics, including four doctors.
Across the Southeast and Midwest, many clinics recruit providers from out of state, flying them
in to perform abortions.
In a state like Texas, the hurdles to becoming an abortion
provider begin in medical school.
While the majority of family
medicine residency programs offer training in labor and delivery,
Hunt said, only 6 percent offer
abortion training. The 40 programs that include abortion in
the curriculum are clustered in
the Northeast and California.
There is not a single one in Texas.
Through medical school, at
Baylor in Houston, and his early
years of residency in Fort Worth,
Nelson didn’t know any doctors
who had been trained in abortion
care. When he asked administrators about his options for training, they immediately shut him
down, he said. More than once,
he said he was told, “We don’t do
that here.”
That year, Nelson paid his own
way, and used his time off, to be
trained by a doctor in San Antonio.
A few months before his residency ended, Nelson heard about

a job at Whole Woman’s Health
in Fort Worth. One of the doctors
there was in his 80s, Nelson said,
old enough to remember a time
before Roe v. Wade.
“He couldn’t let his community go without a doctor until he
knew there was someone else to
replace him.”
Among abortion providers,
Nelson said, “that is the rule.”
When Senate Bill 8 was first
introduced in the Texas legislature in March, Nelson didn’t pay
much attention. For Texas, it
didn’t seem that remarkable, he
said. Then he read the full text of
the bill.
“I thought, ‘Oh my God. This is
going to end abortions, period.’ ”
The language used to describe
the consequences for physicians
accused of violating the law was
terrifying, he said. If the law took
effect, Nelson felt sure physicians
like him would stop practicing.
He thought about the call he
received in the summer of 2020

from the Texas medical board:
Someone had reported him for
performing an illegal abortion.
At the time, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had halted abortions across the state: To better
combat coronavirus, doctors had
to immediately stop performing
procedures deemed “medically
unnecessary,” including abortion. Doctors at Whole Woman’s
Health, including Nelson, continued to prescribe the abortion pill.
When Nelson heard from the
medical board, he said, “my
stomach dropped.” His mind
skipped to the worst-case scenario: He would lose his license.
He wouldn’t be able to support
himself or his kids. While the
complaint was eventually dismissed, Nelson said, it made the
legal risks of his job impossible to
ignore.
Once the six-week ban passed
in May, it wasn’t long before
clinic staff started to quit. In July,
the Austin branch of Whole
Woman’s Health lost five staff
members in three weeks, including the clinic director and Nelson’s surgical assistant. “We got
gutted,” said April Collins, the
receptionist. Few explicitly mentioned Senate Bill 8 when they
left, but Nelson said he suspected
the law factored into their decisions. Low on staff who could
help Nelson during the procedure, the clinic had to stop
performing surgical abortions.
Working overtime, the clinic
staff has been able to do just
enough to keep the clinic open,
Collins said. If Nelson were ever
to leave, she said, she can’t see a
way forward: “Whole Woman’s
Health would effectively shut
down without him.”
Nelson hasn’t told her that he’s
applying for another full-time
job.
Last November, Nelson started
working part-time for a telehealth company that provides
gender-affirming care to transgender patients. His abortion job
didn’t pay much, and with all the
antiabortion restrictions that
cropped up in Texas, Mollenhauer said, the couple thought it
would be smart for Nelson to
have a “backup.”
He was surprised by the level
of trust he was able to build
across a screen. He celebrated
with patients who could finally
afford testosterone and talked
through options with those who
weren’t sure they were ready for
hormone treatment. When the
telehealth company announced

it was hiring another full-time
physician over the summer, he
decided to apply. Those patients
needed him, too, he said. At least
until the six-week abortion ban
was permanently lifted, he felt
there was more he could do to
help them.
On Sept. 9, his last day at the
clinic before his job interview, he
watched a woman walk out of the
ultrasound room, head down.
“No?” Nelson asked the sonographer as she wandered over. She
shook her head.
“It’s so tiny,” she told him,
referring to the cardiac activity
she saw on the ultrasound machine. “But it’s there.”
When it comes to these laws,
other physicians at Whole Woman’s Health call Nelson “conservative.” He has performed relatively few abortions since the
ban took effect. On Oct. 7, when
other physicians began performing abortions after six weeks, he
chose to wait.
He has decided to take the
full-time position at the telehealth company.
While Nelson accepted the position on the condition that he
can continue providing abortions part-time, he still feels a
little guilty. Looking around at
his colleagues, who stopped complying with the ban during the
injunction, who aren’t reaching
for their “backup,” he wonders:
Am I doing enough?
For the past few weeks, he has
toggled between that question
and another: Am I doing too
much?
Right now, Nelson feels confident about his choice to continue
providing abortions for as long
as he can, despite the risks. But
every once in a while, he said, he
allows himself to imagine a different future — one where he
doesn’t spend hours on the
phone with lawyers, where he
helps transgender patients become their full selves, where he
uses his real address instead of a
P.O. box, because he’s not scared
of anthrax or late-night knocks
on the door.
If only he could take a step
back from abortion care, he said.
“Wouldn’t it be simpler?”
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Funding for the events in Washington on Jan. 6 is a focus of the House select committee investigating the violent riot at the U.S. Capitol that followed the pro-Trump rally.

Trump donor gave
$150,000 to GOP
attorneys general
association
The association’s nonprofit arm paid for a robocall
promoting the Jan. 6 march to the U.S. Capitol
BY B ETH R EINHARD,
J ACQUELINE A LEMANY
AND T OM H AMBURGER

A wealthy Trump donor who
helped finance the rally in Washington on Jan. 6 also gave
$150,000 to the nonprofit arm of
the Republican Attorneys General
Association, records show, money
that a person familiar with the
contribution said was intended in
part to promote the rally. The
nonprofit organization paid for a
robocall touting a march that afternoon to the U.S. Capitol to “call
on Congress to stop the steal.”
On Dec. 29, Julie Jenkins Fancelli, daughter of the founder of
the Publix grocery store chain,
gave the previously undisclosed
contribution to RAGA’s nonprofit
Rule of Law Defense Fund, or
RLDF, records reviewed by The

Washington Post show. On the
same day, the records show that
Fancelli gave $300,000 to Women
for America First, the “Stop the
Steal” group that obtained a permit for the rally featuring former
president Donald Trump.
Funding for the events in Washington that day is a focus of the
House select committee investigating the violent riot at the U.S.
Capitol that followed the rally. The
panel is also interested in the role
state officials, including attorneys
general, played in encouraging
people to go to Washington on
Jan. 6 and in supporting Trump’s
efforts to overturn the election,
according to people familiar with
the committee’s work.
The leaders of Women for
America First have been subpoenaed by the committee, as has
Caroline Wren, a Republican

fundraiser who was listed on that
group’s permit as a “VIP ADVISOR.” Both of Fancelli’s donations
were arranged by Wren, according
to the records and the person with
knowledge of the contributions,
who like some others interviewed
for this article spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the
sensitivity of the matter.
“We have many questions
about coordination and funding,
and we are actively seeking records and testimony that will answer those questions,” said committee spokesman Tim Mulvey.
“Many witnesses are already engaging with the committee, and
we expect cooperation to help us
get the answers we’re seeking.”
The documents sought by the
subpoenas sent to rally organizers
were due Wednesday.
Fancelli, who is not involved in
Publix business operations, did
not respond to multiple requests
seeking comment, and it is unclear whether she knew about the
robocall ahead of time. In a statement to the Wall Street Journal,
which reported in January that
Fancelli had given about
$300,000 to support the rally, she
said: “I am a proud conservative
and have real concerns associated
with election integrity, yet I would
never support any violence, particularly the tragic and horrific
events that unfolded on January
6th.”
Alex Jones, a far-right talk show
host and conspiracy theorist who
was involved in the Jan. 6 rally, has
said that it cost “close to half a
million dollars.” He has also said a

donor he did not identify paid for
80 percent of the rally.
In a statement to The Post,
Wren’s lawyer said: “Ms. Wren, in
her role as an event planner, assisted many others in providing
and arranging for a professionally
produced and completely peaceful event at the White House Ellipse with hundreds of thousands
of Americans who were in D.C. to
lawfully exercise their first
amendment rights, a primary pillar of American democracy. Ms.
Wren was not present at the United States Capitol or the Capitol
Grounds on January 6th.”
Before the rally, the robocall
showed that the effort to get people to march on the Capitol was
backed not just by Trump activists
but by a law-and-order organization in the GOP establishment.
After the riot, the robocall led to
upheaval at RAGA. Then-executive director Adam Piper — who
was also president of the RLDF,
according to a source familiar
with the organizations — resigned
amid a furor. Several corporate
donors said they would no longer
support the group.
Piper was replaced in April by
Peter Bisbee, who was executive
director of RLDF at the time of the
rally. Bisbee’s ascension was followed by more than a half dozen
resignations, many in protest, including that of then-finance director Ashley Trenzeluk. Trenzeluk’s
resignation letter, which was reported by Alabama Political Reporter, said Bisbee approved the
robocall expenditure.
Georgia Attorney General

Chris Carr stepped down as RAGA
chairman after Bisbee was elected
executive director, citing disagreements over the direction of
the organization. Carr was also
among the minority of Republican attorneys general who did not
back Texas Attorney General Ken
Paxton’s failed effort at the U.S.
Supreme Court to challenge Joe
Biden’s victory in four states, including Georgia.
“This fundamental difference
of opinion began with vastly opposite views of the significance of
the events of January 6,” Carr
wrote in his resignation letter.
“The differences have continued
as we have tried to restore RAGA’s
reputation internally and externally and were reflected once
again during the process of choosing our next executive director.”
Bisbee declined to comment for
this article. A RAGA spokesman,
Johnny Koremenos, did not respond to detailed questions about
the robocall, including its cost, but
said in a statement: “Over the last
10 months, the Republican Attorneys General Association and every Republican AG have repeatedly condemned the violence that
took place on January 6. RLDF’s
participation in the events was
limited to a robocall and those
involved with those decisions are
no longer with the organization.”
Piper did not respond to numerous calls and texts from The
Post.
“What took place at the Capitol
on Wednesday truly sickens me,”
he wrote in a Jan. 11 email to
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by The Post. “It is fully inconsistent with what I have spent my
entire career fighting for — the
preservation, promotion and protection of freedom and opportunity.”
RLDF, a tax-exempt organization, is not required by the Internal Revenue Service to disclose its
donors. The nonprofit “promotes
the rule of law, federalism, and
freedom in a civil society,” according to its website.
“I’m calling for the Rule of Law
Defense Fund with an important
message,” stated the robocall,
which was first reported by Documented, a watchdog group that
focuses on corporate influence.
“The March to Save America is
tomorrow in Washington D.C. at
the Ellipse in President’s Park between E St. and Constitution Avenue on the south side of the
White House, with doors opening
at 7 a.m. At 1 p.m., we will march to
the Capitol building and call on
Congress to stop the steal. We are
hoping patriots like you will join
us to continue to fight to protect
the integrity of our elections. For
more information, visit MarchtoSaveAmerica.com. This call is
paid for and authorized by the
Rule of Law Defense Fund, 202796-5838.”
The voice on the call belonged
to an RLDF staffer, according to
former RAGA staffers.
The website it mentioned was
created by right-wing activist Ali
Alexander’s “Stop the Steal” team
that was urging Congress to object
to Biden’s victory, according to a
person familiar with the website
and records reviewed by The Post.
The website identified RAGA as a
“coalition sponsor” on the morning of Jan. 3, and then later referred to RLDF as a “participating
organization” in the run-up to Jan.
6, according to archived versions
of the page that are no longer
online.
The robocall was also promoted, along with the website, in a
text sent out by American Principles Project, a Virginia-based conservative nonprofit. The text,
which included a telephone number where callers could hear the
RLDF robocall, called on supporters to join the president and Paxton “in DC tomorrow 2 fight for
the integrity of our elections!” The
Texas attorney general spoke at
the rally.
Terry Schilling, executive director of the American Principles
Project, declined to comment Friday. Paxton did not respond to
requests for comment.
The Post was not able to determine how many people received
the robocall or the text.
Fancelli, who goes by the first
names Julie and Julia in public
records, donated nearly $1 million
to a joint account for the Trump
campaign and Republican Party
in 2019 and 2020, according to
Federal Election Commission records.
She has been registered as a
nonpartisan voter in Polk County,
Fla., since 2001, public records
show.
Publix Super Markets has distanced itself from Fancelli, noting
in a Jan. 30 tweet that she “is not
involved in our business operations, nor does she represent the
company in any way.”
After the 2020 election, many
RAGA members joined with
Trump in promoting baseless alleCONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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President notes need for
safety within profession
and for ‘those you serve’
BY

C LEVE R . W OOTSON J R.

Speaking at the site where
Capitol police officers thwarted
“an unconstitutional and fundamentally un-American attack on
our nation’s values,” President
Biden on Saturday mourned
nearly 500 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty,
while acknowledging that police
must work harder to earn the
trust of communities.
“There’s too much pain.
There’s too much loss. There’s too
much at stake for your safety and
the safety of those you serve,”
Biden said during his keynote
address at the National Peace
Officers’ annual memorial service.
“The toll on this profession
these past two years has been
heavy,” he added. “Unless we
change the environment in which
the job can be done, we’re going
to have trouble having enough
women and men come forward
who want to do the job.”
Saturday’s memorial honors
police officers who died in 2019
and 2020. On Friday, Biden ordered flags to be flown at halfstaff as a tribute to the fallen. Last
year’s event was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Biden told the crowd that he
has attended almost every memorial in some capacity over the past
four decades.
Still, his Saturday speech

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gations of massive voter fraud.
Seventeen of the 26 GOP attorneys
general signed on to a brief asking
the Supreme Court to reject the
election results from four battleground states won by Biden.
After Jan. 6, however, Piper said
in a statement that no Republican
attorney general had “authorized
the staff’s decision” to promote
the rally. “Organizationally and
individually, we strongly con-

TASOS KATOPODIS/POOL/EPA-EFE/SHUTTERSTOCK

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Saturday attend an annual memorial service for fallen police officers outside the U.S. Capitol.
This year’s event honored officers who died in 2019 and last year, as last year’s event was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

comes at a particularly fraught
time for America’s relationship
with its police forces.
The 2020 killing of George
Floyd by a Minneapolis police
officer brought millions into the
streets to call for police reform
and a dismantling of systemic

racism. “Defund the police” became a rallying cry for some and a
source of derision for others. The
polarization was exacerbated as
violent crime ticked up in American cities and local leaders
looked to police to curb the violence.

Floyd’s family spoke at the
2020 Democratic National Convention, where Biden was nominated. And as president, Biden
invited the Floyds to a White
House meeting on the anniversary of his killing.
“We face an inflection point,”

the president said in a statement
after the meeting. “The battle for
the soul of America has been a
constant push-and-pull between
the American ideal that we’re all
created equal and the harsh reality that racism has long torn us
apart. At our best, the American

demn and disavow the events
which occurred. Yesterday was a
dark day in American history and
those involved in the violence and
destruction of property must be
prosecuted and held accountable.”
Alabama Attorney General
Steve Marshall, who was then the
chairman of RLDF, told reporters
that decisions to support the rally
were made without his knowledge
and that he had ordered an internal review. “Every decision Adam

made on behalf of RLDF was with
the best of intentions and with the
organization’s best interests in
mind,” Marshall said in a statement at the time.
A handful of other Republican
attorneys general expressed outraged. “I am shocked and angered
by this unauthorized act by a
rogue staffer, which I found out
about through a press report,”
Ohio’s Republican attorney general, Dave Yost, said in a Jan. 9 tweet.
“It is the opposite of the rule of law

and contrary to what I stand for.”
RAGA has been a fundraising
powerhouse in recent election cycles. But since Jan. 6, the organization’s fundraising prowess has
suffered. RAGA raised about
$2 million less in the first half of
2021 than the $8.5 million it
raised during the same period in
2019, according to IRS records.
A person familiar with RAGA
funding said those numbers need
to be considered in light of the
pandemic, and noted that 2019

was an especially expensive year
for the organization. Even so, after
the group’s role in the events of
Jan. 6 was disclosed, several companies vowed to cut off donations,
including Facebook and Lyft.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has supported
RAGA substantially in the past,
did not donate during the first
half of this year.
Of the $6.7 million RAGA has
received through June 2021,
$2.5 million came from the Con-

ideal wins out. It must again.”
On the campaign trail, Biden
vowed to enact a national police
oversight commission but scuttled the idea in April, after civil
rights leaders and police unions
told the administration the best
way forward was not another
commission.
Biden also called on Congress
to take action on police reform by
the anniversary of Floyd’s death
by passing a bill that bore his
name. But the talks on the bill
stalled before ultimately breaking down.
The lack of action on police
reform was added to the list of
unfulfilled promises that critics
have harped on amid the president’s softening poll numbers.
Biden said he has worked to
provide more funding for training and support for local police
forces, including money from the
pandemic relief bill signed into
law this year.
And in statements and speeches, the White House has tried to
bridge the gap between competing views of police.
In a May proclamation about
Peace Officers Memorial Day and
Police Week, the administration
acknowledged that, every day,
officers “pin on a badge and go to
work, not knowing what the day
will bring, and hoping to come
home safely.”
But the proclamation also recognized that there are many, especially in minority communities, who feel “a deep sense of
distrust towards law enforcement; a distrust that has been
exacerbated by the recent deaths
of several Black and brown people at the hands of law enforcement.”
cleve.wootson@washpost.com

cord Group, a conservative organization founded in part by
Federalist Society co-chairman
Leonard Leo, according to published reports. Bisbee previously
worked at the Federalist Society.
beth.reinhard@washpost.com
tom.hamburger@washpost.com
jacqueline.alemany@washpost.com
Amy Gardner, Josh Dawsey, Emma
Brown and Alice Crites contributed to
this report.

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ICU FROM A1

Tulsa, Okla. No ICU beds available.
12:29 p.m.: Oklahoma State
University Medical Center in Tulsa. At capacity.
12:37 p.m.: St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City. No beds
available.
Pressley tried not to get discouraged. Surely, someone was
going to take him, she thought.
But she was rapidly running
through the Oklahoma hospitals
on her list. She called the state’s
medical emergency response
center for help, and a coordinator there agreed to call hospitals
in Missouri and Arkansas.
Pressley went back to her list.
12:39 p.m.: St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. No covid beds available.
12:55 p.m.: Ascension St. John
Medical Center in Tulsa. At capacity.
12:59 p.m. Ascension St. John
Jane Phillips Hospital in Bartlesville. At capacity.
It’s just a matter of getting the
right hospital, Pressley told herself and kept dialing.
Oklahoma was on the cusp of a
summer surge that would peak
Aug. 30, with new cases averaging about 2,800 a day. Intensive
care unit admissions soared to an
all-time high during the first two
weeks of August, at a time when
the average length of stay for a
covid patient increased significantly, overwhelming ICUs, according to Dr. David Kendrick,
chairman of the Department of
Medical Informatics at the University of Oklahoma. More than
1,500 Oklahomans died of covid
in August and September alone
as the state’s pandemic death toll
exceeded 10,600. More than half
the state still is not fully vaccinated.
Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) did not
institute restrictions for the latest surge, such as limits on
gatherings or mask mandates. In
fact, he issued an executive order
prohibiting state agencies from
requiring vaccinations and
masks in public buildings. A
judge has temporarily blocked a
state law banning masks in public schools.
In Payne County, where Stillwater is located, only 35 percent
of the population was fully vaccinated when Novotny became ill
in mid-July, and the delta variant
was spreading so rapidly that the
mayor declared a state of emergency Sept. 3. Triage tents soon
rose in the hospital parking lot.
Talk by city leaders of reinstituting a mask mandate raised the
ire of residents. Misinformation
spread on social media: You
won’t be able to carry a concealed
gun while wearing a mask, people warned; hospitals in Tulsa
were turning away unvaccinated
patients coming for care. Neither
was true. Shelves in feed stores
were emptied of ivermectin by
customers who falsely believed
that the deworming medicine
cured covid. At least two people
turned up in the Stillwater hospi-

As a covid patient deteriorates,
calls go out to dozens of hospitals

FROM TOP: A bed in Stillwater Medical Center’s intensive care unit is briefly empty before a
covid patient arrives from 90 minutes away. Dr. Matthew Payne gets a moment of quiet at a
home near the hospital available to employees for down time. Nurse Robin Pressley hangs her
head as she looks at the list of hospitals she called to find a place for 69-year-old Johnnie
Novotny, an unvaccinated covid patient whose needs were more than Stillwater could handle.

tal emergency room after overdosing on the drug, the hospital
said.
Yet no matter how bad things
got, the staff had always been
able to find a way to get their

patients the care they needed,
even if it meant moving them to
another hospital. They’d never
had to stand by and watch a
patient die when they knew he or
she could be saved.

The 117-bed community hospital was already under siege when
Novotny showed up July 24. It
was overflowing with covid patients who were younger and
sicker than those during the

pandemic’s first surge, and they
were staying longer, taxing the
already depleted staff.
Pressley and her colleagues
had never felt more isolated from
the community of Stillwater, a
town of 48,000 nestled under
wide skies where life centers on
the rhythms of Oklahoma State
University.
The first round of covid “wore
them slick,” Pressley said of her
colleagues. They suffered nightmares, insomnia, anxiety and
depression. One respiratory therapist was struggling through his
own long-haul covid. Forty nurses had quit since the start of the
pandemic, and the hospital had
100 job openings.
“We are broken,” said Grace
Ferguson, 33, a charge nurse who
grew up in nearby Pawnee, where
her family owns the newspaper.
“I never used to cry about work,
but now I can’t seem to talk
about it without my voice cracking. I’m wondering, when am I
going to stop crying about this?
Maybe never.”
Ferguson had known the Novotny family since childhood.
Now she was part of the medical
team trying to save its patriarch.
Novotny was in the hay meadow on the family’s farm that July
day when he started feeling sick.
He’d put up 200 bales before
coming in and was in the shower
when he started sweating and
coughing, his wife, Angelia, said.

She felt ill, too, but her symptoms
were less severe, and she was
able to do her chores — feeding
their cats, chickens and seven
peacocks.
But soon, Novotny was so
listless that the family decided he
needed to go to the hospital in
Stillwater, 28 miles away. He was
reluctant to go, even though his
daughter-in-law Tara Novotny is
a nurse there. The couple had
been married for 48 years, and
he’d never been one for doctors,
his wife said.
“Are you giving up on me?” he
quipped. His oxygen saturation
level was so low when he arrived
in the emergency room that he
was immediately transferred to
the third-floor intensive care
unit.
Once upstairs, his nurse pointed to her badge so they could see
it was “little Gracie Ferguson”
who had been in Angelia’s reading class as a second- and thirdgrader at Pawnee Elementary
School.
“She told me, ‘Grace, we don’t
do anything. I can’t believe he
tested positive,’ ” Ferguson recalled. “I’m thinking, ‘How could
you not believe that’s what this
is?’ ”
The couple hadn’t gotten vaccinated because they had misgivings about the shot and stay
mostly on their farm — except for
church on Sundays. Ferguson
didn’t argue with them.
“It’s too exhausting and heartbreaking to have to be like, ‘No,
you don’t understand what I see
every day,’ ” Ferguson said. “I
can’t open that wound just to
argue with somebody who
doesn’t want to hear.”
That wound was losing two to
three longtime patients a week
and having to shave one patient’s
beard so his wife could see him
on their final goodbye.
Her work locker is still
crammed with notes on her patients from the first surge that
she can’t bear to throw away —
the one who loved gospel music,
another who needed Garth
Brooks played on repeat. She
took a trip to Costa Rica when
covid cases ebbed, in search of
some normalcy, and for a moment, it felt like she was going to
find it. But now admissions were
climbing again, and her therapist
was telling her that he needed a
break during their sessions because her stories were so horrific.
“You feel like you’re on an
island, and no one’s looking to
send out search-and-rescue
planes to save you,” said Matthew
Payne, Novotny’s doctor. “The
case managers are tossing messages in a bottle, and no one is
there to pick those up.”
Payne, 43, grew up in Stillwater and spends up to two hours
every evening calling the families
of each of his covid patients.
When he spoke to Angelia Novotny as July faded into August,
things were not going well.
Johnnie Novotny was growing
more anxious and scared each
day, at one point ripping out his
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his breathing machine. Angelia
was the only one able to calm
him, but visitor restrictions
meant she could stay only a few
hours each day. He told nurses he
was lonely and missed human
contact after days in a hermetic
bubble.
“That broke my whole heart,”
said Ferguson, the charge nurse.
“I’m sorry I was mean to you,”
Novotny said to his wife one day,
his voice muffled through his
oxygen mask. Angelia was sitting
at his bedside amid the chaos of
wires and beeping monitors. The
hospital room was papered with
photos of the couple’s 10 grandchildren and Colorado vacations.
Angelia laughed.
“Mean to me? You weren’t
mean to me, for heaven’s sake,”
she recalled.
They had been in love for a
half-century, since he first saw
her in her father’s wheat field
and honked and waved from his
blue ’57 Chevy. He was never
mean, she says, but he could be a
perfectionist and short-tempered sometimes, like when he
was trying to fix something and
thought she was holding the
flashlight or the screwdriver
wrong. Was he trying to apologize for that, she wondered, or
was he thinking he might not
make it out of there and wanted
to make sure she knew he loved
her?
It was Ferguson who first noticed the spongy mass in Novotny’s abdomen, the night of
Aug. 6. “Was this new?” she
asked. It was, Novotny said, and
it hurt. She told him he would
have to be taken downstairs for a
scan to see what was wrong.
“Are you coming with me?” he
asked her, half-afraid, half-teasing.
The news was grim. Novotny
had developed a hematoma — a
collection of blood inside one of
his abdominal muscles — that
needed immediate attention.
They needed an interventional
radiologist, a specialist that Stillwater did not have, to perform a
procedure to block the blood
vessel and stanch the bleeding.
Without the procedure, Novotny would probably be dead in 48
hours, Payne estimated. They
had to find him a bed, somewhere.
It was 1:42 p.m. on Aug. 7,
when Pressley widened her
search for an ICU bed to neighboring states and got her first
real lead. Instead of a definitive
“no,” she got a “maybe” from St.
Luke’s Community Hospital in
Olathe, Kan., nearly 300 miles
away. They asked for Novotny’s
medical and insurance information and for Payne’s cellphone
number so the doctors could
consult. Pressley briefly allowed
herself a moment of hope.
Pressley has worked for Stillwater Medical Center for more
than 30 years, including the last
16 in the infusion clinic. She
switched to transfer coordinator
— a job created during the pandemic — in part because she
wanted a change. But the job has

ANGELIA NOVOTNY

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FROM TOP: A nighttime exposure from Johnnie Novotny’s gravesite shows a vehicle passing
through Highland Cemetery in Oklahoma’s Pawnee County. In a 2017 family photo, Novotny
perches atop an off-road vehicle with his grandson Kanen. A drawing one of Novotny’s
grandchildren made for him is taped to a cabinet at a Stillwater Medical Center nurse’s station.

become so stressful that she
sometimes stops in an empty
parking lot to catch her breath
and decompress before going
home to her husband, Ken. She
never talks to him about work:
Why should they both be depressed?
She made a sign for her office
that says “Breathe Deeply.” A
colleague scrawled “Into the paper bag,” underneath it.
At 3:42 p.m., her hope evaporated when St. Luke’s called back
to say they were declining to take
Novotny. No explanation was given. Pressley called Payne, who
suggested a Hail Mary. Maybe
they could convince one of the
larger hospitals in Oklahoma
City to take Novotny just for the
hematoma procedure and then
bring him right back?

“You are just constantly thinking, where could I call, what can I
do, who will take this patient for
the procedure?” Pressley said.
“What can we say to make them
take him?”
At 4:07 p.m., the University of
Oklahoma Medical Center in
Oklahoma City said they
wouldn’t accept Novotny without
having a bed to put him in if
something went wrong.
At 4:19 p.m., Integris Baptist
Medical Center in Oklahoma City
said the same thing.
At 4:21 p.m., Mercy Hospital in
Oklahoma City said Novotny was
too unstable for transfer and, if
he got there and crashed, they
had no bed for him.
Pressley had to call Payne and
deliver the news: She simply
could not find a bed anywhere.

Payne’s only hope at that point
was that Novotny’s condition
would improve on its own.
Throughout the anxious night
that followed, Novotny’s blood
pressure continued to drop; frequent blood transfusions were
having little effect. The hematoma had swollen to the size of a
volleyball, which was difficult for
all to see. He was slipping away.
Early the next morning, Payne
met with the family in a conference room near the intensive
care unit, where Angelia, the
couple’s three adult children,
their spouses and others
crammed into the tiny space,
hoping to hear a miracle. The
conference room is next to what
used to be a comfortable waiting
room for families, but now houses spare ventilators sheathed in

white plastic, like an army of
ghosts.
“They were absolutely desperate, hoping against hope something might have changed,”
Payne said. “You basically have to
be the dream-stealer and tell
them this isn’t working and, at
this point, it is truly hopeless. We
can’t get him transferred out.”
Payne told the family they had
tried 40 hospitals in at least four
states and come up empty.
“It’s so hard. Nobody could fix
him. He just had to lay there and
die,” Angelia Novotny said.
She had never until that moment realized that her husband
wasn’t coming home, she said,
and in the cramped space, she
was suddenly overcome by nausea. She raced out for the restroom. She made it as far as the
hallway trash can.
One by one, family members
went into Room 107 to say goodbye to Novotny, who had been
put on a ventilator and was now
unresponsive. “Dad, you can’t
die. You never taught me how to
drive a tractor right,” the family
recalled daughter Michelle saying through tears.
“He doesn’t deserve this,” Angelia kept repeating.
Novotny’s
daughter-in-law,
Tara, the nurse, arrived, and
Ferguson helped tie a blue gown
over her baby bump — the grandchild already named Johnnie Novotny III, to say farewell.
Ferguson had stayed over from
her night shift to support the
family, but she decided she
couldn’t sit and watch Novotny
die. She gave Angelia a hug and
slipped out of the room.
“It was terrible to watch,” Ferguson said. “It didn’t matter that
I knew them and he’s close to my
parents’ age. It shouldn’t have
happened. That’s what it boiled
down to. It just shouldn’t have
happened.”
Novotny was on a dozen medications to keep him alive, but it
wasn’t enough. His heart stopped
just after 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 8.
Of the 76 covid-related deaths
at the hospital through mid-October, his was the first that
occurred because the staff
couldn’t find an ICU bed at a
larger hospital, Payne said.
Payne called Pressley later that
morning, and his voice cracked a
bit when he told her Novotny had
died. “This one really got to me,”
he said.
“You could tell by his voice that
this hurt him to the core, you
know? And I felt the same,”
Pressley said. “We did not have a
chance to save his life because of
bed availability. We just didn’t
have that chance.”
Pressley went to the bathroom
to collect herself. After her shift,
she went home and went straight
to bed, curling up with her threelegged pug, Pearl. Pressley, 61,
had hoped to work until 65 but
was now thinking she should
retire early.
“I stayed in my room for quite
a while because I needed to get
my head on straight, because I
was going down a dark hole

thinking that maybe I should
switch jobs, maybe I’m not good
enough at this,” she said. “It’s
hard to have a patient’s death on
your shoulders, and it’s not like
it’s on mine 100 percent, but I’m
involved, and if I could have
gotten him out of here, maybe he
wouldn’t have died.”
She thought about it for a
week and ultimately decided to
stay. It felt selfish to leave when
they needed so many hands. Why
should she take away two of
them?
Novotny’s family buried him
on a hill in Highland Cemetery,
just north of Pawnee, where a
simple wooden cross marks the
grave that is lit by a small solar
panel and visible from the road
at night. About 150 people came
to the Aug. 14 graveside service,
where the pastor read the 23rd
Psalm.
The couple’s 100-year-old
farmhouse feels empty for Angelia these days, even with the two
grandchildren she babysits there
five days a week. Her son offered
to fix up one of his rental properties for her in town, she said, but
she refused. “I like to be in the
country,” she said. “I’m not a
town person.”
The namesake baby, Johnnie
III, was born at Stillwater Medical Center on Sept. 6. The living
room of the farmhouse is filled
with photos of Novotny holding
each infant grandchild. He had to
be photoshopped into one with
the new baby.
“You know, you never think
somebody is going to die,” she
said. “I thought he would have at
least 20 more years.”
She asked a neighbor who lost
her husband three years ago
whether things ever get any better.
“I asked her, ‘Does the loneliness ever go away?’ ” she said.
“And she said, ‘I’d love to tell you,
yeah, it does, but no, it doesn’t.’ ”
She has been beating herself
up a lot lately. Maybe she should
have taken him to a larger hospital in Oklahoma City or Tulsa in
the first place, so that he would
have had access to more specialists. Maybe she should have taken him to the hospital sooner.
Not on her list of regrets: her
decision not to get vaccinated.
“I just have so many questions
about the shot,” she said. “I don’t
know if I’m persuaded. I guess
you want to say I don’t believe in
it.”
On Aug. 14, the day Novotny
was buried, Stillwater Medical
Center’s ICU was full again. In
the back of the nurse’s station,
taped to one of the cupboards,
was a child’s drawing of an
orange tractor and a tiny hay
bale. “Get Well,” it says, with a
heart. It’s signed by two of Novotny’s grandchildren. One of the
staff had rescued it from Novotny’s room and hung it up, the
only remnant of the patient they
knew how to save but couldn’t.
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‘Psychological pressure’
The green-light fleet is one of several
grievances among locals, who say Chinese
fishing boats also sneak into their waters,
a zone Taiwan says extends about 3.7 miles
from Matsu’s coast, leaving nets and cages
that deplete fish stocks by trapping young
bycatch. China does not recognize Taiwan’s maritime claims and regards both
sides of the strait as its territory. Lai said
his department had confiscated more than
8 tons of Chinese traps between April and
September. Chinese dredging ships scoop
up sand near Matsu for construction
projects back home.
Lai said communication between Matsu
officials and their Chinese counterparts
has declined since 2016. Beijing has escalated threats against Taiwan since the
election that year of Tsai Ing-wen, who
vowed in recent days that her people
would never “bow to pressure” from
China. Over four days in early October, the
People’s Liberation Army sent roughly 150
warplanes into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone.
Matsu officials said they have little
recourse to confront China over issues
such as sand dredging and incursions by
Chinese boats. In 2020, about 400 Chinese
vessels were held or expelled for crossing
into Matsu waters, the most in five years,
according to data from Taiwan’s coast
guard.
Officials have not raised the issue of the
green lights, said Wang Chung Ming,
deputy head of Lienchiang county, because
the impact would be “very limited.”

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Matsu, whose closest island is just
six miles from China’s coastal Fujian
province, was for decades the front line of
fighting between the rival Chinese governments led by the Chinese Communist
Party and the Nationalist Party, which
retreated to Taiwan after defeat in 1949.
Until the 1970s, Matsu was heavily
bombed and shelled.
Today the islands, home to about 13,400
people, are quiet but are dotted with
reminders of that conflict. Hillside bunkers and tunnels have been turned into
cafes and hostels; tourists snap photos of a
sign near the main harbor reminding
soldiers to “rest their head on their gun
and wait for dawn.”
But the squid boats’ green lights —
which locals sardonically refer to as the
Matsu Aurora — are a manifestation of
persistent tensions.
“There are at least hundreds of [Chinese] squid boats. It used to be just one or
two dots of green, but now you see a
complete line of green,” said Lai Wen-Chi,
chief of the Fisheries and Husbandry
Section of the Lienchiang county government, which oversees Matsu. Lai said
vessels, which Taiwan officials say convey
fishermen mostly from Fujian province,
have surged in number in the past two
years, with this year being the worst.
Fishermen say catching fresh squid —
popular in hot pot or served grilled — has
become more popular because of declining
supplies of other high-value catch. Fujian’s
more than 40,000 registered fishing vessels caught more than 52,000 tons of squid
in both 2018 and 2019, according to official
data.
A Chinese fisherman based in Fuzhou,
the capital of Fujian, who gave only his
surname, Chen, out of concern for legal
consequences, said that this year at the
peak of the squid season, which usually
runs from June to August, fishermen could
bring back as much as 400 pounds of squid
a night. The squid can sell for up to nearly
$5 a pound. The green lights set in the
water were effective at luring squid and
had become more popular, he said, adding
that he uses a 30-watt LED bulb but that
larger operations used more powerful
lights.

“This is how fishermen make a living.
There is no reason to blame anyone,” he
said, adding that the catch was better
closer to Matsu. “I think there will be more
and more green lights.”
China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said that
Chinese authorities maintain “strict requirements” for regulating light fishing.
“Light fishing is a legal and traditional
method of fishing as well as a common
international fishing practice,” it said in a
statement. “At present the intensity of
lights used by individual boats in Fujian
for squid fishing is far lower than relevant
regulations,” the office said, adding that
Taiwan authorities seized Chinese vessels
to provoke trouble.

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ABOVE: Workers hired by the local government prepare to travel
to Matsu’s Beigan island to remove fishing cages left by Chinese
fishermen, which residents and officials say is depleting the local
fish population. RIGHT: A military vehicle passes Zhongzhu
Harbor on Dongyin island on Sept. 4. Matsu was for years the
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“This isn’t a threat in terms of guns and
cannons, but in terms of psychological
pressure, discomfort,” said Wang. “We
don’t like the green lights. But what can we
do?”
The phenomenon fits within Beijing’s
growing use of gray-zone tactics — nonmilitary actions aimed at intimidating or
exhausting an enemy but stopping short of
triggering a forceful response.
Chen Po-Chang, colonel commander of
the Coast Guard Administration’s Matsu
branch, said the Coast Guard operates
round-the-clock patrols around Matsu’s
two largest islands, but their teams of
fewer than 30 people were stretched.
‘Dark sky’ tourism
Matsu is reliant on tourism, and its lush
islands feel a world away from Taiwan’s
dense cities. Visitors come for its
“blue tears,” a phosphorescence in the
waters caused by algae. Residents pushing “dark sky tourism” say the green lights
are undermining livelihoods and ecotourism.
“The whole sky is green. It’s outrageous,” said Tsai Pei-Yuan, 28, a landscape
architect from Matsu. Locals like Tsai and
the Taiwan Dark-Sky Association have
been pushing for one of Matsu’s islands to
be included on a list of locations managed
by the U.S.-based International Dark-Sky
Association. They worry the green lights
will hurt their cause.
“We were saying Matsu has many stars,
but when the visitors came, all they saw
was this ‘aurora,’ ” she said of promotion
efforts last month.
For some on Matsu, the squid boats are
merely a nuisance. Chen Chih-Chiang, 47,
whose family relied on fishing for generations, said he feels less connected to the
sea. He now works in freight transportation. “We can’t control those Chinese
boats,” he said.
Others have responded forcefully.
Chang, the fisherman in Matsu’s Beigan
island, hit a group of Chinese fishermen in
2019 with lead weights from his fishing
rod, prompting them to throw stones back.
Another time, he rammed his boat into a
Chinese vessel after seeing the crew electrocuting fish — a practice that depletes
the stock in the area for years and has been
banned in China and Taiwan.
“They should not be here,” he said
angrily. “I think the only way to solve this
problem is to have no more fish in our
waters.”
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rehirings, with millions caught in
between. Wages are up, and people are switching jobs at a record
rate. And while growth for the
year is still projected to approach
6 percent, White House and Federal Reserve officials underestimated the economic disruption
that would persist through the
pandemic’s second year. Now it
appears certain that many of
these strains, both economic and
viral, will continue well into 2022,
and perhaps beyond.
“There’s just no road map to
opening a global economy in a
pandemic, and people keep forgetting we’re still in a pandemic,”
said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton. Now the
recovery not only has to fix what
was lost, but also the “scars and
wounds have to heal” after hardhit workers and industries reevaluated their futures, Swonk said.
Swonk pointed to actor William Shatner, who blasted into
space several days ago, and drew a
comparison to what’s unfolding
in the economy: “We’re seeing
some friction upon reentry.”
Here’s a breakdown of what’s
happening in the economy, in five
charts.
Wage growth spikes for some
As many companies tried to
reopen rapidly, they complained
that it was difficult to find workers who were willing to accept the
same pay and conditions that had
been offered pre-pandemic. So a
number of companies raised wages to try to lure workers away
from other jobs. This pushed up
income, especially for workers
who are willing to jump ship for a
new employer.
Workers who switch jobs almost always earn larger raises
than those who stick with the
same employer, but that gap has
opened to the widest point in
more than two decades. Job
switchers received a typical hourly raise of about 5.4 percent from a
year earlier, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s
wage tracker, which analyzes Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
Rising wages can be a good
thing, giving workers more money to spend to help the economy
grow. But economists worry
about the ripple effects of rising
wages at the same time that companies are struggling to fill more
than 10 million empty jobs. If
employers increase wages to attract workers, they may in turn
have to pass those higher labor
costs on to consumers in the form
of higher prices. That could send
inflation even higher.
Will price growth persist?
For months, officials at the Fed
and White House have argued
that inflation is a “transitory,” or
temporary, feature of the economic recovery, like an old car
lurching into gear. The expectation from many top Washington
economic officials is that once
supply chains have time to clear
their backlogs, inflation will settle
down closer to the Fed’s 2 percent
annual target, sometime next
year.
But that message is becoming
increasingly hard to defend.
“Temporary” has lasted for
months, and it will last for
months more. The September
consumer price index shows annual price growth came in at or
above 5 percent for the fifth consecutive month. Plus, last month’s
rising food and shelter costs together contributed to more than
half of the monthly increase of all
items, when seasonally adjusted,
making it harder for people to
afford everyday expenses. Wages
are rising, but that increase is
getting eaten up by higher costs.
Throughout the pandemic,
new and used cars have been a
litmus test for the country’s supply chain issues and related price
increases. The market relies heavily on trade-ins and auto parts,
which are in low supply amid a
global microchip shortage. Used
cars and trucks have driven a
surge in inflation this year and are
up a whopping 52 percent since
September 2019.
But the Fed and the White
House don’t only have to control
inflation. They also have to control the way they talk about it.
Consumers may be watching the
signals Washington’s leaders send
about whether higher prices are
sticking around. One Fed official
is ditching the word “transitory”
altogether, saying it gives the public a false expectation that high
prices will cool in a short time
frame.
“It’s not just the time, it’s
whether this is becoming a little
more embedded in the underlying inflation trends. That’s what
we were thinking in terms of
‘transitory,’ ” said Tim Duy, an
economist and Fed expert at the
University of Oregon. “And increasingly, I would say it looks like
it appears that the price pressures

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The Alameda Corridor freight rail is bound for the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, Calif., where many container ships have needed to wait for a chance to dock and unload.

America’s economic recovery is
‘seeing some friction upon reentry’

rants have recovered, that we’re
back to where we were,” Marshall
said. “People are not comfortable
coming out. And if they do, we’re
fortunate the patio is still open.
But patio season is ending soon.”

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Used vehicles added
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Shipping backlog grows during coronavirus waves
Container ships waiting for a berth at
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are more widespread, and as a
result, more likely to result in
elevated underlying inflation going forward.”

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The virus complicates a
restaurant recovery
Restaurants’ bottom lines have
recovered with surprising speed
in recent months. Data released
by the Census Bureau on Friday
shows restaurant sales topped
$72 billion in August — about in
line with the level that would have
been expected had the pandemic
never happened. But employment in the sector in September
remained about a million jobs
below its prerecession levels, even
as
employers
posted
a
near-record number of job openings — 1.5 million in August alone.
And the recovery has been uneven. Some restaurants are doing

much better than others.
The disconnect is probably related to the pandemic, as high
levels of covid-19 cases appear to
be related to falling restaurant
employment. In Detroit, Nya Marshall remembers when the delta
variant came “knocking at everyone’s door” over the summer.
Going into the fall, Marshall is
running her restaurant, Ivy Kitchen, with reduced hours and shifts.
She said that workers did not rush
back on the payroll when unemployment benefits expired and
that many are leaving the industry altogether, especially while
child care is a pressing concern.
Business is still down 52 percent
compared with pre-coronavirus
levels. And Marshall knows she’s
not alone.
“Delta is here, and there is a
misconception that the restau-

Supply chains are slammed
Why all that inflation? Prices
for used cars and other import-reliant items have risen rapidly as
covid-19 wreaked havoc on global
supply chains that were already
stretched thin by Americans’ prolonged pandemic-era goods-buying binge. Many of the goods that
are successfully offloaded from
ships end up stranded in U.S.
ports as trucking companies
struggle to hire and rail yards
suffer their own backlogs.
Before the pandemic, container ships would usually sail directly from China to a berth at the
ports of Los Angeles and Long
Beach. But since the first pandemic winter, more and more container ships have needed to wait in
San Pedro Bay for a chance to
dock and unload their cargo,
peaking at 40 ships in February.
Coronavirus cases dropped in the
spring, and the backlog of ships
started to go down. As the delta
variant emerged in the United
States, though, the number of
waiting ships spiked alongside
coronavirus cases. More than 70
ships waited offshore on Sept. 19.
Meanwhile, cargo languishes
on container ships. Delays in getting cargo off container ships are
passed on through the supply
chain. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell told lawmakers
last month that the supply-side
constraints on the economy have,
“in some cases, gotten worse,”
adding that “we need those supply blockages to alleviate, to abate
before inflation can come down.”
The Biden administration several days ago announced a 24/7
operation at a key U.S. port and is
working with major importers to
clear a path for cargo ahead of the
holiday season. Companies like
Walmart, FedEx and UPS have
also committed to using the extended hours at the Port of Los
Angeles to offload shipping containers contributing to the freight
backlog.
Pulling off a round-the-clock
effort will depend on cooperation
with foreign-owned shipping
companies and operators across
the transportation sphere, said
Frank Ponce De Leon, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union’s Coast Committeeman for the Coast Longshore Division.
“This problem is not going to
disappear in one day, in one
month. It’s going to be a continued problem for a while now,”
Ponce De Leon said. “There are
things that can change . . . not
only on the docks, but for the
trucking industry, for the warehousing industry, the railroad industry. We can’t move cargo without those three parts of the puzzles.”
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Film feeds into Beijing’s ascendant nationalism
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Dozens of warplanes are reflected in the aviator sunglasses
of the American general, who
promises a speedy victory over
the North Korean army. While
U.S. troops tuck into a buffet of
roasted chicken, frost-covered
Chinese soldiers gnaw on frozen
potatoes to fend off hunger.
“The American army we are
about to face is the best-equipped
in the world,” a Chinese People’s
Volunteer Army commander tells
a train car full of fresh-faced
men. Later, as they charge into
battle through knee-deep snow, a
cry goes up: “Resist American
aggression and aid Korea — protect your home and country!”
In a climate of ascendant nationalism tinged with anti-American sentiment, it’s easy to see
why “The Battle at Lake
Changjin” is a hit in China, where
it has capitalized on demand for
gory action movies that celebrate
the Chinese Communist Party’s
rise.
More than that, strong official
support has made it taboo to
strongly criticize the movie. Chinese police have arrested commentators who questioned the
film’s vainglorious portrayal of a
military campaign in which, by
official counts, nearly 200,000
Chinese died, including 4,000
who froze to death at Lake
Changjin.
Set during a pivotal battle
between U.S.-led U.N. forces and
the Chinese troops that entered
the Korean War to support North
Korea, the epic has broken China’s records for most viewings in
a single day and may be 2021’s
top box office earner globally by
the end of its run.
Released Sept. 30, just before
China’s National Day, the movie
broke $667 million in ticket sales
within two weeks, making it
already the fourth-highest-grossing film of the year worldwide.
That commercial success has

been celebrated by the country’s
film industry as evidence that
Chinese directors and studios
now match Hollywood in their
ability to produce crowd-pleasing, special-effects-laden action
pictures, despite a debate over
the movie’s historical accuracy.
With a budget of $200 million
and 70,000 extras, directors
Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark and Dante
Lam tell the story of the battle
that helped turn the tide of the
war, with liberal use of slow-motion explosions and long, singleshot fight scenes that show the
Chinese forces eking out a victory
despite heavy casualties.
Macho action films have been
central to Chinese cinema since
2017, when the runaway success
of “Wolf Warrior 2,” an explosionpacked film about a former Chinese special operative fending off
Western mercenaries in Africa,
made the genre a touchstone for
the industry. (Wu Jing, the star of
the Wolf Warrior franchise, also
plays a leading role in “The Battle
at Lake Changjin.”)
War epics showing the victories of the People’s Liberation
Army have become increasingly
common, and studios often work
closely with the government and
army to ensure that their films fit
with the official narrative of
events.
“The Battle at Lake Changjin”
was commissioned by the propaganda department of the Chinese
Communist Party and made with
support from the central military
commission and local governments in Beijing and Hebei and
Liaoning provinces.
Yet, the state-run China Daily
pushed back against the idea that
the movie was any different from
American war movies such as
“Pearl Harbor” or “Saving Private
Ryan.” On Weibo, China’s Twitterlike platform, the outlet accused
CNN of “smearing” the film by
labeling it propaganda.
The Chinese and North Koreans’ successful campaign to

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A woman walks past a poster for “The Battle at Lake Changjin” last week in Beijing. War epics showing the victories of the People’s
Liberation Army have become common, and studios often work closely with the government and army on official narratives.

hold off U.S. troops during the
Korean War — known in China as
“the war to resist U.S. aggression
and aid Korea” — is among the
foundational myths of the People’s Republic. (That fighting began when North Korean troops
invaded the South is rarely mentioned in China’s accounts.)
The Chinese soldiers sent by
Mao Zedong across the frozen
Yalu River to support North Korea are valorized in official Communist Party history, and those
who died, including Mao’s son
Mao Anying, are considered martyrs.
During the Mao era, the war
played an important role in China’s popular culture, and a number of feature films about the
conflict were made, often emphasizing the bonds between North
Korean and Chinese troops who
fought together to further the
socialist cause.
The topic later fell out of favor
with Chinese directors as the
country opened up its economy,
but it has made a comeback in
the past decade. However, unlike

films made in the early days of
the People’s Republic, the emphasis of recent features is less about
aiding North Korea and more
about resisting the United States,
a shift in tone that scholars
suggest reflects Beijing’s growing
focus on national security in
confrontation with Washington.
Support for the film has become a matter of national pride,
with many of its defenders tapping into anti-American sentiment by talking about defeating
the “imperialists.” DeepFocus, a
movie review blog on the social
media platform WeChat, was suspended for 14 days after it said
the film’s theme was “potboiler.”
Over the weekend, Chinese
police arrested a former investigative journalist, Luo Changping,
after he made “insulting comments” deemed likely to have
violated Chinese law that makes
slandering martyrs and national
heroes a criminal offense. (On
Weibo, Luo had cast doubt on the
righteousness of the war and
suggested that Chinese soldiers’
blind obedience led them to

freeze to death.) A second man
was detained for 10 days on
similar charges.
Cai Xia, a former scholar at the
Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party turned
critic of the regime, wrote on
Twitter that the film’s efforts to
incite enmity for the United
States had “unexpectedly triggered an upsurge in seeking the
truth about the Korean War.”
The politically charged debate
underscores the uneasy relationship between Hollywood and
China. Less than a decade ago,
American blockbusters regularly
dominated the top-10 lists for
Chinese ticket sales. Today, those
spots are almost invariably taken
by movies from Chinese studios.
China’s box office takings for
the first time overtook North
America’s last year, after prolonged theater closures from the
pandemic.
As a result, American studios
often go out of their way to avoid
angering the authorities to pass
Beijing’s censors and gain access
to the Chinese market. But they

must contend with Chinese filmmakers who are able to cater to
the tastes of local audiences,
often working closely with the
government to ensure they gain
official support.
The early work of Chen, one of
the film’s co-directors, often explored dark corners of China’s
past. His 1993 historical drama
“Farewell My Concubine,” set in
late republican China through to
the Cultural Revolution, was initially banned in China, despite
being a critical success internationally.
So far, China’s nationalist action films have been unable to
replicate home successes overseas. “Wolf Warrior 2” was China’s pick for best foreign language film at the 2017 Oscars but
did not secure a nomination.
“The Battle at Lake Changjin”
has yet to announce an international release date.
christian.shepherd@washpost.com
Lyric Li in Seoul and Pei Lin Wu in
Taipei, Taiwan, contributed to this
report.

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The World
BY C HICO H ARLAN
AND S TEFANO P ITRELLI

vatican city — It’s one of the
few parts of the Vatican readily
accessible to the public: a small
office, steps inside the city-state’s
border, where Catholics can purchase certificates of papal blessings for special personal occasions. Throughout a typical morning, customers stream up to the
counter, ordering prayers for baptisms and anniversaries, giving
their credit cards to nuns behind
plexiglass.
Then, just before lunchtime,
another worker emerges from a
backroom, wearing a black sweater and clerical collar.
It’s Monsignor Carlo Capella,
the Vatican’s only prisoner, finishing his morning shift.
For years, the Vatican’s justice
system has been equal parts limited and obscure. The church has
tended to emphasize spiritual
penitence over penitentiaries.
The city-state has just three prison cells. Its tribunal has rarely
held criminal trials. And even
when there is a high-profile conviction — like Capella’s, in 2018,
with a five-year sentence for possessing and sharing child pornography — little is known about
what comes next.
Capella’s daytime work-release
program, previously unreported,
was observed by The Washington
Post and confirmed by his lawyer,
who said the unpaid office job was
aimed at his “rehabilitation.”
“As for the rest, it’s like a normal penitentiary situation,” said
Capella’s lawyer, Roberto Borgogno. “There’s just no risk of riots.”
Long criticized for shielding its
own, the Vatican is suddenly conducting trials at a frequency without precedent in the nearcentury since its creation as an
independent city-state.
Its first sex abuse trial ended
last week, absolving two priests —
a decision that will be appealed.
A larger-scale case examining
the potential financial crimes of
10 people involved in a Vatican
mega-investment in a London
luxury property, including Cardinal Angelo Becciu, is just beginning. Lawyers in that case are
arguing that Vatican prosecutors
badly overreached while committing procedural violations. The
trial will probably drag on for
months, if not longer.
But the existence of that trial
and others speaks to broader
changes — some made under outside pressure — that have increased the possibility of prosecution inside the city-state.
The Vatican has been pushed to
join more international agreements and, since adopting the
euro, to apply tighter financial
rules, including against money
laundering. Pope Francis has also
issued a series of orders on transparency and the handling of public contracts, expanding the Vatican’s powers in criminal matters
while lifting certain statute-oflimitations measures.
Months into his pontificate,
Francis decreed that even Holy
See diplomats stationed abroad
could face trial in the city-state’s
courts. That determination eventually led to the trial of Capella, a
priest-diplomat who had been
stationed in Washington shortly
before his indictment.
“We now have a lot of norms
and rules that we didn’t have
before,” Monsignor Juan Ignacio
Arrieta, secretary of the Pontifical
Council for Legislative Texts, said
during an interview in a meeting
room overlooking St. Peter’s
Square.
The detention center is tucked
away in a corner of the city-state’s
110-acre territory, away from the
tourist traffic, in a wing of the

REMO CASILLI/REUTERS

Beyond St. Peter’s Basilica and the Vatican’s famous colonnade, the Holy See’s detention center — three jail cells used for pretrial confinement and imprisonment —
is tucked away in a corner of the 110-acre territory, hidden from the tourist traffic in a wing of the barracks belonging to the city-state’s police and security force.

Vatican boosts focus on criminal justice
Long criticized for shielding its own, Holy See is suddenly prosecuting at a rate without precedent in its history as a city-state
barracks belonging to the Vatican’s police and security force.
According to lawyers and people
who have seen the area, each cell
has its own toilet, as well as an
immovable iron bed and a table
anchored to the wall. The windows have bars but the glass can
be opened. Several people noted
that the food was good.
The facility can be used both as
a jail, for pretrial detention, and
as a prison for convicts. The Vatican is allowed to transfer criminals to Italy; indeed, after one of
the highest-profile crimes committed in Vatican territory, the
attempted assassination of John
Paul II in 1981, the shooter served
his sentence in an Italian prison.
But in other cases, the Vatican
has kept its offenders in-house —
including two people convicted in
separate document-leaking incidents, whom the church worried
might represent a security risk.
Before Capella, those leakers
had been the Vatican jail’s most
famous residents. One was a
Spanish priest, Lucio Vallejo Balda, sentenced for passing documents to journalists, and granted
clemency by Francis in 2016, halfway through an 18-month prison
term. The other was Paolo Gabriele, a former butler for Pope Benedict XVI.
Gabriele had been such a fixture that he’d even hold the umbrella for the pontiff when it
rained. Once accused, he said he
had been trying to protect his
boss, hoping to shed light on corruption and other nefarious activity, by stealing documents from
the apostolic palace. But his leaks
ended up triggering a major scandal, puncturing the Vatican’s reputation for airtight secrecy, and

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Monsignor Carlo Capella, right, a former diplomat, was convicted
of possessing and sharing child pornography during his 2018 trial
at the Vatican. He is currently the detention center’s only prisoner.

ALESSANDRA TARANTINO/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Paolo Gabriele, front, was a butler for Pope Benedict XVI. Gabriele
was convicted of leaking church papers and spent two months of an
18-month term in a Vatican jail cell before Benedict pardoned him.

were seen as a possible component in Benedict’s ultimate decision to step down.
Gabriele spent time in a Vatican cell after his arrest and for two
months of an 18-month sentence
— before Benedict showed up for
a visit and said he was pardoning
him. In sparse accounts, the former butler portrayed the life of a
Vatican prisoner as harsh. He said
that while on trial, he was put in a
room so small he couldn’t fully
stretch his arms. He said the light
was on constantly. Initially, “even
a pillow was denied me,” he said.
Others familiar with the facility
tell a different story.
“It was a luxurious prison,” said
Ambra Giovene, the lawyer for
Gianluigi Torzi, one of the 10 facing charges in the ongoing trial.
She said the comforts were deliberate, as a way to make Torzi
cooperative.
Torzi was temporarily detained
for 10 days last year after being
interrogated and then arrested.
(He exchanged a hello with Capella in the barracks courtyard during his detention.)
None of the 10 now on trial are
currently in detention.
Another lawyer, who represented Balda, said the priest’s experience was “very positive.”
“At the time, he was the only
inmate, the poor guy. Whatever he
asked, whatever he needed, [the
guards] were always helpful,” said
the lawyer, Emanuela Bellardini.
“I didn’t have even one problem
when I needed to meet him.”
Historians note that there was
another era when the Catholic
Church conducted justice on a far
broader scale — in the open, and
often brutally. During the centuries when the pope ruled terri-

tory across what is now Italy, one
common punishment was a form
of torture in which criminals were
suspended by rope at their wrists,
sometimes with weights attached.
Some convicts were exiled to row
aboard papal ships. Accused offenders from the nobility would
be kept at Castel Sant’Angelo, but
the benefits of their aristocratic
status had limits; they could be
tortured and executed on-site.
Today, Capella is held within
Vatican territory that is many
times smaller. His lawyer, who
said Capella was unwilling to be
interviewed, said his client is allowed to walk on a predetermined
route within the city-state. But he
can’t cross the border into Italy.
The Vatican “has the advantage
of being very small, so control is
granular,” Borgogno said. “Everyone knows who comes and goes.
There’s no problem checking that
he respects his limitations.”
The Vatican did not respond to
a request for comment.
Capella, before his conviction,
had said his behavior had been
“repugnant” and blamed it on a
period of crisis after moving to
Washington, where he said he had
little fulfilling work to do.
His new job, in the office that
sells papal prayers and also deals
with charity, was something
Capella became eligible for only
after he’d served a “sizable chunk”
of his sentence, Borgogno said.
Borgogno called it a role of “bureaucratic nature.”
He is just dealing with paperwork, Borgogno said.
But the “desk job” is important.
Without it, the Vatican’s lone
prisoner would be in de facto
solitary confinement.

Hassan al-Bashir amid a public
uprising against his rule.

Overnight earthquake kills 3 in
Bali: Three people were killed,

chico.harlan@washpost.com

DI GEST
SYRIA

VENEZUELA

Israel accused
of killing ex-lawmaker

Talks halted after
Maduro ally extradited

Syria accused Israeli forces on
Saturday of shooting dead
Medhat Al-Saleh, a former
member of the Syrian parliament
who had spent 12 years in jail in
Israel, Saudi Arabia’s state-run
television station Al-Ekhbariya
reported. Syrian state news
agency SANA said Al-Saleh “was
martyred as the Israeli enemy
targeted him with fire while
returning home” on Saturday in
Ain al-Tineh, a village in Syria
near the Israeli-occupied Golan
Heights.
An Israeli military
spokesperson said the military
doesn’t comment on foreign
reports.
Saleh had spent 12 years in
prison in Israel after being jailed
in 1985 on charges of “resistance”
to Israeli authorities. He later
served in the Syrian parliament.

Venezuela’s socialist
government said it would
suspend negotiations with its
opponents in retaliation after a
close ally of President Nicolás
Maduro was extradited to the
United States to face money
laundering charges.
Jorge Rodríguez, who has
been heading the government’s
delegation, said his team
wouldn’t travel to Mexico City for
the next scheduled round of
negotiations.
The announcement capped a
tumultuous day that saw
business executive Alex Saab
placed on a United States-bound
plane in Cape Verde after a 16month extradition fight by
Maduro and his allies, including
Russia, who consider the
Colombia native a Venezuelan
diplomat.

— Reuters

— Associated Press

Sudanese protest, call for
dissolution of government:

Thousands of Sudanese took to
the streets in the capital,
Khartoum, to call for the
dissolving of the joint militarycivilian government of Prime

Minister Abdalla Hamdok. The
protest could further increase
political tensions in Sudan,
threatening its fragile transition
to democracy more than
two years after the military’s
overthrow of autocrat Omar

Syrians shell rebel town near
Turkish border, killing 4: Syrian

government shelling of a rebelheld town near the border with
Turkey killed four people and
wounded more than a dozen,
Syrian opposition activists said.
The shelling of Sarmada comes
amid increasing tensions in the
last rebel stronghold in the
Syrian northwest, where a ceasefire reached in March last year
has been repeatedly violated in
recent weeks.
Chinese astronauts reach space
station: Three astronauts

KIM LUDBROOK/EPA-EFE/SHUTTERSTOCK

A car sits in front of colorful buildings in the Bo-Kaap area of
Cape Town, South Africa, on Saturday. Travel bookings have surged
since Britain reapproved travel to the country after a pandemic ban.

entered China’s space station for
a six-month mission, setting to
work Saturday after successfully
docking aboard their Shenzhou13 spacecraft. The spacecraft was
launched by a Long March-2F
rocket Saturday and docked with
the Tianhe core module of the
Tiangong space station.

and seven more were injured
when a moderately strong
earthquake and an aftershock hit
Indonesia’s resort island of Bali.
The 4.8-magnitude quake hit just
before dawn, causing people to
run outdoors in a panic. It struck
just as the island is beginning to
reopen to tourism amid the
coronavirus pandemic.
Record number get shots at
New Zealand’s ‘Vaxathon’: New

Zealand health-care workers
administered vaccine shots
Saturday as the nation held a
festival aimed at getting more
people immunized against the
coronavirus. Musicians, sports
stars and celebrities pitched in
for the “Vaxathon” event, which
was broadcast on television and
online for eight hours straight.
By late afternoon, more than
120,000 people had gotten shots,
eclipsing the daily record of
93,000 set in August.
— From news services

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Deaths of minority
civilians heighten
fears in Kashmir
BY N IHA M ASIH
AND S HAMS I RFAN

new delhi — Militants in Kashmir have killed seven civilians,
including Hindus and Sikhs, in
targeted attacks this month,
marking an escalation in the
decades-old conflict in the
Muslim-majority enclave and setting the stage for new clashes.
One of the victims, Makhan Lal
Bindroo, a Hindu, spent his life
running a large pharmacy in
Muslim-majority Kashmir’s Srinagar city. This month, militants
barged into his shop in a bustling
market and shot him four times at
point-blank range.
“He died before reaching the
hospital,” his son, Siddharth, said.
The others killed included two
schoolteachers and a street hawker. Four were Hindus and Sikhs,
prompting dozens of families —
mostly those whose members
work government jobs — from
those communities to leave for the
neighboring Hindu-majority region.
Kashmir has been a flash point
between India and Pakistan since
the subcontinent’s partition. In
the 1990s, the rise of militant
groups battling the Indian state
for independence or merger with
Pakistan triggered the exodus of
tens of thousands of its minority
population, considered a dark
chapter in the region’s history.
A well-regarded figure in Kashmir, Bindroo, 68, was among the
few hundred Hindu families that
remained in the valley. Siddharth
said his father vowed he would
never leave his homeland.
This moment marks a “turning
back in time” for Kashmir, said
Avinash Paliwal, a foreign policy
expert on South Asia at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.
“These targeted killings of minorities are meant to create a political effect and further polarize
an already polarized situation,” he
said. This was likely to invite a
forceful response from New Delhi,
Paliwal said.
The ratcheting tensions come

amid a crackdown by the Indian
government in Kashmir. In August 2019, the Indian government
stripped the region of its autonomy and statehood, a move Prime
Minister Narendra Modi said
would end the cycle of violence
and corruption to build a “new
Kashmir.”
Locals opposed the move, and
the aftermath — a severe communication blackout, mass arrests
and instances of abuses by security forces — generated further
alienation and anger against Indian rule among Kashmiris.
A group known as the Resistance Front, which emerged after
the revocation of autonomy, has
claimed responsibility for this
month’s killings on a Telegram
channel. The group in a statement
said it had attacked those working
at the behest of the Indian government and was not targeting minorities. Indian researchers say
the group is a product of Pakistanbased terrorism groups who want
to make militancy in Kashmir appear “homegrown.”
Police officials in Kashmir did
not respond to requests for comment on the identity of the attackers, but they have moved to question hundreds of people in a
sweeping crackdown across Kashmir. Nine militants have been
killed in gunfights in recent days.
Members of Indian security forces
have also died.
Vijay Kumar, a high-ranking
police official in Kashmir, told ANI
news agency that “newly recruited
terrorists or those who are about
to join the terrorists” were behind
the killings.
Civil society and political leaders in Kashmir condemned the
attacks on civilians and have
called on locals to protect minorities. But for many, it was not
enough. One of those who left
recently was Sunny Raina, a government engineer living in south
Kashmir’s Anantnag town. He
said there was “absolute chaos” in
the colony where around 400
Kashmiri Hindus families reside
when the news of the killing of two
schoolteachers spread.

TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

Security forces stand guard in Srinagar, a city in Muslim-majority Kashmir, on Friday. Kashmir has been a flash point between India and
Pakistan for decades, and militants’ recent attacks on seven civilians, including Hindus and Sikhs, has brought worries of more violence.

MUKHTAR KHAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sikh community members carry the body of Supinder Kaur, a
school principal, during a funeral procession in Srinagar on Oct. 8.

For Raina, 32, it marked an
emotionally turbulent moment:
his second flight from Kashmir.
He was 4 years old when his family
fled Kashmir in the exodus. “But I
had never imagined that three
decades later, I will take the same
route out of Kashmir with my family,” he said.
There is also anger directed at

New Delhi, which has ruled the
region since 2019 in the absence of
elections to select local officials.
The Modi government had
claimed that revoking Kashmir’s
special status would help secure
the region.
This year, an Indian army official told local media that militancy-related violence had declined

by half and that the situation was
stable. The government recently
announced concessions for Kashmiri Hindus who wanted to return. For Raina, these promises
now ring hollow. He said he didn’t
believe the government had a security road map for Kashmiri Hindus. “Our plight is being exploited
for political gains,” he said.
Politicians who advocated a
pro-India path in Kashmir for decades and served as chief ministers
were also among those detained
for months in 2019, leaving Delhi
with few allies on the ground.
Mehbooba Mufti, a former chief
minister of the state and an erstwhile ally of Modi’s party who
spent more than a year in detention, said she worried that these
killings would give the government another “excuse to weaponize the situation further by polarizing people in the rest of the
country” for electoral benefits.
Citing the recent crackdown, she
said, people were “being hounded
as collective punishment.”
The killings have the potential
to “destabilize India’s national se-

curity,” said Paliwal, the foreign
policy expert.
Recent developments in the
broader region — China engaging
India in a prolonged military
standoff, cross-border infiltration
attempts from Pakistan and the
Taliban takeover of Afghanistan —
have raised concerns. “The political effects [that the killings] create
can be really damaging in this
wider context,” he said.
At the home of Bindroo, the
pharmacist who was shot dead,
friends and relatives poured in on
a recent afternoon to offer their
condolences. Losing his father has
been difficult for Siddharth, who
said he had worried something
like this could happen.
But, he said, the way Kashmiri
Muslims turned up to mourn and
pay respect to his father touched
him deeply.
“That is the beauty of Kashmir,”
Siddharth said. “That cannot be
shaken by a few people who want
to divide the society.”
niha.masih@washpost.com
Irfan reported from Srinagar, India.

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london — Britain’s Prince William is trying to help save the
planet by helping inventors save
the planet. On Sunday, he is hosting a kind of Oscars awards and
broadcast — for an audience into
green hydrogen energy, coral reef
restoration and using insects in
compost toilets.
The heir of the heir to the British throne is the founder of the
Earthshot Prize, which will give
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viewed as a swipe at billionaires
Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Richard
Branson, all engaged in the space
tourism race — though Bezos has
also pledged $1 billion to land and
sea conservation and Musk’s money comes largely from his electric
car business. (Bezos owns The
Washington Post.)
Prince William’s answer to the
climate crisis has been to use his
profile — and money from “founding partners” — to launch the
Earthshot, self-billed as the “most
prestigious global environment
prize in history.”
Every year until 2030, five winners will be selected.
More than 750 candidates were
put forward by a panel of more
than 200 experts. Fifteen finalists
were shortlisted. They are vying
for the prize money, and also grant
money and venture capital support to help scale up.
Among the boldfaced names
judging the final round: nonagenarian British TV naturalist David Attenborough, Jordan’s Queen
Rania, actress Cate Blanchett,
singer Shakira and basketball giant Yao Ming.
Some of the winners will join
Prince William when he attends
COP26, the upcoming global climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland.
Here are a handful of the eyecatching projects:
Solar-powered ironing
In parts of India, roaming
“ironing wallahs” use charcoalpowered irons to press wrinkles
out of clothes. There are an estimated 10 million ironing carts
that each burn — on average —
about 11 pounds of charcoal per
day.
Vinisha Umashankar, a 14year-old student from India’s
southern Tamil Nadu state, has
invented a solar-powered ironing
cart to help reduce pollution in
cities, including her own. The cart
is attached to a bicycle, meaning
it’s mobile, and it has solar panels
on its roof. It takes about five
hours in bright sunshine to fully
charge, and vendors can use the
iron for six hours a day.
She told The Washington Post
that the ironing-cart concept
could be applied to other street
vendors, too. “Soon, there may be
solar veg-carts or ice-cream carts,
you never know,” she said. She
added that teenagers “can definitely be good innovators. We are

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to boost environmental innovations
Inaugural winners in areas such as climate solutions, clean air will get $1.4 million to scale up projects

THE EARTHSHOT PRIZE

Vinisha Umashankar, 14, of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India,
invented a solar-powered cart as a clean alternative to the charcoalpowered irons that press clothes for millions of Indians each day.

CONOR ASHLEIGH/THE EARTHSHOT PRIZE

Maria Vozzo of the Living Seawalls team conducts a biodiversity
count in Sydney Harbor. The initiative retrofits sea walls with
“habitat panels” to create a better environment for marine life.

THE EARTHSHOT PRIZE

The Blue Map app is China’s first public environmental database.
Users can check local air and water quality and get pollution data.

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Olugbenga Olubanjo, the Nigerian-born founder of Reeddi, has
developed a portable system based on solar power to bring
affordable electricity to areas not served by power grids.

at an age where we have so much
energy and drive. . . . Our youth
definitely has the power to do
good in this world.”
Living sea walls
As the oceans rise in the warming world, humans will build sea
walls to protect their cities. Already, the built coastal infrastructure — walls, pilings, pontoons,
marinas — is greater than the area
of all the planet’s mangrove and
sea grass forests.
Traditional sea walls are mostly
barren, as they lack shelter to
encourage the biodiversity of a
natural environment. But Living
Seawalls, a project started by the

Sydney Institute of Marine Science, deploys ocean scientists and
industrial designers to create
“habitat panels,” plates about the
size of a large pizza pie that can be
screwed onto the sea walls and
mimic natural formations, such as
rock pools and mangrove roots.
Upon these panels, life does
grow. The panels are built of “reinforced concrete from 3-D printed
molds to form complex habitat
geometries,” the developers say.
They are available in 10 designs —
with names like “kelp holdfast”
and “sponge fingers.”
The Earthshot judges report
early positive results: “Living Seawalls have 36 percent more ma-

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Pedro Garcia Rueda, a descendant of the Indigenous Maleku
people, is a beneficiary of Costa Rica’s environmental services
payment program, which rewards farmers for protecting the land.

rine species than flat sea walls
after only two years. Eighty-five
species now thrive among the
panels.”
A pollution-tracking app
When Ma Jun worked as an
investigative journalist for the
South China Morning Post, he reported on the impact of air and
water pollution created by the
booming economy. As an environmental activist, he realized that to
fight pollution, you have to measure it and share that information,
leading him to found Blue Map.

Blue Map is China’s first public
environmental database, accessible via smartphone, offering citizens detailed information on
emissions and effluents, from
40,000 factories, bolstered by
160,000 air- and water-quality
data points, collected each day.
Users can employ this “big
data” to “name and shame” offending businesses and municipalities — and produce results.
“With 10 million downloads,
Blue Map’s network of concerned
citizens becomes part of the multistakeholder initiative that is

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changing China’s cities,” the
Earthshot judges say. “It also
teaches the world a lesson — that
clever innovation, combined with
public participation, is a recipe for
progress.”
Paying locals to protect forests
Despite the crucial role that
forests play in protecting wildlife
and buffering climate change,
global tree loss is accelerating.
Last year, nearly 7 percent more
trees were lost than the year before.
The government of Costa Rica,
one of the finalists, thinks it has a
model that others could use to
reverse deforestation. The government pays its farmers not to
cut trees.
In the 1970s and ’80s, Costa
Rica had some of the worst deforestation rates in the world, as
locals toppled trees to make way
for crops and cattle farming.
In 1997, the government took
drastic action by introducing a
“payments for environmental services” program, which rewards
landowners — via direct bank payments — for protecting the forest,
reforestation, sustainable forest
management and agroforestry.
The financial incentives have
proved crucial in helping Costa
Rica become the first tropical
country to not only stop but to
reverse deforestation.
Electricity to go
Olugbenga Olubanjo grew up
poor in Nigeria, one of 70 million
people in the African nation without reliable electricity. He founded the start-up Reeddi, which provides portable rechargeable battery units to consumers from a
vending machine powered by solar panels.
Reeddi rents its solar-powered
energy capsule, a lithium battery,
for $0.50 a day, by cash, mobile
phone app or debit card. You take
the unit home and are given reward points when you return it.
The United Nations reports
that there are 600 million people
living without access to electricity
in Africa. The Earthshot judges
think this could be a clean, green,
sensible way to bridge the gap.
The company says it provides
units to over 600 households. If
scaled up, with the help of prize
money, that number could grow to
12,000 by 2022. Reeddi says its
customers use their capsules to
power laptops, TVs, fans, lights,
radios, phones and, for barbers
and beauty salons, hair clippers.
Poop-eating fly larvae
Urban sanitation is a growing
problem in cities around the
world, especially in sprawling city
slums that don’t have sewer systems.
A Nairobi-based company
called Sanergy is helping to clean
up cities by converting human
waste into products that can be
used by farmers.
Sanergy builds waterless toilets
that don’t need to be connected to
a sewer system. Underneath the
toilets are blue barrels that, when
filled, are removed and taken to a
recycling factory. There, it’s time
for creepy crawlies to get to work.
The human waste is consumed by
black soldier fly larvae, which in
turn transform the feces into organic fertilizer and other agricultural products that can be used by
local farmers.
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LEBANON FROM A1

the six people killed in the clash on
Thursday — vowed that their
blood had not been spilled “in
vain,” hinting at revenge. One of
those killed was a Hezbollah fighter who had fought for the group in
Syria in support of the Syrian government, according to photographs circulated on social media.
The Lebanese Forces have accused Hezbollah of seeking to impose its will on the entire country,
including the Christians, and has
warned it would resist any attempts by the Shiite group’s adherents to enter Christian areas.
Lebanese Forces supporters are
now patrolling Christian neighborhoods in the vicinity of the
clash, said a woman named Souad.
She lives in a Christian section of
Tayouneh, where the violence
flared, and asked that her full
name not be used for fear of retribution.
“They are prepared and ready
for any attempt to enter the area,”
she said of the Lebanese Forces
supporters. “They carry sticks, not
guns. The guns are hidden.”
The immediate trigger of this
latest crisis was a call made earlier
in the week by the Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, for the dismissal of Tarek Bitar, the judge in
charge of investigating the explosion that killed more than 200
people at Beirut’s port last year.
During a rally held by armed
supporters of Hezbollah and its
Shiite ally Amal to support Nasrallah’s demand, at least one sniper
opened fire when the marchers
approached a Christian neighborhood. That prompted volleys of
return fire from the marchers,
who then sought to storm nearby
Christian neighborhoods.
The Lebanese Forces, a former
civil war faction that is now a
political party, denies Hezbollah
accusations that it was responsible for the sniper fire. But the
Forces also have said Christians
were entitled to defend themselves against incursions into
Christian areas.
The stakes are far higher than
the fate of a single judge, however.
The country has now polarized
between Christians who support
the continuation of the judge’s investigations and Shiites who support Hezbollah’s calls for his dismissal. The standoff touches on
sectarian fault lines that crisscross

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Lebanese army soldiers are seen through the bullet-riddled window of a car after deadly clashes erupted along a former civil war front line
between Muslim Shiite and Christian areas in Beirut on Thursday. Officials say at least six people were killed and dozens were wounded.

streets, neighborhoods and the
government.
“A red line has been drawn between Christian areas and other
areas and if [all sides] do not try to
de-escalate, this will not turn out
well,” said Khaldoun el-Charif, a
Lebanese political analyst. “At any
moment a clash could take place
in any mixed area.”
Even if the violence is contained, the stage is now set for a
potentially prolonged period of
political paralysis, he said.
Hezbollah is standing its
ground. Both President Michel
Aoun, a Christian, and new Prime
Minister Najib Mikati, a Sunni
Muslim, are standing by Bitar.
Without a compromise, the government will be unable to agree on
the steps necessary to pull Lebanon from its misery, including political and economic reforms required by the International Monetary Fund to unlock the emergen-

cy funding Lebanon so badly
needs.
An alternative scenario is that
the president and prime minister
submit to Hezbollah’s calls to dismiss Bitar, said Nizar Hassan, cohost of the “Lebanese Politics”
podcast. But that comes with its
own price. The government probably would lose the support of the
United States and other Western
allies, which have insisted on a
transparent investigation into the
port explosion and whose support
would be vital if there is to be an
IMF bailout.
“In both scenarios the government will become powerless, either because Hezbollah is in conflict with it or the West is in conflict with it,” he said. “So Mikati
has no good choices.”
Many Lebanese are questioning why Hezbollah seems so determined to remove Bitar, even at the
risk of igniting conflict.

One possibility is that Bitar,
who has not revealed his findings,
may have uncovered evidence implicating Hezbollah in the shipment of ammonium nitrate that
blew up or with negligence in leaving it unattended for over six years
at the port, said Kim Ghattas, the
Beirut-based author of the book
“Black Wave” about the regionwide rivalry between Iran and
Saudi Arabia.
More broadly, Hezbollah may
be seeking to undermine the investigation because of the threat it
poses to the established political
order, which has for decades protected the country’s powerful and
often corrupt elites from scrutiny
or accountability, including Hezbollah, she said. Bitar’s attempts
to interrogate former senior government officials would set a precedent that could unravel the immunity long enjoyed by the politicians.

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With parliamentary elections
due to be held early next year, the
tensions are unlikely to abate
soon, analysts say. It serves the
interests of both Hezbollah and
the Lebanese Forces to encourage
sectarian sentiments among Lebanese who are deeply disillusioned with the political system
that underpins their collapsed
economy and failing state, said
Bassel Salloukh, a Lebanon expert
and associate professor of political
science at the Doha Institute for
Graduate Studies
“It’s a win-win situation for
both groups, because they can use
this to mobilize their constituencies behind them,” he said.
Continued unrest could also
force the postponement of the
elections, thereby perpetuating
the current standoff and prolonging the survival of the current
parliament, in which Hezbollah
and its allies command a majority.

“The game becomes who controls the weapons and who [has]
the territory. It’s a very smart
move to make sure Christians vote
Christian and Shiites vote Shiite,
not Lebanese,” said Hassan, the
podcast host.
The tensions also can’t be
viewed in isolation from rising
regional tensions between the
United States and Iran, which
have often played out in Lebanon
in the past, Ghattas said.
The unexpected violence followed warnings from the Biden
administration that it is growing
impatient with Iran’s failure to
return to the nuclear accord negotiations. Earlier this month, Iran’s
foreign minister visited Beirut to
further Iranian influence in Lebanon by offering to build two power
stations and to take over the task
of rebuilding Beirut’s port.
The fighting broke out on the
same day as a preplanned visit by
U.S. Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland, who announced
$67 million in new aid for the
Lebanese army while bullets were
flying a few miles away.
“You could argue that what we
saw in Lebanon is part of Iran’s
regional game to up the pressure
on the international community
to give in. Iran is playing the negotiating game across the region on
the whole chessboard,” she said.
In Tayouneh, where the violence flared, a group of four
friends drawn from different religions drank tea together and
cracked jokes about one another’s
sects. They said they hoped the
clashes were over.
“This is a sensitive area. This is a
Christian area, of course, but it’s
filled with Muslims. Everyone is
living next to each other,” said one
of the men, who all spoke on the
condition of anonymity for fears
for their security.
“It was blowing off steam,” said
another, whose house was damaged by fire during the violence.
But, he added, he has since packed
two bags filled with essentials
such as his identification documents and put them by the door,
just in case more fighting erupts
again and he has to flee.
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an electric future are fully in
motion — there are too many bad
ones.
Seventy-four times last year,
the wind across Upstate New
York dropped so low that for
stretches of eight hours or more
barely any electricity was produced. Nearly half the year, the
main transmission line feeding
the metropolitan area was at full
capacity so that no more power
could be fed into it. Congestion
struck other, smaller lines, too,
and when that happened, some of
the wind turbine blades upstate
fell still.
And in New York City this
summer, the utility Con Edison
appealed to customers to cut
back on their electricity usage
during the strain of five separate
heat waves, while Tropical
Storms Elsa, Henri and Ida cut
power to thousands.
Converting the nation’s fleet of
automobiles and trucks to electric power is a critical piece of the
battle against climate change.
The Biden administration wants
to see them account for half of all
sales by 2030, and New York state
has enacted a ban on the sale of
internal combustion cars and
trucks starting in 2035.
But making America’s cars go
electric is no longer primarily a
story about building the cars.
Against this ambitious backdrop,
the country’s electric grid will be
sorely challenged by the need to
deliver clean power to those cars.
Today, though, it barely functions
in times of ordinary stress and
fails altogether too often for comfort, as widespread blackouts in
California, Texas, Louisiana and
elsewhere have shown.
“We got to talk about the grid,”
said Gil Quiniones, head of a state
agency called the New York Power Authority. “Otherwise we’ll be
caught flat-footed.”
By 2030, according to one
study, the nation will need to
invest as much as $125 billion in
the grid to allow it to handle
electric vehicles. The current infrastructure bill before Congress
puts about $5 billion toward
transmission line construction
and upgrades.
Even in this liberal, wealthy
state, where policymakers are
spending billions on climate
change initiatives and the governor has announced plans for two
big new transmission lines feeding the New York metropolitan
area, the challenge is enormous.
By 2050, the state projects,
electric cars, trucks and buses
will use 14 percent of New York’s
total output. That’s equivalent to
half of all the electricity used in
New York City in 2019 — so it’s
like powering a new city of 4 million people. Overall demand
could grow by as much as 50 percent.
Three places, hundreds of
miles apart, tell the story of the
grid in New York, and by extension in the country as a whole:
In the hard-hit dairy country of
upstate Lewis County, wind power has been an economic lifeline,
but its room for expansion is
severely limited. Other renewables face similar limits.
In a control room in East
Greenbush, outside Albany, the
agency that oversees New York’s
grid must manage the flow of
electricity through transmission
lines that without significant rebuilding will be totally inadequate in connecting upstate to
the big metropolitan area.
And in New York City, stressed
utility equipment will need expensive upgrades — and perhaps
a totally new model of energy
production — if they are to handle an eventual 2 million electric
vehicles.
All in all, it shows how the
country’s 20th-century point-topoint grid, delivering energy over
long distances, will not be adequate to serve this century’s
needs.
“The grid of the future isn’t
going to be a grid at all,” said Shuli
Goodman, executive director of a
Linux Foundation project called
LF Energy. “It will be more like
the Internet,” she said, with power generation happening all over
the place.
“Something,” she said, “like a
forest.”
It’s been 20 years since the first
wind farm was built in Lewis
County, and since then, more
have followed, bringing a steady
income stream to the small dairy
farmers whose land hosts the
towering white turbines. Theirs
has been a life of struggle,
squeezed on price by their larger
competitors, selling milk through
a co-op to the big yellow Kraft
Heinz factory in Lowville that
goes through a reported 20 million pounds a month to make
string cheese and cream cheese.
Vaughn Moser’s parents were
able to retire from farming when
the turbines came. With four
kids, ages 3 to 11, he keeps plenty
busy making ends meet: tending
about 250 head of cattle (beef and
dairy), running 10,000 taps on
maple trees to make syrup, operating a lumber mill and making
furniture in his spare time.

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At the Independent System Operator’s office in East Greenbush, N.Y., workers manage the state’s electric grid for from a complex control room. “When the system’s running
well, there’s not a lot to do,” said Richard Dewey, president of the ISO. But that’s not always the case: “It’s, like, 95 percent boredom and 5 percent hysteria.”

THE ROAD TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Struggle to deliver
power from
renewables may
redefine gridlock
New York moving toward less reliance on non-fossil
fuel sources for electrical power
Annual share of electricity generated by source, 1990 to 2019
100%

Fossil fuels
75%

50%

Nuclear

25%

Hydroelectric
Other
Wind

0%
1990

2019

Note: “Other” sources include biomass, solar and wood
Source: Energy Information Administration

High-voltage electrical
lines in New York

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Rochester

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Copenhagen

Rome

Syracuse

Albany
East Greenbush

50 MILES

Poughkeepsie

New York

High-voltage lines

Buildings

Wind turbines

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Carthage
Watertown

Nearly a fourth of all wind
turbines in New York are
located in Lewis County

Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Wind Farm

Maple Ridge, built in 2006,
is the largest wind farm
in the state

5 MILES

Roaring Brook, set to be
completed later this year,
will be the latest wind farm
in the region
Roaring Brook
Wind Farm

Maple Ridge
Wind Farm

Lowville

Martinsburg

Sources: United States Geological Survey; United States Energy Information Administration;
Microsoft; Avangrid Renewables

In a year when the dairy co-op
is dumping milk because there’s
too much for the market to use,
he’s glad to see the turbine blades
churning, grabbing electricity
from the wind and sending it
away down the wires. “It’s going
where it’s needed, and that’s
okay,” he said. “Everything gets
bigger and needs more power.”
Government officials speak
with similar confidence about the
role of wind power and its renewable cousin, solar, in powering a
low-emissions electric grid that
could undergird an electric vehicle future. Without a renewable
source of electricity, electric vehicles will still contribute to climate
change — where fossil fuels are
burned at power plants rather
than in tailpipe emissions.
New York has adopted what it
calls the 70-30 goal: 70 percent
carbon-free power by 2030. The
Biden administration has spelled
out similar, longer-term goals for
the nation as a whole. But a White
House proposal to encourage the
expansion of clean energy in the
$3.5 trillion reconciliation bill is
facing intense opposition from
Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.)
and is likely to be scaled back.
Officials have been depending
on wind to be a big part of their
clean-energy plan. Earlier this
year, then-Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) boasted, “We are proposing the largest wind programs in
the nation and advancing our
green manufacturing capacity
and the jobs that go with it.”
In August, the Energy Department reported that 2020 had
seen record-high levels of new
land-based wind farm installations nationwide. “These reports
contain such terrific news,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said. “They underscore
both the progress made and the
capacity for much more affordable wind power to come.”
But in New York and nationally, wind will have trouble meeting
the expectations.
Lewis County and adjoining
Jefferson County encompass the
Tug Hill Plateau, a high forested
region west of the Adirondacks.
It’s the best location for onshore
wind farms in the state.
Turbines stretch out along the
eastern escarpment of the plateau, just where the winds off
Lake Ontario pick up speed as
they flow down into the fertile
Black River Valley.
This fall, the Roaring Brook
wind farm, with the latest in
European turbine blades mounted to each of 20 250-foot towers,
goes into operation. It strides
across 5,000 mostly forested
acres on the eastern escarpment
of the plateau.
All that power doesn’t amount
to much. Wind contributes about
3 percent of the output in New
York.
Two proposed wind farms for
Tug Hill could still get through
the planning process and become
operational.
“And that’s probably about it
for this region,” said Jason Du
Terroil, director of East Coast
development for Avangrid, which
will operate Roaring Brook. “The
rest of New York, the topography
doesn’t really lend itself to wind.
Up and down the East Coast, it’s
more difficult to site wind farms.”
Nationally, wind accounts for
about 8.4 percent of power pro-

duction, and the U.S. Energy Information Administration expects some growth of onshore
wind in the years ahead, especially in the Midwest.
Additional growth will occur
offshore, at least for the East
Coast.
Stronger, steadier winds and
more powerful turbines in the
waters from Martha’s Vineyard to
Virginia could reach a capacity of
20 to 30 gigawatts by 2030, according to an American Wind
Energy Association report.
New York’s share of that, probably nine gigawatts, would not be
sufficient to replace all its fossilfuel-powered generation plants,
which in 2020 had a capacity of
26 gigawatts.
Solar energy is growing nationally, especially in the South and
Southwest, but a combination of
terrain and weather will limit its
impact in the Northeast. It takes
up too much room, for one thing.
Moser points out that he can
plant his crops right up to the
bases of the wind turbines standing in his fields. “To see good
farmland covered with solar, it’s
disappointing,” he said.
But wind farms aren’t welcome
everywhere.
Wind has meant money for
Lewis County, though it still has
the second-lowest median household income of New York’s 62
counties after the Bronx. Elsewhere — up near the Thousand
Islands along the St. Lawrence
River, for instance — wealthy
part-time residents have had the
means to fight off proposed wind
farms.
And even in Lewis County,
Roaring Brook met opposition.
The Tug Hill Land Trust, a private
nonprofit, objected to its placement on forest land, instead of
farmers’ fields, said Linda Garrett, the group’s executive director. She cited concerns about
water pollution and the loss of a
wilderness feeling in the state’s
third-largest forest. Avangrid has
cut more than 10 miles of roads
through the tract to connect the
turbines.
“If you’re cutting down trees to
put up windmills to fight climate
change, it doesn’t make sense to
me,” she said. “It would be a lot
easier to swallow if it was a
community project, with community benefits.”
Currently, 57 proposed wind
projects in New York — on land
and at sea — are awaiting a green
light. Approval depends on there
being enough transmission capacity to handle their output.
Some have been in the queue
since 2012.
If every project eventually won
approval, and moved toward operation over the next decade, the
capacity would be about 30 gigawatts, enough in theory to replace
the fossil fuel plants.
But every project won’t win
approval.
A study of selected U.S. regions
by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that fewer
than a quarter of all proposed
projects actually make it to commercial operation.
Nuclear power is expected to
decline from 20 percent of national output in 2019 to 12 percent in 2050, according to a
projection by the U.S. Energy
Information
Administration.
There are no nuclear proposals in

New York’s plans. Earlier this
year, the state shut down an old
nuclear plant at Indian Point, on
the Hudson. Its capacity was
picked up by two new gas-fired
plants.
“Getting to 70 percent in nine
years is going to be a big push,”
said Cullen Howe, a grid specialist with the Natural Resources
Defense Council. “It’s going to be
a heavy lift. There’s no question
about it. Is it technically feasible?
Yeah, I think it is.”
But generating all that power
will be one thing. Even assuming
the goal can be met, that clean
power still has to make its way to
where the electric cars will be.
The electricity generated in
Moser’s hayfield heads about
nine miles to the northwest,
where it joins the New York grid
at a substation in East Watertown. There, it falls under the
control of the state’s Independent
System Operator and enters a
transmission line that shows up
as a thin yellow connector on a
dauntingly complicated and huge
schematic screen that dominates
the ISO control room in a tightly
secured building in East Greenbush, just across the Hudson
from Albany. The line interconnects with other lines in magenta,
blue, red, green and orange, each
representing a different level of
voltage.
The ISO operators like to talk
about what they call the state’s
Tale of Two Grids: on one side, the
rural north and Rust Belt west,
and on the other, the Hudson
Valley, New York City metropolitan area and Long Island. Both
produce nearly the same amount
of electricity — about 65,000 gigawatt-hours in 2020 — but one has
plenty of renewable power, and
the other does not. One has vast
rural stretches; the other does
not. They operate like two nearly
separate systems.
“When the system’s running
well, there’s not a lot to do,” said
Richard Dewey, president of the
New York ISO. “It’s, like, 95 percent boredom and 5 percent hysteria.”
One main transmission line
connects the two grids, carrying
power from the north and west to
where it’s needed downstate,
which uses about two-thirds of
New York’s overall energy. Running roughly between Utica and
Albany, that line is called the
Central East Constraint, and it is
congested about half the year,
meaning no more power can flow
along it.
And at least 11 pockets within
the two regions have their own
local constraints: high-tension
lines that don’t have enough capacity even today.
It is not a problem specific to
New York state. Similar constraints exist in Texas, California,
Maryland, Illinois and elsewhere.
Across the country, long-distance
transmission lines can carry only
so much electricity, just the way a
pipe can carry only so much
water.
When they’re at full capacity,
they can’t carry any more, even if
a downstream customer — a local
utility, for instance — is trying to
obtain some.
The limits of these constraints
will become even more significant as the nation moves to send
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Maple Ridge Wind Farm, left, in Martinsburg, N.Y., is the largest
wind farm in the state, and more turbines are in the works in the
area. But Linda Garrett, executive director for the Tug Hill Land
Trust, said her group is opposed to putting them in forested areas.
“If you’re cutting down trees to put up windmills to fight climate
change, it doesn’t make sense to me,” she said.

PHOTOS BY KATE LOVERING FOR THE WASHINGTON POST

It’s much easier to cut back on
wind and solar generation in
what are called curtailments than
it is to dial down a traditional
power plant or hydroelectric
dam, and easier to bring them
back on again, so renewables
always take the brunt of curtailment orders.
By 2030, a study suggests, the
potential output of renewables in
some of the smaller pockets in
New York could face curtailments
of as much as 63 percent without
improvements in transmission.
This would make it virtually impossible for the state to meet the
2030 goal.
Keeping energy flowing from
upstate to downstate is critical to
the state’s goals.
Last year, 90 percent of the
electricity produced upstate was
zero-emission, a little bit of it
from the Moser farm but the bulk
from nuclear plants and the Niagara Hydroelectric Power Station.
Downstate, by contrast, 77 percent of the electricity was from
fossil fuels.
To meet its needs, New York

state is planning to spend $1.2 billion on upgrades, and Gov. Kathy
Hochul (D) announced on Sept.
20 a plan to spend $11 billion on a
new transmission line skirting
the Catskills, as well as another
line that would bring hydropower straight down from Quebec. At
the national level, the federal
infrastructure bill includes $5 billion to address congestion.
Even with the improvements,
Dewey said, meeting the state’s
emissions target by getting cleaner power downstate “is going to
be a stretch.”
In New York and across the
country, engineers also expect to
enhance lines on existing rights
of way. A technology called dynamic line rating, which uses
sensors to provide much greater
visibility into conditions on
transmission lines, could allow
them to carry significantly more
power, without new construction.
A different workaround to the
transmission problem involves
numerous new small but local
power generators. Hochul an-

nounced a plan in September to
build vast numbers of rooftop
installations.
The panels would be installed
where the demand is — predominantly in and around New York
City.
The main transmission line
from upstate to New York City
comes right down the Hudson
Valley, with secondary lines providing some backup. Electricity
imported from Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Jersey can
also feed the metropolitan area.
At substations around the region, the voltage is stepped down
and the power is distributed on
local lines — strung on familiar
poles in parts of the outer boroughs and Westchester County,
but underground in Manhattan.
Moshe Cohen, the CEO of a
start-up called Gravity, hoped
this year that at the end of one of
these lines would be what he
needed to get his electric taxi
vehicle company up and running
— quickly, and at scale.
He approached major parking
garage operators about setting up

50 fast chargers, which can replenish a car in as little as 20
minutes but gulp huge amounts
of electricity.
Building out the equipment for
such a site would be possible.
“This is what we do for a living,”
said Patrick McHugh, vice president of engineering and planning
for Con Edison. “It’s nothing that
we haven’t done.”
But it would take years. If you
plugged in 50 cars at once to 50
chargers, it would draw as much
electricity as a high-rise office
building for as long as the cars
were being refueled.
“We face some very tight constraints,” Cohen said.
The plan didn’t work out. Instead, Gravity is going with reduced, scattered charging sites
around the city.
But that was a plan for only 50
cars. As the country turns toward
electric vehicles, New York City is
expected to have 2 million of
them on the streets by 2040,
according to the New York Power
Authority.
Con Ed does not intend to be

the obstacle to the electric vehicle
future. “This is coming,” McHugh
said. “We’re working to be ahead
of that.”
But Gil Quiniones, head of the
New York Power Authority, has a
less optimistic view. He lives in
the West Village of Manhattan,
and there’s a big UPS depot just
around the corner on Greenwich
Street.
“What if Amazon and FedEx
and UPS say, ‘We’re going to go
electric,’ ” he said. “Con Ed is
going to be scrambling.”
As CEO of the Power Authority
— a state agency established by
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1931
— Quiniones has had an up-close
look at what ails the power grid.
The heat is a big headache for
Con Ed and the utilities nationwide that distribute electricity up
and down every street. Block by
block, transformers and substations can overheat, from both the
air temperature and the heavy
burdens placed upon them by the
demand from air conditioning.
Heat pushes the system on a
grand scale to its limits, but also
neighborhood by neighborhood,
even house by house.
In June, July, August and September, Con Ed urged customers
to conserve power so the system
wouldn’t crash.
As recently as the summer of
2019, Con Ed had to sever power
to 50,000 customers in Brooklyn
and Queens to keep its system
from crashing in the face of 100degree heat.

A crucial component as electric vehicles become more prevalent will be the ability to spread
demand over 24 hours.
“You don’t want everybody
charging when it’s 96 degrees at 2
p.m. That’ll crash the system,”
Quiniones said.
McHugh said that Con Ed expects the move to electric cars to
be gradual, much the way the
adoption of home air conditioners was in the 1970s and 1980s. “It
will slowly build up,” he said, “and
we’ll monitor that accordingly.”
To power a city’s worth of
electric vehicles, New York by the
2030s will have to call on a wide
array of resources. New or enhanced transmission lines, for
instance, will carry more juice
from the renewable producers of
western New York down to the
metropolis — probably even
some from Moser’s hayfield, unless it’s needed closer to home.
But at the same time, a dramatic transformation of the grid will
be necessary, experts say. Rooftop
solar panels will need to be
sprouting everywhere. Enthusiasts say that microgrids could one
day be powered by long-elusive
hydrogen fuel, or small, next-generation nuclear reactors. All these
sources would be local but deeply
interconnected, supporting each
other.
“We have the technology to do
it,” said Howe, of the Natural
Resources Defense Council. “The
question is, do we have the will?”
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Suspect named in terrorism probe of British lawmaker’s killing
BY K ARLA A DAM
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london — The man arrested on
suspicion of fatally stabbing a
long-serving British lawmaker
has been identified as Ali Harbi
Ali, according to several British
media outlets.
David Amess, 69, who represented Southend West in Essex
for the ruling Conservative Party,
was attacked Friday while meeting with constituents in a church
building in his home district,
about 40 miles east of London.
Authorities say they are treating the killing as terrorism, potentially motivated by Islamist
extremism. Police did not reveal
the man’s identity. But several
media outlets in Britain named
the 25-year-old suspect late Saturday night, describing him as a
British national of possible Somali heritage.
Police said Saturday evening
that a warrant of further detention was granted, meaning detectives have until Oct. 22 to question the suspect regarding ties to
terrorism. The BBC said that
several years ago, Ali had been
referred to Prevent, the government’s counter-extremism program, but that he was not known
to the security services.
Police said they searched three
sites for possible evidence in the
killing of Amess, who died after
being stabbed multiple times.
The suspect was not on a
terrorism watch list, authorities
said. No group has come forward
claiming responsibility for inspiring or directing the attack.
Early Saturday, the counterterrorism division of London’s Metropolitan Police force formally
declared the incident an act of
terrorism. “The early investigation has revealed a potential motivation linked to Islamist extremism,” a police statement
said, adding that police believe

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Residents light candles in memory of David Amess at Belfairs Sports Ground in Leigh-on-Sea, England, on Saturday. The British
lawmaker from the ruling Conservative Party died Friday after being stabbed multiple times while meeting with constituents.

the man acted alone.
“We are not seeking anyone
else in connection with the incident at this time,” police said.
Amess died at the scene.
Media reports say the suspect
waited in line to enter the church
building where Amess was meeting with constituents and then
attacked. The suspect did not flee
and was quickly arrested.
Fellow politicians decried the
killing of Amess as horrific — and
an assault on democracy.
The attack stirred memories of
the 2016 killing of Labour Party
lawmaker Jo Cox, 41, who died
after being shot and stabbed by

Thomas Alexander Mair, a white
supremacist and extreme nationalist who supported neo-Nazi
ideology. Mair was sentenced to
life in prison for his crimes.
Another Labour Party lawmaker,
Stephen Timms, was stabbed in a
2010 attack but survived.
Jo Cox’s widower, Brendan
Cox, tweeted after Friday’s attack: “There is no excuse, no
justification. It is as cowardly as
it gets.”
On social media, many wondered whether a more partisan
Britain is more prone to this kind
of violence. Other lawmakers
have been physically attacked,

and many have been screamed at
and harassed while entering or
exiting Westminster Palace.
The killing has thrown a spotlight on the political climate in
Britain and how, for many politicians, threats of violence have
become the norm. Between 2010
and 2016, nearly 700 crimes
against British lawmakers were
reported to the police. The vast
majority were online abuse.
Jade Botterill, the former office
manager for Labour lawmaker
Yvette Cooper, tweeted that the
office once received more than
100 death threats in a week. (In a
normal week, they’d average

about 50 death threats, she said.)
The Amess killing has also
raised questions about whether
more security is needed for politicians. The Palace of Westminster
in London is guarded by armed
officers, and there are airportstyle scanners at the entrance,
but there is no equivalent security for when politicians meet, on
a weekly basis, with constituents.
After the killing of Cox in 2016,
lawmakers were offered panic
buttons, alarms and extra lighting at their homes and constituency offices. But lawmakers often
meet with constituents in public
spaces such as churches, like the

one where Amess was killed.
Tobias Ellwood, the Conservative lawmaker who in 2017 tried
to save a police officer who was
stabbed during an attack at Westminster, said it was time to pause
face-to-face meetings until a security review was concluded.
British lawmakers meet regularly with their constituents in
appointments to discuss public
matters and personal needs and
complaints. Amess had posted
online Tuesday that he was due to
hold his next meeting with local
residents Friday at the Belfairs
Methodist Church in Leigh-onSea.
But many other lawmakers
said that weekly in-person meetings shouldn’t stop, that they are
important opportunities for dialogue. Some conceded that, in the
wake of the killing, they were
nervous about their meetings but
wanted to do them anyway.
“We can’t afford for democracy
to be smashed,” said House of
Commons Speaker Lindsay
Hoyle.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson
paid tribute Saturday to Amess,
laying flowers outside of Belfairs
Methodist Church, where Amess
was fatally stabbed. He later
tweeted a picture of a card he
wrote to “a much loved colleague
and friend.”
Home Secretary Priti Patel
said Amess was “a man of the
people” who died doing the job he
loved.
John Lamb, a local councilor
and friend of Amess, said the
death has hit the community
hard. Speaking to The Washington Post, he said “it will be very
difficult to get over this.”
He described his late friend as
a “a genuine person who was
trying to help the community all
round,” including holding a tea
each year for centenarians.
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KATE COHEN

DANA MILBANK

Why is a
covid-19 test
so hard to
find?

What does Kyrsten Sinema want?
A Parisian holiday.

hirty-six hours before my flight
to Virginia to visit family, a
friend texted to say she had
tested positive for the coronavirus. We’d just had dinner together,
indoors, side by side.
Because we were both vaccinated, I
was probably fine, but “probably” wasn’t
good enough for flying shoulder to
shoulder with other passengers, hugging
76-year-old parents and cuddling a
1-year-old niece. Which meant I needed
to get tested and have the results before
8:15 a.m. the next day. How hard could
that be?
Thus began my epic quest to find a
coronavirus test.
I live near Albany and the New York
state covid-19 website features a hodgepodge of pharmacies and clinics, all with
different types of tests, result times and
availabilities. I drove to a clinic nearby,
but at 8:30 a.m., the line snaked out the
door and the wait had stretched to an
hour and a half.
Should I wait that long for a test
whose result might not come back before
my flight? Should I pay $150 for a rapid
test, or was there somewhere I could get
one for free? Over-the-counter tests were
sold out everywhere, I’d heard, but
perhaps I could comb pharmacies anyway in the hope of finding one that had
slipped under a counter?
After fruitless phone calls and Internet searches, a friend told me about an
urgent care clinic that offered rapid
tests. I drove over and signed up on a
sheet taped beside the door. The folks
who posted the sign promised to call me
when it was my turn, but I’d have to
show up within 10 minutes or risk losing
my chance. Meaning I could not go
home.
So, I ran mindless errands within a
tight radius, waiting, worrying and finally wondering whether I had written
down the wrong phone number.
Five hours and a $70 co-pay later, I got
my test.
This is not how public health is
supposed to work. And in other countries, it isn’t: Rapid tests are plentiful,
accessible and free in Canada and Britain; in Japan, you can get them from
vending machines. In some workplaces,
tests are sent to employees every week.
Sitting in the clinic waiting for my
result at the end of my lost day, I thought
fondly of the time, pre-vaccine, when
testing was so vital that they called in the
National Guard. I could register on the
state’s website or by phone and then
drive 10 minutes to a sprawling outdoor
operation where well-trained soldiers in
fatigues checked my ID and waved me
along to professionals in white coats,
who tested me and sent me on my way. It
was sobering, impressive, efficient and
free.
That testing site is gone now, along
with our collective sense of crisis. But
things have not gone back to normal.
Yes, kids are back in school, and stores
are open, and yes, I was poised to take a
completely nonessential trip. But whether we get to keep studying, shopping and
traveling depends on our staying home
when we’re infected. So how will we
know if we are?
Ahead of me in line at the clinic was a
high schooler who had gone to the
nurse’s office for a cough drop; instead,
she told him to leave school and not
come back until he had proof of a
negative coronavirus test.
Local school district rules (following
New York state guidance) say that a
student “must be isolated and sent home
immediately” if he or she “has AT LEAST
ONE of the symptom(s) below.” The list
includes “sore throat,” “fatigue/feeling of
tiredness,” and “nasal congestion/runny
nose.” These symptoms could indicate
covid-19, or they could indicate a mild
case of residing in Upstate New York
after Labor Day.
Fine. You have to start somewhere.
The rules might work if tests were
plentiful, easy, fast and free. If the nurse
could test students in her office and get
the results while they wait.
But to be sent off to find a coronavirus
test these days is to be sent on an odyssey
that takes time and effort — and possibly
money. I’m lucky: I have a car, a
cellphone and a credit card. What if I
didn’t? I can put off work until tomorrow. What if I couldn’t?
The high schooler was placid and
polite; he was trying to follow the rules.
But I couldn’t help thinking that the next
time he has a sore throat or a headache,
he might think twice before alerting the
nurse.
President Biden has just promised to
spend a billion dollars on rapid testing,
theoretically quadrupling the number of
tests in circulation by December. I hope
that’s enough. The current state of
testing is confusing and costly; it discourages routine health measures and
disproportionately burdens the poor.
Which, come to think of it, describes the
American health-care system that I remember from before the pandemic.
That’s not the kind of normal I want
back. Surely, we can do better. Surely,
we’ve learned that we must.

T

arlier this month, a driver illegally parked a Chevy Tahoe in
front of the Supreme Court.
Capitol Police closed streets and
cleared the area. For the next hour,
crisis negotiators tried to de-escalate,
but the driver refused to talk, saying
only that the “time for talking is done.”
Finally, police apprehended the unarmed occupant, but even then the
authorities couldn’t discern the motorist’s motives.
In this instance, the suspect was a
55-year-old Michigan man. But for those
working in the Capitol, the episode
might have had a ring of familiarity. For
the past couple of months, they’ve been
navigating a running standoff with a
similarly confounding and inscrutable
perpetrator, a 45-year-old Arizona woman. Her name is Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.
The first-term Democrat has parked
herself in the middle of the action in the
Capitol, blocking legislative traffic and
causing gridlock for the Biden agenda.
She won’t say what she wants. She won’t
say anything, for the most part. And
Democratic senators can’t fathom what
caused their young colleague’s wheels to
spin off in such spectacular fashion.
She and Sen. Joe Manchin III
(D-W.Va.) are the two holdouts keeping
President Biden’s “Build Back Better”
agenda (and with it a $1 trillion infrastructure bill) from passage. But while
Manchin has consistent (conservative)
positions and has been negotiating in
good faith with the White House, Sinema chose last week to fly off to the land
of Marie Antoinette.
Yes, Sinema is in Paris — doing a
fundraiser, the New York Times reported. The peasants need a child tax credit,
Internet access and tuition assistance,
and Sinema responds: Qu’ils mangent
de la brioche.
Alas, we have seen entirely too much
Sinema vérité of late.
During a climactic moment in negotiations a couple of weeks ago, as Biden,
the House and Senate desperately tried
to reach agreement on the Build Back
Better package so the infrastructure bill
could pass, Sinema flew home to Arizona — to see a foot doctor, an aide
explained. (They don’t have podiatrists
in Washington?) It turned out she also
attended a spa-resort “retreat” in Phoenix with high-end donors while the
frantic negotiations continued in Washington. A few days before that, her
fundraising entity held a D.C. event with
five corporate lobbying groups at which
participants
contributed
up
to
$5,800 apiece.
So the entire Biden agenda (not to
mention the prospects for a functioning
democracy) hangs by a thread because
of Sinema, and she’s living her best life,
flying to Paris, attending a spa retreat
and quaffing wine with corporate donors, many of whom oppose said agenda. Her staff says she’s conducting “remote” legislative negotiations while this

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Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) on Capitol Hill on Sept. 30.

is going on. Very remote. Biden, CNN
reported, complained to progressives
that Sinema didn’t reliably return phone
calls from the White House.
“What Does Kyrsten Sinema Want?”
asked Time magazine.
“What, Exactly, Does Kyrsten Sinema
Want?” posed Vanity Fair.
“Kyrsten Sinema Is Confounding Her
Own Party. But . . . Why?” questioned
FiveThirtyEight.
“Seriously, Kyrsten Sinema, what are
you doing?” inquired late night’s Seth
Meyers.
What she’s doing is attempting to
emulate Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the
“maverick” who sometimes defied his
own party. But senator, you’re no John
McCain. McCain operated from a clear
(if occasionally flexible) set of principles. And he always — always — explained himself. Sinema sounds less like
McCain than Groucho Marx in “Horse
Feathers”:

“I don’t know what they have to say.
“It makes no difference anyway.
“Whatever it is, I’m against it! . . .
“Your proposition may be good,
“But let’s have one thing understood:
“Whatever it is, I’m against it!
“And even when you’ve changed it,
“Or condensed it,
“I’m against it!”
McCain never presided over the Senate in a sweater saying “Dangerous
Creature.” Nor did he post an Instagram
photo of himself wearing a ring that said
“F--- Off.” When McCain gave his dramatic thumbs down on the Senate floor
to thwart the GOP’s Obamacare repeal,
he did it to reject partisanship. When
Sinema repeated the gesture in voting
against a minimum-wage increase, it
was a symbolic vote signifying — well,
it’s not clear. McCain forged coalitions;
Sinema blows things up.
Sinema generally avoids reporters’
questions. She’s hardly more forthcom-

ing with colleagues. “Senator Sinema’s
position is that she doesn’t negotiate
publicly, and I don’t know what that
means,” observed Sen. Bernie Sanders
(I-Vt.), Budget Committee chairman.
None of it adds up. This former Green
Party Naderite is preventing massive
investments in climate action. She’s
pleasing corporate interests by blocking
Build Back Better, in the process killing
the infrastructure bill, which business
likes. The “Saturday Night Live” version
of Sinema explained her this way: “As a
wine-drinking, bisexual triathlete, I
know what the average American
wants.”
Progressive activists have confronted
her in person and are warning of a 2024
primary challenge. I suspect neither
tactic will work. That’s because the
person who poses the greatest threat to
the Democrats’ agenda — and the democratic agenda — appears to be dangerously irrational.

I had to relinquish parental rights, then adopt my child,
to stay in the Air Force Academy. The rules must change.
BY

M ELISSA H EMPHILL

n 2009, I found myself at an impossible crossroads. I was a third-year
cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy,
nationally ranked pole vaulter, prephysical therapy student, high achiever
in military leadership positions. And I
was pregnant.
My cadet boyfriend, now husband,
Anthony Hemphill, and I never intended
to start a family at the Air Force Academy. Anthony had played a central role in
helping me to overcome previous sexual
trauma. He fostered a relationship of
safety and respected my boundaries of
reclaimed abstinence. We developed
deep emotional intimacy before, unsurprisingly, it evolved to physical intimacy.
Because we were students at a military
academy, Anthony and I were subject to a
harsh, antiquated policy that does not
allow cadets to have dependents. This
meant, and still means, that cadets in our
position either must terminate the pregnancy or permanently sever their parental rights to graduate and commission as
officers. If Anthony and I wanted to keep
our child and our parental rights, we had
to resign or face expulsion.
We were determined to honor our
commitments to both our future family
and the Air Force Academy. But to do so,
we had to negotiate a costly and circuitous legal maze. I left the academy for a
year and gave birth to Oliver while
Anthony remained a cadet and severed
his parental rights so that he could
graduate. Once he commissioned, he
adopted Oliver and I severed my parental rights. Anthony and Oliver moved to
Florida for Anthony’s first assignment,
and I returned to the academy.
After I commissioned and graduated, I
finally adopted the baby to whom I had
given birth the previous year. In all, we
spent nearly $20,000 on legal fees —
while being repeatedly warned that

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Melissa Hemphill with her then boyfriend, now husband,
Anthony Hemphill and their first child, Oliver, in 2009.

there was no guarantee we would be able
to get back our parental rights.
The “no dependents” policy understandably reflects the difficulty of reconciling parenthood with the intense demands of a military academy. But requiring cadets to fully relinquish their children is cruel and unnecessary. While this
terminated our legal relationship, it did
not terminate our emotional connection
and love for Oliver. I sobbed through my
relinquishment hearing, having to verbally affirm that I willingly was giving up
my rights as a mother with no intention
of getting them back.
At the time, the shamed and critical
voice in my head told me I deserved this
treatment. It felt like penance for having
conceived a child both prior to marriage
and while attending a military academy.
What I have learned since then is that no
one deserves the outcomes of this policy.
Pregnancy has been happening at

service academies long before women
were admitted in 1976, and it continues
to affect far more women and men than
you might think. When I returned to the
Air Force Academy for my senior year in
2010 and again as an instructor of
biology in 2016, I became an underground resource for any cadet with a
pregnancy. I have been collecting testimonials from affected mothers, fathers
and biological children across all service
academies and their stories are one
traumatic experience after another.
While this archaic policy applies to
males and females alike, it disproportionately affects the pregnant partner.
Anthony and I had been equally responsible for the pregnancy, but he could have
easily hidden his paternity and circumvented the penalties, as many cadet
fathers have done. Obviously, he did not.
Meanwhile I faced daily pressures. A
high-ranking female officer told me she

would perform “belly checks” each week
and find a reason to expel me once I
started to look pregnant. Fellow cadets
stared at my still-flat belly rather than
meeting my eyes. I felt like I wore a
scarlet letter.
The broader military community already has a solution to the dilemma of
service members confronted with conflicting military and family responsibilities. It is the Family Care Plan, which
establishes temporary guardianship for
dependents in the rare cases that a single
parent — or, in a dual-military family,
both parents — have duties that would
not permit them to care for the day-today needs of their children. The Defense
Department could simply alter its policy
to permit such family care plans at
service academies.
Recently, Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) and
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) introduced
bipartisan legislation, the Candidates
Afforded Dignity, Equality and Training
(CADET) Act, which would prohibit the
forced termination of parental rights by
military academies and instead offer
more practical alternatives, including
the family care plans. Nothing about
academy life would change; it would
simply make a really hard situation more
humane.
After my graduation in 2011, Anthony
and I married and have welcomed three
more children. We both continue to serve
proudly; Anthony as an active duty
logistics officer and me as a reservist
biology instructor. Our careers and our
family survived this painful ordeal.
But it is time to bring this policy and
our military academies into the 21st
century. It’s time to retain our talented
servicemembers, keep our families together and treat our cadets like humans.
It’s time for change.
The writer is an Air Force veteran working
toward a doctorate in physical therapy.

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Risky transition
The move to greener energy must not mean enriching autocrats.
HERE ARE two big risks in the
world’s impending transition to a
low-carbon energy future. The
first, of course, is that it may fail
to achieve sufficient emissions reductions to prevent a climate debacle. The
second is that it unintentionally enriches
and empowers the world’s autocratic
regimes. Saving the planet must be
thought of strategically, in the context of
the Biden administration’s goal of demonstrating that democracy is the wave of
the future.
The issue arises because of the tension
between the long-run goal of relying less
on fossil fuels and the short-run reality
that the world still does depend on them
— overwhelmingly. Demand for crude
oil, in particular, is slated to rise along
with population and economic growth
well into the 2030s, according to the
most likely scenario in the International
Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook
2021. And oil is a fungible commodity.
When the United States and other Western countries discourage oil production
on their territory, and by their privatesector companies, in favor of climate-

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friendly alternatives, they create an opportunity for state-owned oil companies
in Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Venezuela to grab market share.
That is exactly what they are doing,
according to an illuminating Oct. 14 New
York Times story by Clifford Krauss.
Saudi Aramco, the world’s leading oil
producer, is spending billions of dollars
to increase its capacity by at least 1 million barrels a day, to 13 million, by the
2030s, the Times reports. The article
cited estimates that the global oil market
share of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies
(OPEC-plus nations), dominated by Saudi Arabia and Russia, will grow from
55 percent now to 75 percent in 2040.
Inevitably, this means more money —
and more geopolitical influence — for
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin
Salman and Russian President Vladimir
Putin, as well as Venezuela’s Nicolás
Maduro and the Iranian theocrats.
In recent months, President Biden has
been obliged to ask foreign oil producers
to up their output to ease rising U.S. gasoline prices. (The White House has also

lobbied the domestic industry.) A similar
dynamic is playing out across the Atlantic, where Mr. Putin is using Russia’s
massive state-owned natural gas reserves, soon to be linked to Germany via
the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, as leverage in
his dealings with energy-hungry Western
European democracies.
The solution is not to give up on a
greener future, but to pursue it in a
balanced way, reducing not just supply
but demand — in the short run, and in a
way that affects all producers, foreign
and domestic, private and state-owned,
equally. That calls for a broad-based tax
— preferably on all sources of carbon
emissions but certainly on gas, diesel and
jet fuel. Politicians of both parties, from
Mr. Biden on down, oppose fuel taxes,
because, they say, it will raise the cost of
transportation for the poor and middle
class. True enough. On the other hand,
prices are already rising, but Saudi Arabia and Russia are getting the windfall.
When you look at it that way, the question
isn’t whether Americans are going to pay
but whom: foreign dictatorial governments or our own?

Mr. Bannon’s latest con
He should not be allowed to get out of having to face scrutiny, again.
HE HOUSE’S Jan. 6 committee is
set Tuesday to recommend criminal contempt charges against former Trump administration staffer Stephen K. Bannon. Mr. Bannon has
cast his defiance of a committee subpoena as a matter of principle, declaring
through his attorney that he would “honor” former president Donald Trump’s invocation of executive privilege and refuse
to turn over documents or sit for a deposition. In fact, this episode is just another
chapter in his long career as a far-right
provocateur and opportunist, which —
astonishingly, given his record — still
seems to have life.
This is not the first time that Mr. Trump
has shielded Mr. Bannon from official
scrutiny. Before Mr. Bannon was flouting
the Jan. 6 committee, he was facing federal charges for a massive fraud he allegedly
perpetrated on credulous Trump supporters. Prosecutors accused Mr. Bannon
of siphoning money from the “We Build
the Wall” campaign, a crowdfunding initiative that raised more than $25 million,
supposedly to construct a U.S.-Mexico
border wall with private funds. The campaign allegedly spent less than half the
money it raised on a small amount of wall
construction, while Mr. Bannon and his
partners allegedly took hundreds of thousands of dollars for themselves.
Mr. Bannon pleaded not guilty, but
Mr. Trump pardoned him before his case
went to trial. This was an outrageous
abuse of presidential pardon authority to
help one of the president’s longtime supporters and a sign of the contempt
Mr. Trump holds for the ordinary people
he has manipulated into trusting him.
Mr. Bannon has cut a mucky path
unlike anyone in memory. It was incredible that the man who ran Breitbart, a
far-right nationalist cesspool, was ever
allowed into the White House, and as a
senior adviser to Mr. Trump, no less. It
was curious how he managed to keep in
Mr. Trump’s good graces even after the
former president fired him. It was outlandish that Mr. Trump pardoned him.
Now, Mr. Bannon has rehabilitated himself to the point where Republicans such
as House Republican Conference Chair
Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) flock to his show,
and he is drawing crowds in Virginia as he
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Stephen K. Bannon in New York on Aug. 20, 2020.

candidate Glenn Youngkin.
Mr. Bannon may or may not have information relevant to the Jan. 6 committee’s
work. He was in touch with Mr. Trump
leading up to the desecration of the Capitol. According to the committee, he also
participated in a meeting the night before
the attack “as part of an effort to persuade
Members of Congress to block the certification of the election the next day.” If the

House sends the Justice Department a
criminal referral, federal authorities
should look seriously at prosecuting
Mr. Bannon. Congress must have the
ability to investigate, a principle that
Mr. Trump and his allies have eroded as
they routinely defy congressional subpoenas. And Mr. Bannon should not be
allowed once again to writhe out of having to face the justice system.

‘That’s not right’
Florida puts a price tag on voting.
OR JUDY Bolden, it is $52,985.02.
For Frank Summerville, it is
$34,018. For Sergio Thornton, it is
$20,000, and for Raquel Wright,
$54,137. That is what they will have to pay
to vote in Florida. They are among the
hundreds of thousands of people who are
ineligible to vote in the state because of
lingering court fines and fees associated
with their previous felony convictions.
“That’s not right,” Ms. Bolden, who
served an 18-month prison sentence two
decades ago, said when she was told of
the staggering sum. “It’s like I’m not a
citizen. That’s what they’re saying.”
Denying an important right of citizenship is exactly what the Republicancontrolled legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) had in mind when they thwarted the will of Florida voters and imposed
what amounts to a poll tax that disenfranchises mainly poor and minority people.
In 2018, a supermajority of Florida voters
— nearly two-thirds — approved a constitutional amendment that lifted the state’s
lifetime ban on voting for most people
with past felony convictions. (Excluded
were those convicted of murder or of

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felony sexual offenses.) It was the largest
expansion of voting rights in decades in
the country but, within a year, lawmakers
eviscerated the reform with a law mandating that a criminal sentence was completed only after all fines and fees connected
to the conviction have been paid. Court
challenges to the law failed, and half of the
1.4 million people who anticipated benefiting from Amendment 4 continued to
be disenfranchised.
That toll was powerfully brought
home by the New York Times, which
photographed people denied their right
to vote with a name tag that showed not
their name but instead their outstanding
debt. Or their debt as best as they could
determine it. A further indignity of the
law is that there is no system or recordkeeping that allows people to reliably
know what they owe. Ms. Bolden first
received a letter telling her she owed a
few hundred dollars, but the website of
the courthouse listed her debt at nearly
$53,000. “I have no idea what I have to
pay. I just know every time I reach out,
it’s a different number, and it’s increasing,” said Marq Mitchel. When Daniel

Bullins went to the courthouse to pay
down his $1,827.23 debt, he learned it
had been sold off to a private collection
agency that tacked on 25 percent interest. “How are you going to sell somebody’s agony to a company and compound it?” he asked.
Most of the people simply cannot
afford to pay the costs. Even before they
were incarcerated, they were likely to
lack access to quality education or good
jobs, and their convictions only made it
more difficult for them to find employment. The Florida Rights Restoration
Coalition, an advocacy group for returning citizens that championed Amendment 4, established in 2019 a fines and
fees fund that helps people pay off money
owed to the courts. There was an infusion of donations in advance of the
2020 presidential election — including
from Mike Bloomberg, LeBron James
and other celebrities — that restored
voter eligibility to 40,000 people. The
fund continues to raise money, and that
is clearly commendable. But the right of
Americans to vote shouldn’t have to
depend upon the charity of others.

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Racism and football
We read with dismay in Mike Wise’s
Oct. 14 op-ed, “Where’s the accountability
for Dan Snyder?,” that Washington Football Team owner Daniel Snyder retained
Bruce Allen as its president because of
Mr. Allen’s steadfast refusal to change a
racist name. It is also revolting that Mr. Allen and then-Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon
Gruden mocked name-change efforts.
Rebrand Washington Football, a grassroots advocacy organization, joins with
the players union and others in calling on
the NFL to release all 650,000 emails and
documents that the NFL reviewed in its
investigation into Mr. Snyder’s toxic workplace. The public has a right to know the
extent of the racism and misogyny. As
Mr. Wise stated, Mr. Snyder has never
apologized for the hurt inflicted upon Native Americans over nearly nine decades of
using a racist name. The team president,
Jason Wright, did so in a blog this summer.
Dozens of high schools still use the
name R--skins. We call on the Washington
Football Team to establish a $10 million
fund, an amount we estimate would fund
name changes at the schools, to help them
eradicate their racist names, many of
which were probably copycats of the old
team name. The team should also work
with the Native American Heritage Fund,
which also funds rebrands, and leaders
such as Suzan Harjo and Amanda Blackhorse, who have led the fight against Native American mascots.
Bill Mosley, Washington
Ian Washburn, Arlington
Josh Silver, Bethesda
The writers are co-founders of Rebrand
Washington Football.
As the Oct. 14 editorial “Mr. Gruden
needed to go” correctly noted, Jon Gruden
going is “hardly the full story.” Indeed,
beyond the concerns about Washington’s
football team, we need to worry about a
possibly toxic atmosphere at ESPN infusing its coverage of sports nationally.
The media’s treatment of athletes is
now more balanced than before. No longer
are “smart” or “hard-working” systematically associated with White players, with
“wasting their talent” directed at Black
ones. But issues remain. For example, how
many times in fan forums and elsewhere
are injured high-priced White athletes described as “so frustrated because they can’t
get back on the field,” while Black players
face questions about their commitment to
return.
For years, Mr. Gruden announced
games in prime time. We can only wonder
whether the views he expressed in the
privacy of his emails seeped into the coverage that went out to millions of homes,
including millions of young fans.
And given the nature of Mr. Gruden’s
hostility expressed in so many emails to
those outside ESPN, is it credible to believe
that he didn’t express them to colleagues
within ESPN?
The issue is less what ESPN knew and
when about the biases of its star announcer, but, rather, what it is going to do to
make sure it doesn’t happen again and
isn’t happening now. This also applies to
other stations. We get too many subliminal
messages when we watch sports and other
televised events. Our society needs better
from our announcers and the stations that
employ them.
Philippe Benoit, Washington

Academia is under target
I was stunned by George F. Will’s brilliant Oct. 10 op-ed, “A college teacher
who’s taking on the woke mob.” I applaud

professor Gordon Klein’s integrity and
objectivity. My critical credentials are secure, as I’ve taught speech communication at two universities, an American international school and a girls’ private
school in Bethesda and having served as a
training specialist for the Foreign Service
Institute for nine years.
Academia is under target when a meritacclaimed professor is questioned for lack
of empathy for targeted students whether
online or in lecture halls. It is not the
professor’s responsibility to intuit trauma
among individual students; it is a student’s responsibility to alert the professor
to extenuating traumatic situations and
request a possible course extension. It is
vital today, as always, to have all students
evaluated fairly and receive the same objective grades.
I have grandchildren; I want them to
know they are being graded equally
among their peers, knowing they are completing successfully course content and
expectations. A shout-out to Mr. Will,
Mr. Klein and all academics with sound
ethical values.
Barbara Hughes Meima, Bethesda

Worth protecting
Regarding the Oct. 9 news article
“Biden expands Bears Ears and other national monuments, reversing Trump
cuts”:
My deepest gratitude goes to the five
tribes — Navajo, Hopi, Ute Mountain Ute,
Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray
Reservation, and the Pueblo of Zuni —
who joined to protect their common ancestral lands. Even in the darkest days of
President Donald Trump’s ruinous decision to gut Bears Ears National Monument, they never backed down. That’s
because Cedar Mesa, on which the twin
Bears Ears buttes lie, was once home to
more than 500,000 Native Americans.
The spirit of those ancestors lives on in the
artifacts, buildings and art that remain in
every canyon on Cedar Mesa. If that’s not
worth protecting, I don’t know what is.
Dick Woodruff, Arlington

The rules of privilege
In offering his view on the topic of a
former president asserting a valid claim
of executive privilege, “Why Biden should
win the privilege fight” [op-ed, Oct. 11],
Laurent Sacharoff misrepresented the
issue. This is not a matter of “opinion” at
all; a president’s ability to invoke executive privilege does not end with their
presidency, because the Supreme Court
has conclusively said so, as the piece
somewhat begrudgingly admitted.
Even stranger, Mr. Sacharoff appeared
to be merely writing reflexively against
former president Donald Trump and to
be completely unfamiliar with the statutory framework and process under which
these events are unfolding. The Presidential Records Act under which Mr. Trump
and President Biden are staking their
assertions is explicitly clear on this point
and even provides a road map for resolution: A former president can assert the
privilege, and if the sitting president
disagrees, then the matter goes to court.
It is one thing to say that in your
personal view, Mr. Biden’s claim is better.
But it is wrong to pretend that when it
comes to Mr. Trump, long-standing principles of law are just opinions to be
ignored upon any disagreement.
Courtney Kramer, Atlanta
The writer is a lawyer who served on
President Donald Trump’s legal team in
Georgia throughout the 2020 election.

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Yale Law
School
triggers me

Parents
in Virginia
have rights,
Mr. McAuli≠e

sign on my desk reads: “I’ll be
nicer if you’ll be smarter.”
I’m not feeling nice today —
and I’m talking to you, Yale.
No offense intended toward my many
friends — and certain family members —
who attended the university in Connecticut. But the recent campus skirmish over
an alleged triggering event has revealed
the absurdity of, oh, just everything —
students’ overindulged self-regard; the
failure of colleges and universities, generally, to encourage maturity and intellectual rigor in its charges (rather than
indulging crippling sensitivity); and our
exaggerated notions of triggering as a
social and civil guard rail.
Who, anyway, taught the collegebound that they should always be
protected, that people should always be
“nice,” or that feelings should never be
hurt?
What happened at Yale is this: A
creative, second-year law student at its
venerable law school emailed an invitation to classmates for a “Constitution Day
Bash,” to be held at the “NALSA Trap
House” and co-hosted by the Federalist
Society (of which he’s a member). He
promised “American-themed snacks,”
such as fried chicken and apple pie.
Before we go further, a few questions,
definitions and clarifications: First, who
knew Constitution Day was a reason for
celebration at graduate schools? Second,
NALSA stands for “Native American Law
Students Association,” of which the student is also a member. Third, “trap
house,” in case you’re unaware, is defined
by the Urban Dictionary as, “Originally
used to describe a crack house in a shady
neighborhood . . .”

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This is life on an American
campus in 2021. What a
shame. Why don’t we start
over and reconsider the
value of diversity monitoring
in our institutions?
I don’t think the definition was referring to tree-lined streets, but I also don’t
think shady neighborhoods come in only
one race, color or ethnicity. But at least
nine other law students inferred as much
and filed complaints of racism with the
Office of Student Affairs. Rather than tell
the complainants to get a life, administrators crumpled in a heap of cheap
umbrage. Associate dean Ellen Cosgrove
and diversity and inclusiveness director
Yaseen Eldik called the alleged offender
in for a little chat, which he wisely
recorded, and told him that not only was
his invitation out of line, but also that his
membership in the conservative Federalist Society was triggering.
My sides are splitting with laughter,
not from any kinship with the FedSoc, as
it is nicknamed, but because I don’t have
a pillow handy to smother my screams.
When a student uses the term “trap
house” at a place like Yale, at worst he’s
saying, let’s hang out and get high. Any
Friday is an excuse for a party, trap
houses are everywhere and nearly everyone eats (and enjoys) fried chicken,
despite Eldik’s claim that the reference
was “used to undermine the argument
that structural or systemic racism contributes to US health inequalities.”
Please, Jesus, stop me from saying
what I’m really thinking.
Imagine being alone in an interrogation room with these two diversity experts — two words that in a sane world
would never be paired. Inside, the student was subjected to an Orwellian
nightmare. Signaling the racist-undertone trope, the administrators urged the
unnamed student to apologize and later
suggested that, if he didn’t, he might face
professional repercussions. The Washington Free Beacon, which broke the
story, has posted audio of the conversation in which Eldik says: “You’re a law
student, and there’s a bar [exam] you
have to take, and we think it’s important
to really give you a 360 view.”
And this: “I’m worried that this will
prolong your own reputation as a person,
not only here, but when you leave,”
adding: “The legal world is small.”
I don’t know if that was meant to
sound threatening, but Eldik, who served
in the Obama administration, has
mastered the art of insinuating in the
nicest way possible that if you don’t do
what I say, your life is over. Incidents of
diversity extortion aren’t rare. We read
about them often enough to wonder
where it might end.
This is life on an American campus in
2021. What a shame. Why don’t we start
over and reconsider the value of diversity
monitoring in our institutions? Based on
years of conversations with smart kids, I
can assert that these practices more often
than not aggravate tensions and almost
surely undermine racial harmony.
As for Yale, perhaps its other law
students should file a complaint with the
school’s powerful Alumni Association
about the adverse effects on their educations of zealous administrators who are
most in need of a 360-degree view —
perhaps as their cars depart New Haven
for parts unknown. Just the thought
makes me feel nicer.

inety-six years. And the news has
still not trickled down to Terry
McAuliffe.
The Democrats’ Virginia gubernatorial candidate is innocent of insubordination toward teachers unions. He opposes
more charter schools — public schools
operating without union supervision
(Virginia has only seven, one for every
175,000 K-12 students) — or other enlargements of parents’ educational choices.
Some Virginia parents have vociferously
berated local school boards for infusing
public school curricula with “anti-racist”
indoctrination favored by many unionized
teachers. So, McAuliffe says: “I don’t think
parents should be telling schools what they
should teach.”
In the words from a Ring Lardner story,
“Shut up he explained.” In the Supreme
Court’s words, however, parents have
rights.
The court, in 1925, struck down an
Oregon law requiring children to be educated in public schools. The ruling says: “The
fundamental theory of liberty upon which
all governments of this Union rest excludes
any general power of the state to standardize its children by forcing them to accept
instruction from public teachers only.”
Oregon’s law was “an unreasonable interference” with parents’ liberty “to direct the
upbringing of the children.”
In McAuliffe’s defense, the former governor likes private schools so much he sent at
least four of his five children to them.
Today’s question, however, is whether parents should resist state attempts to standardize their children’s thinking about contested interpretations of the nation’s social
past, present and future.
The lengths to which the standardizers
will go are revealed in the Sept. 29 letter the
National School Boards Association sent to
President Biden, saying that students,
teachers and school board members are
“susceptible” to “acts of malice, violence,
and threats.” Some of the alleged acts protest particular teachings about race. Others
concern pandemic health protocols. With
clunky grammar unbecoming for educators, the NSBA says these “heinous” acts
“could be the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes.”
Local authorities can and should cope
with disorder at contentious school board
meetings. But the NSBA’s letter, exemplifying the hysteria that is the default mode in
today’s discourse, calls for a vast mobilization of federal power, including three Cabinet-level departments (Justice, Homeland
Security, Education), the FBI, the U.S. Postal
Inspection Service and enforcement actions under a slew of laws, including the
Gun-Free School Zones Act, the Patriot Act,
the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, the Violent
Interference with Federally Protected
Rights statute and the Conspiracy Against
Rights statute. The U.S. Air Force can stand
down, for now.
Instead of gently reminding the overwrought NSBA about state and local responsibilities, Attorney General Merrick
Garland issued a 291-word memorandum
aligning the Justice Department with the
NSBA’s alarmism. His memorandum speaks
of a “disturbing spike” in disagreeable behaviors. The NSBA says these include
“cyberbullying.” Feeling unjustly abused
online apparently also qualifies as “equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism.”
Garland ordered a federal-local law enforcement “coordination and partnership”
in an all-hands-on-deck response to “harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence.” What counts as intimidation might
be a function of a particular individual’s
timidity regarding criticism. “Harassment”
might take its meaning from whatever immunity from harsh commentary to which
particular officials feel entitled.
Given Garland’s commensurate response
to the NSBA’s disproportionate rhetoric,
consider President Biden’s laconic response
when asked about the progressive mob that
followed Arizona’s Democratic Sen. Kyrsten
Sinema into a restroom to protest what the
mob considered her insufficient enthusiasm for Biden’s domestic agenda. Biden
said this was not “appropriate,” but it “happens to everybody” and is “part of the
process.” Does Garland, however, consider
this mob’s action “intimidation” and/or “harassment” requiring a hair-on-fire federal
response?
What historian Edward J. Larson calls
“the most widely publicized misdemeanor
case in American history” concerned public
school curricula: In 1925 — that year again
— John Scopes was a high school teacher in
Dayton, Tenn., when he agreed to become
the defendant in a trial testing Tennessee’s
law against teaching “any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man
as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead
that man has descended from a lower order
of animals.”
Progressives, like many others among the
highest animals, are situational ethicists.
They think parental insurrections against
religious fundamentalism are wholesome
but that parental objections to anti-racist
fundamentalism are impertinent. Darwinism ignited culture wars — skirmishes, at
least — in the 1920s when high school
education became common in the South,
where religious fundamentalism was
strong. Today’s resistance to teaching children that the nation is permeated by
“systemic racism” perhaps derives somewhat from parents at home hearing political propaganda pouring from their children’s computers during virtual classes. If
so, two cheers for virtual learning.

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CHRISTINE EMBA

Calif. calls condom ‘stealthing’
what it is: A violation

“I’

m not sure it was rape,
but . . . ”
Too many stories of sexual violence begin with
this sad sort of equivocation. Hesitation. Self-doubt. The question: Was it
bad enough to count as sexual assault?
This makes it harder for survivors
to ask for help and easier for assailants
to play down the harm they cause. But
something doesn’t have to be rape to
be wrong. And now, California has
become the first state in the country to
put that stance on the books.
On Oct. 7, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D)
signed into law a bill banning the
removal of a condom without consent
during sex, an act informally known as
“stealthing.” The law amends the
state’s definition of sexual battery to
include nonconsensual condom removal, making it a civil offense.
Victims have grounds to sue their
assailants and, if successful, to receive
damages.
Assembly Bill No. 453 was sponsored by Assembly member Cristina
Garcia, who has said she was inspired
by an academic paper written by
lawyer and activist Alexandra Brodsky. “ ‘Rape-Adjacent’: Imagining Legal Responses to Nonconsensual Condom Removal” went mildly viral in
2017; its discussion of how survivors
experience the act and the limits of
existing U.S. law to address its harms
helped push the discussion into the
mainstream.
It should be obvious to any person
of decency that stealthing is immoral.
But the California law codifies this
understanding, explicitly naming
nonconsensual condom removal as
the profound transgression it is. Like
many such bedroom laws, it may at
first glance seem unnecessary. But the
law is a teacher, and it’s clear that some

lessons could still use reinforcement.
A 2019 study found that 12 percent
of roughly 500 women surveyed said
they had been with a partner who
removed a condom without consent.
Another from the same year said that
nearly 10 percent of more than
600 men surveyed admitted to having
done so, starting from the age of 14.
The common responses to nonconsensual condom removal are an acute
feeling of fear (sexually transmitted
diseases and pregnancy immediately
spring to mind) and a deep sense of
violation and deception. Stealthing
breaks trust. It also communicates
that a partner’s preferences, explicit
requests, even physical safety count
for nothing in the face of someone
else’s desire.
Still, survivors can struggle to identify the act as assault even in their own
minds, and most cases go unreported.
The lack of social acknowledgment —
okay, it was awful, whatever that was,
but was it really a crime? — makes it
harder for victims to process their
experience, compounding the trauma.
It also makes it more difficult to
convince offenders that what they did
was wrong.
California’s willingness to draw a
bright moral line is encouraging. In
the often murky realm of sexual ethics,
we need more of this, not less. Yet one
law won’t immediately change a
sexual culture that, in the words of
New York Times columnist Michelle
Goldberg, “prizes erotic license over
empathy and responsibility” — one in
which appalling behavior seems to
have been normalized such that we
need legal codification to remind us
that it’s not, in fact, okay.
Consent is the guideline that most
seem to acknowledge as the ethical
baseline when it comes to moral (or at

least not criminal) sex. But the onus is
often on women to enforce it, and to
quietly accept their losses when they
can’t — especially in the gray areas
where consent is given to some sexual
acts but not to others, where subtle
coercion is present, or where sexual
encounters follow the contours of a
still misogynistic society. We acknowledge that rape is bad but have less to
say about the callousness, objectification and lack of respect that still
frequently accompany even consensual encounters.
In the Emmy Award-winning HBO
series “I May Destroy You,” the main
character, Arabella (played by
Michaela Coel), is still processing her
trauma from a previous rape when she
learns that her new partner secretly
removed his condom when they were
having sex. She cycles through a range
of emotions: panic, anger, betrayal. Yet
it’s only when she hears “stealthing”
discussed by name on a podcast that
she realizes her partner’s actions
weren’t accidental — and only when
she speaks to a police officer about her
prior, more easily classified encounter
with sexual violence that she realizes
the condom removal, too, was an
assault.
“The problem is when people don’t
know what is a crime and what isn’t a
crime, they don’t report it. And the
people get away with it,” the officer
tells her. The people get away with it,
and we barely acknowledge the harm
done.
In explicitly addressing nonconsensual condom removal, California has
taken an important step toward sexual
justice: naming the offense, conveying
the state’s moral stance against it. But
in terms of repairing our broken
sexual culture? We still have a long
way to go.

DAVID VON DREHLE

One bad call for the Giants;
one giant leap toward robo-umpires
he human brain is the world’s
greatest computer, billions of
synapses firing according to
code the machine writes for
itself, capable of the Sistine Chapel
ceiling and the music of Charlie Parker.
One can’t live long, though, without
noticing bugs in the software. Of all
aphorisms, perhaps the truest is: Nobody’s perfect.
Umpire Gabe Morales experienced a
glitch in his cognitive machine at precisely the wrong moment on Thursday
in San Francisco, resulting in a terrible
call to end one of the epic games in the
long history of Major League Baseball. A
handful of baseball purists — poetical
types who tend to confuse the game with
theology — will find this a beautiful
object lesson in the vagaries of life. But
chances are it will further the encroachment of technology on the godlike authority of the ump.
What a game it was, up to then, a
classic even before the teams took the
field. The San Francisco Giants and the
Los Angeles Dodgers — two franchises
with long and grand traditions — had
waged perhaps the greatest regular season contest in history. For the first time,
two teams in the same division won as
many as 106 games; then, on Oct. 3, the
last day of the long campaign, the Giants
won their 107th, sending the Dodgers
into a do-or-die wild-card game to earn a
postseason rematch.
The Dodgers won that gem of a game,
making 107 for them, too. Four games
later, their playoff series with the Giants
was tied 2-2. Everything was riding on
Game 5.
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entered the ninth inning tied 1-1? It got
better: the Dodgers scraped and hustled
their way to another run, then called the
great Max Scherzer to the mound to get
the last three outs.
He was magnificent. Still, the Giants
had a man on with two outs and infielder
Wilmer Flores at the plate. A well-hit
ball could tie the game. A home run
would win it. This is baseball’s apotheosis — in the long, slow buildup to a
moment of exquisite drama. To have the
buildup last an entire season, through
218 victories between two teams, only to
fizzle away on a blown call seemed to
confirm T.S. Eliot’s tragic prediction that
the world will end not with a bang but a
whimper.
Where I live, a bad call shaped an
entire generation. Missouri’s two major
league teams — the St. Louis Cardinals
and the Kansas City Royals — met in the
World Series in 1985. The Cardinals were
rolling toward winning the title in
Game 6 when first-base umpire Don
Denkinger wrongly called a Royals runner safe, unleashing a cascade of lucky
breaks for Kansas City that carried them
to the title.
The word “Denkinger” still boils
blood in Eastern Missouri, while in
Western Missouri, fans of a certain
vintage would happily name a street in
his honor. But just as Denkinger’s dud
laid the predicate for the use of instant
replays to decide close baserunning
calls, the Morales muff will undoubtedly
hasten the arrival of robot umpires to
decide balls and strikes in the majors.
Much like players, robo-umps have
been working their way up through the
minors in recent seasons, their perform-

ance carefully scrutinized by the powers
that be in the big leagues. As Zach
Helfand explained not long ago in the
New Yorker, technology — notably
radar-based pitch tracker that calls balls
and strikes — outperforms human umpires in accuracy and consistency, and it
doesn’t care what fans might yell about
its mother.
Accuracy appeals to an audience
highly prized by today’s sports establishment: gamblers. The most valuable content in television is live programming,
watched as it happens — because the
viewers can’t skip over ads. Sports fans
who are placing digital bets as the action
unfolds are the ultimate real-time viewers. And they don’t want their money
riding on the foibles and caprices of
human officials. So here we are.
The call that ended Thursday’s
Dodgers-Giants epic was not a matter of
strike-zone interpretation. Batter Flores
coiled to swing at a stray pitch, but
clearly stopped himself. Watching from
up the first-base foul line, umpire
Morales ruled it a swing. Game over —
and many wagers lost, presumably.
Rules don’t allow such calls to be overturned by camera evidence.
So the rules will surely change. The
genius of inventors and engineers and
technologists will fill yet another gap
through which human error peeps. But
let’s not think that we are headed toward
perfection. Hubris is perhaps the most
glaring human error, and by far the most
dangerous. Unless we are reminded of
our fallibility on a steady basis, we’ll end
up with mistakes that cost far more than
mere dollars or ballgames. You can bet
on that.

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Chronic pain’s secret o≠ switch
Focusing on the brain leads to surprising results,
says writer and patient Nathaniel Frank

If Roe falls, are
abortion foes ready
for what’s next?
Activist Stephanie Ranade
Krider says her movement focused
more on the law than on people
he day that Texas’s new abortion ban
took effect, clinics there said they
ceased performing the procedures. In
the days that followed, President Biden
promised legal action, and private companies
announced massive donations to Planned Parenthood. Advocates on the pro-life and prochoice sides said exactly what we might expect
them to say. And I felt a deep grief for the
women of Texas.
This is not because I believe that abortion
ought to be widely available or widely utilized. I
am deeply opposed to abortion, the intentional
taking of another life. In my former position as
executive director of Ohio Right to Life, I stood
nearby as Gov. Mike DeWine signed Ohio’s
“heartbeat bill” into law in 2019. Yet, as Texas’s
law went into effect, I grieved, thinking of those
women who abruptly found themselves abandoned to their circumstances. Pregnancy, in
even the most stable situations, can feel overwhelming; carrying a baby with limited resources and without obvious support must
create even more anxiety. Even as activists in
other states almost immediately began discussing how to replicate the Texas law, I couldn’t
help but think: This was not the way it was
supposed to happen. The pro-life ideal should
be a much easier transition to a post-Roe
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ne-fifth of American adults — 50 million people — suffer from chronic
pain, defined as pain experienced
most days or every day during the past
six months. Conditions include migraines,
sciatica and gastrointestinal disorders, as well
as shoulder, knee and elbow pain. Back and
neck pain, too, affect up to 85 percent of
adults at some point in their lives and are
among the most common reasons for doctor
and hospital visits. Chronic pain results in
more than $500 billion each year in direct
health-care and disability costs and lost productivity. Roughly half a million Americans
have died over the past two decades after
overdosing on opioids, commonly taken in a
desperate quest for pain relief.
The medical community has traditionally
regarded chronic pain in one of two ways.
Doctors either consider it a structural problem caused by tissue damage — muscle
strain, ruptured disks, an inflamed or torn
tendon; or they shrug, saying they can’t find
anything wrong and suggesting painkillers,
physical therapy, rest, or a different diet or
lifestyle. Frustrated patients often come away
with a highfalutin diagnosis that’s little more
than a restatement of their initial complaint.
In too many cases, surgery is performed,
despite dismal success rates of around 25
percent.

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The lies people tell to get religious
exemptions for vaccine mandates. B4
German voters rejected the far right.
German taxpayers will reward it. B5

SEE PAIN ON B2

Fighting fires was better than being in prison
Matthew Hahn says he volunteered for
wildfire duty while he was incarcerated
because it was the safer option

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INSIDE OUTLOOK

I am one of these 50 million sufferers,
having endured a lifetime of back, neck, stomach, elbow and sciatic pain, along with periodic headaches. I once attributed these symptoms, which peaked during the stressful, lonely years of graduate school, to what most
people assume would be the culprits: overuse,
poor posture, aging, a minor car accident. I
saw every kind of doctor and tried every
alternative treatment. Nothing worked, until I
saw the New York University physician John
Sarno, who put me in an eight-week therapy
program that finally gave me relief. (Sarno
died in 2017.)
The view that chronic pain originates in the
brain — that it’s fundamentally a psychological phenomenon, and can be eliminated by
altering thoughts, beliefs and feelings rather
than by changing something in the body or
flooding it with chemicals — has long been
controversial and is still largely dismissed as
New Age hooey or offensive victim-blaming.
But what started out as a hunch by health-care
practitioners on the fringe is finally being
proved true by science. It’s increasingly clear
that chronic pain is often “neuroplastic” —
generated by the brain in a misbegotten effort
to protect us from danger. And that’s good
news, because what the brain learns, we are
discovering, it can unlearn.

n the perimeter of the smoldering ruins of
Lassen National Forest in Northern California this summer, an orange-clad crew of
wildland firefighters worked steadily to contain the Dixie Fire, the largest single wildfire in state
history. Using rakes, axes and chain saws, they literally moved the landscape, cleaving burned from unburned to contain the flames. This work was dangerous, and they made just a few dollars per hour,
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But it was better than being in prison.
I used to be one of the incarcerated people whom
California employs to fight wildfires, and I was
fortunate. During my nine years in prison for drug-related burglaries, ending in 2012, I never met a fellow
prisoner who didn’t want to be in “fire camp,” as the
program is known. Some dreamed of going but knew
they would never be allowed to live in such a lowsecurity facility. Others, like me, did everything in
their capacity to ensure that they got there as soon as
humanly possible. For the most part, this meant
being savvy and lucky enough to stay out of trouble
during the first few years of my incarceration.
Though the program is voluntary, some wellmeaning people on social media and in activist circles
like to compare fire camp to slavery. Every fire season,
they draw attention to its resemblance to chain gangs
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Capitalist-style
excess in China’s
Communist Party
Book review by Jude Blanchette
n recent months, the leader of the Chinese
Communist Party, Xi Jinping, has been
promoting a new ideological-political
framework called “common prosperity.” On
the surface, the campaign is directed at blunting,
even reversing, China’s pronounced income
inequality. As Xi told Chinese officials early this
year, “We cannot let an unbridgeable gulf appear
between the rich and the poor.”
Some observers see this as a striking move to
the left by Xi as he pursues a controversial third
term as Communist Party leader next year.
Sensing the mounting frustration of Chinese
citizens as they navigate the social tensions
sparked by new technologies and the proliferating number of billionaires who created them, Xi
might be tacking back to the party’s socialist
roots to shore up its legitimacy, not to mention
his own political future.
This view is hard to sustain after reading
Desmond Shum’s remarkable new memoir, “Red
Roulette: An Insider’s Story of Wealth, Power,
Corruption, and Vengeance in Today’s China.”
The Chinese Communist Party depicted in
Shum’s firsthand account is the epitome of
capitalist excess, with the sons and daughters of
high-ranking party officials going on global
shopping and gambling sprees, spending the
vast sums their parents and relatives amassed
through rampant corruption, influence-peddling, ruthless political maneuvering and backstabbing. With shelves groaning under the
weight of books on modern China, Shum’s is a
standout as a rare bona fide insider account of

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Two football greats built the Patriots
dynasty — but at what cost? B6
How a synagogue’s neighbors
grappled with a mass shooting. B7

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Pain isn’t imagined, but
your brain plays a role
PAIN FROM B1

he latest evidence comes in a peer-reviewed study just published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry that includes striking results from a randomized controlled trial
conducted at the University of Colorado at
Boulder. In the study, 151 subjects with persistent back pain were randomly assigned to one
of three groups. A third of them were given no
treatment other than their usual care (the
control group), a third were given a placebo,
and a third were given eight one-hour sessions
of a new treatment called “pain reprocessing
therapy” (PRT). Developed by Alan Gordon,
director of the Pain Psychology Center in Los
Angeles, the technique teaches patients to reinterpret pain as a neutral sensation coming
from the brain rather than as evidence of a
dangerous physical condition. As people come
to view their pain as uncomfortable but nonthreatening, their brains rewire the neural
pathways that were generating the pain signals, and the pain subsides.
Remarkably, 66 percent of the subjects receiving PRT were nearly or fully pain-free after
this purely psychological intervention, compared with just 10 percent of the control group.
A whopping 98 percent had at least some
improvement, and these outcomes were largely
maintained a year later. “When our brains are
on high alert, we interpret our surroundings
through a lens of danger,” explains Yoni Ashar, a
neuroscience researcher at Weill Cornell Medical College who is the lead author of the new
study. “PRT aims to lower the threat level.”
A separate study just published by a team of
Harvard-affiliated researchers obtained similarly impressive results, finding that a mindbody therapy course was significantly more
effective in easing persistent back pain than
either a more general stress-reduction program or usual care.
This new research is the latest to validate
Sarno’s theory that much chronic pain is not
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Sometimes
our brains
misinterpret
threats and
overreact by
causing or
prolonging
pain when no
danger is
present. With
chronic pain,
our nervous
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and that changing our perceptions — gaining
knowledge, altering beliefs, thinking and feeling differently — can dramatically reduce the
pain.
This does not mean the pain is imagined or
“all in the head.” It’s a brain response, like
blushing, crying or elevated heart rate — all
bodily reactions to emotional stimuli. “Pain is
an opinion,” neuroscientists often say, suggesting not that pain isn’t factually present but that
all pain is generated by our brains, and is thus
reliant on the brain’s fallible perception of
danger.
Warning us of danger is, of course, the
proper role of pain. You wouldn’t want to step
on a rusty nail and remain oblivious, carrying
on with your day. But sometimes our brains
misinterpret threats and overreact by causing
or prolonging pain when no danger is present.
With chronic pain, our nervous system, triggered by fear, gets stuck in fight-or-flight mode,
switching on our body’s alarm bells in the form
of physical symptoms.
The Boulder study builds on research that
has long identified chronic pain as neuroplastic. One study looked at MRI scans of 98 people
with no back pain and found that 64 percent
had disk abnormalities. Disks deteriorate
throughout our lives, with 90 percent of us
showing degeneration by age 60. But, like gray
hair or wrinkles, those bodily changes don’t
necessarily hurt, and too often imaging results
are groundlessly assumed to be causal. As one
of the largest literature reviews to date put it,
the “data do not support a physical injury
model of back pain.”
Indeed, a large body of literature shows that
exposure to stress or adversity, such as trauma,
childhood difficulties or job dissatisfaction, predicts chronic symptoms, including back pain, fibromyalgia and irritable bowel
syndrome, better than any physical measure.
It’s long been known that expectations and
beliefs about pain can affect how and whether
it’s experienced, with sham surgeries and other
placebos able to trick people into feeling relief,
and simulated injuries able to produce pain
when people think they’re being harmed. If
emotional and experiential factors predict
chronic pain, that suggests the culprit is not
physical, as does the fact that legions of people
have resolved their symptoms using psychological interventions alone.

Imaging technology further validates that
psychological and emotional factors spur
chronic pain. A. Vania Apkarian, who runs a
neuroscience pain lab at Northwestern University, predicted with 85 percent accuracy which
subjects would develop chronic pain by looking
not at their backs but at their brains. His team
found that, when pain shifts from acute to
chronic, it actually moves to different regions
of the brain, regions that — tellingly — are also
involved in controlling emotion, memory and
learning. Apkarian now views chronic pain as a
brain-learning phenomenon linked to “emotion-related” circuitry. Clinicians usually want
to treat the site of the pain, he told me. “What
we are saying is that’s often the wrong thing to
do, because that’s not where the pain is coming
from.” Pain researchers find that more than
90 percent of people with lower-back pain
recover in just days or weeks. Chronic pain, by
contrast, is a whole different animal, and it
appears that it’s born in the brain.
ortunately, we now have not only better
research than ever showing that much
chronic pain is neuroplastic but also
more avenues than ever to successfully treat it.
(People with persistent pain should consult a
doctor to rule out dangerous conditions like a
tumor, infection or fracture before concluding
that the pain is neuroplastic.) PRT will not be
accessible for everyone, but most elements of
the therapeutic approach validated by the
Boulder study are widely available. The keys to
healing neuroplastic pain are genuinely understanding that it’s not dangerous, and reducing
the fear and other emotions that keep our
systems on high alert. How can people incorporate these principles into a regular practice of
awareness and calm that retrains their brains
to turn off unnecessary pain signals?
Neuroplastic pain treatment has become a
rare and exciting example of practitioners and
patients coming together to help reduce suffering on a wide scale. They’ve created vibrant
online communities in which patients share
and reinforce their healing experiences, often
gently guided by clinicians (who have usually
experienced chronic pain themselves). They’ve
created podcasts, videos, books, social media
groups, and online courses and apps, like “Freedom From Chronic Pain” and “Curable,” that
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While the bulk of research focuses on back
pain, there is good reason to believe that many
other forms of chronic pain are neuroplastic.
(Autoimmune and inflammatory conditions,
such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, may
make up a separate category; they are similar in
that they trigger overactive threat responses,
but research hasn’t clearly shown whether
psychological interventions can dial them
down.) “I’ve seen thousands of people heal
from dozens of chronic pain conditions with
a mind-body approach,” says Nicole Sachs, a
psychotherapist based in Delaware who specializes in eliminating neuroplastic pain. “One
person’s back pain is another’s sciatica is another’s IBS is another’s migraines.” Her approach includes mindfulness meditation and
expressive writing, which research suggests
can reduce pain, perhaps because our brains
perceive as threatening the surfacing of difficult emotions (a Freudian defense system updated for the age of brain science), which deep
journal-writing invites us to unload.
Our culture and the health-care field have
not caught up. Providers should learn about
neuroplastic pain, and medical schools, which
now spend an average of just nine hours on
pain education, should teach about it. Critically, we must stop viewing emotional or psychological bases for pain as stigmatizing. This
long-elusive goal might finally be reached
through a broader understanding of the research showing that, in an effort to protect us,
our autonomic nervous systems — not some
character weakness or a wild imagination —
are generating the symptoms.
One of the hardest parts of having chronic
pain is the sense that your experiences or
feelings are not valid. For too long, patients —
especially women — have felt dismissed as
neurotic when complaining of serious pain,
and it would be a tragic misreading if the
evidence on neuroplastic pain were misunderstood as an argument that chronic pain is
imagined or the fault of the sufferer. The research shows the opposite: Chronic pain is real
and debilitating — and since it’s learned by the
brain, it’s usually reversible.
Twitter: @nfrankresearch
Nathaniel Frank is the director of the What We
Know Project at Cornell University, which aggregates
scholarly research for the general public.

Sending us to fight fires was abusive. But we preferred it to staying in prison.
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of the past, its low wages and its exploitative
nature. Some argue that incarcerated firefighters face insurmountable barriers to careers in
that field after parole, though this has started
to change in recent years. Others argue that the
voluntary nature of fire camp is a ruse, that
consent cannot be offered by the coerced.
There is some truth to these objections, but
they ignore the reality of why people would
want to risk life and limb for a state that is
caging them: The conditions in California prisons are so terrible that fighting wildfires is a
rational choice. It is probably the safest choice
as well.
California prisons have, on average, three
times the murder rate of the country overall
and twice the rate of all American prisons.
These figures don’t take into account the sheer
number of physical assaults that occur behind
prison walls. Prison feels like a dangerous
place because it is. Whether it’s individual
assaults or large-scale riots, the potential for
violence is ever-present. Fire camp represents
a reprieve from that risk.
Sure, people can die in fire camp as well — at
least three convict-firefighters have died working to contain fires in California since 2017 —
but the threat doesn’t weigh on the mind like
the prospect of being murdered by a fellow
prisoner. I will never forget the relief I felt the
day I set foot in a fire camp in Los Angeles
County, like an enormous burden had been
lifted.
The experience was at times harrowing, as
when my 12-man crew was called to fight the
Jesusita Fire, which scorched nearly 9,000
acres and destroyed 80 homes in the Santa
Barbara hills back in 2009. I distinctly remember our vehicle rounding an escarpment along
the coast when the fire revealed itself, the
plume rising and then disappearing into a
cloud cover of its own making. Bright orange
fingers of flame danced along the top of the
mountains.
The fire had been moving in the patches of
grass and brush between properties, so we
zigzagged our way between homes, cutting
down bushes, beating away flames and leaving
a four-foot-wide dirt track in our wake. I was
perpetually out of breath, a combination of
exertion and poor air quality. My flame-resistant clothing was soaked with sweat, and I
remember seeing steam rise from my pant leg
when I got too close to the burning grass.
The fire had ignited one home’s deck and
was slowly burning its way to the structure. We
cut the deck off the house, saving the home. I
often fantasize about the owners returning to
see it still standing, unaware and probably
unconcerned that an incarcerated fire crew
had saved it. There was satisfaction in knowing
that our work was as valuable as that of any
other firefighter working the blaze and that the
gratitude expressed toward first responders
included us.
There are other reasons for prisoners to
choose fire camp if given the opportunity. They
are often located in secluded natural settings,
giving inmates the chance to live in an environment that doesn’t remotely resemble a prison.
There are no walls, and sometimes there aren’t
even fences. Gun towers are conspicuously
absent, and the guards aren’t even armed.
Camps have good meals, more nutritious
and higher-calorie than those served in the
chow hall behind the walls. Hobby shops give
the men and women of fire camp the opportunity to do woodworking, metalsmithing and
painting.
Perhaps the greatest incentive is the worktime credits, allowing for earlier parole. Before
I got to fire camp, my earliest possible release
date was November 2013, yet I ended up
paroling in February 2012.
It’s understandable that fire camps are seen

LAURA MORTON FOR THE WASHINGTON POST

ABOVE: Matthew
Hahn served nine
years in prison in
California before
being paroled in
2012.
RIGHT: Hahn, left,
and another inmate
work to put out a
house fire in Santa
Barbara in 2009.
“There was
satisfaction,” he
writes, “in knowing
that our work was
as valuable as that
of any other
firefighter working
the blaze and that
the gratitude
expressed toward
first responders
included us.”

KAREN QUINCY LOBERG/VENTURA COUNTY STAR

as dicey ethical terrain. Yes, the decision to take
part is largely made under duress, given the
alternative. Yes, incarcerated firefighters are
paid pennies for an invaluable task. And yes, it
is difficult though not impossible for participants to become firefighters after leaving prison. Despite this, fire camps remain the most
humane places to do time in the California

prison system.
The risk of the slavery conversation is that it
further endangers the fire camp program. Already, the state has closed some camps as it
tries to reduce the incarcerated population and
fewer eligible people remain in prison. There
are now 1,600 incarcerated men and women
scattered in 35 fire camps across the state. “We

are in desperate need of these programs,”
Brandon Dunham, a former U.S. Forest Service
and Bureau of Land Management firefighter,
said recently. “They need us and we need
them.”
If one is genuinely worried about slavery or
the choiceless choice of incarcerated firefighters, consider the guy pushing a broom in his
cell block making the equivalent of one Top
Ramen noodle packet per day, just so he can
have the privilege of making a collect call to his
mother. Or think of the man scrubbing the
streaks out of the guards’ toilets, making seven
cents an hour, half of which goes to pay court
fees and restitution, just so he can have those
couple of hours outside his cage for the day.
I appreciate the collective efforts and concern on behalf of incarcerated firefighters. But
they fail to take into account the hundreds of
thousands of people in jails and prisons across
America in conditions so terrible as to make
fire camps seem like country clubs. Places
where people are forced to choose between
working for nothing and losing their humanity.
So, while we may have faced the heat of a
wildfire for a few bucks a day, and we may have
saved a few homes and been happy doing so,
understand that we were rational actors. We
wanted to be there, where some of our dignity
was returned to us.
Twitter: @hahnscratch
Matthew Hahn is a union electrician and
meditation teacher who writes about his time in
prison and issues related to criminal justice. He lives
in San Jose with his wife and two cats.

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icholas Bloom, an economist at Stanford University, had been studying
working-from-home arrangements
for years before corporate America
sent its white-collar employees home in
droves in March 2020. In a paper published in
2015, for example, he and three co-authors explored what happened when workers at a
Shanghai travel company were randomly selected into a work-from-home program: It
turned out they were 13 percent more productive. Then suddenly, last year, his niche academic focus was thrust to the center of every
business discussion. After fielding numerous
calls from executives and reporters to discuss
his older work, he said, “it became clear that it
would be helpful to get contemporaneous
data.” Working with colleagues including José
María Barrero, of Mexico’s Autonomous Institute of Technology, and Steven J. Davis, of the
University of Chicago, he began a fresh set of
studies exploring how the pandemic was reshaping working and living arrangements. He
discussed that work recently, in a conversation edited for length and clarity.

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The social science research emerging from the outbreak

Remote work went
far better than expected

Q: In that survey, you’re asking people to
estimate their productivity. Can we trust this
kind of self-reporting?
A: This is a good question. The Shanghai
study was fantastic because we were able to
measure productivity directly [by examining
phone calls travel workers made, whether
sales were finalized and so on]. Whereas the
self-assessed stuff is super broad. But there
are a few other papers out there that measure
productivity gains from working from home,
and they come up with a number similar to
ours.
Q: You estimate that the increased productivity comes mostly from saved commuting
time.
A: Yeah, about two-thirds of it is saved com-

muting time, and one-third of it is greater efficiency.
Q: Your surveys of workers show that, in

Q: Your survey also covers some cultural issues. It sounds like the handshake is dead —
but women and men have different preferences. Does that suggest another kind of culture
clash when we return?
A: Pre-pandemic, both men and women,
about two-thirds of them, would shake hands.
Post-pandemic, men have moved to about a
third each: verbal greeting, handshake, fist
bump. Women have moved two-thirds to a
verbal greeting. So women have made the
greatest change — but generally, if you’ll be
greeting someone and you don’t know them, I
really wouldn’t put your hand out because it’s
unlikely that’s going to be a welcome gesture.
I’ve heard anecdotes from women, though,
who’ll say: “I came back from this meeting,
and the client was a senior male. He pumped
the hand of everyone in the room. And most
of us ran out of the meeting as soon as we
could and went to the bathroom to cleanse
our hands.” The unwanted handshake could
be seen as a kind of microaggression.

Q: In May 2020, you started surveying a
random, representative sample of 2,500 workers monthly — recently expanding the sample
to 5,000. [They are 20 to 64 years old and
make at least $20,000.] Something like half of
those people don’t work from home. But of
those who do, 40 percent report being more
efficient at home, 45 percent say they are
about equally efficient, and only 15 percent
say they are less efficient. Those are kind of
amazing figures, given all that we’ve read
about the chaos of working from home, especially early on. Do they surprise you?
A: It’s amazing. Probably the biggest surprise of the pandemic was that working from
home worked so well. We didn’t find a 13 percent productivity increase, but we’re finding
an average of 4 percent or so. Something like
60 percent of respondents say working from
home has worked out “better than I expected.”
Firms are astounded.

days. We all agree on the same days. On those
three days we have all our meetings, trainings,
events, lunches — the hyper-social things.
Then the other two days we work from home.
So we end up spending as much face time together as we ever did. We just crush it into
three days. We reallocate the quiet time we
used to have at work to the two days we are at
home. It’s honestly better time management.

Q. You also have a paper called “The Donut
Effect of Covid-19 on Cities,” which documents — using post office data and changing
housing prices — how people are moving
from central business districts to inner suburbs, and from inner suburbs to outer suburbs.
CAROLYN VAN HOUTEN/THE WASHINGTON POST

general, employees would prefer about 2.5
days of working from home — but employers,
although they have moved up a bit from the
start of the pandemic, only want to allow a little more than one day. Does that suggest a
clash when things return to normal?
A: There are two dimensions to look at
there. You have to break it down to those who
can and those that can’t work from home.
Those who can are basically university grads,
professionals, managers and so on — about
half the workforce. And then there’s those
that can’t, who are front-line manufacturing,
retail, health care. That second group definitely wants to work from home, but they’re
not going to get it. Their jobs just can’t be
done remotely. So in some ways, it’s a clash.
But the other workers — those who worked
from home during the pandemic — have won,
in a sense. From the start of our survey,
they’ve said they want to work from home two
to two and a half days a week. Now employers
have edged up to meet what employees want.
And that’s driven partly by managers becoming more comfortable with the idea of working from home, but it’s primarily driven by labor market strength.
Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are good ex-

In one survey, about
60 percent of
employees who
worked from home
said the
arrangement had
worked out “better
than I expected.”
Another found that
employees would
like to spend about
half their workweek
in their home
offices.

amples. They both announced [at first] that
people were going to come back to the office
five days a week. They’ve basically given up on
that. It’s impossible. And the reason is Merrill
Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Citibank are not doing that. If Goldman Sachs
and JPMorgan try to force people back, a
bunch of people will say, “Get lost, I’m quitting.”
Q: There’s some skeptics of working from
home, like the economists Ed Glaeser and David Cutler, who think cities are important, offices are important: These interpersonal connections fuel productivity.
A: I’m very aligned with that. I am uniformly advising organizations that the default is
hybrid, which means either two or three days
in the office. So I am totally on board that
there are major benefits from meeting in person. The research evidence for that is honestly
a lot lighter — but my experience is guided by
literally hundreds of managers who say, over
and over and over again, you need face-to-face
interaction to really spark innovation and culture. And so I’m totally on board with that.
I just don’t think you need five days a week.
In a hybrid plan, the team comes in three

A. There was an extreme doughnut effect
in the pandemic. What’s more interesting is
the post-pandemic question: Will this survive,
and how does that affect the big city? I think it
will survive. [One piece of evidence — since
home prices represent a bet on the future value of properties — is that prices in the outer
suburbs in the 12 largest cities are up about
12 percent from pre-pandemic values, while
prices in the central business districts are
down about 3 percent.]
So demand and higher property prices get
moved out to the suburbs, and the centers get
cheaper and a bit emptier. I think that’s really
great, because the one group of workers that
really do need to be in city centers are lowerincome workers that are essential service
workers — people that have to work every day.
It makes much more sense for them to be in
the city centers and for investment bankers
and techies that can work from home to be
out in the suburbs. It’s one step toward unraveling the affordability crisis — not a big step, I
have to say, but it’s one step.
Twitter: @cshea4
Christopher Shea is an assistant editor for
Outlook and PostEverything. Before joining The
Washington Post, he ran the Perspectives section at
Vox.com.

Bored with small talk? Try a deep conversation with a stranger.
s coronavirus cases continue to drop,
Americans who have been careful
about social distancing are coming out
of social hibernation and meeting new
people again. This could mean returning to the
dreaded world of small talk. “Hey, what’s up?”
“Terrible weather we’re having, isn’t it?” Given
such shallow exchanges, you would be excused
for wondering whether you might prefer another round of social distancing.
In surveys we have conducted, most people
have said they wished they had more meaningful conversations in their daily lives. This is a
wise inclination: Behavioral-science research
consistently finds that the more deep and
intimate conversations people have on a given
day, the happier they are that day. The more
time people spend in small talk, in contrast, the
more likely they are to feel — well, not much of
anything in particular. Small talk is conversation’s purgatory, where we bide time waiting
for the good stuff.
There is an obvious puzzle here: If small talk
is so mediocre, then why do we spend so much
time engaged in it? One obvious answer is that
we think deep conversations are pleasant with
good friends but would be awkward or inappropriate with an indifferent stranger.
Our research suggests that assumption is
misguided: You probably underestimate how
much other people — especially strangers —
care about the meaningful information you
have to share. As a result, you also probably
underestimate how satisfying deeper conversations with those beyond close friends and
family can be.
In a dozen experiments with roughly 1,800
people, as varied as business executives and
visitors in public parks, we found that our
participants felt happier and more connected
than they expected after relatively deep conversations with people they had just met. The
people in our experiments also expected that
deeper conversations would be significantly
more awkward than they actually were. Those
overly pessimistic expectations stemmed from
the misplaced assumption that one’s conversation partner would be largely indifferent to the
interaction. In reality, the other person also
typically enjoyed getting beyond superficialities.
We saw the concerns people have about
opening up to strangers on full display in the
first experiment we conducted as part of this
research project. One of us (Epley) was giving a
presentation at a small conference with roughly 50 high-level financial executives who had no
idea what they were in for. We explained that
we were about to pair everyone up to discuss
four questions with another person. The
prompts included: “For what in your life do you
feel most grateful?”; “If you were going to
become a close friend with the other participant, please share what would be important for
him or her to know”; and “Can you describe a
time you cried in front of another person?” We
adapted them from a procedure designed by
psychologist Arthur Aron and his colleagues to
create more intimate conversations between

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People think
opening up to
someone they
just met would
be weird. But it
makes them
happy, found
behavioral
scientists
Nicholas Epley,
Michael
Kardas and
Amit Kumar.

YANA PASKOVA FOR THE WASHINGTON POST

Americans are
venturing out into
social situations
again — like this
festival in New
York’s Little Italy
last month — and
meeting new
people. What’s the
best way to have
memorable
conversations with
them?

strangers. As soon as the audience saw these
questions, one man in the front row hollered
out, “Oh, s---!” The room laughed nervously
while we privately feared commencing the
Worst Conference Experience Ever.
After our executives spent 10 minutes in
conversation, however, we had to spend another five repeatedly asking people to stop
talking and come back to the presentation. One
person wiped away tears. One pair hugged. The
initially stern-faced group came back with
noticeably more smiles, as if some switch had
been flipped. On average, these participants
reported on anonymous questionnaires feeling
less awkward, more connected and happier
after their conversation than they had expected
to feel.
These have proved to be reliable results. In
another one of our experiments, we gave people relatively deep questions to discuss with
one person they had just met and relatively
shallow questions to discuss with another new
acquaintance. Before the talks, people expected to prefer their shallow conversation. Afterward, they said they actually preferred the deep
conversation.
The surprisingly positive experience of deep
talk does not depend on any particular magic in
the questions we gave people to discuss. We
observed the same results when we simply
asked people to have deeper conversations

than they usually would. In this experiment, we
first asked people to write down five questions
they would normally discuss when getting to
know someone. They responded with smalltalk classics like “Where are you from?”; “What
do you do for a living?”; and “How is your work
going?” We then asked people to write down
another set of five questions that were “deeper”
than they would normally discuss. They did so
without much difficulty, with the most common including, “What do you regret most in
your life?”; “What do you love doing?”; and
“Where do you see yourself in five years?”
Better conversations are not beyond the realm
of your imagination. You can have them as long
as you are willing to try.
The pleasure that deeper conversations provided was quite robust. Men and women did
not differ in their enjoyment of them. Extroverts and introverts did not, either. Deep conversation with strangers left people feeling as
positive as deep conversations with friends.
Most people have a great deal of experience
in conversation, but it’s still hard to know
exactly how a conversation will turn out, since
the outcome depends on how you and the
other person act. If you assume that others
aren’t interested in meaningful conversation,
you’ll probably avoid it, too, and you’ll never
learn how enjoyable deeper talks with strangers can be. The result can be a self-reinforcing

circle of banality.
Let’s be clear. Our research does not suggest
throwing all caution to the wind, assuming
everyone wants to be your best friend and
revealing your deepest thoughts to anyone
you meet. “Too much information” can be a
real thing.
Instead, our research suggests that the person next to you would probably be happier
talking about their passions and purpose than
the weather and “what’s up.”
Although our evidence is strong, you don’t
have to take our word for it. You can experiment by having deeper conversations with the
strangers you find yourself sitting beside and
see the results for yourself. We predict you will
be happily surprised.
epley@chicagobooth.edu
michael.kardas@kellogg.northwestern.edu
amit.kumar@mccombs.utexas.edu
Nicholas Epley is the John Templeton Keller
professor of behavioral science and a Neubauer
family faculty fellow at the University of Chicago
Booth School of Business. Michael Kardas is a
postdoctoral fellow in management and
marketing at the Kellogg School of Management
at Northwestern University. Amit Kumar is an
assistant professor of marketing and psychology
at the University of Texas at Austin McCombs
School of Business.

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Who deserves a religious exemption from vaccine mandates? It’s hard to say.
s states and companies implement
vaccine mandates, some anti-vax
workers have an answer: I can’t, it’s
against my religion. In the past
decade, battles over when religious exemptions should be granted — for various kinds of
laws — have been fought in legislatures, in
executive offices and in the courts. Plaintiffs
have sought relief from laws prohibiting
discrimination against LGBTQ couples, from
requirements to cover contraceptives for
employees and from pandemic-related restrictions on public gatherings.
But on the vaccine question, there is an
added twist: Policymakers, employers and
courts have to decide whether a person is
being honest in claiming that religion is the
reason they object to the vaccines. That’s
because so many people are using religion as
a cover for something else (such as distrust of
vaccines because of something they read on
the Internet).
We know that Americans game religious
exemptions, because they tell us. It’s easy to
find people online, for example, coaching
others on how to pretend that freedom of
worship is the real issue. Writes one such
person, on Facebook: “RULE #4 in writing a
religious exemption: Do not mention c0v-id
19, side effects, or scientific data! Do not
mention the V[accine] is under E-U-A,” or
emergency-use authorization. Religious leaders have offered to sign letters requesting
exemptions for anyone who wants one — for
payment, or free. This is not a new phenomenon, nor one limited to the coronavirus
vaccines. (For a hearing this year on vaccine
mandates in Massachusetts, a parent wrote to
lawmakers that she made use of a religious
exemption in 2020 for the flu vaccine, “not
because it goes against my religion, but
because I do not believe that it is necessary to
put additional chemicals into my child’s
body.”) But the political battles over coronavirus vaccination have driven more people to
seek ways around the laws.
Religious freedom has an important place
in our Constitution and history. That said, we
have always limited it to protect other
important values, such as health and safety.
But the line has been tricky to draw — and the
Supreme Court has begun to change its mind
about what the Constitution requires. All of
this puts institutions trying to enforce mandates in a tough spot.
Does the law require a religious exemption
to vaccine mandates? Until very recently, the
answer was “no” for states and “maybe” for
employers. In a landmark 1990 case, Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith, the court ruled
that states do not have to provide a religious
exemption from a generally applicable law
that is neutral on its face with respect to
religion. Courts have consistently found that
vaccine mandates do not require a religious
exemption, and several states — California,
Connecticut, Maine, New York, West Virginia
and Mississippi — do not offer one.

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Law professor
Dorit Reiss
says employers,
policymakers
and courts face
a daunting task
in trying to sort
valid claims
from lies

MICHAEL M. SANTIAGO/GETTY IMAGES

A protest against
coronavirus vaccine
mandates in New
York last week.
Some people say
they should be
exempt from such
requirements
because of their
religious beliefs;
there is no formula
courts can use to
judge the sincerity
of those claims.

But in the past year, the Supreme Court has
indicated that it intends to strengthen protections for religious liberty — although the full
contours of the change are unclear. In
Tandon v. Newsom, for instance, it blocked
California from enforcing coronavirus restrictions on private gatherings, including
at-home religious services, while the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit considers
an appeal. In Fulton v. City of Philadelphia,
which gave the court a chance to overturn
Smith — and to say believers should be
exempt from some generally applicable laws
— it declined to do so. Still, in a decision that
struck some observers as hairsplitting, the
court said the city had an obligation to grant
an exemption from anti-discrimination laws
to a Catholic adoption agency that declined to
license same-sex couples to be foster parents.
Justice John G. Roberts Jr., writing for the
majority, noted that the law allowed exemptions at the “sole discretion” of the city’s
Department of Human Services commissioner; if a city has an exemptions policy, Roberts
wrote, it cannot refuse them to religious
organizations without meeting a very high
bar. It’s not clear yet how the recent subtle
shifts in doctrine will affect court cases
related to religious exemptions for vaccine
mandates.
For private employers, the law is clearer:
Under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, employers
have to accommodate workers with religious
objections to vaccine mandates — unless
providing an exemption places an “undue
burden” on the business in question. Private
employers thus can refuse to give exemptions
if the burden is too high — but should expect
to be challenged in court when they do.
This murky terrain is fertile ground for
lawsuits. There have been at least a dozen

recently related to religious exemptions. Two
University of Massachusetts students challenged the constitutionality of that system’s
coronavirus vaccine mandate, with one of
them also claiming that her First Amendment
rights were infringed because her request for
a religious exemption was denied. That case
was dismissed. A Roman Catholic professor
and a Buddhist student at the University of
Colorado’s medical school sued to challenge
the rejection of their requests for religious
exemptions. The professor objected that vaccine research had been conducted on “abortion-derived cell lines”; the student said he
refused “products developed through the
killing or harming of animals (including
human beings).” The university decided that
neither objection justified a religious exemption.
Complicating matters is that most faiths do
not oppose vaccines. Pope Francis has called
immunization against the coronavirus “a
simple yet profound way to care for one
another,” for example. Mary Baker Eddy,
founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist,
objected to vaccines but said Christian Scientists should get them, where required. (A
believer should “obey the law, and then
appeal to the gospel to save him from bad
physical results.”) But judges — and the
people granting exemptions in the first place
— are not permitted to decide what various
denominations “really” teach: In court, the
test is the sincerity of a personal belief that
can be characterized as “religious.” There is
no simple formula for gauging sincerity, but
the process can involve analyzing personal
statements for consistency and exploring
whether people have acted over time in
accordance with their stated belief. (Courts
have rejected tests that evaluate the rational-

We spent years fighting
Roe. Now what?
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Since last spring, when the Supreme Court
agreed to hear Dobbs v. Jackson, and the
possibility that it would overturn Roe v. Wade
became increasingly real, the responses have
been disappointingly predictable. Even as
both sides agree that this would be a huge
change for the country, the rhetoric has stuck
to the usual scripts. Nancy Northup of the
Center for Reproductive Rights called the
potential reversal of Roe “devastating.” Prolife advocates celebrated the prospect of
passing more restrictions, saying “the handcuffs will soon be taken off.” There seems to
be much less appetite for working on policies
that support parents and families than there
is for flashy headlines about dramatic bans.
But such policies should be at the forefront
of discussion. Helping moms and saving
babies is the point of the movement, not an
afterthought to political or legal victory.
If Roe v. Wade falls — the scenario driving
the most feverish and frantic rhetoric — the
likely result is at best a patchwork of laws
regulating abortion across the country. Some
states, which have provisions that would be
triggered by the end of Roe, would have no
legal abortion except to save the life of the
mother. Others, such as Vermont and Colorado, would allow abortions with no restrictions at all. The end of Roe would be a victory
and a cause for celebration for those of us
who oppose abortion, but it would not end
the practice nationwide. Making progress
toward that goal means broadening our focus
from the law of abortion to its underlying
reality. We can work to create a country
where no woman feels as though abortion is
her best, or only, choice.
We know the reasons that women choose
abortion. In 2005, the Guttmacher Institute
published a peer-reviewed study finding that
“the reasons most frequently cited were that
having a child would interfere with a woman’s education, work or ability to care for
dependents (74%); that she could not afford a
baby now (73%); and that she did not want to
be a single mother or was having relationship
problems (48%).” In other words, these
women felt that having a baby would hinder
their livelihood or economic opportunity,
and they feared — or already experienced —
privation, financially or in their relationships. Women who obtain abortions are
increasingly low-income, according to a 2017
Guttmacher study: 49 percent live below the
federal poverty level. What would it look like
for the pro-life movement to meaningfully
address their reasons?
The “typical” American family looks far
different today than it did in the 1970s,
around the time Roe was decided. Yet the
politics surrounding abortion have only be-

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A woman from
central Texas waits
for medical staff to
give her the allclear to go home
after receiving an
abortion at a clinic
in Shreveport, La.,
last weekend.
Texas’s restrictive
new abortion law is
forcing women to
seek the procedure
in neighboring
states. Meanwhile,
antiabortion
activists across the
country are
planning to copy
the Texas
legislation.

come more entrenched and detached from
the reality in which most families live.
Americans on the whole are having far fewer
children. The abortion rate has continuously
declined over the past three decades. Children living in households headed by a single
parent, or in households with cohabiting but
unmarried parents, are far more prevalent
today, according to an extensive 2015 report
by the Pew Research Center.
Policymakers cannot reasonably expect
women to be full-time caretakers for their
children and full-time participants in the
labor force simultaneously, and then balk at
assisting them. The majority of children will
grow up in households in which both parents
work, and yet child care is often too expensive for, or unavailable to, the families who
need it. The U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services estimates that “affordable”
child care should cost no more than 7 percent
of a family’s income. In a 2017 report,
however, the Brookings Institution found
that Louisiana was the only state where the
cost of infant care met that standard for a
married couple earning the median income.
Paid family leave is available to only about
20 percent of workers nationwide. Many
families report not having as many children
as they otherwise might have wanted, citing
the high costs of child care. This should
grieve those of us who deeply value children
and families. Imagine how such lack of
support affects a woman facing an unintended pregnancy, alone.
Meanwhile, Medicaid covers the cost of
nearly half of all births in the country (and an
even higher percentage in many states),
suggesting that private health insurance is
not adequately accessible to many mothers.
The United States ranks nearly last for infant

mortality among developed nations, and
even before the pandemic, maternal mortality was on the rise. Programs such as WIC and
SNAP do not cover the cost of diapers, a
pressing need for families struggling to make
ends meet. Americans say we value family
above all else, and political rhetoric often
taps into that. In light of these sobering
statistics, though, it’s clear that our policy
priorities do not align with our values.
In recent years, leaders in both parties
have expressed interest in helping women
and families. In 2017, for example, Sens.
Marco Rubio and Mike Lee worked to double
the child tax credit in the tax bill, and earlier
this year, Sen. Mitt Romney proposed legislation to overhaul and expand the child tax
credit, turning it into a monthly cash payment. President Donald Trump, in his 2020
State of the Union address, became an
unexpected advocate of paid leave for mothers. The Department of Health and Human
Services last year published an action plan to
address maternal health, including by incentivizing insurers to provide appropriate care
for pregnant women. In his American Families Plan, President Biden includes a goal to
provide paid leave, as well as universal
preschool. Congress is now debating a new
spending bill focused on family policies.
Pro-life advocacy does include a push for
further investment in the pregnancy help
movement. That movement, comprising
thousands of resource centers across the
country, provides an estimated $266 million
worth of services and products, including
formula and diapers once babies are born.
Texas, for example, recently allocated $100
million for its Alternatives to Abortion
program, which funds services such as counseling for pregnant women and provides

ity of beliefs or that require letters from
religious leaders, among other things.)
Faced with all of these issues, states and
employers have four options. First — and
worst — they can offer religious exemptions
and not police them. This can avoid litigation
but increase the risk of covid-19 in the
workplace; the approach will literally kill
people. It’s also ethically dubious: Using
faith as a fig leaf is not something society
should encourage (nor would most religious
leaders support it). Widespread abuse would
also lead to eventual scrutiny — and tightening scrutiny can hurt the very few people
who truly oppose vaccination for religious
reasons.
Second, states and employers can choose
not to provide religious exemptions and
accept that they can be sued over it. Until the
Supreme Court speaks, courts will go different ways. A district court in New York this
past week required the state to give an
exemption to health-care workers on such
grounds, while their challenge to the mandate makes its way through the courts — but
two other New York courts, examining
exactly the same facts, did not. Since employers and states can still be sued if they offer
exemptions but refuse some petitioners, it
may be worth standing their ground and
arguing that the harms and deaths caused by
exemptions are simply too high a price to pay
— an “undue burden.”
Third, these entities can offer religious
exemptions and police them. Some employers have been doing this in creative ways,
including by asking detailed questions. The
Conway Regional Health System in Arkansas, for example, requires that people who
claim to oppose vaccines because of their use
of cell lines from decades-old abortions also
attest that they do not use other products
that were tested on cell lines, a long list that
includes Tylenol, aspirin and Benadryl.
Finally, employers can offer an open
“personal” exemption, not limited to religion
— thereby avoiding the challenge of deciding
what counts as a religious view — but attach
significant strings to it. For example, a
company might require that people who seek
exemptions take a course that includes
information on the safety of various vaccines, as revealed by clinical trials. Or an
employer might require routine and frequent testing and prohibit business travel to
places that require vaccines. (It’s possible the
businesses might be challenged on the
grounds that this is not a true exemption.)
Granting religious exemptions will always
be an inexact science. But employers and
states should still do their best to guard
against outright deceit: After all, religious
citizens will be among the first to agree that
you should not take the Lord’s name in vain.
Twitter: @doritmi
Dorit Reiss is a professor of law and the James
Edgar Hervey ’50 chair of litigation at the
University of California Hastings College of Law.

material goods including car seats. (When it
was enacted in 2007, the program had an
initial investment of $5 million per biennium.) These efforts are commendable, and
pro-life advocacy groups and legislators deserve credit for their implementation. They
do not, however, amount to a comprehensive
national plan to support parents and end
abortion.
Though so much of our country’s politics
are polarized — and abortion rhetoric, in
particular, often breaks down into stark
binaries and absolutes — most Americans
stand somewhere in the middle. Seventynine percent say that the decision to have an
abortion is best left to women, not lawmakers, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation
study from 2020. But that same survey found
that majorities of Americans support some
restrictions, such as 24-hour waiting periods
and requirements for doctors to show or
describe an ultrasound. Americans’ support
for legal abortion drops from 60 percent to
28 percent from the first trimester to the
second, Gallup found in 2018.
This suggests that, beyond the headlines,
the public holds significantly more nuanced
feelings about abortion. After conducting
extensive qualitative interviews discussing
Americans’ attitudes on the topic, Notre
Dame sociologists concluded: “Those who
make allowances for abortion’s legality often
distinguish between when abortion is morally ‘right’ or ‘wrong.’ And on both axes, most
Americans fall somewhere in between the
edges of total opposition or permissiveness.”
Pro-life advocates have tactical reasons to
shift their priorities and build from the
public’s generally moderate views.
When I supported Ohio’s heartbeat law
two years ago (and I still do), I believed that
the end of Roe was indeed a possibility, but I
didn’t view that as the ultimate victory. It
didn’t mean that our work was done. At the
time, I believed, as did other advocates, that
it might take years for our law to go into
effect — time we needed to implement
policies that supported women and life for
babies inside and outside the womb. Now it is
2021, and it seems that our available time has
shrunk, even as the need for those policies
has become more imperative.
No longer is it sufficient to frame the
abortion issue as pitting the rights of the
mother against the rights of her unborn
child. Rather, we ought to be discussing the
rights of both together, and how much we as a
society value them both. If we could support
policies that aided women and their children
alongside gestational limits on abortion, we
could prepare for the end of Roe in a way that
didn’t devolve into panic or leave women
feeling abandoned. The end of Roe ought to
be just our starting point — such that,
regardless of legal options, women would feel
empowered and able to choose life.
Stephanie Ranade Krider is a former vice
president and executive director of Ohio Right to
Life. She owns a consulting firm and co-hosts the
podcast “So What Do We Have?”

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Germany’s far right lost seats — but it’s about to get millions in public funding
Journalist Annelie Naumann on
how the government will help a
radical party spread its ideas
berlin
n some ways, the guardrails against fascism in Germany, which have been critical
to postwar ideology here, appear to have
held once again: The recent elections did
not go well for the far-right anti-immigrant
party Alternative for Germany (AfD). The
young party, founded in 2013, first won seats
in parliament in 2017, becoming the thirdlargest political party in the Bundestag — and
the first to represent the far right since World
War II. But it lost 11 seats at the polls last
month, a drop of two percentage points from
its triumphant Bundestag debut. What’s more,
before the elections, all the other parties
pledged to avoid forming a coalition government with the AfD.
In one crucial way, however, the AfD is
about to become a big winner. Its affiliated
political foundation is on track to receive
millions of euros in taxpayer money, with
almost zero restrictions on how to spend it
because there is no mechanism for transparency. If the forces of xenophobia will have less
influence in the Bundestag this go round, the
AfD’s education, recruitment and brand-polishing arm will have far more — paid for by the
state.
The government has subsidized Germany’s
political parties for decades. The AfD simply
draws new attention to an old phenomenon in
that regard. But in addition, whenever a party
is represented in the Bundestag for a second
consecutive term, its affiliated political foundation also receives funding. The foundations’
educational mission includes organizing
events, conducting research, awarding scholarships and sharing their ideas around the
world. In 2019, the six foundations affiliated
with the parties represented in the Bundestag
received 660 million euros ($766 million),
which was three times what the parties themselves received. Now AfD’s foundation, Desiderius-Erasmus-Stiftung (DES), demands a
piece of the pie.
This presents a conundrum and exposes a
weakness in those vaunted guardrails. On the
one hand, the multiparty system is part of the
constitution, and Germany is obligated to
finance whatever crazy views a sufficient
share of voters believe. On the other hand, the
constitution forbids political extremism considered a threat to the democratic order.
Deciding who’s an extremist posing that degree of threat is tricky, however. Right now all
eyes are on Germany’s domestic intelligence
agency, which has a kind of rapid alert system.
You don’t need to be violent to be subject to the
agency’s surveillance for extremism, but ultimately a court has to decide who is too
threatening. The AfD has been subject to
surveillance; DES so far has not. This leaves
the AfD with a dangerous tool. Its representatives know what other foundations’ representatives have long known: Political education
has a deeper and stronger impact on public
opinion than any election campaign. That 1
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Germans attend a
campaign rally in
Bautzen for the
Alternative for
Germany party
ahead of state
elections in 2019.
The party lost seats
in last month’s
parliamentary
elections but gained
government
funding for its
political
foundation.

this year’s elections is a result of right-wing
ideas becoming mainstream in Germany.
DES Chairwoman Erika Steinbach, who left
Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union
in 2017 over the chancellor’s migration policy,
said she expects the foundation to receive $8
million next year and $16 million in the
following years. It could be a lot more. Varying
calculations suggest that DES might receive
$70 million to $80 million a year. A foundation’s allotment is decided in part by budget
negotiations, the size of its party’s delegation
and the cost of specific projects it plans —
opening offices abroad, for example.
Although parties and foundations are ostensibly separate, the AfD and DES share
identical goals. The 78-year-old Steinbach
claims that there is no place for “radical, racist
and extremist ideas” in her foundation, but
various unions and organizations, including
the Central Council of Jews in Germany,
accuse her and other DES board members of
“relativizing” the Holocaust, or minimizing it
by comparing it to lesser events, and having
ties to extremist groups. At a DES event in
2018, for example, speakers claimed that Germany did not lose World War I. More recently,
a member called masks against the coronavi-

rus the new “judenstern,” or yellow badge, like
the ones Jews were forced to wear in the Nazi
era. A study by the Otto Brenner Foundation
documents instances of notable DES figures
associating with right-wing extremist organizations.
Some DES members have been well known
on the far right for decades: In the 1990s, Hans
Hausberger supported a radical right-wing
minority party, the Republicans, in its foundation efforts, introducing himself as “Schönhuber’s man.” Franz Schönhuber, founder of the
Republicans, had been a member of the Nazis’
Waffen-SS. Hausberger is now an assessor on
the DES board of directors. Karlheinz Weissmann co-founded a far-right think tank and is
now on the DES advisory board. Other DES
members, like AfD politician Marc Jongen, are
affiliated with far-right groups monitored by
the domestic intelligence agency — the fate
the DES itself has so far avoided.
There is no law that regulates the state
funding of party-affiliated foundations. Until
now, parties and their foundations have not
supported such a law because they all benefit
from the system. The distribution of the funds
is keyed to election results, but the process is
extremely opaque and largely informal. This

year the German Federal Audit Office criticized “significant violations” by all six foundations in the payment of their staff.
DES has depended thus far on private
donors. As soon as the foundation receives
government funds, it is expected to do what
other foundations do: represent Germany
worldwide and support the next generation of
ideologues with its scholarship programs.
This means that with the help of DES, the far
right will gain a foothold at German universities. And with AfD offices short-staffed and
the party in need of academic workers, the
AfD’s hope is that DES becomes a funnel for
young far-right recruits.
If millions of euros in taxpayer can flow into
the pockets of DES, the far right is sure to get
more support from society over the coming
years — if not in votes, then in actions. Those
guardrails against fascism, effective for more
than half a century, don’t seem so strong now.
Twitter: @AnnelieNaumann
Annelie Naumann is an investigative reporter
based in Berlin and works for the late-night
television show “ZDF Magazin Royale.” Her recent
book, “Corona-Krieger,” is about coronavirus
conspiracy myths and the New Right.

An insider’s account of wealth and corruption among top Chinese o∞cials
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the decidedly anti-socialist nexus of money
and politics that defines China’s authoritarian
political system. It is essential reading for
anyone interested in piercing the carefully
controlled and orchestrated propaganda veneer Beijing has erected.
Shum was born in Shanghai in 1968 at the
height of the Cultural Revolution, Mao Zedong’s campaign to remake China through a
revolutionary baptism. As the Maoist chaos
swirled around him, Shum’s life inside his
household was typified by “degradation and
punishment” at the hands of his parents. His
mother belittled him; his father beat him. His
lucky break came in 1978, when he moved to
Hong Kong, the then-British-controlled island territory just off China’s southern coast.
As capitalist as the mainland was communist,
Hong Kong was, in Shum’s description, “another world.” After completing his undergraduate education in the United States, Shum
returned to an investment gig in Hong Kong
and began his ascent to the heights of political
and financial power in China.
At the heart of Shum’s book is the story of
how he and his wife, Duan Weihong, amassed
a fortune by exploiting their relationship with
Zhang Beili, the spouse of then-Premier Wen
Jiabao. After first meeting at a social engagement, Duan built trust and friendship with
“Auntie Zhang” (as she was affectionately
known to the couple), which soon translated
into access to a growing number of insiderconnected business deals. As their relationship with Zhang grew, it also afforded intimate contact with other political elites, including Xi. At the height of their business
dealings, Shum and Duan (who went by the
English name Whitney) had business and
social connections with nearly all the top
political players, including Sun Zhengcai, a
rising party official thought to be a possible
successor to Xi, and Ling Jihua, the head of
the Communist Party’s General Office, which
functions as the nerve center for party
administration.
Anyone familiar with these last two names
will be able to guess how Shum’s story ends.
The couple rode the wave of the corrupt,
cowboy capitalism that exemplified much of
China’s economic-reform era, but then the
wave crested and crashed as Xi came to power
in late 2012. Within a year of his accession, he
rolled out an aggressive anti-corruption campaign that eventually felled some of the party’s
senior-most cadres, including Sun and Ling.
Sadly, Duan was collateral damage. In 2017,
she was detained by the Chinese authorities,
and to this day, she remains in custody
without charge, a Kafkaesque fate that befalls

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Power,
Corruption, and
Vengeance in
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Though Chinese
President Xi
Jinping has led
aggressive anticorruption
campaigns, top
leaders in the
Chinese Communist
Party are still
obsessed with
money and power,
writes Desmond
Shum.

many whom the party believes have committed political crimes.
Shum’s book is a remarkable indictment of
the Chinese Communist Party, coming at the
precise moment that Xi is attempting to
rebrand it as a morally pure force working
selflessly on behalf of the Chinese people.
“Red Roulette” lays siege to this effort by
depicting a ruling class obsessed with power,
luxury and status. This perhaps explains why
the party went to such great lengths to guard
two recent phone calls from Duan to Shum in
which she pleaded with him to halt the book’s
publication, lest harm come to her and his
family.
The details in Shum’s memoir also highlight the limitations of more formalistic analysis of China’s political system. While the

hierarchical, Leninist nature of party governance and decision-making remains an important conduit for the exercise of authority, it is
in the informal interactions among the political, business and military elite that true power
is exercised. In this, Shum’s depiction of how
power is wielded brings to mind Milovan
Djilas’s 1957 critique of Soviet communism, in
which he observed: “Meetings of party forums, conferences of the government and
assemblies, serve no purpose but to make
declarations and put in an appearance. They
are only convened to confirm what has previously been cooked up in intimate kitchens.”
As Xi continues to nudge China’s political
system in the direction of dictatorship, the
official rhetoric of equality and socialism will
become more pronounced as he attempts to

reforge the party’s popular legitimacy. Yet, as
Djilas observed about the Soviet Union, so
long as the Communist Party controls all
power and property, “it inevitably creates
privileges and parasitic functions.” Xi hopes
that his very public denouncements of corruption signal a new model of clean authoritarian
governance, but as Shum warns in the book’s
final passage: “The reality is that the Party’s
main purpose is to serve the interests of the
sons and daughters of its revolutionaries.
They are the primary beneficiaries; they are
the ones sitting at the nexus of economic and
political power.”
Jude Blanchette holds the Freeman chair in
China studies at the Center for Strategic and
International Studies.

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REVIEW BY ALEXIS COE

The schemes and ambitions of Joseph P. Kennedy, undiplomatic ambassador
n “The Ambassador: Joseph P. Kennedy at
the Court of St. James’s, 1938-1940,” Susan
Ronald fashions a portrait of the ambitious Kennedy that brings to mind the
mythological figure Icarus. Ignoring a warning to temper his pride, Icarus flew too close to
the sun on wings made of feathers and wax
that melted, plunging him to his death in the
ocean. When Kennedy, father of nine, including sons John, Robert and Edward, was
named ambassador to Britain, he was instructed to accurately reflect the policies of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Or at least,
not contradict him. That is, behave like a
diplomat.
But Kennedy was no diplomat, and he had
no interest in imitating one. He was a boorish,
stubborn man who got the ambassadorship
mostly because he donated to Roosevelt’s 1936
reelection campaign and then demanded the
prestigious position in return, as a steppingstone to the presidency. At the next Democratic National Convention, or perhaps the one
after, the freshly minted ambassador expected
to secure the nomination and sail into the
White House. He hoped to launch America’s
first Catholic political dynasty with himself as
the first Kennedy president. But his pride and
bald ambition took him a little too close to the
sun.
He already had a spectacular story: He was
the grandson of an Irish immigrant who
worked so hard he died before he was 40, and
the son of a Boston ward boss and barkeep.
Kennedy’s shrewd business sense (in the stock
market, real estate and even Hollywood)
produced a fortune so immense, he encouraged his children to follow their passions
(preferably politics for the boys and whatever
his daughters wanted, as long as they married
by 30). He served as the first chairman of the
Securities and Exchange Commission and
directed the Federal Maritime Commission.
But Kennedy wanted his boss’s job, and FDR
knew it.
“The first time he opens his mouth and
criticizes me, I will fire him,” the president
reassured advisers. Whatever FDR’s threat,
Kennedy, who had always been a monomaniacal isolationist, voiced his personal opinions
without reservation, while the president was
noncommittal in public. He had to be, even as
German troops stormed across Europe. The
U.S. military was unprepared for war, Americans were reluctant to enter it, and Roosevelt
didn’t have permission to declare it. Congress,
determined to keep America out of another
foreign war, had responded to Adolf Hitler’s

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THE
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Joseph P.
Kennedy at
the Court of
St. James’s,
1938-1940
By Susan
Ronald
St. Martin’s.
441 pp. $29.99

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Joseph P. Kennedy,
second from right,
departs the U.S.
Embassy in London
on March 16, 1938,
to present his
letters of credence
to King George VI
at Buckingham
Palace. Kennedy
secured the position
after donating to
President Franklin
Roosevelt’s 1936
reelection effort.

rise to power in 1933 by passing three
Neutrality Acts. Roosevelt tried to work
around these nonintervention efforts, offering England advice and military supplies. The
ambassador, meanwhile, spent his days “sticking a knife into the presidential hide,” as
Ronald puts it, a practice he extended to the
British, too. Stop “resisting Hitler,” Kennedy
urged them. He told an adviser to Roosevelt
that the British should “let Hitler take over all
of Europe.” If it didn’t work out, America
could assassinate the Fuhrer, reasoned Kennedy — who all the while was trying to secure
a personal meeting with him. Fascism was the
future, he believed, and neutrality best for the
American economy. Democracy was dead in
England and would soon be everywhere else,
too. Kennedy made these arguments in opposition to his sponsor and to morality; details
about every stage of the Nazi persecution of
Jews, from pogrom to concentration camp,
flooded his embassy from the day he arrived in
London.

At first, England smiled upon the ambassador — a title he would insist on for the rest of
his life — and his large family. The London
papers praised Rose, his wife, for her youthful
good looks and stylish dress. Kennedy’s
daughter Kathleen, known as Kick, attracted
great attention. Rosemary, who had developmental disabilities, was happy at a Montessori
in the countryside, as were the younger
children, who settled into their new life. Joe Jr.
and John, the eldest sons, were doing original
research for their Harvard theses in a rapidly
changing Europe.
Eventually, Ambassador Kennedy exhausted the patience of the president. He went too
far in his obsession to keep America out of
war. On a holiday trip home in 1940, Kennedy,
in cahoots with other powerful isolationists,
planned to publicly declare that war would be
ruinous to the United States and that he was
the only one to stop it — and prevent a third
term for Roosevelt. Apprised of the plan,
Roosevelt summoned the ambassador to the

White House before Kennedy’s expected
meeting with his co-conspirators. Over dinner, the president pressured Kennedy into
giving a radio address lavishing praise on
Roosevelt, a leader so perfectly suited to the
challenging times that there should be no
thought of electing anyone else. Overpowered,
Kennedy’s only choice afterward was to resign. “At the end of the day, Roosevelt needn’t
do a thing to slay his dragon Kennedy,” Ronald
concludes. “Joe had done it himself.”
It was a stunning fall from grace, yet I felt
curiously unmoved by this retelling of it. In
Ronald’s hands, Kennedy feels distant. Sometimes he completely disappears for pages in
favor of dense European history. I also found
some textual quirks irritating. Is the subject of
the book “Joe” or “Kennedy”? Ronald uses
them interchangeably, sometimes in the same
sentence. At other times, I couldn’t sort out
which Kennedy — Joe Sr. or Joe Jr. — was
espousing casual antisemitic views. I had to
turn to Ronald’s notes or the Internet to
clarify. And I was constantly put on alert by
Ronald’s tendency to state things in absolute
terms — “Joe was called ‘Daddy’ by the girls
and ‘Dad’ by the boys” — only to quote a
contradictory primary source pages later:
“Kick’s April 15, 1936 letter to ‘Dearest Dad.’ ”
The publicity claim that the book would
reveal “the truth” about Kennedy seems an
overreach. I kept waiting for a bomb to drop,
but the unflattering truths that Ronald reveals, particularly those of Kennedy’s disastrous two years in London, have been known
for at least a generation. In 1987, Doris Kearns
Goodwin introduced much of this material in
“The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys.” The
definitive volume “The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph
P. Kennedy,” by David Nasaw, was a finalist for
the Pulitzer Prize in biography a decade ago.
And just this month, Jane Karoline Vieth
published “Tempting All the Gods: Joseph P.
Kennedy, Ambassador to Great Britain, 19381940,” a subject she has been writing on for
decades.
Kennedy’s brief ambassadorship opened a
window on his family’s saga by revealing the
extravagant character of the patriarch. What
Kennedy put in motion, in Ronald’s estimation, was a “familial recklessness and competitiveness which killed one son and led to the
death of two others.” The origin, in other
words, of the “Kennedy curse.”
Alexis Coe is the author of “You Never Forget Your
First: A Biography of George Washington.”

REVIEW BY MARK SELIG

What Belichick and Brady gave up to achieve football greatness
ow the New England Patriots evolved
from a forgettable NFL franchise into
the most dominant force in sports is a
relationship story. It is about two
men desperate to win and addicted to success
once they do. They push the limits of football
and of each other. They are stronger side by
side but not always happier. Resentment
brews, eyes wander. And after 20 mostly great
years together, an old axiom prevails: All good
things — even those with six Super Bowl rings
— must come to an end.
The professional divorce of quarterback
Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick in early
2020 is still a buzzy topic but may ultimately
be a sliver of their story, considering that each,
with support from the other, became singular
in National Football League history: Brady the
greatest quarterback, Belichick the greatest
coach, together the greatest tandem.
In “It’s Better to Be Feared: The New
England Patriots Dynasty and the Pursuit of
Greatness,” Seth Wickersham explores the
relationship of these two men, and the role of
team owner Robert Kraft, as they win at an
unprecedented rate, flout rules along the way
and leave 31 teams trying to replicate their
success. The book also tackles a bigger question: What is the cost of greatness?
Belichick, 69, is depicted as brilliant, tireless, meticulous and ruthless. He lacks empathy and is, to put it bluntly, a jerk. “The job
turned good men into ---holes,” Wickersham
writes about NFL coaching, “or maybe it
self-selected for ---holes.” Belichick thrives in a
league in which sentimentality is a bad business model — savvy teams know better than to
reward a player for past performance, and he
repeatedly, dispassionately discards men who
no longer serve his needs. He is the smartest
man in the room, and he has complete power;
now just do as he says. Belichick’s leadership
style is effective but grating, particularly if
exposed to it for two decades. The cost of his
stern approach is the loss of relationships.
Brady, still a superstar at 44, is confident,
affable and driven by slights. Those traits
endured even as his personality underwent a
quirky evolution, shaped in part by the unavoidable fame his success brought. He surrenders to his celebrity — not so much basking
in its glow but determining that the only way
to live is to dedicate himself fully to the calling
that shapes his identity. He long suppressed
his ego to help make his football relationships
work: He took pay cuts so the Patriots could
sign better players around him, and he took
grief from Belichick so teammates knew that
nobody was above criticism. Every choice,
including the restrictive diet he adopted, was
made with a 100-yard focus. The cost of his
discipline was an inconsistent presence with
family and friends.
And here’s where their stories diverge:
Belichick calculated that even the most accomplished quarterback ever wouldn’t thrive
in his 40s, so the coach planned for life after
Brady, which caused inevitable strain. Meanwhile, Brady’s inner circle nudged him to
reconsider his life’s balance. What’s more
important — the relentless pursuit of the next
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Dynasty and
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New England
Patriots head coach
Bill Belichick won
six Super Bowls in
two decades with
Tom Brady as his
quarterback. But
the partnership
soured, and Brady
left the team last
year.

decided he could simultaneously achieve
both, but not under Belichick. In March 2020,
Brady signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
and then led them to a Super Bowl victory.
Wickersham elegantly demonstrates the
grander themes at work after watching them
play out from the start. A former high school
quarterback from Alaska, his first job out of
college in 2000 was at ESPN the Magazine.
About a year later he was assigned to profile
the Patriots’ quarterback, who, like Wickersham, was a 24-year-old just trying to make it
in the game.
As an NFL reporter in search of the league’s
biggest stories, Wickersham found that his
GPS repeatedly pointed in the direction of
Foxboro, Mass. Not only were the Patriots
successful, they were scandalous. They ran
afoul of league rules in 2007 when they
videotaped an opposing team’s signals and
then again in 2015 when they reduced the air
pressure in footballs. Later in 2015, Wickersham and fellow ESPN senior writer Don Van
Natta Jr. reported how the league’s harsh
discipline of the Patriots for “Deflategate” was,
in one owner’s view, making up for the light
treatment they received for “Spygate.”
The 21st-century Patriots started off as

charming underdogs but became less endearing the longer they reigned. Brady, Belichick
and Kraft’s ambiguous support of Donald
Trump before the 2016 election polarized
them further. When Belichick wrote a glowing
letter to Trump, and the eventual president
read it at a campaign rally, the coach’s explanation to his team was uncharacteristically
insincere. It’s the type of incident that could
divide a locker room, but players who disapproved of Belichick’s politics were afraid to
take a stand, Wickersham writes, because it
might have jeopardized the one thing that
mattered most in their building: winning.
The book consistently delivers that type of
fly-on-the-wall access, taking the reader to
seemingly impenetrable places, such as when:
Belichick’s mentor, Bill Parcells, tells his
protege he’ll never make it as a head coach.
Kraft confides to friends that Belichick is
“the biggest f---ing ---hole in my life.”
Brady, as a rookie, runs naked on his condo’s
lawn as penance for losing a video game.
Brady, as a veteran, sheepishly carries his
wife’s dog into work in a handbag (yes, Gisele
Bündchen’s Yorkie — in a Louis Vuitton).
Reporters have breathlessly covered the
Patriots over the years, leaving little room for

new reveals, but Wickersham advances the
ball with anecdotes that unpeel the personalities of the franchise’s significant figures. He
also adds nuance to long-discussed topics
among Patriots fans.
A common barroom debate in New England
is who’s more responsible for the franchise’s
success — Belichick or Brady. It’s an impossible hypothetical, but over a round of Harpoon
Octoberfests, it’s bound to bubble up. Brady’s
championship in his first NFL season away
from Belichick may have swayed many to his
side. Belichick, now with his handpicked
quarterback, rookie Mac Jones, will get a
chance to even the score, though this season’s
start has not been very promising.
In “It’s Better to Be Feared,” Wickersham
does not attempt to answer the unanswerable
but instead aims to chip away at Brady and
Belichick from a more existential perspective.
The book, he writes in its prologue, is about
“understanding the Patriots’ greatness and
the larger idea of greatness itself — what they
traded for it, what they received in return, and
what ultimately they sought but did not find.”
Mark Selig is a print and digital editor in the
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A diverse community, an antisemitic attack and what came next
y 10 minutes to 10 on the morning of
Oct. 27, 2018, 22 people had arrived at
their usual Saturday morning meeting
place, Tree of Life synagogue in the cozy
Pittsburgh neighborhood known as Squirrel
Hill. They were preparing, as they did every
week, for the start of Sabbath services. That is
when an armed intruder entered and started
firing, murdering 11 and wounding two more.
“I heard him execute my congregants,” Jeffrey
Myers, one of the two rabbis who survived the
attack, said later.
The shooter also wounded four members of
the Pittsburgh police force, all of whom lived,
and was himself hit in the exchange of gunfire.
It’s unclear whether the alleged gunman (who
has been indicted but not yet brought to trial)
realized that the hospital emergency room
team trying to save him included several Jewish doctors and nurses, as he reportedly shouted, “I want to kill all the Jews!”
This grisly massacre, the deadliest antisemitic assault recorded in American history, is
the focus of journalist Mark Oppenheimer’s
“Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue
Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood.” His
compelling exploration of its impact on the
community is by turns searing and compassionate. It is an emotionally draining terrain,
flecked with occasional, unexpected pockets of
consolation. But in placing this hate crime
against our country’s patchwork canvas of
faith, politics and violence, Oppenheimer provides a powerful meditation on the changing
meaning of community and belonging in an
age of disconnection and isolation.
His work is significant in all these ways.
Nonetheless, as someone who has lived to tell
the tale of a violent antisemitic attack — I was
among the 100-some people taken hostage by
an armed group of Hanafi Muslims for close to
40 hours on March 7, 1977, in Washington’s
B’nai Brith Building, where I worked — I
wanted Oppenheimer to dig deeper into the
psychological impact and the enduring ache
that trauma leaves behind. To this day, for
instance, I suffer from nightmares and am
triggered, no surprise, by reports of antisemitic
attacks such as the one at Tree of Life. Perhaps
more important, the fact that so few people
today seem to recall the Washington siege
underscores the short memory and large blind
spot, before this latest wake-up call, so many
American Jews maintained to the presence of
antisemitism in our country. I wish Oppenheimer had more fully explored why, despite so
many repeated reminders, too many still forget.
Then again, the illusion of safety is also part
of the American Dream. The book opens with a
friendly illustrated map of what Oppenheimer
calls the “thriving urban village” of Squirrel
Hill, physically situating us amid the streets,
synagogues, churches and gathering places
that will be mentioned in the pages ahead.
What’s most striking is the brief walking distance from one landmark to the next. Just a few
blocks from Tree of Life synagogue, for instance, lies the Sixth Presbyterian Church,
where Fred Rogers, the acclaimed creator of
the long-running PBS children’s television program “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” worshiped. It’s easy to see how the diverse population of about 26,500 people, spread over a
compact expanse of a bit less than three square
miles, could get to know the faces, if not the

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SQUIRREL HILL
The Tree of Life
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Shooting and
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Neighborhood
Mark
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320 pp. $28.95

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Mourners embrace
during a procession
at the funeral of
Joyce Fienberg on
Oct. 31, 2018.
Fienberg and 10
others were killed
four days earlier in
a shooting at Tree of
Life synagogue in
Pittsburgh. The city
and the Squirrel
Hill neighborhood
responded with an
outpouring of
caring and support,
Mark Oppenheimer
writes.

names, of so many of their neighbors.
Oppenheimer himself is no stranger here,
his Squirrel Hill family roots dating back to the
1840s, when his great-great-great grandfather
was one of the founding members of the area’s
first Jewish burial society. In the decades that
followed, the area became a thriving Jewish
community and remains so today, its 13,000
Jewish residents constituting “the oldest, most
stable, most internally diverse Jewish neighborhood in the United States,” Oppenheimer
writes. Although he moved away long ago, his
familiarity lends his empathic interviews
depth and nuance.
Similarly, as the chapters progress, starting
with the attack and concluding with its first
anniversary, he is consistently attuned to the
pulse of the reeling community as it struggles
to regain some sense of balance. We follow
neighborhood resident Tammy Hepps in the
first bewildering hours after the attack, as she
takes in the wreckage and gathers with friends
to read Psalms in memory of the dead. We meet
Lynn Hyde, who in the wake of the shooting
decides to convert to Judaism, and we get to
know Iranian expatriate Shay Khatiri, who
starts a GoFundMe campaign to aid the Tree of
Life congregation and improbably raises more
than $1 million.
Oppenheimer, who has written extensively
about religion in general, and Judaism in particular, for many publications, speaks to rabbis
from several streams of Judaism — Orthodox,
Conservative and Reform — about matters
such as Jewish burial traditions and the declining memberships of all but Orthodox congregations. Among the many examples of the out-

pouring of concern, caring and hesed, roughly
translated as “lovingkindness,” expressed by
the entire city, he points to the headline, in
Hebrew, that appeared in the Pittsburgh PostGazette on the day of one of the funerals, with
the first four words of the traditional Jewish
prayer known as the Mourner’s Kaddish.
He also introduces us to the “trauma tourists” who intrusively come to gawk. More welcome are the well-meaning souls who travel
unbidden to Squirrel Hill on self-directed missions to ameliorate grief through such gestures
as building memorials to the dead or bringing
trained comfort dogs to help heal those in
mourning.
Oppenheimer also poses the question that
inevitably echoed through Squirrel Hill from
the first report of the attack, writing, “When
did it begin, this hatred of Jews?” His crisp
summary in one brutal page of thousands of
years of virulent, global antisemitism aptly
provides the broad historical backdrop for the
2018 bloodbath. It could, though, have also
provided the opportunity to probe how and
why, in recent decades, the hatreds embedded
in antisemitism and white supremacy seem to
have become increasingly intertwined, giving
an even wider berth to acts and expressions of
bigotry against any minority considered “other.”
Witness the chilling fact that the Squirrel
Hill shooter evidently had focused his
crosshairs on the synagogue because it
planned to participate in the National Refugee
Shabbat program sponsored by HIAS (a nonprofit organization originally known as the
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society). Using the

REVIEW BY PAMELA S. NADELL

Are Jewish ghosts more
valued than Jewish lives?
s a New Jersey-born teen at a Nashville quiz bowl tournament in the
1990s, Dara Horn shared a room with
two Mississippians. The roomies
stayed up late, gabbing about Mister Rogers.
The Southerners were utterly convinced:
Mister Rogers was speaking directly to them
through their TV screens — just like they
absolutely knew that Jesus loved them. They
waited for Horn to concur. When she instead
mumbled something about synagogue, they
looked, stunned, at the blond-haired, blueeyed Northerner: “I thought Hitler said you
all were dark.” Reflecting on that experience,
Horn would realize that what people know
about Jews is that people killed them.
In her new book, “People Love Dead Jews”
— a contender for the most arresting title of
the year — Horn sets out to change that,
writing not only about murdered Jews but
about the lives they lived, the ones they might
have lived and her own “haunted present.” In
it, she gathers essays written over the past
decade. Some essay collections are just compilations, an opportunity for readers to hold
in one hand articles by favorite authors. Less
often a compilation becomes a whole that is
greater than the sum of the parts. This is one
of those unexpected, memorable books.
Fiction readers know Horn as the author of
five novels set in the Jewish past and present.
They feature real Jews, like Marc Chagall and
the Yiddish artists murdered during Stalin’s
reign of terror, and imaginary Jews, like Civil
War spies, loosely inspired by historical
figures. However, Horn began her career not
as a storyteller but as a nonfiction writer,
turning to fiction during a year at Cambridge
University. Working on her first novel, “In the
Image,” in England, she so missed America
that she included a droll tribute to Costco’s
“cavernous canyons,” laden with lawn mowers and diamond rings.
Horn, who has a PhD in Hebrew and
Yiddish literature, is a master at making
connections to the Jewish past. Writing of
“The Merchant of Venice,” she tells us that
when Shakespeare, “the epitome of Western
civilization,” imagined Shylock’s malevolence,
he probably had heard of how the converted
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DEAD JEWS
Reports From a
Haunted Present
Dara Horn
W.W. Norton.
272 pp. $25.95

Workers begin
cleanup and repairs
after a deadly
shooting at a Jersey
City kosher grocery
in December 2019.
Such antisemitic
attacks have
increased in the
United States in
recent years.

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plotting to poison the queen, was executed in
London as the crowd roared “Hang the Jew!”
“The Merchant of Venice,” of course, ends
with Shylock’s conversion. From a Christian
perspective, he has been saved. But taking the
play in through Jewish eyes reveals “just how
deep the gaslighting went.” Critics who insist
that Shakespeare portrayed Shylock’s humanity ignore the “sheer awfulness” of phrases
like “Certainly the Jew is the very devil
incarnate.” Horn cannot.
As she knows well, and demonstrates in her
own work, Jewish literature typically skips
the uplifting messages of grace that readers
expect from Western, which is to say Christian, literary traditions. Instead, Jewish literature often invokes the horrors of the Jewish
past. Unsurprisingly, then, she opens with
Anne Frank. The first published editions of
this teen’s diary were carefully edited to strip
away too much Jewish specificity as well as
her emerging sexuality. Her iconic words — “I
still believe, in spite of everything, that people
are really good at heart” — turned this
adolescent into what Horn calls “Everyone’s
(Second) Favorite Dead Jew.” (Everyone’s first
favorite dead Jew is, of course, Jesus.) Refusing easy cheer, Horn instead juxtaposes “The
Diary of a Young Girl” with the notebooks that
Zalmen Gradowski, who had to drag the dead
from the gas chambers to the crematoria,
wrote and buried in Auschwitz before he
revolted against the Nazis and was murdered.

Next Horn heads to China, to Harbin, a city
that arose at the end of the 19th century as the
Trans-Siberian Railroad cut across Manchuria and the Russians, needing entrepreneurs
to construct its buildings and run its hotels,
promised Jews that if they came, antisemitic
laws and pogroms would not follow. At its
peak, there were 20,000 Jews in Harbin.
Today, there is just one. Horn went there in
search of “Jewish Heritage,” which she wryly
quips should be renamed “Property Seized
from Dead or Expelled Jews.”
But it is in the chapters on “Dead American
Jews,” Parts 1, 2 and 3, about the murders at
synagogues in Pittsburgh and Poway, Calif.,
and at a Jersey City kosher supermarket, that
her anguish and anger blaze forth. “There are
no words,” respond many to these horrific
events, but, of course, this violence sparked
thousands and thousands of words. Yet
Horn’s children need only five to capture the
force driving such rage: “Because some people hate Jews.”
Encountering murderous antisemitism on
American soil forces Horn to confront history
closer to home. She turns away from Varian
Fry rescuing Jewish artists in Vichy France
and the Syrian synagogue smashed to rubble
on her flickering screen. Relying on the
historian Kirsten Fermaglich’s meticulous
research into New York City name-changing
petitions that proved, beyond a doubt, that
immigrants’ names were not altered at Ellis

rhetoric of contemporary white-supremacist
groups, the alleged killer had posted on social
media hours before his attack: “HIAS likes to
bring invaders in that kill our people. I can’t sit
by and watch my people get slaughtered.”
No wonder it therefore struck many in
Squirrel Hill as an affront when President
Donald Trump — who had refused to denounce
the white nationalists at the 2017 Charlottesville rally and during whose term hate crimes
against Jews and other minorities surged —
scheduled a visit to the synagogue. On Oct. 30,
the day of that visit, Tammy Hepps, for one,
held a sign that read, “MR. ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD IS NO PLACE FOR HATE.” But
others disagreed. Trump supporter Tova Weinberg, for instance, went out of her way to
antagonize protesters, engaging them in conversation only to insult them.
That political divide was still apparent on
the first anniversary of the shooting. When
Rabbi Jonathan Perlman, who, like Myers, had
survived the attack, made an ardent plea for
gun control during his memorial address at the
city’s large Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall,
many applauded, but “others crossed their
arms, glowering.”
Were the fissures that split the community
so deep that not even shared grief could help
them heal? In that, alas, Squirrel Hill may not
be so different from the rest of America. I
cannot help but wonder if we are doomed to
forget because we cannot even agree on what
we need to remember, and why.
Diane Cole is the author of the memoir “After Great
Pain: A New Life Emerges.”

Island, Horn asks why Jews cling to the
fiction that some misguided immigration
agent changed their ancestors’ names. Her
answer: If Jews tell the truth about American
antisemitism, they look like fools. They had
come to a land that they thought promised
the American Dream. Then they discovered
that they couldn’t get a job as Rosenberg but
could get hired as Rose. But to tell their
children that story would prove that America
is not all that different, that here, too, Jews
face prejudice, discrimination and violence.
So they crafted and clung to the tale of the
funny thing that happened to Grandpa at
Ellis Island.
A few years ago, I wrote in this paper that
focusing so much on the Holocaust — the
museums and memorials dotting our landscape, the innumerable memoirs and novels
published every year, the states mandating
Holocaust education — has let Americans off
the hook. When we talk about antisemitism,
we talk about an Old World problem, not a
New World phenomenon. But Horn knows
the dark story of Jew hatred on our shores
that today has brought murders, attacks in
broad daylight on city streets and vitriol on
social media.
Horn writes that by the time five people
(including the two shooters) were killed in the
New Jersey kosher supermarket in December
2019, she had realized that as the Gentiles
who had witnessed the shock of the Holocaust
died off, “the public shame associated with
expressing antisemitism was dying too. In
other words, hating Jews was normal.”
This new normal pushes her off a beaten
track strewn with victims of antisemitism to
commune with a different group of dead
Jews, the rabbis of the Talmud, and their
living students of today. Joining hundreds of
thousands of Jews around the world, she
begins reading a page a day of the Talmud, the
historic compendium of Jewish law, tradition
and culture codified in the 4th and 5th
centuries. Over the next seven and a half
years, she will converse with the sages of the
past whose words live in its pages and with
her contemporaries embarking on the same
journey. Turning to ancient words in a broken
world brings Horn into a community of living
Jews. She ends this riveting, gorgeously
written book as Jews have done across the
millennia: by engaging the past, embracing
the present and facing toward the future.
Pamela S. Nadell, a professor of Jewish studies
at American University, is the author of “America’s
Jewish Women: A History From Colonial Times to
Today.”

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ust before he took office in January
2009, Barack Obama expressed an unwillingness to dig deeply into torture
and other post-9/11 abuses carried out
under the George W. Bush administration. “We need to look forward as opposed to
looking backwards,” he explained. Twenty
years after 9/11, the anniversary occasioned a
great deal of looking back — not just remembrance but also critical reflection on how early
U.S. errors in responding to the attacks helped
drag the country into the political abyss it’s
now struggling to escape. What the Bush
administration called the Global War on
Terror and the Obama administration renamed, bloodlessly, Overseas Contingency
Operations always faced domestic political
criticism from civil libertarians and the left.
But the experience of the Trump presidency,
and the necessity of understanding 9/11 in
light of Donald Trump’s lawlessness, has
transformed this view into an increasingly
widespread consensus about America’s mistakes.
“Subtle Tools,” by Karen J. Greenberg, is a
useful entry in this analytical project. Greenberg, the director of the Center on National
Security at Fordham Law School and a longtime critic of expanded state power after 9/11,
draws a straight line between the early U.S.
response to the attacks and the abuses of the
Trump administration. “The legacy of the war
on terror,” she writes, “has spawned a fullthroated embrace of a new national vision” —
one that, in her view, degrades both checks on
executive power and liberal democracy itself.
She quotes Trump, then a real estate developer, pondering two days after 9/11 that the
devastated New York City skyline would make
possible the creation of “a whole different city
and world.” (Trump also, infamously, commented that the collapse of the twin towers
meant that his own building was now the
tallest in Lower Manhattan.)
Greenberg’s story centers on what she calls
“subtle tools” — the malignant techniques of
governance that became increasingly central
after 9/11, and whose danger lies in how they
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calling attention to themselves.” Among these
she identifies secrecy, disregard for norms,
and imprecise and misleading language. Last
on her list is “bureaucratic porousness,” a
calculated confusion about who in government is responsible for what, which allows
officials to expand their authority without
being held accountable. This focus on the
processes by which power is exercised, rather
than the substance of what that power is used
to achieve, sets Greenberg’s book apart from
other studies of post-9/11 politics and the
Trump presidency. “The true course of American politics and history,” Greenberg writes, “is
apparent in how events happen as much as in
what happened.”
Identifying these tools at work in the
earliest days after 9/11, Greenberg tracks them
through the next 20 years to the end of the
Trump administration. She views the 2001
Authorization for Use of Military Force —
passed by Congress to bless military action in
response to 9/11, and used by every president
since as legal justification for a steadily
expanding list of counterterrorism operations
around the globe — as the “Ur document in the
war on terror and its legacy.” Where Bush
interpreted the authorization broadly, the
Obama administration sought to put in place
procedural rigor but continued the expansive
use of force overseas. Trump, when he arrived,
stretched the statute even further. Today,
though President Biden has withdrawn U.S.
troops from Afghanistan, he’s given no indication that his administration will cease to
deploy violence abroad under the 2001 authorization.
When it comes to the home front, Greenberg’s argument is most convincing, and
troubling, when she turns to the operations of
the Department of Homeland Security — an
agency cobbled together after 9/11 with little
coherent institutional purpose or oversight.
Trump was able to use that weakness and
disorganization to transform the department
first into a machine for carrying out policies
designed to brutalize immigrants, and then
into a police force attacking people protesting
the murder of George Floyd.

In describing Trump as the heir to a quietly
nefarious model of governance, Greenberg
sometimes implies a degree of forethought
that’s at odds with the 45th president’s overt
malice and carelessness. She points to Trump’s
efforts to first undercut and then overturn the
2020 election, identifying his falsehoods
about fake mail-in ballots as an example of
“weaponizing the subtle tool of imprecise
language.” But Trump’s rhetoric was not so
much imprecise as it was an outright lie. Nor
were his techniques particularly subtle.
Trump’s conduct was so outrageous that,
when situating him in historical context, it
becomes difficult to identify where he represents an exaggeration of past trends and
where he really is sui generis — but these
distinctions matter, both for understanding
how Trump fits into the post-9/11 landscape
and for conceptualizing what will be required
to fix what’s broken.
“Subtle Tools” necessarily ends not just
with the arrival of the Biden administration in
Washington but with the attempted insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6, which Greenberg
reads as a culmination of political decay after
9/11. She worries about the vagueness of the
term “domestic terrorist” as applied to the
rioters, concerned that “the subtle tools would
persist even in a newly defined context” in the
form of an ill-conceived crackdown mirroring
the response to 9/11. Yet she also hopes that
the experience of the riot can help reestablish
appreciation for the norms that have eroded
over the past 20 years. Eight months after Jan.
6, this assessment seems too pessimistic and
too optimistic at once: The long list of rioters
pleading to relatively minor misdemeanor
charges doesn’t yet foreshadow a power grab
by security agencies, while the Republican
Party’s continued willingness to embrace
claims of election fraud shows that legal and
political norms remain tattered. If the U.S.
response to 9/11 changed everything, Jan. 6 —
despite its horror — looks to have changed
very little.
Quinta Jurecic is a senior editor at Lawfare and a
fellow at the Brookings Institution.

1 PERIL (Simon and Schuster, $30). By Bob
Woodward and Robert Costa. An
examination of the transfer of power from
Donald Trump to President Biden.
2 THE STORYTELLER (Dey Street Books,
$29.99). By Dave Grohl. The musician
reflects on his life and career.
3 TASTE (Gallery Books, $28). By Stanley
Tucci. The actor and cookbook author shares
the stories behind his recipes.
4 A CARNIVAL OF SNACKERY (Little, Brown,
$32). By David Sedaris. Diary entries from
the past two decades are recounted by the
popular humorist.

SUBTLE TOOLS
The
Dismantling of
American
Democracy
From the War
on Terror to
Donald Trump
By Karen J.
Greenberg
Princeton.
270 pp. $29.95

5 VANDERBILT (Harper, $30). By Anderson
Cooper and Katherine Howe. The history of
one of the wealthiest family dynasties in
America is explored by the great-great-great
grandson of its patriarch.
6 THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE
HORSE (Harper One, $22.99). By Charlie
Mackesy. The British illustrator brings fables
about unlikely friendships to life.
7 FUZZ (Norton, $26.95). By Mary Roach. The
quirky science writer looks at animal-human
encounters and gains understanding about
the possibility of compassionate
coexistence.

Donald Trump
addresses
supporters during a
rally at the Iowa
State Fairgrounds
in Des Moines last
weekend. As
president, Karen
Greenberg writes,
Trump had a habit
of “weaponizing the
subtle tool of
imprecise
language.”

8 THERE IS NOTHING FOR YOU HERE
(Mariner Books, $30). By Fiona Hill. The
memoir of a former White House adviser
illustrates the political consequences of
socioeconomic decline.
9 CRYING IN H MART (Knopf, $26.95). By
Michelle Zauner. A Korean American indierock star chronicles her relationship with her
late mother and their shared culture.
10 CASTE (Random House, $32). By Isabel
Wilkerson. America’s racial divisions are
examined and reframed as a caste system.
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Oct. 10. The charts may
not be reproduced without permission from the American
Booksellers Association, the trade association for independent
bookstores in the United States, and indiebound.org. Copyright
2021 American Booksellers Association. (The bestseller lists
alternate between hardcover and paperback each week.)

 Bestsellers at washingtonpost.com/books

L I TERA RY C A L ENDA R
Oct. 17 - 23

17 SUNDAY | 5 P.M. Anushay Hossain discusses “The
Pain Gap” with Soraya Chemaly, Jill Filipovic and
Sophia A. Nelson, streamed through Politics and Prose
Live at politics-prose.com/events.
18 MONDAY | 6 P.M. Profs and Pints shares a
presentation on “The Macabre Poe” with Amy Branam
Armiento at DC Comedy Loft and Bier Baron Tavern,
1523 22nd St. NW. 202-293-1887. $12-$15.
6 P.M. Elizabeth Strout discusses “Oh William!” with
Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, streamed through Books &
Books, Harvard Book Store and Politics and Prose
Live. $27.99-$35.99.
7 P.M. Jocelyn Nicole Johnson discusses “My
Monticello” with Morgan Jerkins, streamed through
Politics and Prose Live.
19 TUESDAY | 5 P.M. Farah Stockman discusses
“American Made” with Connie Schultz, streamed
through Politics and Prose Live.
7 P.M. Amor Towles discusses “The Lincoln Highway”

with Ken Burns, streamed through Midtown Scholar at
midtownscholar.com/events. $30.

through Harvard Book Store and Politics and Prose
Live. $35.99-$42.

Savage Kind” at Bards Alley, 110 Church St. NW,
Vienna. 571-459-2653.

7:30 P.M. Mark McGurl discusses “Everything and
Less: The Novel in the Age of Amazon” with Mark Greif,
streamed through Community Bookstore at
communitybookstore.net.

8 P.M. Gen. Stanley McChrystal discusses “Risk: A
User’s Guide,” streamed through Politics and Prose
Live.

6:30 P.M. Will Jelbert discusses “Word Wise: Say
What You Mean, Deepen Your Connections, and Get to
the Point” at Planet Word, 925 13th St. NW. 202-9313139.

20 WEDNESDAY | 5 P.M. Rochelle Riley discusses
“The Burden: African Americans and the Enduring
Impact of Slavery,” streamed through Lewes Library at
delawarelibraries.libcal.com/event/8238980.
6 P.M. Sarah Ruhl discusses “Smile: The Story of a
Face” with Kathryn Schulz, streamed through Politics
and Prose Live.
6:45 P.M. Dorie Greenspan discusses “Baking with
Dorie: Sweet, Salty & Simple” with Zoë François,
streamed through Smithsonian Associates at
smithsonianassociates.org. $20-$25.
7 P.M. Mary Gaitskill discusses “The Devil’s Treasure:
A Book of Stories and Dreams” with Yiyun Li, streamed

21 THURSDAY | 5 P.M. Anthony Horowitz discusses “A
Line to Kill” with Jeff Kinney, streamed through An
Unlikely Story at anunlikelystory.com/event. $32.21$41.16.
6 P.M. Myisha Cherry discusses “The Case for Rage:
Why Anger Is Essential to Anti-Racist Struggle” with
Kate Manne, streamed through Politics and Prose Live.
7 P.M. Brit Bennett discusses “The Vanishing Half”
streamed through Fall for the Book fallforthebook.org.
22 FRIDAY | 5 P.M. Jamise Harper and illustrator Jane
Mount present and sign “Bibliophile: Diverse Spines”
at the Apollo, 600 H St. NE. 202-601-3008. $25-$55.
6 P.M. John Copenhaver presents and signs “The

7 P.M. Adam Schiff discusses “Midnight in
Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and
Still Could” with Ben Rhodes at George Washington
University’s Betts Theatre, 800 21st St. NW. $10$35.99. 202-994-6800.
7 P.M. Marita Golden discusses “The Strong Black
Woman: How a Myth Endangers the Physical and
Mental Health of Black Woman” with Dolen PerkinsValdez, streamed through Politics and Prose Live.
23 SATURDAY | 5 P.M. Michael Krepon discusses
“Winning and Losing the Nuclear Peace,” streamed
through Politics and Prose Live.
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OBITUARIES

The District was ringed
by missile sites during the
Cold War, but there was
an accident at one. C3

As gun violence rages in
D.C., the last thing the city
needs is a shooting range
in Gallery Place. C4

Outdoorsman Gary
Paulsen, 82, wrote the
beloved young-adult novel
“Hatchet.” C9

Youth leniency law under scrutiny over gun o≠enses District set
BY

J OHN W OODROW C OX

Facing soaring rates of gun violence, D.C. police Chief Robert J.
Contee III has called for the city to
reevaluate whether gun offenders
should be eligible for the Youth
Rehabilitation Act, a law that
gives young adults a chance to
receive lighter sentences and have
their records wiped clean from
public view.
“When we’re talking about individuals specifically with guns, I
think that’s a different category,”
Contee said in an interview. “We

can’t treat them like everybody
else, like you do every other offense.” He argued that the Youth
Act contributes to a system that
does more to support the people
who carry and shoot illegal guns
than the people who get shot.
“What have we done in this
space of really holding people accountable and advocating on behalf of people who have been on
the receiving end of some of the
trauma by people who fall under
the YRA?” he asked. “I don’t feel
like it’s a balanced approach.”
His concerns about the law

were echoed by D.C. Council
member Anita Bonds (D-At
Large) and Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), who noted that she wasn’t
sure she would want to modify the
law specifically to exclude gun
crimes and not some other violent
offenses.
“These are not minor offenses
that we’re talking about,” she said.
“Some could be heinous crimes
and still qualify.”
The push for reform comes after a story in The Washington Post
revealed that 51 percent of the
convicts sentenced under the act

between 2019 and 2020 had committed a crime with a firearm,
according to court data. During
that same period, more than 1,600
people in the city were shot, leaving 307 of them dead. The story
examined the case of a man whose
negligence with an illegal gun left
a four-year-old girl paralyzed.
On May 25, 2020, My’onna Hinton followed her 7-year-old relative, Tee, into a friend’s apartment
in Southeast. Inside, a child who
lived there handed Tee the weapon. Believing it was a toy, he fired
it, sending a round through

My’onna’s neck. When the gun’s
owner, Juwan T. Ford, learned
what had happened, he ran inside, stepping past My’onna’s
bleeding body and ordering Tee to
hand him the weapon, a prosecutor later said. As the kids fled,
Ford, then 23, wrapped the gun in
a black shirt and walked out, leaving My’onna to die alone.
Ford eventually took a plea
deal, admitting to carrying a pistol without a license and attempting to tamper with evidence. A
year after the shooting, Ford told

to invest in
more sta≠
for schools
The $40 million hiring
plan is focused on filling
jobs tied to the pandemic

SEE RECORDS ON C8
BY

ASTRID RIECKEN FOR THE WASHINGTON POST

Honoring victims of an epidemic
Soul Box Project seeks to remember those affected by guns, offer healing and shift the national culture
BY

P ERRY S TEIN

The District plans to spend
nearly $40 million to hire additional contact tracers, substitute teachers and workers who
would handle coronavirus logistics in schools, marking an attempt to address staffing shortages that have hampered the reopening of campuses.
In all, the school system will
spend $22 million to hire nearly
250 new employees as part of the
pandemic-related hiring spree.
There’s also funding for each of
the 120 campuses to hire an additional coronavirus-related staff
member.
The new positions highlight
the complexities and steep costs
required to operate schools during the pandemic. Positive cases
in classrooms and subsequent
quarantines requires more communication with families, putting
extra administrative duties on educators. And frequent testing of
students necessitates more staff
members to watch children outside of the classroom and conduct
tests.
But with a national staffing
shortage in schools, the ambitious
hiring goal could be a challenge,
though city officials say they hope
that raises for substitute teachers
and well-paying jobs could help
the District buck this trend.
The city will use contingency
budget funds to initially pay for
the hires, and then reimburse that
money from the influx of federal
relief funds.
“After a strong reopening, we
are focused on supporting …
school communities as they continue to implement robust mitigation strategies,” Mayor Muriel E.
Bowser said in a statement.
An understaffed contact tracing team has resulted in delays of
families being informed about
positive cases in classrooms and
has forced principals to make uninformed decisions about who
was exposed to the virus and
needs to quarantine, The Washington Post reported last month.
SEE SCHOOLS ON C9

J USTIN J OUVENAL

Darlene Cain strolled across the Mall on Saturday morning, passing
tens of thousands of small origami boxes that each represented a
victim of gun violence, until she arrived at the one she had carefully
folded.
“That’s my baby,” the mother said, pointing to a paper box that
featured a grainy photo of her only son, who was shot and killed by
Baltimore police in 2008 under disputed circumstances. “It’s created to
be beauty out of pain.”

Dale Graham’s box was one of about 200,000 that were displayed on
wood panels and in clear plastic bags, a striking art project meant to
visualize the immense toll of gun violence in the United States over the
course of three years.
The Soul Box Project was created by survivors, families of victims
and volunteers who spent countless hours making the boxes and
colorfully decorating them with photos of the victims, drawings,

The District and Virginia do not
report coronavirus cases and
deaths on Saturday and Sunday.
Therefore, virus case totals for the
region are printed Tuesday through
Saturday.

SEE GUN VIOLENCE ON C8

Visitors and volunteers gather on the Mall on Saturday for the Soul Box Project. The exhibit is part of the national ARTivism movement
and displays 200,000 hand-folded origami boxes, each representing a life lost or impacted by gunfire.

Theresa
Vargas

She is away. Her column will resume
when she returns.

VIRGINIA LIEUTENANT GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION

Ayala aims to personally connect with voters
BY

A NTONIO O LIVO

In some ways, Virginia Del.
Hala S. Ayala took the first step
on her run for lieutenant governor when, as a young single
mother, she joined a parentteacher organization out of frustration that her son’s autism was
being ignored at his elementary
school.
That was in the early 2000s,
and Ayala was working to become financially secure after
spending years on public assistance, a dependence that began
in her family after her father was
shot and killed by a relative when
she was 2.
The PTO group in Prince William County, which Ayala eventually led, exposed her to the

ERIC LEE FOR THE WASHINGTON POST

Hala S. Ayala (D) isn’t widely
known outside suburban D.C.
but seeks to be a champion for
citizens who need help.

adrenaline rush of championing
the problems of people like her:
teachers working second jobs to
make their rent and parents who
were just one small tragedy away

from financial ruin.
It was an experience that
launched Ayala (D-Prince William) into community activism,
then a life in politics where she
rose to a leadership role in lining
up Democratic votes during two
terms in the House of Delegates.
“It made me angry,” Ayala
recalled of her encounters with
parents and teachers who were
living paycheck to paycheck. “I
was just like: No one should have
to do this. You shouldn’t be set up
for failure because of a hardship.”
Ayala, 48, is now the Democratic nominee for Virginia’s second-highest elected office, hoping to convince voters that she
will be a passionate advocate for
SEE AYALA ON C7

Sears makes her way back into political spotlight
BY

A NTONIO O LIVO

The last time Winsome E. Sears
was in Virginia’s political spotlight was 20 years ago, when she
had defeated a powerful Democratic state delegate in Norfolk to
become the first Black woman in
the Republican Party to join the
General Assembly.
Then, almost as soon as she
showed up, Sears faded into relative obscurity as she retreated to
tend to her ailing daughter, whose
mental health battles ended in a
family tragedy.
Now, Sears, 57, is back as the
Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, facing Democrat
Del. Hala S. Ayala (Prince William)
in a November election that will
make one of them the first woman

JAHI CHIKWENDIU/THE WASHINGTON POST

Winsome E. Sears (R) is a
former state delegate who has
lived in the Tidewater area and
the Shenandoah Valley.

of color to hold a statewide office
in Virginia.
Sears is hoping her story — that
of a Jamaican-born onetime Marine whose deep Christian faith

has pulled her through hard times
— can energize the Republican
base while winning over independent voters who will play a
vital role in the increasingly tight
statewide elections.
Political analysts say her value
to a GOP ticket led by Glenn
Youngkin, the party’s nominee for
governor, will depend on how successfully Democrats can highlight
another side to Sears: a Trump
loyalist who supports a controversial Texas ban on most abortions
and whose most prominent campaign ad showed her gripping an
assault rifle.
“She won the nomination in
part because she was able to appeal to the most conservative base
in the Republican Party,” said Bob
SEE SEARS ON C7

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commuter
Capital Bikeshare raises fees, with eye on growth and e-bike maintenance
BY

L UZ L AZO

Capital Bikeshare, the Washington region’s bike-sharing system, changed its pricing structure
this month — and for the most
part, it means riders are paying
more.
The subsidized system raised
rental prices for nonmembers on
Oct. 1, dropping its 30-minute
rides for $2 in exchange for a
per-minute charge of 5 cents with
a $1 unlocking fee. Now a 30-minute trip costs $2.50.
The price change was necessary to recoup more operational
costs and to allow expansion and
improvements of the 11-year-old
system, officials said. A major
driver of the change, however,
was that the e-bike fleet added
last year is more expensive to
maintain.
The fee increase comes as bike
use is on the rise in the Washington region, initially spurred by
workers staying home during the
pandemic, with employees now
looking to alternate methods of
travel as they return to offices. It
follows Bikeshare’s plans for a
major expansion — an investment of about $5 million in the
next year — that will boost the
e-bike fleet and add stations
across the region.
Transportation and elected
leaders are also promoting biking
as an alternative to driving and
part of a solution to address congestion and climate change.
With the change, the system
brought its pricing structure
more in line with those of private
bike and scooter operators in the
region. Those services have a $1
charge to unlock and fees between 30 and 40 cents per minute.
Some bike users and advocates
say the fee increase is ill-timed,
sending the wrong message to
riders and possibly discouraging
use, particularly as other transit
agencies are eyeing lower fares.
Everett Lott, chief of the District Department of Transportation, which provides oversight of
the Bikeshare contract, said the
fee increase is justified and was
made “to better match our operating costs.” Capital Bikeshare
fares had not been changed in five

MATT MCCLAIN/THE WASHINGTON POST

Capital Bikeshare this month raised fees for members and nonmembers, citing the increased costs of operating e-bikes.

years.
“The Capital Bikeshare is by far
the least expensive public or private Bikeshare system serving a
major city in the country,” Lott
said in a statement.
Capital Bikeshare is available
in the District, Alexandria and
Falls Church, as well as Arlington,
Fairfax, Montgomery and Prince
George’s counties. The bikes and
stations are public property, and
jurisdictions subsidize them, contracting with Lyft to manage and
operate the system.
In addition to the cost of riding, the annual membership fee
also rose this month from $85 to
$95.
Under the new pricing system,
users of the e-bike fleet pay more
for most trips. Riding an e-bike
for nonmembers costs 15 cents
per minute, plus $1 to unlock,
while members pay 10 cents per
minute to ride with no unlocking
fee. A 30-minute ride, for example, went from $3 to $5.50 for

nonmembers and from $1 to $3
for members.
Users who return the e-bike
outside a docking station now pay
a $2 fee, up from $1.
“Costs are higher because ebikes need to be recharged, and
since they can be parked outside
of stations, they require more
time and effort to collect for
servicing,” Aaron Goldbeck, who
manages the Capital Bikeshare
contract for D.C., said in a video
DDOT posted to YouTube.
The new prices surprised some
riders. The Bikeshare system
made no public outreach, other
than retweeting a link to the
video that DDOT posted Aug. 27.
Members received an email about
the price changes on Sept. 17 with
a subject line that some users said
was misleading: “An update to
your Bikeshare membership,” it
read.
“They very much buried the
lead. It does not say that it’s going
to have any effect on the pricing

until you actually scroll down
through the email,” said Stephen
Murray, an annual member of the
system. Murray, who uses Bikeshare to commute, said the price
increases are poorly timed because the system has been
plagued by problems amid the
pandemic, such as empty stations
or out-of-service bikes.
Bikeshare officials said they
are planning to replace or upgrade aging infrastructure. Some
older bikes are reaching the end
their life span of nine to 12 years.
In the District, where the system
was introduced, a plan calls for
refurbishing kiosks and docks.
Plans call for even larger investments in the coming years.
The District will lead the way
with a $19 million, six-year plan
to add 80 stations and more than
double the existing number of
electric bicycles. With 330 stations, D.C. has the largest share of
stations and bikes in the system.
Tung Nguyen, a Northeast D.C.

resident who is a Bikeshare member, said he will avoid using an
e-bike because of the price increase.
“While classic bike rides remain free for members, the future
of biking in DC relies on an
increase in availability and accessibility of the e-bike fleet,” he
wrote in an email to DDOT. “The
new fee structure will only increase the barrier to ebike for
existing and potential members.”
For some riders, the new payment system could result in a cost
savings. For example, a trip on a
classic bike that lasts no more
than 20 minutes would cost the
same or less. A 30-day pass
dropped from $28 to $20. Members also get 45-minute rides
without incurring other fees, up
from 30 minutes in the earlier
pricing system.
Colin Browne, a spokesman for
the Washington Area Bicyclist Association, said the group has concerns about the system continu-

ing to be an affordable and viable
option.
“Bikeshare should be free or
extremely cheap,” he said. “It’s an
important part of our transit network, and if we’re trying to encourage people to use it, that’s a
great way to do it.”
In Washington, many riders
who held annual memberships
quit during the pandemic. Bikeshare went from 30,090 members
in June 2019 to 23,551 in midJune this year, although that
number has risen to nearly
26,000. But while membership
was declining, casual trips increased, officials said.
The system had no public hearings about the fare changes, diverting from common practice to
give the public a chance to comment. Officials said they opted
instead for a video posted to
social media because of the pandemic.
DDOT tweeted a link to the
six-minute video about the
changes and said, “For the first
time since 2016, @bikeshare is
updating its prices for membership, user fees, and e-bikes.
Changes will go into effect on
October 1, 2021.”
The system, which operates
with a board composed of members from each jurisdiction, did
not advertise the changes on social media before new fares went
into effect. The Capital Bikeshare
board of directors agreed to the
price change this past spring,
with a final approval last month,
according to DDOT.
Officials said that recent costly
additions and upgrades to the
system have increased operating
costs. The board determined “a
modest increase” would help
modernize the system and improve service while keeping costs
below those in Chicago, New York
and San Francisco.
“Capital Bikeshare’s recent fare
change is its first in over six
years,” according to a statement
from Arlington County. “Arlington supported the change because it helps address new costs
for offering e-bikes while simplifying CaBi’s fare structure and
aligning it with micromobility
services.”
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L O C AL D IG E ST
THE DISTRICT

Officer injured after
being struck by inmate
An officer at the D.C. jail was
transported to a hospital
Saturday after being struck by an
inmate, a spokeswoman said.
The officer’s injuries were
“minor and non-life-threatening,”
the spokeswoman said. Both the
inmate and the officer were men,
but few other details were
immediately available.
The incident occurred at about
10:09 a.m. at the Central
Detention Facility in the
1900 block of D Street SE. The
incident is under investigation.
— Laura Meckler

MARYLAND

Police investigating
death of pedestrian
Prince George’s County police
are investigating a fatal collision
early Saturday involving a
pedestrian, officials said.
The collision took place in the
7900 block of Woodyard Road. At
about 2 a.m. Saturday, officers
discovered an unresponsive man
lying in the roadway. The man was
pronounced dead on the scene.
The driver of the vehicle that
struck the man remained on the
scene and was cooperating with
investigators, police said. The
roadway was closed for a time but
has since reopened.
— Laura Meckler

Man killed
in Capitol Hill
Saturday night
BY

M ARTIN W EIL

A man was shot and fatally
wounded on Capitol Hill Saturday night, becoming the
third homicide victim in that part
of the District this month.
The latest shooting occurred at
12th and D streets SE. A man was
fatally shot earlier this month on
the playground of a school at that
address.
The other fatal shooting occurred several blocks away, near
17th Street and Independence Avenue SE.
There was no information immediately available on Saturday
that connected the three fatal
shootings.
In Saturday night’s incident,
rescue personnel were called
about 9:44 p.m. to the 12th Street
intersection, according to D.C.
Fire and EMS spokesman Vito
Maggiolo.
The man who was shot there
was taken to a hospital, where he
died, said police spokeswoman
Alaina Gertz.
The previous shooting in that
vicinity occurred Oct. 6 on a field
near Watkins Elementary School
after a dispute following an adult
flag football game. The cluster of
three shootings in the same general area this month comes amid
a citywide increase in homicides.
martin.weil@washpost.com

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April 14, 1955, was
a good day to not
be driving on the
BaltimoreWashington
Parkway. It was
John
also a good day to
Kelly's
not be manning
Washington the U.S. Army’s
Nike missile site
at Fort Meade in
Anne Arundel County, Md.
At around 12:35 p.m. on that
Thursday, one of the 22-foot-tall
antiaircraft missiles was
accidentally launched from Fort
Meade. It traveled three miles
before exploding above the
parkway, showering the
pavement with debris.
“Luckily, no cars were moving
along the section of the parkway
a half-mile south of the LaurelFort Meade overpass when the
fragments of the guided missile
splattered down,” wrote The
Post.
The only injury was to Sgt.
Stanley C. Kozak, who was
standing near the missile when it
took off. He suffered minor
burns.
The Fort Meade Nike site was
just one spiky bead in a necklace
built around Washington in 1954
to protect the capital from Soviet
bombers.
There’s an adage that generals
fight the last war. For the United
States, World War II had started
and ended with bombs dropped
from aircraft.
“So defense planners in the
late 1940s and early 1950s
assumed that the next war would
similarly involve large masses of
enemy bombers — in this case

Soviet bombers — attacking
American cities and defense sites
and population centers,” said
Christopher J. Bright, a Cold
War historian and author.
Named for the Greek goddess
of victory, the missiles were
deployed at 13 sites ringing
Washington, from Laytonsville,
Md., to Pomonkey, Md.,
Annapolis to Great Falls, Va.
Other U.S. cities were similarly
protected.
Each installation featured two
components: a missile battery,
where the weapons were stored
in underground magazines, from
which they could be lifted and
fired, and a control center about
a mile away, where the radar
equipment that guided the
missiles was located.
“In the ’50s, this was in the
really rural outreaches of the
Washington area,” Bright said.
Some sites were built on
government land — such as at
Fort Meade and Lorton, Va., at
the prison farm whose Nike site
became a showcase for the
technology. Other land was taken
by eminent domain. G.H.
Anderson had to sell part of his
tobacco farm near Waldorf, Md.
(He complained to the
Washington Evening Star that
the government took the best
part “and left me the corners.”)
Though the specifics of the
Nike technology may have been
secret, there was no effort to hide
the sites themselves from the
public.
Said Bright: “In most
instances, they were welcomed
to the community. People were
happy to have them.”

wave of bombers at the United
States. But on the very day the
Star wrote about the Fort Meade
mishap, a prescient article ran
on the same page. The headline:
“Russia Will Build Cruising
Missile, Chidlaw Predicts.”
Gen. Benjamin W. Chidlaw

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

A Nike missile installation in Lorton, Va., in May 1955. The site
was one of 13 built to protect Washington from Soviet bombers.

There was even an episode of
“Lassie” where Timmy and his
collie visit a Nike missile base.
But every weapon is
inherently dangerous. On
May 22, 1958, a crew was
servicing Nike missiles at a site
in Middletown, N.J. One missile
exploded, starting a chain
reaction that set off seven others,
causing what the Associated
Press called “a furious
mushroom of fire and death.”
Six soldiers and four civilian
contractors were killed.
The missiles that exploded
were of the Nike Ajax variety.
They held conventional
explosives. But the Army was in

the process of introducing a new
and improved weapon: the Nike
Hercules, each equipped with a
nuclear warhead.
“If it were to target an
incoming aircraft or group of
aircraft, a relatively small
nuclear detonation would
assuredly destroy the attackers,”
Bright said.
In the wake of the New Jersey
tragedy, the Army assured the
public that elaborate precautions
were taken in the design and
handling of the Nike Hercules
and that an accidental nuclear
explosion was unlikely.
Did the missiles work? Well,
the Soviets never launched a

was the head of the Continental
Air Defense Command. The
Soviets, he said, were developing
missiles with speeds of between
8,000 and 16,000 mph, capable
of reaching American soil. The
future threat would not be
bombers, but intercontinental
ballistic missiles or missiles
launched from submarines.
By 1974 — a little later in
Florida, what with Cuba across
the water — the Nike program
was over.
In the 20 years the Nike sites
were active, the suburbs had
grown to reach them. Some of
the sites remained in federal
hands, used for storage or by
other government agencies.
Others were turned over to local
agencies, often becoming
parkland, as at Nike Missile Park
in Gaithersburg and Popes Head
Park in Fairfax. Some were sold
to the private sector for
development.
In fact, if you fancy your own
Nike missile site, the GSA has
one on the market right now: 14
acres off Muddy Branch Road in
Gaithersburg. The bidding is
currently at $9.2 million —
missiles not included.
john.kelly@washpost.com
Twitter: @johnkelly
 For previous columns, visit
washingtonpost.com/john-kelly.

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A justice hiked 185 miles to save the C&O Canal from becoming a highway
BY

K AT L ONG

A provision in the bipartisan
congressional infrastructure bill
earmarks $1 billion for “reconnecting neighborhoods” torn
apart by interstate highways. If
passed, it will be the federal government’s first effort to address
inequities in urban infrastructure dating to the mid-20th century. In that era, freeways were
often built through Black and
Brown enclaves, creating literal
barriers to economic opportunity.
The bill aims to fund the demolition of obstructive highways and
mend communities.
The effort would expand on
existing ones undertaken by
some cities — among them Rochester, N.Y., New Orleans, Baltimore, Duluth, Minn., and Tulsa —
to convert highways to neighborhood spaces and correct mistakes
of the past.
But in the 1950s, one of those
mistakes was narrowly averted,
not because of any help from
Congress but despite the legislature.
If lawmakers had had their
way, Washington’s popular Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National
Historical Park — which attains
its 50th anniversary as a national
park this year — would have
become a 60 mph highway. Then
a Supreme Court justice stepped
into the fray, embarking on a
nearly 200-mile “protest hike”
along the canal’s towpath that
ultimately helped to persuade
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
to preserve the canal.
Before the hike, a highway
seemed a logical use for the path
of the old, neglected C&O Canal.
The waterway had seemed
cursed from the start. President
John Quincy Adams lifted the
first shovelful of dirt in 1828 for
what investors envisioned as a
liquid highway transporting
goods between Washington and
the Ohio River. But numerous
setbacks delayed completion at
Cumberland, Md., until 1850. By
then, railroads had rendered the
canal obsolete. The government
bought the property in 1938, and
most of it quietly went to seed.
As highway building boomed
across the country, Maryland lawmakers proposed converting the
canal site into a parkway by filling
in some sections of the waterway
and building alongside it elsewhere. Proponents said it would
boost the state’s economy and
allow people to drive to an adjacent recreation area for picnics. A
Washington Post editorial argued
that it would “enable more people
to enjoy beauties now seen by
very few,” similar to Virginia’s
Blue Ridge Parkway.
Supreme Court Justice William
O. Douglas disagreed. Douglas
had grown up in Yakima, Wash.,
and often explored the untrammeled Cascades, climbing the
peaks and fly-fishing for trout. “I
learned early that the richness of
life is found in adventure,” he
wrote in his 1950 memoir, “Of
Men and Mountains,” and he
managed to find a bit of wilderness along the C&O Canal while

serving on the court.
Douglas responded to The
Post’s editorial with a letter to the
editor. The disused canal was “a
refuge, a place of retreat, a long
stretch of quiet and peace at the
Capitol’s back door . . . a place not
yet marred by the roar of wheels
and the sound of horns,” he wrote.
Douglas challenged The Post’s
editors to walk the towpath’s
184.5 miles with him. They would
see the river blanketed in mist,
hear the “whistling wings of
ducks” and observe spring’s first
blooms — gaining a deep understanding they could never obtain
from the window of a speeding
car.
“I suspect that the magnitude
of the walk was to help [lawmakers] understand the magnitude of
the decision” over the canal’s future, said Robin Zanotti, president of the C&O Canal Trust, a
nonprofit stewardship organization.
Editorial page editors Merlo
Pusey and Robert Estabrook accepted Douglas’s challenge. As
word spread, the group swelled to
34 people — “a little larger than
the Lewis and Clark expedition,”
Douglas said — including leading
conservationists like Olaus J. Murie and Sigurd Olson. Journalists
covered the event for The Post
and the Associated Press. The
Wilderness Society took care of
logistics.
The hike kicked off on March
20, 1954. Despite starting out
from Cumberland after a drenching rain and then encountering a
snowstorm, the group averaged a
brisk 23 miles a day. The ornithologists among them identified waterfowl, foresters pointed out
types of trees and geologists marveled at the Potomac’s cliffs.
Even if the journey was long,
the hikers weren’t exactly roughing it. The Potomac Appalachian
Trail Club carried their gear and
prepared meals on the trail, and
sporting clubs hosted them in
their private lodges at night,
where they dined on steak, salmon and champagne. All along the
trail, local residents provided
lunch — and their thoughts for
and against the parkway proposal.
Eight days later, the hikers
neared the finish line. Douglas
and his comrades boarded a historic canal barge and were towed
by mules the final few miles into
Georgetown, waving to thousands of spectators.
The hike made an impression
on The Post’s editors. They admitted they had underestimated the
proposed parkway’s potential to
destroy historical structures. “We
also believe that many semi-wilderness stretches along the old
canal ought not to be disturbed,”
they wrote.
Several more years of negotiations went by before Eisenhower
protected the canal as a national
monument under the Antiquities
Act in 1961, and another decade
before President Richard M. Nixon signed the act designating the
canal and towpath a national
historical park. Zanotti said
Douglas’s prominence was a big

DOUGLAS CHEVALIER/THE WASHINGTON POST

Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, right, in Allegany
County, Md., in 1954 as his group treks the path of the C&O Canal.

part of the C&O’s preservation.
“We won the battle,” she said, “but
other communities lost.”
Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood, for example, known as
“Black Wall Street,” was recovering from the 1921 anti-Black riot
that nearly destroyed it when it
was bisected by Interstate 244 in
the 1960s. The Scajaquada Expressway runs through the middle of Buffalo’s Delaware Park, a
green oasis designed by Frederick
Law Olmsted. The elevated

THE

Brooklyn-Queen Expressway isolates Brooklyn’s waterfront and
casts a shadow over its Red Hook
neighborhood.
In comparison with the rest of
the country, D.C. was relatively
successful in fighting off destructive freeways, even when opponents didn’t have Supreme Court
justices in their corner. A highway
building boom followed the passage of the Federal-Aid Highway
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blocking the controversial NorthCentral Freeway that would have
demolished thousands of homes.
A coalition of university students
and activists occupied the site of
the proposed Three Sisters Bridge
to preserve part of Georgetown’s
Potomac River shoreline.
“People ask, ‘Why aren’t the
outdoors diverse?’ ” said Tykee
James, the government affairs coordinator for the National Audubon Society. “Look at the history
that shows, by design, brick by
brick, highway by highway, things
physically became inaccessible.”
In the spirit of Justice Douglas,
James leads birding walks for
congressional staffers on Capitol
Hill. The goal is to show them —
in a “low-key” way, he said — that
urban natural areas are worth
protecting.
“The story of how these things
became where they are today is
important for us to understand,”
he said. “If we know how we got
here, we’re in a better position to
know what to do next.”
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in Gallery Place
— or anywhere
BY

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G REENBERG

s gun violence prevention activists affiliated
with religious institutions and other gunsafety advocacy groups from across the area,
we were disturbed to read that Walker Lunn
wants to open a shooting range at Gallery Place.
In a Post column, Petula Dvorak described the
efforts of Lunn, a local gun owner and enthusiast, to
get permits to set up a “shooting range” or “shooting
gallery" in downtown D.C.
Lunn described his vision for such a venue to
Dvorak: “I want to create something unique and fun,
something like a Parisian tea shop.” Lunn went on,
“You walk into a nice cafe and you can try out some
firearms. You can buy some firearms and you can
enjoy some time with some friends while you’re
there.” Lunn romanticizes the shooting gallery he
envisions. “We’re staying away from tactical-inspired design,” he told The Post. “We don’t want to
create an experience that is about combat. I want to
bring it back to that French countryside feeling.
You’ve got your fresh quail, your cheese and your
wine.” This “initiative creates a whole new perspective.”
Lunn claims D.C. is an appropriate place for a
shooting gallery because he has to “battle traffic” to
get to ranges in Virginia and Maryland. Lunn told
The Post that “he has talked to the folks at the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, D.C. police and the city zoning folks to get
approval for his shooting club, and he said the
paperwork and laws are moving in his favor.”
We find this “initiative” distressing. We cannot
think of a less appropriate place for a “shooting
gallery” than a downtown D.C. location, especially
when gun violence in D.C. has exploded. D.C. is
already awash in firearms. More than 4,000 people
obtained concealed-carry permits in the city in the
past few years, most of them from Maryland and
Virginia. The surge in gun violence in the district is
resulting in a homicide rate we haven’t seen in 16
years.
Gun violence has touched all corners of D.C. In
2021 alone, it occurred near our beloved Nationals
Park where three people were injured in a drive-by
shooting. In Northwest D.C. near Logan Circle, a
sudden gun death happened near Logan Circle when
a stray bullet killed a Peace Corps worker and father
of two out to dinner with friends, shot dead while his
wife walked next to him. Recent gun violence also
has sadly taken the lives of far too many children,
including a 6-year-old walking with her mom, a
10-year-old getting ice cream and a 15-month-old
strapped into his car seat.
The prospect of still more gun owners streaming
into D.C. carrying firearms so they can frequent a
“shooting gallery” in Gallery Place is indeed a scary
idea. As concerned local citizens and activists dedicated to gun violence prevention, we urge city and
federal officials not to grant Lunn any permits to set
up his Gallery Place “shooting gallery.”
The only correct response to a proposed “shooting
gallery in Gallery Place” is an emphatic no.

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Stephen Klitzman and Sally Greenberg are chair and vice
chair of the Temple Sinai Gun Violence Prevention Group.
Klitzman also is a co-founder of the D.C. area Interfaith
Gun Violence Prevention Network.

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Hundreds of swifts circle around a chimney where they would spend the night in Birmingham, Ala., in October 2019.

The last swifts of summer
BY

R ICHARD B . K AREL

very year, from about mid-September to the first week in October, small, cigar-shaped,
dusky gray birds called chimney swifts pass through Maryland as
part of a remarkable migration that
starts in the Northern Hemisphere and
ends in the upper reaches of the Amazon Basin, taking them as many as
10,000 miles on their journey to Peru,
Ecuador, Chile and Brazil.
In the Mid-Atlantic, their numbers
peak around the fall equinox — and
swift lovers have their favorite haunts
to watch them gather in the hundreds
and sometimes thousands at dusk and
gaze in wonder as the swirling vortex of
birds gathers, circles and begins diving
— gradually at first, and then quite
suddenly — into old industrial chimneys that have become their favored
roosts.
In Baltimore, a favorite gathering
spot is an old book bindery in the
Hampden neighborhood with a large,
tall, open chimney. In 2020, as pandemic closures continued, I gathered
there with friends and fellow birders to
watch as thousands of the little birds
gathered, twittering, at first high in the
sky, then lower, rotating first one way,
then another, until sometime after
dusk they descended in tighter and
tighter spirals, finally plunging into the
chimney in groups of 10 or 12, nearly
simultaneously, somehow avoiding
midair collisions.
This year, for reasons unclear, the
numbers gathering at this chimney
never exceeded about 1,500. Another
oddity is that in mid-October, we are
still seeing hundreds of swifts roosting
in chimneys. In past years, there were

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Virginia’s Hispanics can help
Republicans win again
BY

P ETER M IHALICK

ast year, socially conservative and
liberty-oriented Hispanics broke
the hearts of political prognosticators nationwide by voting for
Republicans in districts in key states
such as Florida and Texas. If things had
broken another way, Hispanics would
have been the reason for a GOP-held
White House and Congress in 2021.
The GOP has the opportunity to make
similar gains in Virginia before next
month’s election, especially in light of the
inane statement made by Democratic
gubernatorial nominee and former governor Terry McAuliffe that parents
shouldn’t be in charge of their children’s
education. It was this working-class demographic that gave President Donald
Trump significant support last year. All
the GOP has to do is honestly and
consistently remind Hispanic voters that
it is the party of religious freedom,
parental rights and more money in
families’ pockets for their needs.
Nationally, voting trends show that
Republicans better represent the viewpoints of Hispanic voters. Conservative
economic policies attract Hispanic entrepreneurs. Those who attend church are
attracted to the pro-family arguments of
the Republican Party. Of course, contrasting the GOP with Democrats is easy as the
latter party’s state apparatus continues
lurching further and further to the left on
climate issues, abortion, gender issues
and law enforcement — including McAuliffe, who effectively said that schools
should run kids’ lives.
In Virginia, the GOP has a savvy and
experienced businessman in Republican
gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin.
He’s putting the state above his own
financial interests, while McAuliffe is
putting his party’s ideology above Virginians’ interests. By focusing on issues
important to Hispanics and highlighting
the Virginia Democratic Party’s lurch in

L

Loudoun and Fairfax counties, the GOP
can expand on the gains made in 2020.
Because all politics are local, the GOP
must not make its common mistake of
focusing on issues that don’t resonate
with everyday people. Select national
issues can help us win the three critical
statewide races next month, including
Puerto Rican statehood. Past Republican
presidents have supported statehood,
and the policy has been included in
Republican convention platforms for a
number of years. Rep. Rob Wittman
(R-Va.) can help his party win next month
while doing the right thing by supporting
the markup of H.R. 1522, the Puerto Rico
Statehood Admission Act, next month.
The bottom line is that most Americans are not driving a Prius and installing solar panels on their houses. They
are more focused on making sure the
mortgage is paid and there’s food on the
table. The current Democratic agenda
being pushed by McAuliffe and national
Democrats speaks to a far-left-wing
voting bloc that may be popular on Ivy
League campuses and New York City
coffee shops, but not with the bulk of
American voters — including workingclass, family-oriented Hispanics in Virginia’s suburbs. They or their parents or
grandparents came to America for a
better life, not high taxes for harmful
social engineering.
Republicans have an opportunity to
represent real people who hold our
values. Show Hispanics that we are the
party of open arms and working-class
issues — values the Democrats of today
have abandoned. Republicans want more
Hispanic representation in the American
electorate, including through Puerto Rican statehood. For once, let’s have the
right policies and the right politics.
The writer is former legislative director and
counsel to former members of Congress
Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) and Rod Blum (RIowa).

only a few stragglers left at this time.
The best guess of longtime swift watchers is that the birds moved around,
roosting in different chimneys, a conjecture lent credence by observations
in and around Baltimore of hundreds
of swifts gathering in chimneys here
and there. The hope is that the diminished numbers in Hampden are not
indicative of a year-over-year decline in
the species. But, as with so much in
nature, the variance remains a mystery.
Swifts do nearly everything on the
wing other than roosting and nesting.
Though I find watching the funnel
clouds of swifts dropping into a chimney utterly remarkable, it is no less
captivating — although less sudden —
to watch them exit a chimney as the sun
comes up, circling and rising until they
vanish from sight.
In naturalist parlance, these ascents
are called “vesper flights” (the title of a
new collection of essays by nature writer Helen Macdonald) and are a reference to the evening prayer in the Christian tradition, although the ascents
occur at both dawn and dusk. The term
has been used in reference to the behavior of the common swift, a close
cousin of the chimney swift, but this
behavior is likely common to the swift
family. The allusion to the sacred is
perfectly fitting: a reminder of something tremendous and magical and beyond our cognitive grasp, calling us to
awareness and gratitude.
We know relatively little about how
swifts do what they do. Their mystery
and magic have inspired much writing,
from Macdonald’s essay “The Mysterious Life of Birds Who Never Come
Down,” to the cerebrally eccentric “In
Which I Try to Become a Swift” by
Charles Foster, published in Nautilus

in 2016.
The word “ethereal” is often used to
describe swifts, and whether viewed
scientifically or poetically, what they do
is miraculous and, as Foster notes, beyond our ability to truly comprehend
given our limited, terrestrially defined
attributes. Swifts soar, dive and hunt at
speeds nearing 40 mph, veering this
way and that yet never colliding.
Watching them circle, weave, wind and
converge by the hundreds or thousands
on a chimney is mesmerizing. There is
a mystical quality in how the convergence appears to materialize slowly
and then, in a matter of minutes, they
are there in the hundreds or thousands,
winging in from all angles of the compass.
According to migration ecologist
Adriaan Dokter, some swifts ascend to
altitudes up to 2½ kilometers (about
8,200 feet). There is a rather famous
account of a World War I pilot who
reported finding himself floating
through a school of apparently somnolent swifts high above the clouds.
Dokter, who describes himself as an
ecologist whose research “bridges the
disciplines of ecology, computer science, physics and meteorology,” published a paper in 2013 in the journal
Animal Behaviour that suggested
swifts may use these ascents to optimize their innate magnetic compass,
which is calibrated by celestial polarization cues that are at maximum from
sunset to the end of twilight. Twilight,
wrote Dokter and his colleagues, “is
also the only period allowing simultaneous detection of landscape features,
polarization patterns, stars and magnetic cues, making it a key period for
combining information from different
navigational systems.”

By floating high above the Earth,
swifts are able to see nearly 100 miles,
sensing distant landscapes, dynamic
cloud formations and storm systems
and using magnetoreceptors in the avian retina to perceive the Earth’s magnetic field. They may use this information to fly around storm fronts and go
where they are more likely to find food
as well as to navigate to their destinations.
As an agnostic and generally nonobservant Jew, I chose this year and last to
close Yom Kippur, the most sacred day
on the Jewish calendar, by driving to
the Hampden chimney to watch the
swifts gather for another night. It was
my vespers, my evening prayer, my way
of honoring creation and the sacred.
Although there are still many chimney swifts, the peak numbers seen at
the Hampden chimney have dropped
by about 50 percent in recent decades,
according to longtime Baltimore swift
watcher Alice Greely-Nelson. There are
various theories — the removal and
capping of old chimneys to deforestation to the influence of climate change
— but there is no conclusive understanding.
Anyone who has read of the demise
of the passenger pigeon knows how
quickly abundance can become scarcity and then extinction. Our swifts are as
yet little understood, and the prospect
of their diminishing numbers in the
face of our limited understanding is a
call to both awareness and action.
What we come to know and cherish, we
protect.
Richard B. Karel is a freelance writer in
Baltimore.

Democrats, mind the enthusiasm gap
BY

G ABY G OLDSTEIN

arly voting is underway for Virginia’s next governor and all 100
seats of the legislature’s House of
Delegates, and these are tighter
races than Democrats may have expected. Virginia’s elections have national
consequences, both because Virginia
has quickly become a progressive policy
leader and because it is a bellwether for
next year’s midterms. But Democrats are
running out of time to shake off complacency.
In just the two years that Democrats
have controlled the legislature and governorship, Virginia has raised the minimum wage, rolled back abortion restrictions and expanded voting access. As
state legislatures increase their power
over the policies that affect our lives,
Virginia has led the South, and the
nation, as a laboratory whose policy
successes build the promise of progressive federalism.
These races are also critical bellwethers for next year’s midterm elections.
Control of Congress after 2022 likely lies
in the hands of the more motivated
party, and elections in Virginia historically serve as a preview. And though
Democrats eked out a narrow federal
trifecta last year and defeated an expensive, far-fetched recall in uber-blue California, neither success is cause for complacency. Democrats should not consider Virginia to be a done deal, especially
for legislative races. Let’s be clear: Virginia’s Democratic trifecta is in jeopardy.
It’s important to remember that, despite Democrats’ presidential and Senate wins last year, down-ballot results
were not stellar. One thing was clear:
Republicans had an enthusiasm advantage down-ballot.
Democratic margins in the House
shrank, and efforts to increase Democratic ranks in state legislatures fell
short. Several factors contributed: Gerrymandering in states such as Pennsylvania and Wisconsin kept Democrats

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from getting closer to parity in state
chambers, and a global pandemic kept
Democratic candidates from running
traditional in-person voter-contact programs, which further boosted the advantage enjoyed by Republican incumbents.
But another factor came into focus as
we analyzed the post-election data: a
pronounced enthusiasm or awareness
gap between voters for the top and the
bottom of the ticket on the Democratic
side. Consider this: In the battleground
states of Michigan, Florida, Wisconsin,
Arizona and Pennsylvania, Republicans
running for state legislature received a
higher percentage of the vote total than
then-President Donald Trump. In all of
those states, Democrats running for
state legislature received a lower percentage of the vote total than then-presidential nominee Joe Biden.
Looking to 2022, we know that midterm performance is a reflection of the
out-party’s enthusiasm and motivation.
And generally, the out-party is more
motivated and more enthusiastic than
the president’s party. That is why the
out-party tends to do better in midterm
elections. Next year, Democrats will
need to out-motivate and out-enthusiasm the GOP to buck the historical
trend, hold the House and Senate, and
make appreciable gains in state legislatures.
Throughout the Trump years, Virginia’s elections served as important
partisan barometers. The 2017 gubernatorial and House of Delegates races were
seen as an early and emphatic referendum on Trump. Democrat Ralph
Northam won the governorship by 9
percentage points, and Democrats
picked up a colossal 15 seats in the House
of Delegates. The next year, three Democratic women flipped U.S. House seats.
In 2019, Democrats flipped both chambers of the state legislature for the first
time in a generation, completing a blue
trifecta. And in 2020, Biden carried the
state by 10 percentage points. But any
assumption that Virginia is now solidly
blue would be very wrong.

Importantly, Virginia voters tend to
elect governors from the presidential
out-party, and Democratic voters tend to
turn out less than Republicans in oddyear elections. As with congressional
midterms next year, it would take historic levels of Democratic engagement this
year to buck the trend. Some signs are
positive: Legislative Democrats are
fundraising well. But many Democrats
feel a lack of urgency and complacency.
On the Republican side, there is strong
investment in campaign and field operations up and down the ballot and a lot of
enthusiasm.
The governor’s race is tight, with Cook
Political Report moving it from “Lean
Democrat” to “Toss Up.” Despite being
extremely well known, former Democratic governor Terry McAuliffe is statistically tied with newcomer Republican
Glenn Youngkin, according to recent
statewide polls of likely voters. And even
if McAuliffe wins, Democrats could still
lose their majority in the House of
Delegates — especially if McAuliffe’s
performance is middling in battleground legislative districts outside of
deeper-blue Northern Virginia.
State legislatures are ground zero in
the fight for our democracy and our
freedom. As we watch Republican-controlled legislatures eviscerate reproductive rights and sprint to gerrymander
redistricted maps, Democrats must stay
battle-ready and motivated to fight back.
A mission-accomplished mentality
could prove fatal.
Virginia is leading the South in progressive policy, and its success depends
on retaining its Democratic trifecta. And
Virginia’s odd-year elections often portend the nation’s political future. But
Democratic success is not a foregone
conclusion, and this year’s elections are
stress tests for Democratic enthusiasm.
Democratic strategists and voters must
heed the warning from 2020: Beware the
enthusiasm gap, and fight all the way
down the ballot.
The writer is co-founder of Sister District.

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15 candidates are vying for nine seats on Alexandria’s school board
BY

All nine seats are open this year
on the Alexandria City Public
Schools board, an elected body
that helps oversee the Northern
Virginia school system of 16,000.
There are 15 candidates competing for the seats. If elected,
they — like school officials na-

tionwide — will be forced to grapple with serious ongoing problems posed by the covid-19 pandemic. The majority of students
in Alexandria have returned to
campuses, where they face a
plethora of health precautions,
including the recent suggestion

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from a school board member that
eligible students be required to
get the vaccine.
On top of that, Alexandria is
wrestling with the question of
whether to employ police officers
as a security presence in school
buildings. The city council voted

to remove School Resource Officers this summer — only to reverse its decision and vote to
reinstall SROs in mid-October,
following a rash of student fights,
the shooting of two students near
campus and a recent scare in
which a student tried to bring a

weapon inside the system’s only
public high school. The future of
the SRO program remains an
open question, as the officers are
slated to keep working inside
schools only through the end of
the year.
The Washington Post contact-

ed all 15 candidates to ask about
their backgrounds, reasons for
running and priorities if elected.
One candidate did not reply. The
following profiles are based on
candidates’ answers and have
been edited for space and clarity.
hannah.natanson@washpost.com

To compose its nine-member board, Alexandria City Public Schools elects three officials from each of its three districts, Districts A, B and C. The candidates’ responses are grouped by district:

District A

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ISH BOYLE

JACINTA GREENE

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DAVID CARPIO

Willie F. Bailey Sr.

Ish Boyle

Jacinta Greene

Deanna Ohlandt

Michelle Rief

Willie F. Bailey Sr., who declined to
give his age, is a former firefighter who
served in that role for more than three
decades. He also served in the U.S. Army,
retiring after 21 years. Bailey runs the
nonprofit group Firefighters and Friends
to the Rescue, which delivers backpacks
and school supplies to children in need. A
city council member from 2015 to 2018,
Bailey said he is running for the school
board “to ensure we do what’s right for
our kids.”

Ish Boyle, who declined to give his age,
works in cybersecurity. He said he wants
to serve on the school board because, as
the father of two children in the Alexandria school system, he has heard from
other parents — as well as teachers and
administrators — who “believe their
voice isn’t being heard.”

Jacinta Greene, 49, works as an independent marketing and meeting planning consultant. She is also a current
board member running for reelection.
She wants to serve on the board again,
she said, because the Alexandria school
system is facing serious challenges and
needs experienced board members as
well as “consistency and strong leadership.”

Deanna Ohlandt, 44, works as a freelance editor for academic articles. She
also volunteers as a teacher for Encore
Learning, an Arlington nonprofit group
that assists retirees and seniors, and she
previously worked as an arts teacher and
a special education aide. She wants to
serve on the board to develop “equitable
and creative approaches to giving all
students an excellent education.”

Michelle Rief, 49, is a former college
professor and education nonprofit executive who was elected to the Alexandria
school board in 2018 and is just wrapping
up her first term. She is also mother to
three Alexandria students. Rief said she
is running for reelection because she
wants to “ensure that the city of Alexandria has high-performing schools that
serve the needs of all.”

What are the biggest challenges facing
Alexandria City Public Schools?

What are the biggest challenges facing
Alexandria City Public Schools?

What are the biggest challenges facing
Alexandria City Public Schools?

We have a lot more work to do to close
the achievement gap to ensure all students have an equitable opportunity for
success. We must also strengthen the relationship between our schools, families
and community. And we must focus on
learning recovery coming out of the pandemic, as well as fighting to ensure
teachers are fairly compensated.

The challenges of the ongoing covid
pandemic have disrupted our children’s
schooling. The covid closures have also
exposed our failing facilities and the
precariousness of our ability to hire and
retain staff. We must also work to ensure
equitable access to resources for our students, who come from different backgrounds and need different supports.

The covid-19 pandemic is the greatest
challenge public schools have faced in a
century. Staff turnover is also a concern;
retaining high-quality professionals is
essential for the advancement of our
school division. Additionally, we must
modernize our schools: More than half
of our buildings are beyond their recommended life span.

What would be your top priority as a
school board member?

What would be your top priority as a
school board member?

What would be your top priority as a
school board member?

My top priority if I am reelected is
closing the academic achievement gap,
particularly amongst our Black and
brown students, who make up 60 percent of our student body. I will also continue to focus on keeping our high-quality teachers in the Alexandria school system.

I want to see some structural mechanisms in high school that help to ensure
every student has adults in the school
who know them individually and can
provide academic, career and social support. I will also advocate for additional
staff and professional development to
support more individualized instruction.

My top priority is promoting the academic achievement and wellness of each
and every student in Alexandria City
Public Schools.

What are the biggest challenges facing
Alexandria City Public Schools?

Covid-19, the variants and downstream impacts is the greatest challenge
ACPS is facing today. The district must
also expand access to early education,
develop mentorship programs and close
the achievement gap so that everyone
can succeed. We need to address capacity issues at our facilities and make compensation for teachers and staff more
fair.

What are the biggest challenges facing
Alexandria City Public Schools?

Lack of leadership. Learning loss occurred with our students during the past
19 months. Now, top school officials are
failing to provide safe learning environments. At both the middle schools and
the high schools, I worry about the violent fights disrupting learning environments. We need to bring back our School
Resource Officers.
What would be your top priority as a
school board member?

My top priority will be ensuring that
we safely navigate covid-19, the variants
and any downstream impacts for students, parents and educators.

In general, we need to enable teachers
and classes for differentiation to meet
our students’ needs. ACPS should provide rigorous and engaging courses for
all learners. I am also concerned that the
removal of the SROs has led to fighting
on school property. Our schools need to
be safe before they can provide an excellent learning environment.

Do you support a vaccine mandate for
staff ? For students?

Do you support a vaccine mandate for
staff ? For students?

I fully support taking common-sense
precautions, including requiring vaccinations, social distancing and maskwearing to ensure our students can safely receive their education and our teachers can safely do their jobs.

Medical decisions, to take the vaccine
or not, should be between a patient and
their medical provider.

What would be your top priority as a
school board member?

Do you agree with the decision to remove School Resource Officers?

I know that trained Student Resource
Officers can play an important role in
mediating conflicts and help ensure our
students receive their education in a
safe and structured environment. I also
support increased public transparency
for the records of SROs and how they
are selected.

Do you agree with the decision to remove School Resource Officers?

I do not. This is highly alarming. Principals rely on the SROs as teammates
and mentors who help facilitate safe and
effective learning environments.

Do you support a vaccine mandate for
staff ? For students?

Yes. I believe our current policy of requiring vaccination of staff or regular
testing has gone a long way towards
making our schools safer. We need to get
as many of our staff and students vaccinated as possible.

Do you support a vaccine mandate for
staff ? For students?

I support vaccines that have received
full FDA approval being added to the list
of already-required vaccines for students and school staff. We already have a
list of required childhood vaccines.

Do you agree with the decision to remove School Resource Officers?

Do you agree with the decision to remove School Resource Officers?

I disagree with the manner in which
SROs were removed from our schools. In
2020, we moved to require data reporting and transparency, which had not
been happening. Instead of allowing
that process to play out, the City Council
pulled the SROs. We would have been
better suited following the school
board’s plan of having a review of the
program in 2022.

It is clear that some people did not
feel safe in the school buildings with
SROs there. It is just as clear that some
people do not feel safe without SROs.
We need to seek alternatives to the SRO
system. I expect that security officers of
some kind would be part of such an alternative; I personally will advocate
against the carrying of firearms on
school property.

Do you support a vaccine mandate for
staff ? For students?

I currently serve on the Alexandria
school board that unanimously adopted
a vaccine mandate for staff. I supported
this policy because public health experts
tell us that covid-19 vaccines are safe, effective and the best way to combat the
spread of the virus. I will support a vaccine mandate for students if this recommendation is made to the board.
Do you agree with the decision to remove School Resource Officers?

I believe that we can have safe schools
without police officers stationed in our
buildings. ACPS continues to employ
over 40 school security guards. The
school division is also investing more in
counseling, trauma-informed care and
restorative practices, which are important initiatives that I support.
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McAuli≠e surpasses Youngkin in campaign fundraising during September
Huge national donations,
spending for Democrat
in Va. governor’s race
BY

K ARINA E LWOOD

Democrats ramped up their
fundraising in September in Virginia’s governor race, with former
governor Terry McAuliffe raising
$12.6 million and Republican
multimillionaire Glenn Youngkin
bringing in $7 million that month,
according to the latest round of
campaign finance filings.
Democrats also spent significantly more during the filing period, which covers donations and
expenditures made from Sept. 1 to
Sept. 30. McAuliffe spent
$17.5 million, while Youngkin
spent $9.5 million, according to
an analysis by the nonpartisan
Virginia Public Access Project
(VPAP).

McAuliffe also went into the
final month of the race with more
than double the amount of cash
on hand than Youngkin, including money carried over from previous campaign finance reporting
periods. McAuliffe ended the
month with $7.8 million in the
bank, while Youngkin had
$3.5 million.McAuliffe also received more small donations than
Youngkin did, getting more than
41,000 donations of $100 or less
versus Youngkin’s 13,000, according to VPAP.
The previous campaign finance
report, which detailed spending
for July and August, had Youngkin leading in contributions with
$15.7 million, compared with
McAuliffe’s $11.5 million. Youngkin, a former private-equity executive, reported lending his campaign $4.5 million during the
summer. In the latest filing,
Youngkin reported no new personal loans to his campaign. The
political action arm of the Republican Governors Association con-

tinued to be his top donor, contributing $1.5 million in September.
His only other donation over
$100,000 came from Haulover
Creek Development Co., according to VPAP.
McAuliffe’s top donation came
the Democratic Governors Association, with $1.1 million in contributions for the period. He continued to receive large donations
from labor unions and political
groups, including $400,000 from
Everytown for Gun Safety, a guncontrol advocacy group, and
$250,000 from the Mid-Atlantic
Laborers’ Political Education
Fund. According to VPAP, McAuliffe also received $200,000 from
Gordon Gund, former owner of
the Cleveland Cavaliers.
In September, Democrats nationally grew increasingly wary of
the tight margins of the Virginia
race, an election that’s expected to
be an indicator of how Democrats
might fare in next year’s midterms. The competition also

kicked into full gear in September,
with the candidates sparring in
two debates that month and
spending heavily on advertising.
Early voting began Sept. 17 and
Election Day is Nov. 2.
The total fundraising of both
candidates
reached
about
$88 million in September, well
surpassing the $66 million raised
during the entirety of the 2017
governor’s race, with about a
month more of fundraising to go.
That year, Gov. Ralph Northam
(D) raised $5.6 million in September, less than half of McAuliffe’s
contributions for the same reporting period, according to campaign finance filings.
Independent candidate Princess Blanding reported raising
$8,367 in September and has
$6,339 cash on hand.
The ballot in November also
includes lieutenant governor and
attorney general, along with all
100 seats in the House of Delegates, where Democrats are defending a 55-45 majority.

In the lieutenant governor’s
race, Del. Hala S. Ayala (D-Prince
William) raised $1.6 million during the reporting period, almost
twice the amount she collected in
July and August. She ended the
reporting period with just over
$1 million cash on hand. Ayala’s
top donors included PACs and
unions, like Everytown for Gun
Safety, which donated $200,000,
and Planned Parenthood Virginia
PAC, which contributed $150,000.
The Service Employees International Union gave her campaign
$100,000.
Republican lieutenant governor candidate Winsome E. Sears,
a former delegate from Norfolk,
brought in about $575,000 in September and ended the period with
just over $480,000. The national
Republican State Leadership
Committee kicked in $100,000 to
Sears. The Virginia Citizens Defense League, a gun rights advocacy group, and Haulover Creek
Development both donated
$25,000. At the beginning of Sep-

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tember, Sears had laid off her
campaign manager and other
staffers, in part over fundraising.
Incumbent Virginia Attorney
General Mark R. Herring (D) reported raising about $1.3 million
in September in his reelection bid
and ended the period with about
$1.9 million. Herring’s top donors
include $200,000 from Everytown for Gun Safety and $100,000
from Planned Parenthood Action
Fund.
Republican challenger Del. Jason S. Miyares (Virginia Beach)
reported raising about $1.4 million in September, nearly double
what he raised in July and August.
He went into October with just
over $850,000 in hand.
Miyares’s top donation of
$500,000 during the reporting
period came from the Republican
Attorneys General Association.
Candidates have another campaign finance filing deadline on
Oct. 25, which will be the last one
before the election.
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District B

Tammy Ignacio
Tammy Ignacio, 54, is a retired school
administrator. She said three of her
children graduated from the Alexandria
school system and that each one had a
wonderful experience. She is running for
school board, she said, because she wants
all students in Alexandria to have the
same opportunities her children did.
BERNADETTE WOLFE

RACHEL LARSEN WEAVER

BILL BOOZ

Deborah Ash

Ashley Baird

Kelly Booz

Deborah Ash, 65, recently retired from
the Foreign Service arm of the State
Department, where she worked for 20
years in places including Cairo, Kabul
and Rio de Janeiro. She later worked with
the National Security Council. She is a
devout Christian, a great-grandmother
and a Washington Capitals fan. She is
running for school board because “our
academic programs need improvement.”

Ashley Baird, 41, is a former teacher
who founded a small firm, Merit Research, Policy and Evaluation, that helps
schools and educational groups develop
“equity-focused solutions.” She is also a
parent and believes her professional
background and experiences as a mother
will allow her to see “the implications of
school district policies from multiple
viewpoints.”

Kelly Booz, 42, directs online learning
initiatives for the American Federation of
Teachers, a national teachers union. She
served on the Alexandria school board
from 2013 to 2015 and sat on a Virginia
Standards of Learning Innovation Committee in 2014. She is running because
she believes “we cannot afford to lose
time with an inexperienced board.”

What are the biggest challenges facing
Alexandria City Public Schools?

What are the biggest challenges facing
Alexandria City Public Schools?

Getting our kids back on track for a
quality education instead of promoting
race equity. Alexandria schools can afford to focus on academics rather than
leftist activism. Let’s let children be children, not front-line warriors in a manufactured conflict.

Alexandria has long-standing disparities in educational outcomes that largely
fall along racial and socioeconomic
lines. Unfortunately, the covid-19 pandemic further exacerbated these inequities. We must close opportunity gaps, including by developing a strong early-literacy program and strengthening student support systems.

What would be your top priority as a
school board member?

Work toward giving parents control
of their children’s education and health
choices. Ensuring teachers have the
training and tools to equip students for
their futures.
Do you support a vaccine mandate for
staff ? For students?

No, I believe health decisions are individual choices for adults, and for students, those decisions are the parents’,
as they have been making medical decisions for their children’s entire lives.
Do you agree with the decision to remove School Resource Officers?

No, the decision was an irresponsible
reaction by the city council to jump on
the “defund the police” bandwagon. The
removal of SROs has put the school populations in danger of more bullying and
assaults. ACPS must return the SRO program.

What would be your top priority as a
school board member?

In addition to addressing the opportunity gap that I mentioned in the previous question, my top priority would be
to restore trust in our public schools.
Broadly, I think we do this through
transparency, oversight and improved
communications. We need our community to believe the work we are doing is
in their best interest.
Do you support a vaccine mandate for
staff ? For students?

I support mandates for staff and eligible students to receive an FDA-approved
covid-19 vaccine with allowances for
medical and religious exemptions. Scientific evidence demonstrates that vaccines are the most effective way to limit
the spread of covid-19.
Do you agree with the decision to remove School Resource Officers?

ACPS needs to consider what alternative pathways to SROs might look like.
Specifically, ACPS should go back and
re-create the process that was glossed
over last spring to solicit meaningful
stakeholder input on school safety, mental and behavioral health, and student
supports more broadly. We need to hear
from the students and staff.

What are the biggest challenges facing
Alexandria City Public Schools?

We all know that the covid-19 pandemic has been massively disruptive to
our students and their learning. We
need to support our teachers, focus on
student success and work with the city
council on funding so we can close the
learning gap and social-emotional gap
that’s only increased over the last year.
What would be your top priority as a
school board member?

Our policies and budget must focus
on learning as well as social-emotional
recovery. We must close the learning gap
with a focus on reading and math specialists, after-school tutoring, and inperson summer learning. We must also
hire more school counselors and add social and emotional learning and traumainformed practices to our staff trainings.

PREEANN JOHNSON

What are the biggest challenges facing
Alexandria City Public Schools?

The immediate issues are learning recovery and the mental health of our staff
and students.
What would be your top priority as a
school board member?

Priorities that are important to me
are: increasing student achievement,
transparency and accountability, equity,
special education, facilities, safety and
security, learning recovery, social-emotional recovery, staffing recruitment and
retention.
Do you support a vaccine mandate for
staff ? For students?

We must be guided by science. We
have already lost more than 500,000
people to this virus. Hardly any of those
who passed away were vaccinated. We
must make robust vaccination programs, especially in medically underserved communities, a top priority.
Do you agree with the decision to remove School Resource Officers?

I do not believe removing the SROs
was in the best interest of our staff and
students. The decision was made by our
city council and not the school division.
Until our school leaders tell us differently, they should be returned.

PreeAnn Johnson
PreeAnn Johnson, 59, is retired but
used to work as an elementary school
principal, the last position she held in a
36-year career with Alexandria City Public Schools. She said she is running for
school board because “staff, students and
parents have become like family to me”
and she wants to keep serving the community.
What are the biggest challenges facing
Alexandria City Public Schools?

Right now we need to focus on the
safety and welfare of or students and
staff. A lot is going on, and we need to
prioritize safety.
What would be your top priority as a
school board member?

Health and safety, followed by rigorous instructional practices that meet every child’s needs through differentiation.
Do you support a vaccine mandate for
staff ? For students?

We need to take every measure necessary to keep all stakeholders safe and to
make a return to virtual learning an absolute last resort.
Do you agree with the decision to remove School Resource Officers?

No, they were value added on many
levels, and I’m not sure that their role
and contribution was fully understood
by the community. We also need to reopen conversations about how we can
partner with the police to keep kids safe
and build trust in law enforcement from
an early age.

Do you support a vaccine mandate for
staff ? For students?

Yes, I support a vaccine mandate for
staff and students, allowing for medical
and religious exemptions, because we
must do everything we can to keep our
students, teachers and their families
healthy and to safely keep schools open
for in-person learning.
Do you agree with the decision to remove School Resource Officers?

The sudden decision to remove SROs
overruled security recommendations of
our school-level principals and lacked
sufficient community engagement. A
substantive and thoughtful conversation
about the role of policing in our society
is essential. I recommend that the city
council and school board form an SRO
working group.

District C

Ricardo Roberts
Ricardo Roberts did not respond to
requests for comment. He frequently
shares his views on Alexandria school
policies and happenings on his Twitter
feed.

DANIEL MCGARRITY

TAYLOR HAMMOND-FOSTER

ABDEL-RAHMAN ELNOUBI

CHRISTOPHER HARRIS

Bridget Westfall

Meagan Alderton

Abdel-Rahman Elnoubi

Christopher Harris

Bridget Westfall, 42, works as a grants
manager at the Department of Health
and Human Services, in the division for
children and families. She has children in
the Alexandria school system and says
she is running for school board because
she wants to “listen, advocate for student
and community needs, and ask the tough
questions.”

Meagan Alderton, 41, works as a program-quality specialist with the D.C. Special Education Cooperative, a nonprofit
group that helps schools in the nation’s
capital provide high-quality learning for
students with disabilities. She also currently serves as the chair of the Alexandria school board, and is running for
reelection to ensure the district keeps
“moving forward with very important
work, including our 2025 plan centered
around racial equity.”

Abdel-Rahman Elnoubi, 34, works as a
project manager for the Washington
Metro Area Transit Authority and is
father to two Alexandria students. He
emigrated from Alexandria, Egypt,
where he lived under an autocratic regime. Rahman-Elnoubi is running because “I was able to achieve the American
Dream, and I want every student in
Alexandria to have the opportunity to do
that as well.”

Christopher Harris, 46, is an environmental health and safety engineer. He is
also a graduate of the Alexandria school
system, parent to three Alexandria graduates and says he has lived in the city his
entire life. He is running for the school
board to make sure all children can
access opportunities that “will allow
them to have options in life and be able to
chart their own course as I have.”

What are the biggest challenges facing
Alexandria City Public Schools?

Mitigating the delta variant of covid19; addressing quarantine procedures;
fixing capacity issues in schools and on
transportation; ensuring school safety;
staying accountable to the public
through clear communications and
transparent decision-making; making
sure every student can succeed and has
access to needed resources.
What would be your top priority as a
school board member?

My top priorities would be managing
the superintendent and increasing
transparency about decision-making
and communications. I respect the superintendent’s accomplishments and
will treat him with respect and professionalism. At the same time, I will hold
him accountable for performance. I am
not afraid to speak up.
Do you support a vaccine mandate for
staff ? For students?

Yes, I support a vaccine mandate for
staff. For students, I would follow the Alexandria City Health Department and
Centers for Disease Control guidance.
While it is not new for vaccines to be required for school enrollment, I worry that
families with vaccine hesitancy or students with barriers to health care would
potentially disenroll or be marginalized.
Do you agree with the decision to remove School Resource Officers?

The city council’s decision to remove
funding for SROs and reallocate for
mental health services should be revisited. All students should feel safe and welcome in ACPS. Parents and caregivers
need to feel secure about their students’
physical and mental well-being when
they are in ACPS schools. I think we
need to have a community roundtable.

What are the biggest challenges facing
Alexandria City Public Schools?

Over the next few years, academic
and social-emotional recovery are going
to be our most important focus. Prior to
the pandemic, pervasive opportunity
gaps impacted our students with disabilities, our English-language learners
and our students of color. Covid widened these gaps. Capacity will continue
to be a challenge as well. We must modernize buildings.
What would be your top priority as a
school board member?

I will work hard to ensure that we
achieve our strategic goals and that our
students exceed our expectations for
academic and social-emotional growth
over the next three years. I will also be
diligent about our modernization projects by making sure that our capital improvement project meets both our current and future needs.
Do you support a vaccine mandate for
staff ? For students?

I fully support vaccine mandates. It
just makes sense. We have to protect one
another, and vaccines are the proven
best way to do that.
Do you agree with the decision to remove School Resource Officers?

I do not agree at all with the decision
to remove SROs from the school system.
Last year, I voted to maintain our program with the Alexandria Police Department, and I stand by that vote. Good
SRO programs actually work to keep
students out of the criminal justice system. Relationships with highly trained
police officers are critical to that work.

What are the biggest challenges facing
Alexandria City Public Schools?

ACPS faces lingering issues that predate the pandemic, primarily in facility
aging and overcrowding, equity issues
like widely growing opportunity gaps,
and disproportionate suspension and
discipline of students of color. Also, recovery from the negative social, emotional and academic effects of the pandemic is another top challenge.
What would be your top priority as a
school board member?

Using a data-driven approach to implement and fine-tune the ACPS Equity
for All 2025 Strategic Plan to address
lingering inequities and recover from
the impact of the pandemic on students
and educators.
Do you support a vaccine mandate for
staff ? For students?

Yes, I support vaccination requirements for both our ACPS students and
staff. Vaccination is essential in ensuring
safety within our schools, and just as
other FDA-approved vaccines are mandated, the covid-19 vaccine should be
mandated, except for those with healthrelated or religious exemptions.
Do you agree with the decision to remove School Resource Officers?

I’m for reimagining the SRO program
in a way that preserves the popular aspects of the program. Officers do not
need to be stationed inside the school
building to connect with students and
run soccer programs. For security, detailed officers can be assigned to patrol
the school perimeter and respond to incidents as needed. I believe in restorative justice.

What are the biggest challenges facing
Alexandria City Public Schools?

Adovacting for equitable resources
and practices across the school districts;
creating a sustainable plan for improving school infrastructure and capacity;
supporting our administrators, teachers
and support staff; and addressing systemic racism, battling classism, and removing policies and practices that harm
vulnerable students and families.
What would be your top priority as a
school board member?

My top priority is to learn and govern
with integrity. As I progress and evolve
in the position, I anticipate that my top
priorities will change.
Do you support a vaccine mandate for
staff ? For students?

I believe in the safety of vaccinations
and want to ensure that our staff, students, and the community are all as
healthy as we can be. I believe that vaccinations are a personal choice and that
individuals should be allowed to make
that very personal choice without being
mandated. The science tells us that vaccinations are valid.
Do you agree with the decision to remove School Resource Officers?

I am in support of the removal of the
SROs. While I recognize that police
serve a vital role in the community and
have built great relationships inside
school buildings, there is no evidence
that they have made school buildings
safer. However, there is data that supports their presence has been detrimental to Black and brown students.

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their interests in Richmond and,
if needed, step in to govern the
steadily changing state.
As she campaigns — milking a
cow at one stop, driving a tractor-trailer at another — the veteran cybersecurity professional
remains largely unknown outside Northern Virginia, in the
shadow of Democratic former
governor Terry D. McAuliffe and
his battle with Republican
Glenn Youngkin for the governor’s seat.
That has made it harder for
Ayala to distinguish herself in
what polls say is an increasingly
tight election where either she or
Republican Winsome E. Sears
will become the first woman of
color to hold a statewide office in
Virginia. Ayala identifies as AfroLatina, Lebanese and Irish.
Sears, a former state delegate in
Norfolk, is Black and was born in
Jamaica.
Both candidates are trying to
reach independent voters who
are likely to play a crucial role in
the outcome, with Sears focusing
on Black Virginians who might
agree with her conservative
stances on social issues while
Ayala pursues a broader swath of
suburban moderates, political
analysts say.
With Democratic enthusiasm
lower this year than in recent
elections, Ayala has more to lose
in that battle, said Quentin Kidd,
director of Christopher Newport
University’s Wason Center for
Civic Leadership.
“If Sears is effective in her
strategy and Ayala is effective in
her strategy, Sears could come
out as a winner by a small
margin,” Kidd said. “She’s going
to take away a certain proportion
of Ayala’s base vote.”

Holsworth, a longtime analyst of
Virginia politics. “But her positions byandlarge are: pro-life, Second Amendment, school choice
and ballot integrity. None of those
issues are necessarily winners in a
statewide race right now.”
Sears was widely dismissed in
2001 when she set out as a political
novice to defeat former delegate
William P. “Billy” Robinson Jr. (DNorfolk), a 10-term incumbent
whose father had also represented
the largely African American and
historically Democratic House
district in Norfolk.
By then, Sears — a mother of
three daughters and director of a
local homeless shelter — had developed an up-from-your-bootstraps worldview that includes
her conviction that African Americans have been coddled too much
by government programs.
“In Jamaica, we know that
Black people can be anything they
want to be,” Sears said in an interview. She recounted a childhood
where, after immigrating to the
United States with her father, she
was sent back to the Caribbean
nation for elementary school every fall because its public school
curriculum was more rigorous
than what she was getting in the
Bronx section of New York.
She walked the Norfolk district’s impoverished neighborhoods and mined voters’ frustrations with their delegate, promising to help make it easier to send
their kids to private or charter
schools through publicly funded
vouchers.
Robinson’s supporters took notice. One of them, a local leader of
the New Black Panther Party for
Self-Defense, regularly harassed
Sears — enough to persuade a
general district court judge to order him to keep his distance.
“They told me to go home,”
Sears said about her detractors. “I
just pressed on and knocked on
door after door.”

Early tragedy
Ayala was a toddler in a lowincome area of Alexandria when
her father, Jose Reyes Amaya
Ayala, a Salvadoran-born stone
mason, died in a violent family
dispute in Washington that ended in gunfire.
His death meant a loss of
income for Ayala’s mother, Sadie
Marie Ralph. Ayala stood in food
pantry lines with Ralph, who
also leaned heavily on government aid programs to pay rent
and other expenses, a dependency that continued after she
remarried and had two more
children.
Ayala got her first job at 15,
using the money she earned as a
waitress to help with the family’s
bills. After high school, she enrolled in Northern Virginia Community College but left after a
year to work some more.
At 24, she was pregnant with
her son, Chedrick. She was single, earning $5.25 an hour as a
gas station cashier in Prince
William. Ayala was also in poor
health. Her high blood pressure
and early onset diabetes jeopardized her pregnancy and nearly
resulted in a stroke.
It was then that Ayala learned
about Medicaid, what would later become a signature issue for
her on the campaign trail.
Ayala used the federal subsidy
to get her health under control
and to cover the hospital costs
when Chedrick was born.
He initially seemed fine. But
by the time her son was 3, Ayala
noticed his behavior was erratic.
A doctor informed her that
Chedrick was on the spectrum
for autism. The news felt like a
punishment, Ayala said.
“When you find out, you’re
like: ‘What did you do wrong?’
‘How did this happen?’” she said.
“You feel guilty.”
After her son enrolled at Lakeridge Elementary School in
Woodbridge, Ayala realized the
school didn’t offer much for
students with special needs.
She joined the PTO and became a lead advocate at the
school for special education services, meeting parents and
teachers whose lives were not
much different from hers.
By then, Ayala had landed an
administrative job for a federal
government contractor in Washington. Her duties entailed processing security clearances for
the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy
and Department of Homeland
Security.
That led to a certification in IT
security, setting Ayala on a career
path where she has helped protect the Coast Guard and, most
recently, the Transportation Security Administration from online threats.
In 2008, Ayala volunteered for
Barack Obama’s presidential
campaign, inspired by his calls
for greater community service.
She then volunteered for more
Democratic campaigns, including McAuliffe’s first run for governor in 2009.
Ayala adopted a daughter, Amber, who was 16 when she joined

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Hala S. Ayala, whose style is a personal one, greets voters at Swans
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the family. The cost of raising
two children — including one
who required expensive medication for his condition — fed her
frustrations over the fact that she
was not earning as much as her
male counterparts at work.
She started a Prince William
chapter of the National Organization for Women, advocating
for women’s rights as its president, and eventually becoming
vice president of the group’s state
chapter.
Then came Donald Trump’s
2016 presidential victory, which
to Ayala undermined everything
she was doing.
“I was like: I will never be
enough. No matter what I do,”
she recalled thinking. “As a woman of color, I will never be
enough.”
Navigating Richmond
When Ayala ran for the House
of Delegates in 2017, Virginia’s
General Assembly was still controlled by Republicans and dominated by White men.
Her opponent, former delegate Rich Anderson (R-Prince
William), was a longtime incumbent who largely dismissed his
inexperienced challenger until
she began to raise nearly twice as
much money as him.
Ayala won that election by 6
percentage points, part of a historic wave of Democratic victories in 2017 that brought several
women of color into the House of
Delegates and shifted the balance of power in Richmond.
But the old behaviors were
still intact. On her first day in
the State Capitol building, a
veteran lawmaker hit on her,
Ayala said, declining to name
the person.
She rebuffed the advance and
maintained a working relationship with the lawmaker, she said,
learning that navigating Richmond’s halls of power can sometimes be a delicate dance.
“To this day, you would never
know that happened between me
and that individual,” Ayala said.
With Republicans still in control during her first term, Ayala
saw most of her bills die in
committee hearings, apart from
a 2018 law requiring tax preparers to disclose cases where hackers accessed a client’s information.
But the tide was shifting in
Richmond, to Ayala’s benefit.
Several Republicans joined
Democrats in a historic vote in
2018 to expand Medicaid eligibility to at least 400,000 low-income Virginians — a victory
Ayala said moved her to tears
because of her own early reliance
on the federal subsidy.
The following year, Democrats
won control of the General Assembly. House Majority Leader
Charniele Herring (D-Alexandria), an early supporter of Ayala’s who had recruited her to run
for her House seat, appointed
her as chief deputy whip.
The position put Ayala in
charge of attending to the procedural nuances of several other
major policy wins for Democrats,
including gun control and ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment.
It also raised Ayala’s profile
within her party.
Nearly a dozen of the bills she
sponsored have reached Gov.
Ralph Northam’s (D) desk during
the past two years. Among them:
a 2020 law allowing Virginians
to register to vote on the same
day as an election, and another
law that same year barring creditors from garnishing federal
stimulus checks issued during
the coronavirus pandemic.
House Speaker Eileen FillerCorn (D-Fairfax) — who along
with Northam and Herring endorsed Ayala during the primary
election — said she has been an
effective behind-the-scenes motivator, particularly in getting
Medicaid expansion and gun
control overhauls passed.
“She’s been living and breathing these issues,” Filler-Corn
said. “There’s nothing more powerful than somebody who has
actually had lived experiences

and can relate those personal
experiences to actual legislation
and why it makes a difference.”
A key seat
The U.S. Supreme Court had
recently declined to act to block a
Texas law restricting most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. Ayala, an abortion rights
advocate, was in good spirits
while preparing to make fundraising phone calls.
Here was an issue that she
could use to underscore the importance of who sits in the
lieutenant governor’s chair.
Besides stepping in to lead the
state should the governor resign
or otherwise become incapacitated, the role of lieutenant governor means presiding over state
senate meetings and serving as a
tiebreaking vote when needed.
Justin Fairfax (D), the state’s
current lieutenant governor, cast
52 tiebreaking votes during his
four years in office — tilting the
scales on bills related to gun
control, criminal justice and reproductive rights.
Ayala seized on a comment
Sears made in a Newsmax TV
interview expressing support for
a Texas-style bill, using it as a
prod during calls with potential
donors.
In a Senate where Democrats
hold a slim 21-19 majority, the
possibility of a tie vote on an
abortion bill is not remote, given
that Sen. Joseph D. Morrissey
(D-Richmond) has said he is
against abortion, Ayala noted to
supporters.
“When it comes to choice, our
Virginia Senate is tied, and it’s
never been more essential to
have a pro-choice Democrat as
our Lieutenant Governor,” Ayala
said in a Twitter post about
Sears’s comment. “I will always
vote to protect your right to
make decisions about your body.
Unfortunately my opponent
can’t say the same.”
Sears characterizes Ayala as “a
far-left liberal” who can’t even be
trusted by her supporters.
The Republican’s ads highlight the fact that Ayala accepted
$150,000 in political contributions from the Dominion Energy
company after pledging she
would not accept donations from
the politically powerful utility.
The reversal caused trouble
for Ayala during the Democratic
primary election, after critics of
the utility expressed outrage.
Ayala said the contributions
won’t affect her stances on energy policies, but the issue could
affect how enthusiastic some
liberal voters will be to cast a
vote for her, political analysts
say.
Her chances of victory ride on
how effectively she communicates core policy differences between her and Sears in a state
that, in recent elections, has
become increasingly blue.
“If she can convince voters
that there is a real stake in her
election, that lieutenant governor actually does matter, that's
gonna be meaningful,” said Mark
J. Rozell, dean of the Schar
School of Policy and Government
at George Mason University.
Ayala has been working to do
that.
Earlier this month, she attacked Sears over the Republican’s refusal to say whether she
has been vaccinated against the
coronavirus, another issue that
resonates with most Virginians,
according to a Washington PostSchar School poll last month.
But her main pitch to voters
has been based on her personal
story.
One of her campaign ads,
about gun control, shows a photo
of a young Ayala shortly after her
father was shot and killed. In an
online ad about Medicaid expansion, Ayala acts as if she were
working the night shift at a gas
station — taking viewers back to
a period that has motivated her
political career.
“People have to trust you,”
Ayala said about the personal
appeals. “When people trust who
you are, they’ll join you.”
antonio.olivo@washpost.com

Legislative wins
The Republican Party’s grip on
the General Assembly in the early
2000s made success as a legislator
easier.
A 2002 law Sears sponsored
loosened state restrictions on
charter schools, and another the
following year made it easier for
medical professionals to be disciplined for negligence.
But Sears displayed an independence that could put her at
odds with her party’s leadership.
When news broke in 2002 that
veteran House Speaker S. Vance
Wilkins Jr. paid $100,000 to settle
a sexual harassment claim against
him, many Republicans cautioned
against early judgment. But Sears
spoke out.
“I might as well say it: If it’s true,
then I think the Speaker ought to
resign,” the rookie lawmaker told
reporters.
Wilkins did step down about a
week later. But any grudge held
against Sears has long since vanished. The former House leader
was an early supporter of her campaign this year, calling Sears “fearless, optimistic and charismatic”
in an April endorsement.
Former governor Robert F. McDonnell (R), who was a member of
the House leadership during the
early 2000s, said in an interview
that Sears commanded respect
from her colleagues.
“We thought this woman was
going to make a difference on our
side of the aisle for a very long
time,” said McDonnell, who, like
Sears, attended Regent University
in Virginia Beach. Sears has a master’s degree in organizational leadership from the Christian-focused
school.
McDonnell tapped Sears to take
the lead on the most consequential bill of her legislative career: a
2002 ban on Ku Klux Klan-style
cross burnings in Virginia.
An older ban on the racist intimidation tactic had been ruled
unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court the previous year on
the grounds that cross burning
was protected under the First
Amendment.
Sears carried a bill that got
around the decision by making it
illegal to burn any object — including crosses — on someone else’s
property.
Though there was nearly unanimous support in the General Assembly, the ban — which survived
a U.S. Supreme Court challenge —
allowed Sears to champion a visceral issue for African Americans,
giving her more prominence.
Family tragedy
Then, just as soon as she arrived, she left electoral politics.
The reason was related to her
eldest daughter, DeJon Williams.
Sears said Williams, who was
then 18, had begun behaving erratically and was later diagnosed
with bipolar disorder.
Sears and her husband, Terence
Sears, Williams’s stepfather,

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Winsome E. Sears speaks at a rally Oct. 7 in Winchester. Sears was
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agreed a move to the partly rural
Winchester area in the Shenandoah Valley would be therapeutic.
But Sears stuck around southeastern Virginia long enough to
challenge Rep. Robert C. “Bobby”
Scott, another veteran Democratic
lawmaker, in 2003.
She lost, getting just 30 percent
of the vote.
Sears receded into a life outside
Winchester, helping to raise Williams’s two daughters — Victoria
and Faith — while running a
plumbing and electrical repair
business she started with her husband.
In between, Sears wrote “Stop
Being a Christian Wimp!” a religious-themed motivational book
she self-published in 2009 about
how to avoid being consumed by
doubt and uncertainty.
She was a recently installed
member of the state board of education — appointed by then-governor McDonnell in 2011 — when
she had to follow her own advice.
The first ripple of trouble came
from her granddaughter Faith,
then 5, who happily informed
Sears that “Jesus is going to give us
a big house. A really big house.”
In the following days, the child
kept saying that and began drawing pictures of big houses. Sears,
confused, confronted Williams.
“Are you moving?” she asked.
Williams calmly replied: “I
don’t know what she’s talking
about.”
Sears said she didn’t realize
then that her granddaughter’s
“big house” was a misunderstood
reference to a biblical passage
about heaven, in which Jesus
promises his followers: “In my Father’s house are many mansions.”
She also didn’t know that Williams had stopped taking her prescribed medication.
Soon after, Williams drove with
her daughters at what police described as “an excessive rate of
speed” along the Fairfax County
portion of Lee Highway. Her car
sideswiped another vehicle, causing a multiple vehicle collision.
Williams died immediately.
Faith and Victoria, 7, died that
night at a hospital.
Sears heard a knock on her door
at 3 a.m., when a pair of police
officers told her the news.
“You collapse; that’s what you
do,” she said, briefly tearing up at
the memory. “I just remember
walking away from the door and
dropping in the chair that was
there and saying: ‘The Lord giveth
and the Lord taketh. Blessed be
the name of the Lord.’ That’s what
I remember saying.”
A return to politics
Her reentry into Virginia’s political scene was gradual, but with
high ambitions.
There was a 2018 write-in campaign for the U.S. Senate. And, last
year, Sears chaired a national committee dedicated to turning out
the Black vote for President Donald Trump.
Her bid for the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor was
initially considered a long shot.
A spontaneous stop at a shooting range in Fauquier County in
between campaign stops in April
helped turn that around.
Sears and her then-campaign
spokesman thought the range
would be a good place to underscore her commitment to gun
owners’ rights — a key issue among
conservative Republicans who
would determine the outcome of
the party’s May convention.
Photos posted to social media
showed Sears taking aim at a distant target with an assault rifle,
her elbow propped against a
bench for support.
She had slipped on an old green
blazer from her days in the House
to keep her polka dot skirt and
white blouse from getting dirty.
The photo that ricocheted
around social media and became a
signature image for Sears’s campaign showed her posing with the
rifle in the same outfit, her expression neutral, looking into the camera.
The point of the picture, she
said, was to show that it isn’t just
the typical White male who deeply
cares about gun rights. People of

color, including women, also hunt
or own guns for protection, she
said.
“A Black woman with a gun is a
very powerful statement,” Sears
said.
Her supporters say that instinct
will help Sears win over independent voters who are likely to have a
decisive impact on the elections.
Sears jumps at opportunities to
show she arrives to her conservative positions from the perspective of a Black immigrant — someone who believes in standing up
against racism, but doesn’t believe
it’s systemic and doesn’t believe it
requires subscribing to liberal
government policies.
It’s why Sears called for an investigation into a case in Windsor
where a Black U.S. Army lieutenant was pepper-sprayed during a
traffic stop, and why she repeatedly vows to push for the state to fully
fund historically Black colleges
and universities.
That perspective is also why she
launched her Senate write-in campaign. The bid Sears said, was
meant to undermine Corey A.
Stewart — the GOP’s nominee to
defeat Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) that
year — over his having consorted
with white supremacists while
members of Stewart’s campaign
made racist comments on social
media.
“He was the wrong messenger,”
Sears said about Stewart.
On the flip side, Sears has
joined other conservatives in railing against critical race theory instruction in public schools. A tool
for examining systemic racism,
the teaching method is not used in
Virginia schools but has become
shorthand among conservatives
for any effort to include a broader
cultural context in classrooms.
“It’s supposedly to help someone who looks like me and I’m sick
of it,” Sears told Fox News. “I’m
sick of being used by the Democrats and so are many people who
look like me.”
Democrats say such talk is part
of a far right-wing tendency in
Sears.
Ayala uses the image of Sears
holding the assault rifle in her
campaign ads, which call the Republican “too radical” and “too
dangerous” for Virginia.
Ayala has also attacked Sears
over her support for a Texas law
that bans most abortions after six
weeks and for her refusal to say
whether she’s been vaccinated for
the coronavirus.
Other Democrats note how
Sears has called for voter ID requirements in Virginia elections,
part of the outgrowth from the
false belief among Trump supporters that the presidential election was stolen.
Sears has never publicly questioned the outcome of the election
and expressed dismay at the Jan. 6
riot at the U.S. Capitol that resulted in five deaths.
“Folks, this is not the way to
fight,” she tweeted that evening.
But political analysts say Sears’s
continued loyalty to Trump is
enough to turn off many voters in a
state where the former president
remains deeply unpopular. In
what may be a nod to that reality,
Sears recently ducked out of a
Richmond-area rally headlined by
Trump — who called in — before
she was scheduled to speak, offering no explanation.
Sears is banking on any uneasiness moderate voters might feel
over Virginia’s direction in recent
years, calling Ayala part of a cadre
of “liberal elites” in the General
Assembly who recently abolished
the death penalty and made it
legal for adults to possess small
amounts of marijuana.
She sees herself as the answer in
a more diverse Virginia to the
GOP’s string of defeats in statewide races since McDonnell was
elected governor in 2009.
“We’re hitting a wall,” Sears
said, about those losses. “So, we’re
going to get the new customers
and they’re in the Democratic Party. They don’t know yet that
they’re conservative. I’ve won with
that strategy.”
Pausing, she added: “I look like
that strategy.”
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D.C. Superior Court Judge Neal E.
Kravitz that he had removed the
gun, which was never found, because he “just wanted to help.”
Kravitz decided that Ford —
whose two prior gun arrests didn’t
lead to convictions — deserved
leniency, calling him “precisely
the type of person that the Youth
Rehabilitation Act exists for.”
Kravitz sentenced Ford to
18 months in prison, with the
threat of another 12 months if he
broke the terms of his plea deal
before finishing three years of
probation and rehabilitation.
That means Ford, who received
credit for the nine months he’d
already served, is scheduled for
release next spring and, under the
D.C. law, his record could be
cleared by 2025, just before
My’onna’s 10th birthday.
“I was horrified to learn of the
senseless shooting of young
My’onna,” Bonds said in a statement to The Post. “The alleged
careless lack of compassion and
assistance to the victim by Mr.
Ford is hurtful and irrational. Nobody should ever be given lenient
treatment under our local criminal justice system for wanton neglect of a wounded or dying child.
I agreed with my Council colleagues in 2018 that we needed to
raise the age for adult felony prosecutions in most cases because so
many younger offenders are not
fully intellectually developed at
the time of their offense.”
She continued, “However, this
case has exposed a significant
loophole that warrants Council
review and action. I am committed to learning more from Chief
Contee, others in the D.C. criminal
justice community, and especially
our mental health practitioners
about this situation.”
The Youth Act, as it is often
called, was created in 1985. The
law’s supporters say it makes the
city safer and helps curb mass
incarceration by offering young
former convicts a better opportunity to get jobs, loans and housing.
The law’s detractors, including
police and prosecutors, have long
criticized it for providing a reprieve to violent criminals, since
only those guilty of the most heinous crimes — murder and sexual
abuse — are barred from consideration. Five years ago, a Post
investigation found hundreds
sentenced under the Youth Act
went on to commit rapes, robberies and homicides.
Despite those findings, the D.C.
Council voted unanimously in
2018 to expand the pool of people
who qualified, raising the age limit to 24 because of research showing that young minds aren’t fully
developed before then.
Bowser said she opposed the
age change and has remained concerned about the law since. “I
think the residents of Washington, D.C., want us focused on
keeping our streets safer,” she
said. “They want to make sure any
penalty or incarceration time associated with a violent crime … is
actually realized. Victims don’t

want to be surprised that sentences are truncated.”
Council member Charles Allen
(D-Ward 6), who authored the
amendment to the act three years
ago, maintained that making
D.C.’s streets safer is the most
important reason to preserve the
law. The 2018 revisions, supported unanimously by the council,
went beyond the age change.
Among them are providing the
court with specific factors to consider when deciding if someone
should qualify, delaying judges’
final decisions on whether they
should hide people’s convictions
until after sentences have been
completed, and requiring regular
reviews of the law’s effectiveness.
The analysis that helped inform Allen’s approach (drawn
from people eligible for the act
between 2010 and 2012) did not
specifically assess the reoffense
rates among those who had committed gun crimes, but it did show
that convicts whose records were
hidden from public view were
much less likely to commit a new
crime in the two years after completing their sentences.
“I’m somebody who also believes we have to have accountability when harm is done. And we
also have to be able to focus on
safety, and a lower recidivism rate
makes us safer,” he said. “We have
these detailed reviews that show
us that people sentenced under
the YRA are less likely to reoffend,
less likely to do harm than if they
didn’t have the YRA. So I don’t
believe we should turn away from
evidence.”
Allen said he wouldn’t want to
alter the law unless the next analysis, due a year from now, revealed
new data that changed his mind.
For victims, however, there’s
also the question of whether it’s
just to give a reprieve to the offenders who destroyed their lives.
“I mean, we believe in an independent judiciary, so the courts
and the judge make decisions,”
Allen said. “And certainly, people
can disagree with judge’s decisions, but the judge is empowered
to be able to follow this. They
don’t have to apply anything from
the YRA if they don’t choose.”
My’onna’s mother, Brayonna
Hinton, had pleaded with the
judge not to give Ford a break, but
she was incensed that such a decision was even up to him. She
called it “ridiculous” that Ford
could be eligible, insisting that the
law needs to change.
“How could someone be that
careless and that uncaring?” she
had told Ford and the court at a
May hearing. “Like you saw it and
you walked away. Now, you want
to act like you care. You didn’t care
then when that baby was laying
on the ground sitting there bleeding. You walked away. And of
course now you care, now you
have remorse because you’re facing jail time. But they need to have
a message sent to them that they
need to care beforehand.”
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report.

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Volunteers carry large plastic bags filled with Soul Boxes during a procession on the Mall on Saturday. The Soul Box Project was created by
gunshot survivors, families of victims and volunteers who spent hours making and meaningfully decorating the boxes.

Soul Box Project evokes the eternal ‘loss we carry’
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poignant tributes and calls to end
gun violence.
One box features bright yellow
paper that reads: “Anthony Wells
age 3 found a gun and killed
himself.” Another features a target and reads: “Who will be
next?” A third shows a handdrawn image of a gun with its
barrel tied in a knot. The project
includes victims who have died in
street violence, by suicide, by
police and by accident.
The boxes displayed on 800
feet of panels and in 600 bags
stretch on and on, spanning the
Mall from the Smithsonian Castle
on one side to the Museum of
Natural History on the other. A
gong at the center of the display
rings every 15 minutes, representing the frequency of deaths
from gun violence in America.
The sheer scale of the tragedy
the project represents left many
visitors agog.
“I’m blown away,” said Nico
Laudenberg, a German woman
who lives in Michigan and was
visiting D.C. for the day.
Leslie Lee, a Portland, Ore.
artist, said she conceived of the
project after a gunman killed 60
people during a concert in Las
Vegas in 2017. Lee said she was
appalled by the massacre, but
also by her reaction to it. She
recalled snapping off her phone
when first reading the news,
overwhelmed by yet another
mass shooting.
She said she wanted to do
something about gun violence,
but felt there needed to be a way
to bring the issue home. The
statistics and numbers around
the issue were too large and too
abstract.
“Seventy-thousand
people

The exhibit displayed about 200,000 boxes, each decorated with
photos of victims, drawings, poignant tributes and calls to end gun
violence. At the center of the display, a gong rings every 15 minutes,
representing the frequency of lives lost to gun violence in America.

killed or injured every single year
that doesn’t mean a lot,” Lee said.
“We need a visual. We need to be
able to see so that we can feel. So
people will take action on an
individual basis.”
Lee said she settled on origami

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easy to make and light, which
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The installation on the Mall,
which runs through Sunday, is
the first time the Soul Box Project
has been displayed in D.C., and
Lee said it represents the culmination of their work, although it
will continue to tour.
The project comes to D.C. amid
a surge in gun violence locally
and nationally. Last month, the
FBI reported a 30 percent increase in homicides in the United
States last year, and many cities
are struggling with increased
shootings. D.C. has seen an 8
percent increase in killings this
year, after setting a 16-year high
in 2020. Many of those deaths
were gun-related.
Lee describes the Soul Box
Project as nonpartisan, but it
does support the work of guncontrol groups such as Everytown for Gun Safety and The
Brady Campaign.
Participating in the project has
been therapeutic for some.
Michelle Bounds, a Portland
resident, said she accidentally
shot herself after picking up a
gun during an argument with her
former partner. She said she
picked up the weapon to make
the point he should not have
brought it into their house, but it
went off and a bullet went
through her chin and exited near
her temple.
Bounds said she has had 16
surgeries, and is lucky to be alive.
A friend made a box for her, and
she has started making them for
other people. She is part of a
group that has made 5,239 boxes.
“The value of holding a soul in
that box is very meaningful, and
there are way too many of them,”
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Our animal kin
get the covid jab
at National Zoo
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They are our relatives, cousins
to us all, to old and young, to
those who have been vaccinated
and those who refuse to be. Last
week, all seven of the orangutans
at the National Zoo got their
coronavirus shots, the zoo said.
The jab went also to other zoo
creatures sharing genes with us.
They were a western lowland
gorilla, a white-eared titi monkey
and two emperor tamarins.
Close as their kinship may be to
us, they apparently did not get the
same vaccine that we do. On
Wednesday, the zoo said, staff
members wielded needles to give
“animal- specific” vaccines.
The Agriculture Department
has authorized a vaccine made by
Zoetis specifically for animals,
the zoo said. All 11 recipients of
the first round are to get a second
dose.
Veterinarians and keepers are
watching the inoculated primates
carefully, and on Friday the zoo
said they had seen no side effects.
Shots will continue for certain
animals in species considered
susceptible to the infection, the
zoo said. Animals both at the zoo
in the District and at the e Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Va., will get
shots, the zoo said.
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The school system plans to will
double its number of in-house
contact tracers to 20 people. The
funding will also enable the
school system to assign each
school a “Covid Strategy & Logistics Coordinator” who will help
with contact tracing, notifications to families, and student testing.
The city is supposed to test a
random sample of 10 percent of
students at every school each
week. By Nov. 15, under a D.C.
Council bill, the city would need
to test 20 percent of students at
each school. But the city has
struggled to reach its asymptomatic testing goals.
Each coronavirus test that the
schools conduct cost $13, far lower than the $75 to $100 for commercial PCR tests, according to
city data. The District has used
federal funds to pay for the tests,
and officials said money has not
hindered testing. But it requires a
significant amount of time to collect an adequate saliva sample
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Students arrive for the first day of school in August at Eliot-Hine
Middle School. The District will spend nearly $40 million for
hiring more staff to ease pandemic-related burdens in schools.

often not enough staffing to supervise classrooms and watch the
students who are pulled out for
testing.
Richard Jackson, who heads
the Council of School Officers, a
union for mid-level leadership in
the school system, said principals

welcomed the news of the additional hires, but they fear it could
take a long time to get these new
staffers in schools since they are
still waiting on open teaching
positions to be filled.
“Principals are so overburdened that any additional help is

going to be welcome, simply because it helps getting the work
done,” Jackson said.
The funding will also assign a
permanent substitute teacher to
every school. Each day of this
academic year, the 52,000-student school system requests an
average of 179 substitute teachers,
but only fills 121 of those requests,
according to data obtained by the
office of D.C. Council member
Janeese Lewis George (D-Ward 4).
Part of the reason, according to
the data, is that the city has fewer
people in its substitute teacher
pool. There are currently 662 substitute teachers in the pool, compared to 853 in the available
group during the previous academic year.
In July, Myrtle Washington,
president of Washington Substitute Teacher United, testified that
substitute teachers in the school
system are required to have a
college degree and earn 15 dollars
per hour. She called on the city to
increase their pay.
“Do you know how much a
school schedule is disrupted
when substitute teachers do not

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show up?” Washington said. “I —
we — do more than babysit.”
D.C. Public Schools Chancellor
Lewis D. Ferebee said in a letter to

Saturday was
the rainiest in
over three weeks
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The new positions
highlight the
complexities and steep
costs required to
operate schools during
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staff on Thursday that the school
system would create financial incentives to attract more substitute teachers. He called on staff
members to ask retired teachers
they know to join the substitute
teacher pool and said that they
are getting staff who work in the
school system’s headquarters to
receive clearance to work in classrooms.

Of our 16 October days, Saturday proved the wet one. The
cascading raindrops, the hiss of
cars on glistening streets, the
splashes of pedestrians striding
through puddles all showed up.
Such sights and sounds may
seem routine over a year, but they
had been AWOL. Saturday was
our wettest day since Sept. 23,
long enough to notice.
As of 5 p.m., the official rainfall
figure was 0.3 inches, no one’s
deluge, but far more than the
paltry 0.06 on Tuesday, which was
our wettest this month.
Saturday’s damp high of 81
degrees seemed lacking in autumn’s crackle. By coincidence,
the 81 equaled the highs of Thursday and Friday. Followers of the
law of averages and veterans of
many Octobers suspect the streak
will not long persist.

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Obituaries
GARY PAULSEN, 81

Outdoorsman wrote the beloved inspirational young-adult novel ‘Hatchet’
BY

H ARRISON S MITH

Gary Paulsen, who inspired
generations of young readers
with novels about the beauty,
wonder and danger of the wilderness — most notably “Hatchet,”
about a boy who learns to survive
on his own in the Canadian bush
— while drawing on his own
adventures as a sled-dog racer
and restless outdoorsman, died
Oct. 13 at his home in New
Mexico. He was 82.
His death was confirmed by
Kathy Dunn, a publicist for Random House Children’s Books,
who did not say exactly where or
how he died. Mr. Paulsen had
lived on a 200-acre ranch in
White Oaks, a former ghost town
near the Jicarilla Mountains, and
treasured his solitude, saying he
could only think clearly when he
was far from society.
But even as he moved between
New Mexico and Alaska, training
sled dogs for the Iditarod, he
received hundreds of letters a
day, forwarded by his publisher
from fans across the country. Like
the works of Beverly Cleary or
Judy Blume, his novels had a
special hold on many young readers, including boys who — like
Mr. Paulsen — once had little
interest in going to the library.
“If I have a kid who’s a reluctant reader, all I have to do is
hand him one of Gary Paulsen’s
books,” Teri Lesesne, an authority
on young-adult literature who
taught at Sam Houston State
University in Texas, told the New
York Times in 2006. “It’ll change
his life.”
Mr. Paulsen was wildly prolific,
describing himself as “totally, viciously, obsessively committed to
work.” He wrote more than 200
books that collectively sold more
than 35 million copies, and was
honored for his contributions to
young-adult literature with the
American Library Association’s
1997 Margaret A. Edwards
Award.
Three of his novels were
named Newbery Honor Books:

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Gary Paulsen, author of stories for young adults and a veteran of the Iditarod Trial Sled Dog Race,
talks to schoolchildren in Nikolai, Alaska, in 2007. He split his time between Alaska and New Mexico.

“Dogsong” (1985), about an Inuit
boy who embarks on a journey of
self-discovery with a team of sled
dogs; “The Winter Room” (1989),
about life on a Minnesota farm;
and “Hatchet” (1987), which inspired four sequels and helped
turned Mr. Paulsen into a YA
superstar.
Praising the novel’s “powerful
writing” in a review for the Los
Angeles Times, author Frances
Ward Weller wrote that Mr. Paulsen “varies tone and tempo by
combining spare, laconic lines of
monosyllables with long wordweavings that have the refrains
and rhythms of villanelles and
the sense of a ruminating mind.”
The novel told the story of
Brian Robeson, a 13-year-old
child of divorce who takes a bush
plane to northern Canada to visit
his father, only to crash land into
a lake after the pilot has a heart
attack. Forced to rely on his wits

and a hatchet, a gift from his
mother, he grapples with clouds
of mosquitoes, an angry moose, a
tornado and an abiding loneliness, but teaches himself how to
hunt and start a fire before being
rescued after two months.
Parts of “Hatchet” were inspired by Mr. Paulsen’s own life,
including a violent encounter
with a moose, which kicked some
of his teeth in. In the introduction to the novel’s 20th anniversary edition, he recalled writing
the book around the same time
he began running sled dogs in
Minnesota, scribbling down lines
while sitting around a campfire.
He said he tried to write the same
way his dogs ran: “Quick, deliberate, stark, simple, pure.”
Mr. Paulsen had found refuge
in the outdoors ever since he was
a boy in rural Minnesota, left to
fend for himself by alcoholic parents. “Whenever I went into the

woods,” he said, “all the hassles of
life were very quickly forgotten.”
He later sailed to Fiji, worked
as a trapper, rode a Harley from
El Paso to Fairbanks, Alaska, and
ran the Iditarod three times, finishing 41st as a rookie in 1983.
The roughly 1,000-mile race took
him 17½ days to complete, an
experience that he chronicled in
his
memoir
“Winterdance”
(1994), which was adapted into
the Disney movie “Snow Dogs”
(2002) with Cuba Gooding Jr.
“I know many mushers — myself included — who first fell in
love with mushing through Gary
Paulsen’s stories about his sled
dogs,” writer and dogsledder
Blair
Braverman
tweeted
Wednesday.
Although Mr. Paulsen was best
known for books set in the far
north, he also wrote novels such
as “Nightjohn” (1993), about an
enslaved African American girl

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who defies plantation rules by
learning to read; “Mr. Tucket”
(1969), the first in a five-volume
Western series about a boy captured by Native Americans on the
Oregon Trail; and “The Car”
(1993), which followed a 14-yearold who befriends a pair of Vietnam Veterans after being abandoned by his parents.
“I’m a teller of stories,” Mr.
Paulsen told the New York Times
in 2006. “I put bloody skins on my
back and dance around the fire,
and I say what the hunt was like.
It’s not erudite; it’s not intellectual. I sail, run dogs, ride horses,
play professional poker and tell
stories about the stuff I’ve been
through. And I’m still a romantic;
I still want Bambi to make it out
of the fire.”
Gary James Paulsen was born
in Minneapolis on May 17, 1939,
and grew up in Thief River Falls,
Minn. His father fought in Europe during World War II, serving as a low-level Army officer
under Gen. George S. Patton Jr.;
Mr. Paulsen was 7 when they met
for the first time.
“My folks were the town
drunks,” he told the Times. “We
lived in this grubby apartment
building. My parents were brutal
to each other, so I slept in the
basement by an old coal-fired
furnace.” At times he stayed with
aunts and uncles or simply took
to the woods.
But at age 13, he saw the bright
lights of the local library and
went inside to warm up. He left
with his first library card, a
liberating gift from a librarian
who encouraged him to read and
soon handed him a freshly sharpened pencil, telling him to write
down his “mind pictures.” “It was
as though I had been dying of
thirst and the librarian had handed me a five-gallon bucket of
water,” he later said. “I drank and
drank.”
Mr. Paulsen read obsessively,
averaging two books a week during the summer. But he remained
a fitful student and at age 17
forged his father’s signature to

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join the Army, leading to a stint
testing missiles in the New Mexico desert.
Over the next few years he
crisscrossed the country, holding
down jobs as a satellite technician, construction worker, ranch
hand, truck driver and men’s
magazine editor. By one account,
he helped write film and TV
dialogue in Hollywood before
leaving in 1966, moving to a cabin
in Minnesota to write books.
Mr. Paulsen published his first
book that year, “The Special War,”
a work of nonfiction based on
interviews with Vietnam War veterans. He struggled with alcoholism but said he got sober in 1973,
and wrote occasionally for adults
until the mid-1990s, when he
decided to dedicate himself entirely to children’s literature.
Unlike adults, he said, young
readers were “still open to new
ideas.”
Mr. Paulsen’s first two marriages ended in divorce. In 1971 he
married Ruth Wright, an artist
who illustrated several of his
books. He had two children from
his first marriage, Lynn and
Lance, and a son from his third,
Jim. Complete information on
survivors was not immediately
available.
“It was and still is a wonder to
me how writers and readers meet
in the pages of a book, how books
come from a part of the writer
and become part of the reader,”
he wrote in the 20th anniversary
introduction for “Hatchet.”
“But the force behind it, the
thing that pushes me to write,
that awakens me at night with
story ideas, that causes my breath
to stop and hold with a sentence
that comes out right, and that
makes coming to the computer or
the pad of paper with a cup of tea
every morning an experience
filled with the feeling of wonderful newness and expectation, the
engine that drives me to write is,
surely, love.
“Writing is . . . everything . . . to
me.”
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COLVARD

DENT
WILLIAM M. DENT "Bill"

On Saturday, October 9, 2021. Beloved son
of the late George E. and Grace E. Dent.
Loving brother of George E. Dent, Jr., Jeanne
M. Hassenzahl, Dorothy G. Andes, and the late
Patricia M Dent. Cherished by Joan Dent, Bill
Hassenzahl, and the late Paul Andes.
Bill was loved by all he met -- the ladies
at Lackawanna, the many friends he made
throughout his life, and by many loving cousins,
nieces, nephews, great nieces and great
nephews and extended family. A memorial
will be held to celebrate his life in late spring,
2022. Donations in his memory may be sent to
CALMRA, Inc., 14100 Laurel Park Dr. Laurel, MD
20707.

ANNOUNCEMENT
It is difficult to believe that 20 years have
passed since you are no longer with us. We
miss your wisdom, guidance, courage and love.
You will always be in our hearts.
Love, Nedenia, Lloyd, Bobby,
Billy, and Jennifer

KING
In Loving Memory of

BARBARA A. KING
11/22/1939 ~ 10/19/2014

MEMORIAL SERVICE

IBER
WILLIAM R. IBER

November 1, 1941 - March 3, 2021
A Celebration of the Life of Bill Iber will be
held on Saturday, October 30, 2021, 2 p.m.
at St. James Episcopal Church, 5614 Old Mill
Rd., Alexandria, VA. Reception to follow at the
church.

MOYLAN
JOHN L. MOYLAN

Please join us for a Celebration of Life on
October 24, 2021 at the DeMatha Catholic High
School Convocation Center, 4313 Madison St.,
Hyattsville, MD 20781. Calling Hours from 1
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. will be followed by a Funeral
Mass and reception.

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JOHN LAING BOWLES

BARBARA L. CHATTIN

John Laing Bowles passed away Saturday,
October 9, 2021, in Washington, DC. He was
born on October 21, 1929, in Baltimore, MD and
raised in the DC area. He attended Beauvoir
and St. Albans schools then graduated from
St. James School (Hagerstown, MD). John
completed his B.S. in 1951 at Washington and
Lee University (Lexington, VA) where he was a
member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. After
serving as a commissioned officer in the U.S.
Army during the Korean War, he returned to
Washington where he met his future bride
Kay Diane (Moore) Bowles. The couple was
married at Georgetown Presbyterian Church
in 1960 and raised two sons, J. Laing Bowles,
Jr. of Washington, DC and C. Houston Bowles
of Atlantic Beach, FL. “Tutut,” as he was
affectionately named, cherished time with his
family including daughters-in-law Maria (Galvan) Bowles and Trisha (Dawood) Bowles and
granddaughters, Katherine, Ellie, and Kadie.
John’s career in finance began with the investment firm Folger, Nolan, Fleming, and Douglas,
and the final 26 years he served as chief
investment officer of First Virginia Bank (later
BB&T). He was an active board member of
several charitable organizations including the
Fairfax Symphony, Wildlife Federation, Visiting
Nurses Association, and Washington National
Cathedral. He was a member of the Metropolitan Club and the St. Andrews Society.
One of John’s greatest joys was his 70-year
membership in the Chevy Chase Club. He
served on the Board of Governors and enjoyed
time there with family and friends in various
sporting activities and social events. Additionally, John was as an outdoorsman who partook
in all variety of hunting and fishing trips in Bath
County Virginia, Maryland’s Eastern Shore, and
the Northwest Territories of Canada.
John’s gracious manner and wonderful sense
of humor will be missed by all who knew
him. He was preceded in death by his parents
William and Louisa Bowles and his two brothers W. Carter Bowles, Jr. and Wirt A. (Sandy)
Bowles. A private service will be held.

On Wednesday, September 29, 2021, Barbara
L. Chattin, formerly of Indianapolis, Indiana and
Fort Myers Beach, Florida passed away at
American House in Bonita Springs, Florida. She
was 75 years old.
Barbara was born on March 18, 1946 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Dr. William and Martha
Chattin. She graduated from Mount Holyoke
College with a B.A. in Political Science in 1968.
She received an M.A. in Political Science from
Michigan State University in 1969. In 1978 she
received an M.S. in Economics from University
of Kansas. She received a Ph. D, in Agricultural
Economics from Purdue University in 1982.
She said of her time at Purdue where she
worked informally with people in other disciplines that "It was a foundation, working with
people who have a different framework. You
learn to listen, to work together and appreciate
what everyone brings." Barbara spent most of
her working life in Washington, DC and Geneva,
Switzerland.
Barbara was Director of the Uruguay Round
Negotiations on Agriculture, United States
Trade Representative on detail from the United
States Department of Agriculture from 1988
until 1994. She was Director for Tariff Affairs in
the Office of the United States Trade Representative from 1994 until 1999. She was Deputy
Assistant United States Trade Representative
for Market Access in 2000.
She was honored with the Distinguished Agricultural Alumni Award at Purdue University in
2000.
Barbara enjoyed hiking, gardening, watching
Jeopardy, and was an avid sports fan. Barbara
was preceded in death by her father, Dr. William
Chattin. She is survived by her mother, Martha;
brother Bill (William); sister-in-law Francine,
brother John, sister-in-law Shanida. She will be
missed by her many friends.
A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. on
Saturday, November 18, 2021 at the Castleton
United Methodist Church, 7101 Shadeland, in
Indianapolis, Indiana. Friends may visit with
family from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m.
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Bernice Steinke Colvard, 87, longtime historian
for the League of Women Voters of the Fairfax
Area, died October 5, 2021, at Fairfax Hospital.
Bernice was born in Wisconsin in 1933 and
moved as a child to the Richmond area. She
graduated from what is now Virginia Commonwealth University and later received a master’s
degree in counseling at American University.
She married Patrick Colvard in 1956, and they
lived in Germany before settling in Northern
Virginia. She was business manager for her
husband’s dental practice for 40 years before
retiring in 1998.
In 1972 Bernice joined the Fairfax League of
Women Voters and served on their board of
directors in various capacities for many years,
as Bulletin Editor, Unit Coordinator, Treasurer,
Finance Director and PR Director. She particularly enjoyed the position of League’s historian. Her publications included Tracing Our
Roots: From Seneca Falls, New York to Fairfax,
Virginia, published in 1997 to commemorate
the Fairfax League’s 50th anniversary, and
Virginia Women & the Vote, 1909-2009: the
Equal Suffrage League & the League of Women
Voters in Virginia. Bernice also served as a
Girl Scout troop leader, assisted the Wakefield
Forest PTA Players and the Annandale-Springfield Girls Softball League, and served as VP
on the board of the Northern Virginia Dental
Society Auxiliary. She enjoyed traveling, gardening, and lunches with her many friends, as
well as reading, research, and writing.
She was predeceased by her husband in 2014
and her sister in 2019. Survivors include her
two daughters, Anita Colvard and Lisa Colvard.
A private memorial will be held. For those
wishing to do so, memorial contributions may
be made to the League of Women Voters of the
Fairfax Area (https://www.lwv-fairfax.org).

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Ida F. Donis, a long-time resident of Northern Virginia, passed away peacefully on
September 3, 2021, at the home of her
son and daughter-in-law in Daytona Beach,
Florida. Ida was born and raised in Philadelphia, graduated from Frankford High School
in 1953, and earned a Bachelor's Degree
in Education from West Chester State
Teacher's College in 1957. She first moved
to Northern Virginia in 1969 with her husband John, who was a career Naval officer.
Their residences included Fairfax and
Reston, where they remained until 2000,
when they moved to Gainesville, Florida
following John's retirement. Ida will be
laid to rest alongside her husband, who
predeceased her in 2016, in Arlington
National Cemetery. She is survived by her
sister Ruth, her son Peter, and her daughter
Jean.

Some of his favorite things in life were daily
runs, trips to New York City, cooking and eating
Peruvian food, tending to his houseplants,
going to soccer games with his children, rooting for the Washington Football Team and the
Peru national soccer team, spending time with
his granddaughter and visiting his family in
Peru.

Vicki Lynn Friend, 79, passed away peacefully at Hospice House in Williamsburg, VA,
on October 12, 2021.
She is survived by her husband, Peter
Keith Friend; brothers, Michael Lovensheimer and Terry Lovensheimer; sisters,
Judith Witt (James) and Connie Semmler;
sisters-in-law, Joan Lovensheimer and Florence Lovensheimer; as well as many
nieces and nephews. She was preceded
in death by her parents, William Frank
and Frieda Ruth Lovensheimer; and her
brothers, Frank Lovensheimer and Mark
Lovensheimer.
Due to her father’s career in the U.S.
Army, Vicki and the family traveled to
Germany and ended up in Hawaii, where
she stayed and eventually married Peter.
While in Hawaii, Vicki created and opened
a joint military housing office. She had an
outstanding career with the U.S. Government for 30 years.
Vicki was multi-talented and creative. She
loved gardening, sewing, and many different crafts. She was a former member of
the Windwood Coves Garden Club, and
enjoyed volunteering and sharing her talents with the memory care residents at
Patriots Colony.

BENJAMIN ALVIN DREW, SR.
1932-2021

Benjamin quietly departed this life on October
5, 2021. He is preceded in death by his beloved
wife, Muriel Wood Drew; his parents, and
two brothers. He is survived by his children,
Karen Drew Higginbotham (Peter); Kathy Drew
King (Charles III); Colonel B. Alvin Drew, Jr.
(USAF-ret.) and Colin C. Drew; grandchildren,
Courtney and Maris Higginbotham; Charles V.
and Camille King; extended family and friends.
Services (viewing 11 a.m. and service at 12
noon) will be held on Saturday, October 23,
2021 at Johnson & Jenkins Funeral Home;
716 Kennedy Street, NW., Washington, DC.
Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers,
please consider a donation to the Dunbar
Alumni Federation at: https://daf-dc.org or PO
Box 60714, Washington, DC 20039.

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the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, he
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on a regular basis until the center was closed
in March 2020 due to Covid-19. Two of his
favorite activities were feeding birds and
painting. He ensured that the bird feeders
at the center and at home were always full.
He once was an avid member of the Washington Hash House Harriers running club. He
was also a longtime member and officer of
The Cabin John Memorial VFW Post 5633.
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1968 with a B.A. in History.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1968 to 1980.
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met years before at Bishop O’Connell High
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He was, above all, a kind and gentle soul. He
often said that he loved helping people and
was once a volunteer for Capital Hospice.
He regularly donated blood to the local
American Red Cross. He was a fabulous chef
and a history buff. He loved his ushanka, a
Russian fur hat. He enjoyed double feature
movies, the Vienna Inn, crossword puzzles,
Washington’s football team, and college football. He loved Linda Ronstadt, Emmy Lou
Harris, Bonnie Raitt and the Beatles. He
adored all of his stepchildren, their children,
his son-in-law and sisters-in-law. He loved
his friends and Reston. He was a communicant at St. John Neumann Catholic Church
and at St. Thomas a Becket Catholic Church
in Reston.
He died July 10, 2021, following his disappearance from the Reston Hospital Center
in May, 2020. The Fairfax County Search
and Rescue unit found his remains on July
21, 2021. He is survived by his stepdaughter
Courtney Park Jamborsky, her husband Dan,
and their children; his stepson Houston S.
Park and his family; his sister, Sheila K.
Delaney, and his brother, Christopher K.
Delaney. His beloved wife, Dyanna, and dear
stepson, Brent F. Park, predeceased him
in 2017 and 2020 respectively. His funeral
will be held on October 22, 2021 at St.
John Neumann Catholic Church in Reston
at 10 a.m.
Internment at the Arlington
National Cemetery’s Columbarium will occur
in the future.
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Michael’s memory may make donations to
the Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N. Michigan
Avenue, Floor 17, Chicago, IL 60601 or online
at act.alz.org.

and bruising period;a knock-out punch from
the boxing coach abruptly concluded Bob’s
short-lived boxing career. Bob was an avid
singer and music appreciator, with a robust,
melodious voice; he enjoyed singing with the
DQ Zumbyes, an acapella group at Amherst,
and carried on the tradition during family car
trips or after a few cocktails.
Following law school, in the most monumental
step in his life, he married his long-time
sweetheart, Harriet. Together they settled in
Washington, DC: Bob achieving the prestigious
position of clerk for Judge David Bazelon of
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
and then, for U.S. Supreme Court Justice,
Hugo Black, while Harriet went to work at the
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Donald and Marguerite Harrison of Annandale,
Virginia and St. Augustine, Florida.
Don graduated from Annandale High School,
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his family. His goal in every encounter was to
leave each person a little happier than they had
been before.
Don is survived by his beloved wife, Wesley
March Harrison, his devoted children, Donald
(Rob) Harrison and Joseph (Drew) Harrison and
his siblings, Alan R. Harrison, of Annandale,
Marguerite Pickering (Craig), of Charlottesville
and Elizabeth Spivey (Mike), of Afton, Virginia.
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2021 at Church of the Holy Comforter, 543
Beulah Rd, NE, Vienna, Virginia 22180 at 12
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Adam Edward. He was predeceased by his
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throughout his lifetime. During college, when
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Of Montgomery Village, MD passed away on
October 13, 2021, at Shady Grove Adventist
Hospital from heart disease. He is survived
by his beloved wife of 41 years, Margaret
Anderson. Allan was of the Catholic faith.
Andy was born September 21, 1946, in Marlborough, MA and moved to Bethesda, MD
at the age of six. Growing up, Andy formed
many fond childhood memories centered
around the Bethesda community. He attended Archbishop John Carroll High School in
Washington, DC, where he developed lifelong
friendships, won the Library Club award, and
graduated in 1964. Recently, he reunited with
several classmates to help organize the 50th
class reunion.
Allan attended the University of Maryland
at College Park, and simultaneously worked
part-time at the Davis Library in Bethesda. He
graduated in 1968 with a B.S. in Economics.
He was a lifelong Terrapins football fan and a
season ticket holder for many years.
After graduation he worked as an Economist
at the Federal Power Commission (FPC) and
attended George Washington University Law
School at night. While at the Commission and
during law school, he was drafted into the
U.S. Army. Primarily stationed in Fox, AK,
via Fort Lewis, he served from 1969 to 1971.
In 1971, Andy returned to his hometown
of Bethesda and worked full-time at the
Commission and continued night classes at
GW Law School. He graduated with a Juris
Doctor degree in 1974, and was promoted to

After completing his clerkships, Bob began
his well-respected career as an attorney at
the D.C. law firm of Shea and Gardner, later
rebranded Goodwin. He actively practiced law
for the next 58 years. During his expansive law
career, his firm and clients benefited from the
leadership he provided as the Administrative
Partner and Chair of the Executive Committee
for numerous terms. Bob’s area of legal specialty was Administrative Maritime Law, and
he served as President of the Maritime Administrative Bar Association as well as chair of the
American Bar Association Maritime Transport
Subcommittee. He was a respected and appreciated mentor to his colleagues at the firm.
His achievements were recognized by his
inclusion in Chambers USA: America’s Leading
Lawyers for Business and in Best Lawyers of
America.
Bob was active throughout his adult life in
community issues and was deeply invested
in civic concerns at a local level. He served
on numerous Boards where his thoughtful
opinions, courteous communications, excellent grasp of politics and interpersonal dynamics made him a valuable leader of those orga
nizations, including as the President of Green
Acres School in Rockville, MD, and the Chevy
Chase Village (MD) Citizens Association. He
offered insight and guidance to at least 4

different homeowners associations over many
years.
On weekends, when Bob left the law offices,
he and Harriet bought and operated Sharmans
Run Farm in Sharpsburg, MD, which also
served as the family retreat. Some of the
happiest and most bucolic times of his life
were spent with his family at the Farm, caring
for the herd of Charolais cattle, chasing the
mischievous Shetland ponies, enjoying the
repast from their large garden, and playing
board games.
Bob was a man who could move seamlessly
from the cattle barn to the art gallery. Inspired
by art in many forms, Bob was an active
collector of Inuit sculpture and Japanese
prints, among other areas. He also had a
highly refined and imaginative design sensibility, evidenced by successive and innovative
home renovations. World traveling, gastronomic adventures, laughingly sharing flights
of single malt scotch and playing golf with
Harriet, herself an accomplished golfer and
tennis player, were also precious moments in
a full, vital life.
In his last years, Bob remained gracious,
earnest, brave and dignified, as well as loving
and generous. His judgment in matters personal and professional was unsurpassed. He
treated all people with a deep respect and
courtesy. Bob’s whimsical nature would reveal
itself in interjected, understated humor. Bob
was a true friend, a caring companion and
father, masterful writer and editor, and a
brilliant lawyer, upon whom his colleagues,
friends and family relied for advice and support. He will be greatly missed by the many
people whose lives he has touched.
The internment will be private for the family
and a memorial will be scheduled at a later
date to celebrate Bob’s life.
Donations to his memory, in lieu of flowers,
should be directed to either Washington Concert Opera (concertopera.org) or Jewish Family
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a trial attorney at the FPC. He was a
memberof the Maryland and District of
Columbia bars.
In 1978 he went into private practice at Flood
and Ward P.C. and in 1990 was admitted to
practice before the United States Supreme
Court. In 1999 he opened his own solo
practice representing clients before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy, and the U.S. Court of Appeals.
He was successful in his career and family
life. Andy had the joy of being the oldest of six
siblings, predeceased by Richard Anderson
and survived by David Anderson and wife
Patty of Ocean City, MD, Marilyn Anderson
and husband William Kyburz of Vienna, VA,
and John and Susan Anderson of Montgomery Village. He held the title of Emcee of
Presents during family gatherings on Christmas morning, keeping his siblings in line.
Andy centered his adult life around his devotion to service and Catholic faith. He and his
wife Margaret were married at St. Rose of
Lima Catholic church where he served as an
usher for over 40 years. Allan and Margaret
raised three children, Thomas, married to
Hollie Shaivitz of Chicago, IL; Mary McCullough, married to Joshua McCullough of
Harpers Ferry, WV; and Ellen Anderson of
Davis, CA.
All his children were involved in competitive
swimming for over 20 years. Andy served
as a swim team official and parent representative in the Montgomery County Swim
League (MCSL), YMCA, and USA Swimming
leagues. He was awarded the Iona Brown
award for service, dedication, and sportsmanship to the Montgomery County Swim
League. Andy was brought much joy and
is survived by his grandchildren Robert and
William McCullough of Harpers Ferry, WV and
Oliver and Sydney Anderson of Chicago, IL.
Andy encouraged all by his example to be
steadfast in faith and do all works with a
goodness of heart.
The family will hold visitation at DeVol Funeral
Home, 10 East Deer Park Drive, Gaithersburg,
MD from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, October
20. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on
Thursday October 21, at 11 a.m. at St. Rose of
Lima Parish, 11701 Clopper Rd. Gaithersburg,
MD 20878.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to
Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, DC (In Memory of: Allan W. Anderson Jr.,
Class of 1964). Please sign the guestbook at
www.devolfuneralhome.com

DELAUNE

In lieu of flowers, the Gonzales family requests
consideration of a donation to INOVA Blood
Donor Services.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made
to either Hospice House of Virginia or the
ASPCA. Condolences may be shared at
www.nelsenwilliamsburg.com.

CEMETERY LOTS

DEATH NOTICES

ALLAN ANDERSON, JR.
(Age 75) “Andy”

Visitation will be held at Fairfax Memorial
Funeral Home at 9902 Braddock Road, Fairfax,
Virginia, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday,
October 23, followed by a service at 1 p.m.

A service will take place at Nelsen Funeral
Home, 3785 Strawberry Plains Rd., Williamsburg, on Tuesday, October 19 at 11
a.m. The family will receive friends for one
hour prior and a livestream of the service
will be available on the Nelsen Facebook
page. Interment will be held at Quantico
National Cemetery on Wednesday, October
20 at 2 p.m.

On Monday, September 20, 2021, our beloved
Gordon Phillip Estes, Jr. departed this life into
eternal rest. He graduated from Dunbar High
School in 1962. Gordon was proceeded in
death by his son, Dirk, Sr. and brother, George
Tibbs. He is survived by his wife, Marlene, sons,
Gordon and Michael, daughter, Lisa, his two
grandchildren, Dirk, Jr. and Liam Washington,
his brothers, LaJuande (Edna) Estes, Gregory
Tibbs, Karleyun (Angela) Tibbs, his sister, Cynthia Tibbs, and a host of family and friends.
Funeral services will be held at J.B Jenkins
Funeral Home Inc. 7474 Landover Road,
Hyattsville, MD, 20785. On Monday October 18,
2021. Visitation 9:30 a.m. until Service at 10:30
a.m. Interment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.

MONDAY- FRIDAY 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
SATURDAY-SUNDAY 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Carlos’s enduring love and devotion to his
family was unmatched. He is preceded in death
by his mother, Paulina Nieto; sister, Yolanda
Gonzales; and uncle, Edmundo “Machaco”
Vilchez. He is survived by his daughters, Dr.
Jennifer Gonzales of Richmond, Virginia, and
Gail Gonzales of Fair Haven, New Jersey, along
with Gail’s husband, Timothy Lyons, and their
daughter, Olivia Rose, his beloved granddaughter; son, Jonathan Gonzales and his partner,
Danielle Vaughan, of Astoria, New York; former
spouse, Virginia Gonzales of Clifton, Virginia;
sister, Esther Pardo and her husband, Teodoro
Pardo, of Lima, Peru; sister, Gloria Sandoval;
niece, Maritza Gonzales of Lima, Peru; nephew,
Erich Pardo and his wife, Karen, and their
daughter, Alessia of Lima, Peru; nephew, Carlos
Barillas of Lima, Peru; and his friend Sammy
Yimam.

A loving and giving lady with a great sense
of humor, Vicki will be missed by all her
friends and family members.

GORDON PHILLIP ESTES, JR.

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Dr. Gonzales was born in Peru and attended
medical school at the National University of
San Marcos. He emigrated from Peru to the
United States in 1970 and completed his residency in internal medicine at Wilmington Medical Center in Delaware followed by a fellowship at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. As a board certified internist, he
began his private practice in 1978 on West
Drive in Fairfax, Virginia. Hospitals he worked
at include Commonwealth Doctors Hospital,
INOVA Fairfax Hospital, and most recently
INOVA Fair Oaks Hospital. Dr. Gonzales was
a generous and selfless physician and had
enormous compassion for his patients and a
strong bond with his colleagues. His deep love
for his work has left an indelible mark on his
community.

VICKI LYNN FRIEND

ANDERSON

With the health and safety of family and
friends in mind, we have decided to cancel the
memorial service in honor of David L. Good
that was to be held on Monday, November 22,
2021 at the Washington Hebrew Congregation.
Please share this information with those whom
you think may have planned on attending.

F. CARLOS GONZALES, MD,

MARSHALL O. DONLEY, JR.

DEATH NOTICE

March 28, 1930 - May 28, 2021

Of Oakton, Virginia, passed away on October
14, 2021, at Fair Oaks Hospital with his three
children by his side. He was 77 years old.

FRIEND

DREW

GOOD

DEATH NOTICE

MEMORIAL SERVICE CANCELLATION

Loving Husband, Father, Grandfather, Brother, Uncle, Cousin, Mentor and Friend. He
was a great story teller, the life of the
party, avid Penn State fan and a brother
to all. Two services will be held: one at
Williamsburg Community Chapel on Friday,
22 October 2 p.m.; the other will be at
Arlington National Cemetery at a date to
be determined. More information may be
found at https://bit.ly/3aEjtRD. Online condolences may be shared at
www.nelsenwilliamsburg.com

DONLEY

Marshall O. Donley, Jr., 89, of Silver Spring,
Maryland, died October 8, 2021. Army veteran,
PhD, author of “Power to the Teacher.” For
35 years he was a writer, editor, and communications executive with two of the nation’s
largest labor unions (NEA & AFSCME). In retirement he served as Maryland state coordinator
for AARP. Survived by wife Barbara, daughter
Susan, son M. Owen Donley (Elizabeth) and
two granddaughters. Services will be private.

DEATH NOTICE
DAVID L. GOOD

Col. JOHN G. FORREST, JR. (Ret.)
March 17, 1934 - October 7, 2021.

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ELTON JOSEPH DELAUNE, JR.
"E.J."
Major General US Army

MG E.J. Delaune Jr. was born January 23,
1931 in Alexandria, Louisiana and died on
September 8, 2021 at The Fairfax Retirement
Community near Ft. Belvoir, VA. He was the
son of Elton Joseph and Nelver (St. Romain)
Delaune. He graduated from Louisiana State
University where he was a cheerleader for
the Tigers and a cadet in the ROTC.
A Distinguished Military Graduate, he was
commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the US
Army at Camp Polk, LA. E.J. began his
service as an Artilleryman serving in Korea,
and his career took him to Japan, Vietnam,
and Germany as well as many postings in
the United States. He attended Jump School
at Ft. Benning, GA and later served with

the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. He
earned an MBA from Syracuse University
and attended the Army War College at
Carlisle Barracks. MG Delaune’s final active
duty assignment was as the Director of the
Budget for the US Army.
Among his many awards were the Combat
Infantryman’s Badge, Senior Parachutist
Badge, Distinguished Service Medal, Legion
of Merit, Bronze Star with V, Meritorious
Service Medal, and numerous air medals.
While serving at Ft. Bragg, NC, he met his
beloved Grace Doar and they married on
December 15, 1953.They were a devoted
Army couple for 68 years.
His love of family, community and faith led
him to serve as a member of Pohick Church,
president of The Rotary Club of Washington
D.C., and a community leader at The Fairfax.
He loved music and especially enjoyed leading singalongs and playing his banjo and
ukulele. A colorful raconteur, he was a man
of great humor and endless optimism who
embraced life with gratitude and joy.
Major General Delaune is survived by his wife
Grace, sister Anita (Jack) Hudspeth of Tulsa,
OK and his children, Barbara Delaune Warren
of Santa Barbara, CA, Elton Joseph (Jay)
Delaune III (Judy), of Needham, MA and John
Doar Delaune (Tina) of Virginia Beach, VA. He
is also survived by grandchildren; Elizabeth,
Kyle, Ben, Brian, Nolan, Emily, and Bonnie
and great grandchildren, Daisy, Fletcher and
Fiona. He was predeceased by his sister,
Peggie Massey and his daughter, Elizabeth
Anne.
A Celebration of his Life will be held at
Pohick Church in Lorton, VA on November 6,
2021 at 11 a.m. with interment at Arlington
Cemetery at a later date.

GRIFFIN
Colombia, and Ecuador. During those years,
there were also two forays to Gainesville,
Florida while John pursued graduate work at
the University of Florida. Mary made close,
longstanding friends wherever she went and
was an active and admired member in each
community.

MARY DeWITT GRIFFIN
December 26, 1933 - August 23, 2021

Grew up in the Woodside neighborhood of
Silver Spring, Maryland. She was the only
child of John Crowther and Blanche Spurrier
Marsh, adored also by honorary godmother
May Shaul Grantham, who joined the household during John’s recuperation from surgery.
Mary loved growing up in Silver Spring and
maintained lifelong friendships from kindergarten through 12th grade. A 1951 graduate
of Montgomery Blair High School, she always
enjoyed reconnecting with classmates at
reunions. In her youth, Mary attended Woodside Methodist Church and had fond memories of times singing with the Wesley Choir.
She spent many happy days with grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins on both
sides: the Spurriers in Mt. Airy, Maryland, and
the Marshes in Reedville, Virginia.
Mary was a musical prodigy who could play
the piano by ear from the age of 4. Her father,
a gifted self-taught musician, was ecstatic;
lessons were poured into the talented child.
During Mary's high school years she studied
with Bessie Gunn (an early teacher of Ann
Schein), who took a dim view of playing by
ear: "Are you going to play the piece à la
Mary or à la Beethoven?" She went on to
study at the Rollins College Conservatory of
Music, graduating with both a Bachelor of
Music and a Bachelor of Arts in 1955. Mary
was offered the chance to study in New York
with an eminent pianist, but her parents had
not envisaged a musical career and did not
support the plan. In 1956 Mary married John
DeWitt, then a second lieutenant in the US
Marine Corps (d. 2008).
In 1960 John passed the Foreign Service
exam. Armed with the FSI language manuals,
her musician's ear, and unsurpassed social
savoir faire, Mary achieved fluency in Spanish
and Portuguese and provided stellar support
to the rising FSO. With two daughters in
tow, they went to posts in Mexico, Brazil,

Returning to Washington in 1975 provided
Mary with the opportunity to be near old
friends and family once again. Her first marriage ended in divorce; drawing on her experience as a native Washingtonian, Mary reinvented herself as a successful real estate
agent. With her dedication, interest in people, charm, vivacity, and knowledge of the
area, she was highly regarded in the business
and developed close, lasting professional
relationships and friendships. During this
time, she also became the de facto “second
mom” of many friends’ children who came
to Washington for college and to work, giving
them a home when their own families were
so far away.
An early listing of Mary’s sold to David and
Sally Griffin of Chevy Chase, and led to her
meeting her second husband, Dr. James B.
"Jimmy" Griffin. Jimmy was the preeminent
scholar of Eastern North American prehistory
and had recently retired from the University
of Michigan. He moved to Washington to be
with Mary, near his family, and work at the
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in
1982. He died in 1997.
In 2007 Mary moved to Leisure World with
her Steinway. Although she had hoped to
regain her earlier mastery and perhaps join a
chamber music ensemble, she was not able
to realize that dream. She took immense
pride in the writing prowess of her older
daughter, acclaimed novelist Helen DeWitt,
and in her younger daughter Susan’s commitment to her elementary grade students. In
March 2020, a medical crisis left Mary reliant
on round-the-clock home care; she moved
to assisted living in May 2021. Hospice care
began during a third apparently minor medical incident in August; she died peacefully a
few days later.
She is survived by two daughters, Helen,
and Susan DeWitt (Cecilio Morales); three
stepsons, John (Toni), David (Sally), and James
Griffin; three step grandchildren, Stephen
Griffin, Emily Griffin (Haroun Al-Subehat), and
Laura Glennon (Marc); and 6 step greatgrandchildren, Lily, Elyas, Jennah, Zain, Bennett,
and Griffin.
A memorial service will be held at St Columba's Episcopal Church at 4201 Albemarle
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20016 on October 28, 2021 at 2 p.m. For a livestream
link, please email sdewitt423@aol.com. In
lieu of flowers, donations may be made to
Rollins College, Central Union Mission, or the
Salvation Army.

NICHOLSON
PHILLIP RAY NICHOLSON
Phillip Nicholson passed away Saturday,
October 9, 2021. Phillip was born July 2,
1944, in the rural community of Jarvisville,
West Virginia. The son of the late Howard
and Ethel Nicholson and the brother of Elaine
Spera, deceased, and Terry of Wooster, Ohio.
Howard and Ethel taught Phillip the value of
hard work and education and the difference
between right and wrong. Sister-in-law Bonnie (Terry) and nephew David (Elaine) also
have passed away. Terry, Terry’s companion
Cathy, brother-in-law John (Elaine) Spera of
Milton, Delaware, five nephews and nieces
and 10 great-nephews and great-nieces as
well as one great-great niece survive.
In 1950, Phillip started grade school at the
two-room Jarvisville schoolhouse. The family
moved to a dairy farm on the outskirts of
Jarvisville in 1955. Phillip went on to graduate
in Bristol High School’s Class of ’62,’ and then
earned undergraduate and graduate degrees
in economics at West Virginia University and
Iowa State University, respectively. He took
a position as an antitrust economist with
the Atomic Energy Commission in 1972 and
over the next 35 years also worked for the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission. Retiring in
2007, Phillip spent several summers touring
and camping in the West. He also pursued
his two great loves, tennis and platform
tennis.
Phillip was committed to the support of postsecondary education. Through the West
Virginia University Foundation, he established the Antoinette McClung – Jack Roach

Scholarship to benefit Liberty High School
graduates who live in his native community
that was formerly served by Bristol High
School and Salem High School. The honorees
of this scholarship were two educators at
Bristol High School and Jarvisville Grade
School who strongly influenced his life.
Through the Iowa State University Foundation, Phillip also established the Wayne
William Gross Graduate Fellowship in economics to support graduate education.
Wayne was an Iowa farm boy who befriended
Phillip in his first year of graduate school
far from home. After earning a Master of
Science degree in economics, Wayne joined
the Marines and served in Vietnam. Wayne
died in combat in 1968 and was awarded the
Silver Star posthumously.
In 2014, Phillip was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, the same incurable lung
disease that took his mother and sister. In
2015 he moved to Wooster, Ohio, near his
brother. Terry will spread Phillip’s ashes on
the old family farm in Jarvisville.
As per Phillip’s wishes, there will be no
calling hours and no service will be held at
this time. Phillip’s body has been donated
to the Cleveland Clinic for research and the
study of pulmonary fibrosis.
A memorial service will be held at a later
date.
The family would like to thank the staff
at Brookdale for all their care and support
during Phillip’s stay.

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DOROTHY DOYLE WATTS HARRISON
RN, MA, PhD

Died peacefully at home on July 24, 2021,
joining her mother, father and sister, Mabel
Staupers. Retired professor of Howard University College of Medicine, Department of
Family Medicine and pioneer in nursing, international public health, research and biofeedback/energy medicine. A true Harlem Renaissance woman, writer, pianist, and artist/photographer. She is survived by many cousins
and friends and her devoted friend, Lynn
McKinley-Grant and family. A memorial service
will be held on October 23, 2021, 3 p.m.,
at Calvary Episcopal Church, 820 6th St. NE,
Washington, DC 20002. Inurnment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY at a later date. See
website for streaming information.
www.mcguire-services.com

JAMES
JOSEPH HOPKINS JAMES, IV,
(Age 75)

Of Washington, DC and Lynchburg, VA died
on Wednesday October 13, 2021 at Liberty
Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Born, June 26, 1946 in Selma, AL, he was
the son of the late Francis Tarleton James,
Jr. and Geneva Chellie Yelverton. He was
preceded in death by his brother, Francis
Tarleton James, III and nephew, Glenn
Yelverton James.
Joe was a graduate of Uniontown High
School in Uniontown, AL and The University
of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS.
He and his wife met at Duddington’s in
Washington, DC and had their first date on
April 7, 1974. They attended a Baltimore
Orioles double-header; the first game went
9 innings and the second went 10 innings.
After that, they were married and together
for 47 years and life-long baseball fans. He
worked in personnel management with the
Federal Government for 40 years, first at
the Government Printing Office and then
with the Department of Agriculture. Upon
retirement he and his wife purchased a
home on Garland Hill in Lynchburg and
lovingly restored it making possible his
favorite pastime of porch sitting while
watching the world go by.

HARRY ELLSWORTH MONTGOMERY

Retired NASA engineer Harry Montgomery
passed away on September 15, 2021 at his
Brookeville, MD home. He was 90.
During more than 40 years at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Dr. Montgomery
was involved in development of cuttingedge calibration devices for the Orbiting
Geophysical Observatories and the Synchronous Meteorological Satellite. He was
most proud of his work as Sensor Engineer
on the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). The MODIS technology has scanned and measured Earth’s
environmental changes, including cloud
cover and radiation, since 1999 and is
still in use. Its recent scans have provided
scientists with valuable data on the deadly
wildfires in California and Oregon. Dr. Montgomery was honored several times by
NASA for his contributions to the agency’s
science missions.
After retirement from NASA, Dr. Montgomery often accompanied his wife, State
Senator Karen S. Montgomery, on her official duties and contributed to her office’s
research and constituent work.
A native of Hagerstown, Dr. Montgomery
was the son of Daniel and Grace Jenkins
Montgomery. He earned B.S. and M.S.
degrees in Mechanical Engineering at The
Johns Hopkins University and a Ph.D. in
Aerospace Engineering at Catholic University.
Dr. Montgomery is survived by his wife,
Karen of Brookeville; sisters Daisy, Rose and
Darlene of Hagerstown; two sons Timothy
of North Bethesda and Richard of Gaithersburg; a daughter Elizabeth of Miami; four
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents
and brother Richard.
A memorial service has been scheduled
for 11a.m., Saturday, October 23 at the
Brookeville Academy, 5
High
St.,
Brookeville, MD 20833.

CLARK RUMRILL

PARKER

Interment will be private. Plans for a future
service will be announced at a later date.

To send online condolences to the family,
please visit www.tharpfuneralhome.com .
Tharp Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the family.

KIRKPATRICK

SAMUEL S. PARKER, JR.

On Tuesday, October 5, 2021, Samuel S. Parker,
Jr., age 67, suddenly passed away at home.
He was a native Washingtonian, and avid
musician. He was predeceased in death by his
parents, Gwendolyn and Samuel Parker, Sr. and
sister, Berrita Renee (Big Renee) Parker. He is
survived by his sister, Renee A Parker, and a
host of relatives and friends. The homegoing
service will be held on Saturday, October 23 at
12:30 p.m. at JB Jenkins Funeral Homes, Inc.,
7474 Landover Road, Hyattsville, MD 20785.
The service will be streamed live on the J.B.
Jenkins Funeral Home website:
www.jbjenkinsfuneralhome.com

STEPHEN DAVID KIRKPATRICK (Age 69)

PAULETTE PRESSLEY (née Porter)
July 9, 1948 - July 24, 2021

Paulette Pressley (née Porter) passed away
on July 24, 2021 after a seven-year battle
with Alzheimer’s disease. A celebration of
Paulette’s life will be held at Friend’s Meeting
of Washington, 2111 Decatur PL. NW, Washington, DC 20008, on Saturday, October 23, 2021
at 11 a.m.
Paulette was born in Washington, DC, on July
9, 1948, to Marvin and Martha Porter. She
graduated from Frank W. Ballou Senior High
School in 1966 and in 1967 began a 37-year
long career at the Smithsonian Institution until
she retired in 2004.
She leaves to cherish her life, her daughter,
Taunja Pegues; son, Randy Pressley; and two
granddaughters, Lyrica Pressley and Nikira
Pressley; sister Pamela Porter; niece Jamie
Thomas (Shawn); nephew Derrick Perry (Akia);
niece Lisa Porter; and several great nieces and
nephews.
Paulette reunites in heaven with her husband,
James, her parents, and siblings Vaughn Porter
and Jacqueline Perry.

CAROL ANNE KRAKAUR

On October 15, 2021. Beloved wife of
the late Irwin, devoted mother of Michael
(Haifa) and Linda (the late Keith). Cherished
sister of Burton and the late George Baroff.
Adored grandmother (Nanny) of Robert,
Alexandra, Rebecca and John. She will also
be missed by her niece Marina and her
nephew Roy and her extended family and
friends. Service private. Donations in her
memory may be made to: American Cancer
Society.

PATRICE PISINSKI ANGLE
07/01/1958 ~ 10/03/2021

MAHEN
EDWARD CHARLES MAHEN, JR.
Colonel USAF (Retired)

Age 73, of Annandale, VA, passed away on
September 29, 2021 in Arlington, VA. Ed is
preceded in death by both his mother and
father as well as his brother, Danny. Ed is
survived by his wife Maggie, his daughter
Nina, his son David, and his brother Mike.
Visitation and funeral services will be held
on Friday, October 22, 2021 at Prince of
Peace Lutheran Church, starting at 12 noon.
Dr. Michael Hayes will be officiating. Burial
will be conducted at Arlington National
Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made to the American
Heart Association in Ed’s name.

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Patrice Pisinski Angle passed away peacefully after a seven month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born in Greenwood, SC,
to Alice Tyson Malone and Richard Watkins
Malone of West Palm Beach, FL and Lookout
Mountain, GA, respectively. Along with her
older brother Rick, the Malone family moved
to Asheville, NC, where Patrice graduated
from Asheville High School in 1977. She
attended Peace Jr. College for Women in
Raleigh, NC, and transferred to UNC - Chapel
Hill where she graduated in 1981 with a BA
in Political Science and International Studies.
She then moved to Washington, DC in 1981
where she began her career in public relations and communications at the US Agency
for International Development, later working
in the White House under presidents Ronald
Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
Patrice moved to San Francisco in the late
80s and joined Burston-Marsteller - a public
relations firm. Soon after, she met her
husband, Steve Pisinski. She and Steve had
two children, Spencer and Chris. Patrice

PETER ALAN SIEGWALD

Peter Alan Siegwald, 77, died at his nome
in Arlington, VA, October 7, 2021 after
a short illness. Mr. Siegwald was born
February 13, 1944, in Clarksburg, WV, to
Clyde Roy and Mary Rose Leuck Siegwald.
He graduated from Jesuit High School in
Tampa, FL, and was a 1966 graduate of
Notre Dame University. After two tours in
the Peace Corps (Thailand and Bolivia), he
worked as a fundraiser for the American
Lung Association in Virginia and the American Home Economics Foundation in DC,
before meeting his wife, Susan Ann Clyde,
in 1984 and joining her Foreign Service
career. He worked as an Embassy contractor in Nicaragua, Portugal and Haiti, and
in 1993 joined the Foreign Service himself
as a general services specialist. He served
in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil;
Copenhagen, Denmark; and Washington,
DC, before retiring from the Department
of State in 2007. He was a talented
photographer, and held two expositions in
SW France, where he and his wife owned a
vacation home for 13 years. He was known
for his kindness, generosity of spirit and
ready smile.
Besides his wife of 37 years, Mr. Siegwald
leaves a sister (Linda Behrendt) and two
brothers - David (Jolley), of Sarasota,,FL,
and Thomas (Joan), of Mobile,AL, - 11 nieces
and nephews, 26 great nieces/nephews
and two great-greats, all of whom he
adored.
At his instruction, his body was donated
to the Georgetown University’s Medical
School and his brain to the university’s Brain
Bank, which does research on diseases of
the brain, such as Lewy Body Dementia,
with which he had been diagnosed in
early stages several months previously,
although the immediate cause of death
was an aggressive lymphoma.
There
will be no funeral service, but anyone
wishing to honor his life may contribute
to DC Central Kitchen (dccentralkitchen.org
[dccentralkitchen.org]), a charity he supported for many years; Jesuit High School
in Tampa, FL, (jesuittampa.org) whose
scholalrships guaranteed him a good education despite his father’s death when
Peter was only 13; or the American Cancer
Society.
“Be not sad at the loss, but be joyous that
he happened at all.”

Clark was intrigued by the world and fascinated by people. He loved telling, writing,
and listening to stories. He published in
the Washington Post, the New York Times,
American Heritage and the Christian Science Monitor on topics from U.S. policy and
tribalism in Afghanistan [csmonitor.com] to
the nuclear bomb dropped on Mars Bluff,
South Carolina. [americanheritage.com] He
found joy in touring the country to visit his
children in Virginia, New York, and South
Dakota. His love for road trips also took
him to friends in Sargentville, Maine; to any
Rochester Redwings game he could find;
and to eclectic eateries such the Maple Tree
Inn in Angelica, NY. His favorite local spot
was the Vienna Inn, where he was a 50-year
loyal patron. He also loved the Reston Community Center pool where he swam with
friends each week. Clark was wonderful
at keeping in contact. He often talked
about, visited, and corresponded with his
beloved friends including those from Pittsford-Sutherland High School, Camp Cory on
Keuka Lake, the Amherst College class of
‘56, Theta Delta Chi fraternity, and from his
many travels and work all over the world.
Clark was predeceased by his parents,
his sister, Janice Dewire (George), and his
niece, Nancy Dewire. He will be remembered and greatly missed by his children,
Katharine Rumrill Teece (Mark), Charlie
Rumrill (Kristen), Richard Rumrill (Eniko),
and Dudley Rumrill (Becky); his life-long
friend and former wife, Meriwether; his
nine grandchildren Chris (Katya), Wyatt,
Evan, Ella, Natalie, Chip, Vivian, Kati, and
Sophie; his niece, Sue Dewire Frutchey
(Tom) and nephew, Steve Dewire (Barb);
and the many friends he met during his
extensive travels both near and far. He will
be interred at Arlington National Cemetery
in 2022. Details will be posted to the Money
and King [moneyandking.com] webpage,
and friends are urged to visit this site
to post reminiscences. In lieu of flowers,
please consider donating to Care.org.

PRESSLEY

Of Silver Spring, MD., passed away on October
10, 2021. Steve was preceded in death by his
mother Willomet “Billie” Smith Kirkpatrick and
his father George B. Kirkpatrick. He is survived
by his brother Bill (Iris); nephew Ricky; and
sister Kathie (Ron) Kirkpatrick; and first cousins
Colleen, Colette, Nancy (Joel), Jim (Jeanette),
and John (Dorri). Steve’s career after graduation from the University of Maryland spanned
more than 40 years, mostly at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC, as a systems
engineer/computer programmer. During that
time, he witnessed three launches of the space
shuttle Columbia from the Kennedy Space
Center. His career also included work with
Planning Research Corp., Bastion Technologies,
and Computer Science Corporation. His interests included fine arts, learning languages
(French, Spanish and Italian), nature and science, woodworking, playing guitar in a band
and playing on a softball team. He was a
supporter of various art galleries and the
Smithsonian Institution, enjoyed camping in
various parts of the U.S.A. and hiking (especially
locally at Wheaton Regional Park). Steve’s five
best friends since high school, Jim Orban,
Jim Elliker, Dwight Price, Wayne Price and
Gordon Novinsky, maintained their friendship
throughout Steve’s last days, reminiscing
about earlier happy times, telling jokes, listening to music and reading to him during
their visits. Steve’s family is eternally grateful
for their support. Donations in Steve’s name
may be made to: The Smithsonian Institution,
Consumers Union, and National Gallery of
Art. A Visitation will be held at Gaithersburg
Church of the Nazarene, 8921 Warfield Rd.,
Gaithersburg, MD, 20882 on Monday, October
18, 2021 from 1:30 p.m. until 2 p.m. followed
by a Funeral Service at 2 p.m.

RUMRILL
Of Reston, VA was born in May of 1934 to
Janice and Charles Rumrill in Rochester, NY.
After a full and fascinating life, he passed
away surrounded by family on July 20,
2021. Clark grew up in Pittsford, NY and
was in the first graduating class of PittsfordSutherland high school. He graduated from
Amherst College in 1956 and then served
two years in the US Air Force. He joined the
State Department and served for 25 years in
some of the most demanding and engaging
postings in the Foreign Service: Chennai,
Kabul, Saigon, Jerusalem, Lahore, Cairo,
and Colombo. He continued to explore the
world after retiring and enjoyed Hungary
for his son’s wedding; Kabul to tour old
haunts and visit a friend; Auckland for the
sheep; Antarctica for the penguins; Tristan
da Cunha for isolation and the vigor of
the people; New Delhi for business and
friendship; and, most recently, Mexico for
his grandson’s wedding.

He is survived by his wife, Anne Wynne
Taylor of Washington, DC and Lynchburg,
VA, his brother, Glenn Knight James of
Birmingham, AL, his nephews Matthew
Caller James and his wife, Brittany of
Wingate, NC, Francis Tarleton James, IV
and his wife, Tracy of Birmingham, AL, his
nieces, Ellen Geneva James Stewart and
her husband, Todd, of Ocoee, Florida, and
Kathryn Brennan Taylor Rinehimer and her
husband Kurt of Marietta, GA and four great
nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, those wishing to make a
contribution are encouraged to do so to a
charity of their choosing.

RITA RADER

Rita Rader went home to our Lord on October
6, 2021, at age 90. Rita was born to Arthur
and Marguerite McAleer on May 29,1931 in
Philadelphia, PA.
Rita was a lifelong Montgomery County Resident and after retirement from C&P Telephone
moved to Leisure World in Silver Spring.
Rita joins her brothers, Charles, Jack, Franny,
Jerry her daughter, Carla and grandsons, James
(Jimbo) Vance and Raymond Grainger in Heaven.
She is survived by her husband, Oscar (Buz)
Feinsilber, her children, Greg Kline (Barbara),
Karen Parker, Lenore Jalette (Henry), Briget
Hart (Chris) and Raymond Kline (Michele). 18
grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren.
In addition to being a dedicated and loving
mother and grandmother, Rita also loved music
and dancing. Throughout her entire life, she
held an unwavering faith in God, which she
shared with those who surrounded her.
A Memorial Mass is scheduled for 11:45 a.m.
at St Mary’s Catholic Church, 520 Veirs Mill Rd,
Rockville, MD 20852. Father Valentine Kevney
will officiate the ceremony. All are welcome to
attend and celebrate Rita’s life.
A reception to follow at the Leisure World
Community Center, 3701 Rossmoor Blvd. Silver
Spring, MD 20906.
In remembrance of Rita Rader’s life, the family
asks that any charitable donations be made
to the Kline Hospice House, 7000 Kimmel
Road, Mt. Airy, MD 21771 or the Alzheimer's
Association.

was well-known in San Francisco’s socialite
circle and was very active in the Junior
League of San Francisco, an organization
geared toward promoting voluntarism and
developing the potential of women. She
chaired its annual fashion show (its primary
fundraiser) in 2002. Following husband
Steve’s sudden death, she returned to DC
and was appointed as a communications
director with the Department of Energy. In
2006 she met her current husband, Jim
Angle, former Chief Washington Correspondent for Fox News. During her time in DC,
Patrice joined TTR Sotheby’s International
Realty, where she earned several notable
awards and accolades from her clients, many
of whom became her friends.
Patrice was well known in Asheville, NC
as a natural athlete and a fun-loving and
caring friend. She was an AAU all American
swimmer, just missing qualifying for the
Olympic team, a high school cheerleader, a
tennis player, and an avid skier - skiing all
over the US and Europe. She also took up
pickleball just a few short months ago.
She was a woman of joy who spread that to
everyone she knew; an avid world traveler,
lover of animals, and an inspiration and
mentor to all who knew her. She will be
sorely missed.
Patrice is survived by husband Jim, children
Spencer and Chris, younger sister Alison
Avagliano, nephew Tyson Malone, nieces Paige and Laine Avagliano and her devoted
dog Chester, whom she adored.
A private service will be held.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested
that donations be made in memory of Patrice
Pisinski Angle to “Pancreatic Cancer Action
Network,” 310-725-0025 and indicate that
you want your donation to go specifically
to RESEARCH in Patrice’s name, and also
“Pacific Marine Mammal Center,” where she
did lots of volunteering. See link:
https://www.marinemammalcenter.org/getinvolved/ways-to-give/donations#gifts-inhonor

JEAN VALLEY SPEIRS

Jean Valley Speirs, age 72 , passed through
the portal to eternity on October 15, 2021.
She walks free now in the sunshine of
our creator. She leaves behind her loving
husband Tom, son David and his wife
Samantha and grandson Gayden. She loved
us to the stars and back as we love her
all colored in. She was predeceased by her
father David Valley and is survived by her
mother Betty, sister Pat and brothers Rich,
Bob, Tom and Jim, as well as a number
of nieces and nephews. Services will be
private. Contributions in her memory can
be made to Capital Caring Hospice.

WALTERS
THALLEY
ZELLONIA THERESA THALLEY
May 28, 1941 - October 8, 2021
Funeral Services will be held at Ft. Lincoln
Chapel, 3401 Bladensburg Road, Brentwood,
MD 20722 on Tuesday, October 19, 2021.
Viewing 9 a.m. Service 11 a.m.

THOMPSON
EVONNE YOUNG THOMPSON (Age 85)

Of Alexandria, Virginia, passed peacefully on
October 4, 2021.
Born February 9, 1936, Evonne graduated from
Gassaway High School in 1954 and began her
career in the FBI. Additionally, she enjoyed
her time working at Franconia Baptist Church,
Luther Rice College, where, while an employee,
she earned her associate degree, and the
Virginia Theological Seminary from which she
retired in 2000. She will be remembered as a
loving wife, amazing mother, wonderful grandmother, a compassionate and caring friend,
and for her devout faith.
She leaves to cherish her memory her husband, Quinton V. Thompson; children Jeffrey
B. Thompson (Rebecca), Nancy R. Thompson,
Brian W. Thompson (Lisa), and Kerry W. Thompson (Missy); grandchildren Karl P. Thompson
(Fran), Nealon A. Thompson (Gina), and Ian
W., Monica I., Shannon W., and Declan Q.
Thompson; great-grandchildren Liam N., Jax C.,
and Adriana R. Thompson; sisters Imogene
Clutter, Cinda Rollyson, Kathleen Engle, and
Joyce Ratliff (David).
Relatives and friends may gather at Franconia
Baptist Church, 5912 Franconia Rd., Alexandria, VA 22310 on Tuesday, October 19, 2021
from 10 a.m. until time of service at 11 a.m.
Interment Schurtz Cemetery. In lieu of flowers,
contributions may be made in Evonne’s memory to the American Stroke Association at
www.stroke.org. Please view and sign the
family guestbook online at
www.jeffersonfuneralchapel.com

SPANO
her career as a medical secretary, she later
moved to Rockville to raise her family where
she found great joy in helping children from
many different cultures learn and develop
as a para educator for Montgomery County
Public Schools. Later, she eventually combined her love for design and houses into a
career as a realtor

ELIZABETH VEECH MEEHAN SPANO
“Betty” (Age 80)
Of Rockville, MD, passed away peacefully on
October 12, 2021. Born in Washington, DC.,
Betty was the daughter of the late Robert
M. and Elizabeth Veech Meehan. She will
be lovingly remembered by her husband
of 54 years, Leo J. Spano, her children,
John (Christine), Catherine (Drew), and Marie
Spano; and her five grandchildren she greatly
adored, William, Anthony, Elizabeth, Gabriella, and Caroline. She is also survived by her
siblings, Robert Meehan (Lee), Mary Meehan,
Stephen Meehan (Christy), Margaret Limehouse (George) and Hugh Meehan (Martha)
and several nieces and nephews. She was
predeceased by her brother, William M. Meehan.
A lifelong resident of Montgomery County,
she lived in Chevy Chase and Poolesville
during her formative years. Betty graduated
from Georgetown Visitation Preparatory.
School and Montgomery College. Beginning

A tireless volunteer, Betty was known for
always lending a hand and helping the community. Whether advocating for the preservation of the historical sites in Montgomery
County such as the Rockville Train Station,
the creation of the Josiah Henson Museum
honoring the life, work, and the legacy of
freedom fighter Josiah Henson or for the
renovation of Richard Montgomery High
School. Of the most personal significance
to her was the preservation of her family
farm in Dickerson, MD, where she spent
countless hours of her childhood riding her
beloved horse, Billy. Her positive, energetic
personality and giving nature will be greatly
missed by family and friends.

GEORGE GARDINER WOOD

HARRY GEORGE WALTERS, JR.

Harry George Walters Jr. was born on October 11, 1929 and died October 2, 2021.
He was preceded in death by his wife of
61 years, Doris E. Walters. He is survived
by three children, six grandchildren, and
two great grandchildren. Services will be
held at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in
Gainesville, Virginia on Monday the eighteenth of October at 10:30 a.m. In lieu of
flowers, donations can be made to Willing
Warriors 571-248-0008 or Finance@willingwarriors. The mailing address for Willing
Warriors is 16013 Waterfall Rd, Haymarket
Va. 20169-2126.

WELLER
JANET VERMONA ENTRIKIN WELLER
(Age 79)

Of Bethesda, MD passed away peacefully
on October 13, 2021. Janet was born in St.
Paul, Minnesota to John (Jack) and Vermona
Entrikin, and raised primarily in Snyder,
New York. After graduating from Buffalo
Academy of the Sacred Heart, she earned
her nursing degree from SUNY Buffalo and
a master's degree from Damian College.
For many years during the 1970s, she was
the supervising nurse in the emergency
department of Buffalo General Hospital.
She also worked at Adventist HealthCare
Shady Grove Medical Center in Rockville,
MD in the late 1980s and early 1990s,
then taught nursing in the Osceola, Florida
school district in the 2000s until she retired.
In 1967, she married her huckleberry, Norbert Weller. They lived in Derby, NY, Williamsville, NY, North Potomac, MD, Bethlehem, PA, and Ocoee, FL during their 51
years of marriage. They had two children,
five grandchildren, and a wonderful life
together. Janet was active and social, and
she loved bridge, tennis, traveling, skiing,
shopping, and reading. She was as competitive as she was good at all her interests.
After retiring, she focused most of her
energy on her adored and adoring grandchildren. She was a wonderful wife, loving
mother, and devoted grandmother.
Janet was predeceased by her parents and
her beloved husband, Norbert. She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, J.
Nicholas and Diane Entrikin, her sister and
brother-in-law, Elisabeth and Gregory Gilmore, her children and their spouses, Marc
and Eileen Weller and Elizabeth (Betsy)
Weller and Philip Ford, and her five grandchildren, Jackie, Henry, Billy, Danny and
Bridie.
A funeral service will be held at on October
20, at 12 p.m. at Our Lady of Mercy in
Potomac, MD to celebrate her life. At a
later date, family will inter her ashes with
Norb at Arlington National Cemetery. In
lieu of flowers, please consider making a
donation to the American Heart Association.

WILLIAMS

Visitation will be held on Thursday, October
21, 2021 from 5 to 7 p.m. at St. Elizabeth
Catholic Church, 917 Montrose Rd, Rockville,
MD 20852 and where a Mass of Christian
Burial will be offered on Friday, October 22,
2021, at 10 a.m. Interment at St. Mary’s
Cemetery, Rockville MD. The family will host
a reception at the Glenview Mansion at
Rockville Civic Center Park, 603 Edmonston
Drive, Rockville, MD 20851 at 12 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made
in Betty’s name to Georgetown Visitation or
to the Maryland State Library for the Blind
and Physically Handicapped to which we
are forever thankful for their assistance with
helping Betty continue to read during her
illness (https://friendsmdlbpd.org/donate/).
Please view and sign the family guestbook at
www.pumphreyfuneralhome.com

WOOD

George Gardiner Wood, of Vienna, Virginia,
passed away on October 10, 2021, at 92.
After months of declining health, he died
peacefully with his beloved wife, Geeta and
son, Michael by his side.
George was born on August 12, 1929, on
Hawaii’s Big Island to Margaret Sutherland
Wood and George Gardiner Wood, Sr. Shortly
after his birth, he and his family moved
to Portknockie, a small fishing village on
the northeast coast of Scotland where most
of his father’s family resided. He spent his
formative years there and developed a love
for languages and literature while attending
Fordyce Academy, a well-known grammar
school.
In 1946, George’s family returned to Hawaii
(this time to Kauai). George attended the
University of Hawaii and majored in French,
graduating in 1951. He went on to receive
an M.A. in French from Middlebury College in
Vermont (1959).
George spent his early career working for
CARE in Haiti and for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the former
Yugoslavia, where he assisted with the Hungarian Refugee Program. After a few years
teaching French at Hunter College in New
York and at UCLA, he joined the UN in 1962
and worked on development projects in the
Congo. From 1963 to 1965, George served as
an English instructor for the South

JOHN W. TRIMBLE

On September 13, 2021, John W. Trimble,
age 72, of Burke, VA and Selbyville, DE.
He was a retired personnel officer for
the U.S. Senate Disbursing office and later
Moore Cadillac. He and his wife exhibited
Yorkshire Terriers (YT) for 36 years under
the Thimbletip prefix. He is survived by his
wife Mary Trimble and 5 siblings. Services
will be held at a later date with inurnment at
Arlington National Cemetery. Condolences
to
www.bishophastingsfh.com

Vietnamese Navy in Nha Trang and Saigon.
After two years as a contractor for the
US Agency for International Development
(USAID), he officially joined the organization
in 1967 to work on food aid, economic
development, and refugee resettlement programs.
In 1970, George met his future wife, Geeta
Shrestha, while stationed in New Delhi, India.
After many years together, they eloped in
1974. Through his work with USAID and
later the State Department, the two traveled
the world together, living in Senegal, Niger,
Morocco, Bangladesh, and Thailand, before
eventually settling in Vienna, Virginia, in 1988.
George retired in 1993 after 26 years of
federal service. While his wife Geeta continued to work as a nurse, George settled into
retirement by doting on the family dog, a
faithful terrier named Rascal, who lived to the
ripe old age of 15. The two were practically
inseparable.
George loved conversing in Doric, a dialect
of northeast Scotland, and listening to music
from that region. He enjoyed watching boxing; reading history books, especially about
the Vietnam War and the 1961 assassination
of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold;
and tending to his wood-burning stove. He
also enjoyed keeping in touch with family and
friends near and far.
George was a one-of-a-kind man who spent
his life helping others. He was a good husband and father who was devoted to his
family and cared deeply about the education
and welfare of his son and grandchildren.
George was preceded in death by his parents,
George G. Wood and Margaret S. Wood. He
is survived by his loving wife of 47 years,
Geeta S. Wood of Vienna, VA; son, Michael
S. Wood (Megan L. Balduf) of Fairfax, VA;
grandchildren, James S. Wood and Charlotte
R. Wood; brother, David (Sue), of Colorado;
sister, Rosemary (Alan) Tambe, of Michigan;
several nieces and a nephew; and many other
beloved friends and relatives.
A private memorial service will be held on
Sunday, October 24, 2021 at 4 p.m. at the
Lewinsville Presbyterian Church in McLean,
VA. In lieu of flowers, the family requests
donations be made in George’s memory
to
Lewinsville
Presbyterian
Church
[lewinsville.org] or the Shepherd’s Center of
Northern Virginia [scnova.org].

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TERRANCE J.D. WILLIAMS

Departed this life on Thursday, September 30,
2021 at Washington Hospital Center. Beloved
son of Mrs. Williams; and brother of T.F. Williams. Terrance was preceded in death by his
father T. Williams, Sr. and brother T. Williams,
Jr. He is survived by three children; eight aunt
and uncles; many close relatives and friends.
Family will receive visitors on Monday, October
18, 2021 from 9 a.m. until time of service
at 11 a.m. at Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, 7707
Allentown Road, Fort Washington, MD 20744.
Arrangements by Strickland Funeral Services.
www.stricklandfuneralservices.com

WOODRUFF
MARSHALL EMERSON WOODRUFF

Marshall Emerson Woodruff, 77, succumbed to
his fourth bout with cancer on September 24,
2021. He was a cobbler and master craftsman
who owned the Joint Possession in College
Park and the Cobbler Shoppe in Georgetown.
Marshall was the founder of the Kent Island
Paddlers (KIPP) which he led for 15 years.
He is survived by his daughter, Samantha; his
grandson, Leo; two sisters, Anne and Rosemary, and his companion of 35 years, Margaret
Pully. A complete notice can be found at
www.goinghomecares.com
Private service to be announced at later date.
Arrangements by Going Home Funeral Services.

ZAPOL

BERYL ZAPOL

Born September 18, 1942 Greenwich, London to James Earnest Merryweather and
Dorothy Chapman. Passed away October
10, 2021.
Survived by her husband Jeffrey Frank and
two sons Jason (Kathy), Justin and four
grandchildren Amanda, Aaron, Ryan and
Kevin.
Intensely proud of her dual citizenship serving as a British Subject and an American
Citizen she was an avid world traveler
having visited six of the seven continents
Readily known for her passion as an Artist,
Philanthropist, and Hairdresser.
She
worked for over 60 years in London and
the US, having professionally interned at
prominent London hair styling salons. She
had an artistic eye for style, fashion and
decorating. In later years, she turned this
talent into a prolific love for painting
She was energetic in her personal commitment to volunteering her time at homeless shelters and regularly donating blood
to the Red Cross. Those that knew her
readily agree she had a magnetic charm
for making life long, loyal friendships. A
Memorial Service is planned for October 24
at 1 p.m.

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Graduate School of Citizenship and Public
Affairs at Syracuse University in 1951.
His early career was at the U.S. Atomic
Energy Commission in Oak Ridge, TN, where
Holly and Mark were born. In order to raise
his children near family, he returned to Pacific
Palisades, CA in 1955 where he had a career
as a management consultant. He obtained an
M.B.A. at UCLA School of Business in 1963,
Having lost both his parents while he was in
his thirties, Bill became devoted to pursing a
healthy lifestyle and inspired his children and
grandchildren. As a sailer, surfer, golfer, and
snow-skier, Bill was as enthusiastic about
his hobbies as he was his work and the
best memories of childhood are beach and
ski vacations with him, the kind and patient
teacher.

VINCENT EMORY REED
March 1, 1928 – October 17, 2017
In loving memory of my dear husband. Four
year ago today God took you home with him.
God saw that you were weary and there was
no cure to be. He gently whispered “Vince” it
is time to come home with me.
We love you and miss you very much.
Rest in peace with God.
Wife – Frances B. Reed
Family and Friends

LOIS HAYES HOWERTON

Peacefully on October 9, 2021, departed this
life. Resident of Hyattsville, MD. Devoted mother of Lloyd Howerton Jr., Timi Howerton-Ford
and Voncea Howerton-Copeland; loving daughter of the late Edward and Kizzie Hayes. Also
survived by one sister, Gloria Townsend; four
grandchildren, Vonice "Pebbles", Eboni, CJ.
and Kobe and one great-grandchild, Lily; and a
host of other relatives and friends. Preceded
in death by siblings, Yvonne Grant and Walter
Crutchfield Jr. Services Thursday, October 21.
For more details please visit
www.jbjfh.com

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FRANCES BROWN KUNKEL "Kitty"

Kitty Kunkel died September 1, 2021. She
was born June 7, 1927 in Washington, DC.
She graduated from Woodrow Wilson High
School and attended Florida Southern College
in Lakeland, FL. She worked for the Southern
Railroad and Montgomery County Food Services. She was married for 61 years to George
Kunkel who died in 2012. She is survived by
three children, Kay Wright; Chris Kunkel (Helen)
and Neal Kunkel (Tina). She is also survived by
four grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Preceding her in death were her sister, Charlotte Turner; her son-in-law, James Wright, Jr
and her grandson, Benjamin Kunkel. A memorial service will be held at The Inter-Faith Chapel
Leisure World in Silver Spring MD on October
29, 2021 at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, please
consider a donation to Camp Kum- Ba-Yah,
4415 Boonsboro Rd, Lynchburg VA 24503 or
the charity of your choice.

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BENNETT

ANNE BENNETT (nee Sears)

Passed away peacefully on October 9, 2021,
after a chronic illness.
Anne was born in
New York City on October 29, 1952, the first
child of Marvin Sears and Myra Bloch (later
Low). She grew up in Woodbridge, Connecticut.
After graduating from Day Prospect Hill in
New Haven, Anne attended Wheelock College
in Boston, concentrating in elementary education. After several years of teaching, she
continued her studies, earning a Master of
Education degree from Teachers College,
Columbia University.
Anne was a dedicated educator for more than
35 years. She worked as a classroom teacher,
associate headmaster, and academic dean in
several schools in the Washington, DC area and
in northern California, including the Norwood
School, the Nueva School, and the Potomac
School. More recently, Anne tutored students.
Anne provided guidance and inspiration to her
students, helping them to develop key thinking
skills and to learn to be adventurous and
reach beyond their comfort zone. Her closest
colleagues knew her as compassionate, thorough, and having enormous talent to provide
her students with a love of learning to last a
lifetime.
Anne is survived by her father, Marvin Sears,
and his wife, Jane Lederman; son, Tucker Bennett; brothers, Jon Sears, Ted Sears, and Ben
Sears; sisters-in-law, Christine Sonnie and Laurie Sears; niece and nephews, Nathan Sears,
Graham Sears, Avery Sears, Jack Sears, and
Helen Sears; and great niece and nephew, Evie
and Charlie Sears. Anne is preceded in death
by her mother, Myra Low and brother, David
Sears.
At Anne’s request, the family will be holding
a private family memorial. In lieu of flowers,
please consider a donation in Anne’s honor
to LitWorld (www.litworld.org), an organization
supporting reading, writing, and storytelling for
children around the world.
www.pumphreyfuneralhome.com

DAVIDSON

Mr. Davidson graduated from Anacostia High
School in S.E. Washington in 1955. He started
working for Washington Gas Co. in 1963. He
retired in 1996 after 33 dedicated years as a
credit department special collector.
Mr. Davidson was a lifelong member of the
East Sussex Moose Lodge and Milford, DE
Elks Lodge, First Order of Eagles Club, Ocean
View, DE. He was also a member of the
American Legion in Annapolis, MD, AMVETS,
Harrisonburg,VA and VFW. In his spare time,
Mr. Davidson enjoyed riding his Harley. Above
all, he loved spending time with those he
held most dear. Mr. Davidson was a loving
and devoted husband, father, grandfather, and
friend who will be deeply missed by all who
knew him.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Davidson was
predeceased by his oldest daughter, Lillian
Elizabeth Davidson; and his only sister, Kathryn
McCaffrey. He is survived by his beloved wife
of 34 years, Shirley (Torres) Davidson; his
children: Alfred (Brenda), Josephine, and Amy
and her children, Grace and Jack, whom he
adored and was their Pop Pop; his stepsons: Mike and Steve Torres; his grandchildren:
Justin (K.C.) of Ohio and their five children;
his step-grandchildren: Anthony, Travis, Tiffany,
and Britney; his niece Karen Cook (David); his
nephews: Richard McCaffrey and Kevin McCaffrey; and his cousins: Roger Davidson and Mary
White.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Parsell
Funeral Homes and Crematorium, Clarksville
Chapel, Ocean View, DE.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations
in Mr. Davidson's memory to Alzheimer's Association, www.https://act.alz.org/site
Please visit Mr. Davidson's Life Memorial Webpage and sign his virtual guestbook at
www.parsellfuneralhomes.com

He was born and raised in Southern California. He graduated from Alhambra High School
in 1944 at the age of 17 and enrolled in
Engineering School while he awaited his 18th
birthday so he could join the Army. When the
war ended, he enrolled in Pomona College.
There he met the love of his life, Phyllis, and
married her in 1949. He received a Bachelor’s
degree in Government and Economics from
Pomona in 1949 and a Master’s Degree
of Public Administration from The Maxwell

November 6, 1927 – September 30, 2021
Phyllis Horton Kent passed away peacefully
at her home in Alexandria, Virginia, on
September 30, 2021.
She was born in Richlands, Virginia, to Ira
and Maude Horton. She attended Mary
Washington College, graduating in 1947
with a degree in English.
For three years she taught English and
Spanish at Richlands High School. For the
rest of her life, she would receive letters
from former students thanking her for being
such a dedicated teacher.
In 1950, she moved to Washington where
she worked at the Pentagon. This is where
she met her husband of 58 years, Lieutenant General Glenn A. Kent, who preceded her in death in 2012. They enjoyed
a wonderful life together with stations at
Kirtland Air Force Base, Maxwell Air Force
Base, The Center for International Affairs at
Harvard, and the Pentagon.
She was a faithful member of the Old
Presbyterian Meeting House in Alexandria
since 1962 where she served as a Sunday
school teacher and Elder.
She was devoted to her family and her
greatest joy was to have everyone gathered
together at her home, especially at Christmas when the house was beautifully decorated and the air was filled with laughter.
She was a great lover of music, art, literature, and travel, visiting 55 countries.
She leaves behind her daughter, Kimberly
Dillingham and her husband, Dr. Steven
Dillingham; her son, Cameron Kent and his
wife, Sue; her three beloved grandchildren,
Abigail Dillingham, Colin Kent, and Lauren
Kent; her brother, Jovon Horton.
Mrs. Kent will be interred at Arlington
National Cemetery next to her husband in a
ceremony at a later date.
Online condolences can be expressed at
dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/alexandria-va/phyllis-kent-10381831
The family would be honored by donations
to the Presbyterian Children’s Home of
the Highlands in Wytheville, Virginia. More
information is available at pcch.org.

DEBORAH ANNE PEABODY

Beloved wife of Timothy D. Holden of Falls
Church Virginia, Deborah was tenacious in
her faith, love of family and devotion to her
friends and her work. She leveraged her
lighthearted “Peabody” sense of humor and
unselfish manner to lift hearts wherever she
went.

ROBERTO PÉREZ, PhD (Age 88)

NORMAN P. WASHINGTON, JR. (Age 71)

Of Haymarket, VA formerly of Leesburg, VA, on Sunday, October 10,
2021 at his residence. He is survived by his mother L. Gertrude
P. Washington of Haymarket, VA;
two brothers, Wayne E. Washington (Denise) of Myrtle Beach, SC
and Darrell P. Washington (Sarah) of Leesburg,
VA; one nephew, Shannon C. Washington (Marcella) of Wilmington, NC; two nieces, Tennille D.
Washington of Wilmington, NC and Alexandra
P. Washington of Leesburg, VA; and a host of
other relatives and friends. He was preceded
in death by his father Norman P. Washington,
Sr. Visitation will be held on Monday, October
18, 2021 from 10:30 a.m. until time of service
11 a.m. at Mt. Zion Community Cemetery, 200
Old Waterford Rd., NW, Leesburg, VA 20176.
Arrangements by Lyles Funeral Service, Serving
Northern Virginia, Eric S. Lyles, Director, Lic.
VA/MD/DC, 1-800-338-1913.

Deborah was the daughter of Anne Harp
Peabody and Malburne Jewett Peabody Sr. of
Falls Church, VA who, with her brother Mal
Jr. and his wife Deb, predeceased her. She
was sister to A. Douglas Peabody (Annick) of
New York City and West Yarmouth, MA and
Jonathan F. Peabody (Lindsey) of Fennville,
MI. Deborah was born in a quonset hut
in Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands on

JAMES FRANKLIN TORRENCE

DEATH NOTICE

KENWORTHY

JEAN JANICE GIBSON WIGGINS
(Age 87)

Bruce Hawkins Kenworthy, of Braddock
Heights, Maryland, passed away on October 8, 2021. Bruce was born on September
19, 1948 to Joseph Kenworthy and Nancy
Hawkins in Abington, Pennsylvania. Bruce
was a proud alumnus of The Meadowbrook
School in Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania, the
William Penn Charter School, and the University of Michigan.
Bruce met his wife, Joanna Pierson, in
Ann Arbor, and together they moved to
Baltimore, then Newton, Massachusetts,
before settling in Frederick in 1979. Bruce
worked as a bookstore manager, including
as a district manager for Crown Books in
Montgomery County, until leaving work to
stay home to raise his two children in 1987.
He also volunteered as an adult literacy
tutor with the Literacy Council of Frederick
County.
Bruce was a devoted Michigan Wolverines,
Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, and
Washington Nationals fan, and read the
Washington Post every day. He was a
season ticket holder to the Baltimore Opera
Company for several years, and enjoyed
attending concerts, ballets, and operas at
the Kennedy Center. Bruce loved animals,
especially dogs, and lived with a series of
trusted canine companions throughout his
life. Bruce was a wonderful cook, and
especially enjoyed cooking family meals for
holidays and learning new recipes from
places he had traveled.
Bruce is predeceased by his parents and his
brother, Steven Kenworthy. He is survived
and dearly missed by his wife, Joanna
Pierson of Braddock Heights; his children,
Leon Kenworthy of Washington, D.C., and
daughter Dorothy (“Jody”) Kenworthy and
husband Sean Garwood of Crofton, Maryland; stepmother Nevenka Kenworthy; siblings Robin Bosco, Karen Kenworthy
McCabe, Philip Hinchey, Keith (Teresa) Kenworthy, and Scott (Oana) Kenworthy; and
many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held on October
23, 2021. For information, please contact
Stauffer Funeral Home in Frederick or Leon
Kenworthy at leonkenworthy@gmail.com.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made
to the Literacy Council of Frederick County,
the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, or the
Lymphoma Research Foundation.

The road is long and seeming without end
The days go on, I remember you my son
and though you're gone
And my heart's been emptied it seems
I'll see you in my dreams
When all the summers have
come to an end
I'll see you in my dreams
We'll meet and live and love again
I'll see you in my dreams
Yeah, up around the river bend
For death is not the end
And I'll see you in my dreams.
Our beautiful and precious Ethan,
forever you will live in our hearts.

DEATH NOTICE

Of Alexandria, VA, passed away on October
12, 2021, after a brief illness. Jean was
born on January 16, 1934, to the late John
Payne and Isadore Gibson of Alexandria,
VA. In 1960, she met the love of her
life Fred Wiggins. They later married
on October 7, 1961, in Alexandria, VA,
and recently celebrated their 60th wedding
anniversary. Jean is predeceased in death
by her parents, John and Isadore; brothers,
James "Gib" and Theodore "Plunky"; sisters, Rebecca "Betty" and Oscie "Lois"; and
daughter, Shauna Marie. Left to cherish
her memory are her devoted husband, Fred
Douglas Wiggins; daughter, Lori (Elliott);
stepdaughter, Clara; grandchildren, Edina
(William) and Eric; great-grandchildren,
Ayden, William (Buzzie), Madden, Virginia;
devoted nieces, who were like daughters,
Stephanie Mitchell and Tamesha Williams.
As well as a host of nieces and nephews; a
special daughter, Ethel Alston and her Best
Friend of over 60 years, Geneva Hayward.
Her Celebration of Life will be held on
Friday, October 22, 2021 at First Baptist
Church Alexandria, Virginia, 2932 King St.
Alexandria, VA 22302 Viewing is 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m.; Service 1 p.m. https://www.everlywheatley.com/tributes/Jean-Wiggins.

Born on September 25, 1934 to Ruby Stiller
Torrence and James Monroe Torrence in
Salisbury, NC, he was a graduate of Boyden
High School. He served in the US Air Force
Cadet program and graduated from North
Carolina State College (now University) with
a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering.
During his studies, he became interested
in nuclear engineering, and after graduation
was employed as a graduate assistant at the
NC State nuclear reactor. He subsequently
worked at the Nuclear Reactor Testing Station in Idaho, and returned to NC State to help
build the instrumentation for a new Reactor
there. He was recruited to help build the
new NBS Reactor (NBSR) by the then Chief
Nuclear Engineer, whom he had trained while
a student at NC State.
While attending an NBS conference banquet
he met a fellow NBS staff member, Sara
Redmon. They were married December 13,

ROGER DUANE BROWN (Age 74)

Growing up, Roger lived in many places
due to his father being in the U.S. Army.
In Germany at the age of 5, he helped his
family choose his adopted sister Carmen.
In 1957, as part of a champion team, he
helped introduce Little League to what is now
Taiwan. After graduating from high school in
Georgia, he joined the U.S. Army for three
years as a Pershing missile repairman. Roger
then went to college in New Mexico, and in
1975, moved to Arlington where he stayed
until his death on September 21, 2021.
Roger had a keen interest in business and
finance. In 1975, he obtained a dual BBA
in Finance and Management and started
his federal government career. Starting as
an auditor, he worked at several agencies

A visitation will be held Sunday, October 24,
2021 from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. at EverlyWheatley Funeral Home, 1500 W. Braddock
Rd, Alexandria, VA 22302. A funeral service
at the Old Post Chapel followed by inurnment
in the Columbarium at Arlington National
Cemetery is planned for a later date.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to
the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
in her honor.

Jim was a Rotarian for 30 years with the
Rotary Club of Potomac. He proposed Sara
as a Rotarian two days after the Supreme
Court made the decision that in the United
States women could not be prohibited from
being Rotarians. He and Sara attended four
Rotary International Conventions and were
host counselors to six Rotary International
Scholars. He was a supporter of the Rotary
Foundation and Rotary’s program to end polio
in the world, Polio Plus.
Jim is survived by his wife of 52 years, Sara
Torrence; a daughter, Laura T. Kangas (John
Webb) of Boonsboro, MD; two grandsons,
Holden Kangas (Ciarah Robinson) of Falling
Waters, WV, and Collin Kangas of Boonsboro;
a brother, Richard Torrence of King, NC; his
sister-in-law, Jane Redmon, of Arlington, VA;
a goddaughter, Kathy Koontz of Portland,
OR; two nieces and a nephew; an honorary
son, Kokou Kounoudji (Colette and daughter
Grace) of Gaithersburg, MD; and numerous
friends. His parents and a sister, Carolyn
Deadmon, predeceased Jim.
The family will hold visitation at De Vol
Funeral Home, 10 East Deer Park Drive,
Gaithersburg from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday,
October 23. A Celebration of Life will be held
Sunday, October 24 at 2 p.m., at Geneva
Presbyterian Church, 11931 Seven Locks
Road, Potomac.MD, Interment will be in Salisbury, NC.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in
his name to the Rotary International Foundation, c/o the Rotary Club of Potomac ,4015
Montpelier Road, Rockville, MD 20853 or
Montgomery Hospice or Geneva Presbyterian
Church.

WU
as part of the Star Wars project on Missile
Defense. He received a special award for
his lifetime work when he retired at age 74.

BROWN
overseeing financial and IT systems and
obtained several professional certifications
including the CFE, CMA, and CISA. He continued his education at Marymount University
where he became a member of the Delta
Epsilon Sigma National Honor Society, and
received his MS in 1999. He retired from
the U.S. Census Bureau as an Information
Systems Analyst in 2006. He was most proud
of his work with Assistive Technology Applications and the Decennial Census.
At college, Roger was a fencer in Epee and
made it to the national finals. He enjoyed
martial arts and took up Tai Chi as his main
form of exercise. During the U.S. Bicentennial, he sang in a group that performed in many
places including celebrations at Jamestown
and on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on July
4th, 1976. Although not a Catholic, he had
fond memories of singing in the St. Agnes
choir for 18 years.
Roger loved talking to and helping people.
His early volunteer work included moving
furniture and bagging food. Having an interest in education and nearing retirement,
he became a volunteer tutor first with an
affordable housing organization, then a local
high school, and finally with a refugee family
sponsored by his church. In 2015, Roger was
recognized as a Connect With Kids Champion
by the Arlington Partnership for Children,
Youth & Families.
Roger is survived by his wife of 35 years,
Joanna, and his sister Carmen. Memorial
contributions may be made to AHC Inc. 2230
N. Fairfax Dr, Ste 100, Arlington, 22201 or
ahcinc.org/donate for Resident Services. A
graveside service will be held at Columbia
Gardens, 3411 Arlington Blvd. in Arlington on
October 22, at 10 a.m.

Deborah lived fearlessly and fiercely. Her
path was not destined to be an easy one.
She faced the fires of the future with clear
eyes and a brutal honesty tempered with a
strong faith, and a mischievous sense of the
whimsical and frolicsome. She rose through
the adversities with good humor, a strong
family, close friends, laughter and, yes, tears.
Nevertheless, she emerged with the perspective of the kintsugi master carefully
reassembling the broken pieces and finely
crafting a more beautiful life for herself and
for so many others. Godspeed, Deb, Keep
Truckin'!

1969. He and Sara were avid travelers, visiting
97 countries on all seven continents during
their marriage. Jim’s personal interests also
included photography, archeology, ancient
history, geology and astronomy. It was this
interest that led Jim and Sara to become
eclipse chasers, “being in the shadow of
the moon” seven times. They were Lifetime
Members of the Shillelagh Travel Club, Vienna, VA.

Former Deputy Chief Nuclear Engineer at
the National Bureau of Standards/National
Institute of Standards and Technology for
more than 30 years, passed away on Wednesday, October 6,2021 in Gaithersburg, MD,
after a period of declining health. He was 87
years old.

ALPERSTEIN

He will be buried in the family plot in Claremont, California at a private service.

TORRENCE

WIGGINS

IN MEMORIAM

He was preceded in death by his wife, Phyllis
Squires Partridge, who died of Covid-19 in
2020. He is survived by his daughter, Holly
(Lucian Wayne) Beavers, Nashville, TN son,
Mark Partridge, Ocean Pines, MD, step-son,
W.M. Partridge, Palm Springs, CA and numerous grandchildren.

January 22,1956. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree Cum Laude from the University
of Virginia and a Master’s Degree with PH.D.
courses from the University of Pennsylvania.
Her deep interest in Anthropology, Archeology and American Studies provided her
with a broad array of interests and opportunities. Serving in government posts both in
America and abroad she was an Economic
Assistant and Assistant Historian in the State
Department, and an Assistant Museum Curator at the Cigna Corporation. She served
for over 20 years in the Central Intelligence
Agency as an intelligence officer, project
manager, and senior staff operations officer,
winning awards and promotions in both
operations and staff activities.

Deborah A. Peabody slipped peacefully into
eternity on Saturday, October 9, 2021 having
crafted a lively life for herself and others for
65 years.

Of Mount Airy, MD, passed away peacefully on
October 9, 2021 with his wife and children by
his side. He was the husband of Carol ParkerPérez; father to Maria (Bob Young), Robert,
Patty, Rey (John Pratt), Joe (Courtney Gazda),
and Sofía; and step-father to Melanie Curtis
(Shane), Vicki Britton, and Randy Pickett (Erin).
He is also survived by his grandchildren, Jordan
Trevarthen (David), Ana Pérez, Jade BakerPérez (Nathan Winkler), and Aiden Lovine; and
step-grandchildren Tyler and Jackson Curtis,
Olivia and Peyton Pickett, Carver and River
Britton; and three great-grandchildren. He is
also survived by many nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his parents, Felipe and
Amalia Pérez, and his 12 siblings and their
partners.
Roberto was born in San Antonio, TX in 1933.
He joined the Air Force in 1952 and served our
country for 20 years with distinction. He was
a dedicated public educator at the elementary,
university, and graduate level. Roberto will be
remembered for his love of family and as
the consummate advocate for the children,
students, and staff he served. Roberto captured many of his life's accomplishments in
his autobiography, "One Full American Life
of a First-Generation Immigrant of Mexican
Descent". He was generous to the causes
he believed in, especially under-served populations and the Democratic Party. He was also
an avid San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Cowboys
fan.
A burial will be held at the Arlington National
Cemetery at a date to be determined, with a
reception to follow. In lieu of flowers, Roberto’s
legacy can be continued through contributions
to the charities or the many causes he championed, such as the Democratic Party, Smile
Train, Southern Poverty Law Center, or Habitat
for Humanity.
Arrangements, Stauffer Funeral Home, Mt.
Airy. Expressions of sympathy may be shared
at
www.staufferfuneralhome.com

In 1975 Bill and Phyllis moved to Annapolis,
MD and for the next twenty years he commuted into DC, serving in several senior
executive positions including Assistant
Inspector General at the Department of Energy and Deputy Inspector General of FEMA.
He retired from government in 1995. In 1991
he received a Certificate of Recognition from
the Secretary of Defense “in recognition of
your service during the period of the Cold
War (September 2,1945 - December 26,1991)
in promoting peace and stability for this
Nation, the people of this Nation are forever
grateful.”

PEABODY

WASHINGTON

BRUCE HAWKINS KENWORTHY

ALFRED DAVIDSON, JR. (Age 85)

William R. Partridge, age 94, beloved father
and grandfather, passed away peacefully
while reading on October 6, 2021 at Riderwood Village, Silver Spring, MD. In recent
years as his health declined he never lost
his ability to read and always had a book
in his lap, often reading aloud to the other
residents. A lifelong scholar, he shared his
love of reading with everyone he met. His
colleagues in Washington jokingly referred to
his office as “the branch library.”

PHYLLIS HORTON KENT

ETHAN ROSS ALPERSTEIN
12/09/1991-10/17/2002

Of Dagsboro, DE, passed away on Friday, October 1, 2021, at Beebe Healthcare in Lewes, DE.
He was born in Washington, DC, son of the
late Alfred E. Sr and Lillian Elizabeth (Olson)
Davidson.

WILLIAM RUSSELL PARTRIDGE

PÉREZ

EDITH SMITH TURNER

Dearest Mama, Mother, Dee Dee: Our hearts
and lives have an emptiness because we miss
you so much. But we know you are Home with
Our Lord, the God Who keeps his eye on every
sparrow, and Who took you gently Home. We
Love You very much.
In Loving Memory,
Your Family,
Kathryn, Sandra , Kenyatta, and Bob, the rest of
your family and your many friends

KAY TYSON ROBERTSON (Age 82)

Died suddenly on October 2, 2021 surrounded
by her loving family at Fairfax INOVA Hospital.
Born in 1939 at Garfield Hospital in Washington,
DC, she grew up in Arlington County and
graduated from Washington-Lee High School in
1957. A year later she married her husband of
63 years and started a family soon after. Kay
was preceded in death by her son Roy Michael
Robertson Jr. (2005). Mother and father were,
Faith Dowden and Charles B. Tyson. Glenn Allen
her surviving son lives in Richmond, VA with his
wife Angela. Also surviving are her husband,
Michael, three spectacular grandchildren, Kailyn Stanley, Kelsie Robertson, and Jeffrey
Charles Robertson; two great grandchildren
Addison Rector and Beckett Stanley, and a
sister Dr. Carolyn Tyson.
She worked for the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the
Pentagon until after the birth of her second
son. She finished her career and retired from
National Technical Information Service (NTIS) in
Springfield, VA.
Kay enjoyed gardening, traveling, shopping,
and attending church services and functions
with her friends and Mike at Sydenstricker
United Methodist Church in Springfield, VA.
Memorial services will be held at Syndenstricker United Methodist Church, 8508 Hooes Road,
Springfield, VA. on October 23, 2021 at 11
a.m. Followed by refreshments in Hottle Hall. A
private burial will follow at National Memorial
Park in Falls Church, VA.
In lieu of flowers please send donations to
Sydenstricker United Methodist Church for
their food ministries.
www.demainefunerals.com

YUNG-KUANG WU

The 6th child of Fuun-Sen Wu and Lin-Show
Wu, born December 15, 1933 in Chung-Li,
Taiwan, passed away on October 11, 2021
from complications related to prostate cancer.
After graduating from National Taiwan University with a degree in Engineering, Yung
immigrated to the United States in 1958 to
further pursue his education. He spent his
first year working on a master’s degree in
Electrical Engineering at Kansas State University. From there, Yung moved to Ann
Arbor, Michigan, where he completed a Ph.D.
In Electrical Engineering and acquired a passion for Michigan Football. While studying,
he met his future wife, Nell Guei-Mei Hung,
in New York City at a Christmas Party. They
were married in 1963 at the Harvard University Chapel in Boston.
Over his career, Yung 1st worked in Massachusetts, where he and Nell set down roots
and started a family, then in the Washington,
DC/Northern Virginia area. In Massachusetts,
he worked as a professor of Engineering at
Southern Massachusetts University, then at
the Charles Draper Lab in Boston, and Mitre
Corporation in Bedford. In Washington, DC,
he worked at the Department of Transportation in the 1970’s as part of their radar car
program, designing many of the smart car
safety features found in today’s cars, and
later for 22 years as a civilian in the Army,

Yung enjoyed spending time with his family,
gardening, painting, jogging, travel, and classical music (especially Verdi and Beethoven).
In the garden, he liked to grow large tomatoes and zucchini. He preferred wild, spontaneous, colorful gardens with a sprawling
bamboo forest. His painting style was a
fusion of Asian and Impressionist styles — as
seen in his numerous beautiful landscapes,
using watercolors and acrylics. His final
paintings were scenes of the Amalfi Coast in
Italy and Santorini, Greece. Yung was an avid
jogger until age 84. He ran his first 10K,
the Monument Avenue 10K in Richmond, VA,
with his children shortly after retiring, and
also cheered them on at other races. In
his retirement years, in addition to regular
trips to New Hampshire and Virginia to visit
his children and grandchildren, and trips to
Taiwan to see family, he traveled extensively
in Europe with his wife, Nell. He loved many
parts of Europe, especially Paris. He also
traveled to several National Parks, of which
the Grand Tetons were his favorite.
Aside from being a brilliant engineer, Yung
was a soft-spoken, kind, humble, and generous man. He was well-loved by his family
and friends.
He is predeceased by four sisters Kio-Sen,
Lan-Fen, Lan-Ei, Mei-Fun. Survived by his
wife of 58 years, Nell Wu; his daughter,
Melissa, and her husband Tyler Brannen; his
son, Theodore, and his wife, Deborah Koehn;
and his two grand-children, Maya Koehn-Wu
and Natalie Koehn-Wu. He is also survived
by three brothers, Yung-Chang, Yung-Feng,
Yung-Tung and one sister Shiao-Mei.
A private celebration of life will be held with
the family.
Condolences may be sent to the Koehn-Wu
family at the following Google link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQL
Sd4V6yiFvdDhNjn7-bq92hyVBw7iZy9lgfzO36p2q6HIervHQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to
the American Cancer Society in memory of
Yung-Kuang Wu.

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OCTOBER 17 , 2021

The Weather
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Get outside today

Today
Cooler

It’s a great day for outdoor activities,
but prepare for a slight wind chill.
Bright sunshine should help offset
that a good deal. That said, this
morning will be nippy with highs in
the mid-60s. Winds will continue to blow from
the northwest, around 15 to 20 mph and gusting
to around 35 mph. In the evening, a cool but
otherwise mainly pleasant evening will lead to
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Ice

40s

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Detroit
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Jacksonville, FL
Kansas City, MO
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
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High: San Bernardino, CA 95°
Low: Angel Fire, NM 10°

World
High: Basrah, Iraq 110°
Low: Kazachye, Russia –16°

for the 48 contiguous states

excludes Antarctica

Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
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Pittsburgh
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Portland, OR
Providence, RI
Raleigh, NC
Reno, NV
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Today

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Athens
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Auckland
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Baghdad
93/65/pc
Bangkok
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Brussels
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Islamabad
Istanbul
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Kolkata
Lagos
Lima
Lisbon
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Madrid
Manila
Mexico City
Montreal
Moscow
Mumbai
Nairobi
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Oslo
Ottawa
Paris
Prague

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Quarter

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New

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30° 1876

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Charlottesville
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Annapolis
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30° 1876

P ETER H ERMANN

Body-camera video from a D.C.
police officer who shot and
wounded a man, who authorities
said had weapons and was suffering a mental health crisis in his
Northeast Washington home,
shows police first confronted him
after they said he set basement
stairs on fire.
Moments after, in a scene obscured by the officer’s ballistic
shield, 25-year-old Jaron Wimbish fired what police said they
initially believed was a semiautomatic handgun but later learned
was a paintball gun. Police said
the tactical officer returned fire,
striking Wimbish twice.
Police identified the officer
who shot Wimbish as Brian Daniel, a member of the emergency
response team. He has been
placed on routine administrative
duties pending the outcome of
the investigation into the Oct. 5
shooting inside the home in the
first block of McDonald Street
NE.
Daniel did not respond to an
email requesting comment sent
on Friday. D.C. police made the
body-camera video public on
Wednesday night.
Wimbish was taken to a hospital for treatment, and police said

he was charged with assault on a
police officer while armed, assault with a dangerous weapon
and arson. As of Friday, he had
not made his initial appearance
in D.C. Superior Court, and his
medical condition could not be
ascertained.
Efforts to reach Wimbish’s relatives were not successful on
Friday. In an interview with
WRC-TV earlier this week, his
mother disputed the description
police gave of the weapons and
said no fire had been set inside
the home.
The standoff began when police said they were called to the
home shortly after noon for a
report that Wimbish had shot
someone with a BB gun. Police
said officers found Wimbish outside holding a weapon that did
not match the description of the
BB gun and a large knife that
police described as a machete.
The mother told WRC-TV that
her son was not holding the knife
when police arrived.
Wimbish went into the Manor
Park house and down to the
basement, prompting an hourslong standoff. The body-camera
video starts about eight minutes
before the shooting. Police released videos from the officer
who fired his gun and another

officer.
The videos show officers on
the ground floor of the single-family house at the top of the
stairs leading to the basement.
They are whispering, apparently
trying to avoid being heard by
Wimbish, who can be heard but
not seen.
In the portion of the video
released publicly, Wimbish appears to ask police to help him
understand Muslims.
Police said members of the
crisis intervention team talked
with Wimbish, and were accompanied by a counselor from the
D.C. Department of Behavioral
Health. Police also said Wimbish
has a history of setting fires at the
house, which his mother also
denied in the television interview.
At one point, a police officer on
the video shouts, “He’s lighting
the steps on fire. Go, go go.
Shields, shields shields.”
Officers went down the stairs;
the video shows a small flame on
a bottom step, but does not show
it being set. Police said other
steps had been doused with lighter fluid. An officer who reaches
the bottom of the stairs yells, “Get
on the ground,” followed by gunshots.
peter.hermann@washpost.com

VIRGINIA

House of Representatives sta≠er arrested
on child pornography charges in Fairfax
BY

L AURA M ECKLER

A man who works for the sergeant-at-arms of the U.S. House of
Representatives has been arrested
and charged with 10 felonies related to the possession of child pornography.
Fairfax County police arrested
Stefan Bieret of Burke on Wednesday, and he was arraigned Thursday. Bieret was being held without
bond and is expected back in court
next month. Police said the investigation began when the National
Center for Missing and Exploited
Children was notified of a poten-

tially illicit image uploaded to a
Dropbox account and reported
the matter to an Internet crimes
against children task force.
The owner of the account was
found to live in Fairfax County,
and county detectives took over
the investigation in August. A
search warrant on the Dropbox
account turned up additional images of child sexual abuse, and
subsequent search warrants led
detectives to identify the owner of
the account as Bieret, officials
said.
On Wednesday, Fairfax detectives executed a search warrant on

Bieret’s home and recovered multiple electronics.
Bieret, 41, works as a program
manager for the sergeant-at-arms,
the chief law enforcement and
protocol officer for the House of
Representatives, responsible for
maintaining order in the House
side of the U.S. Capitol complex.
He is listed as having worked for
Congress since 2004, according to
Legistorm, a tracking site. Attempts to reach the sergeant-atarms office were unsuccessful.
Bieret’s attorney did not return
calls seeking comment.
laura.meckler@washpost.com

KLMNO

SPORTS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17 , 2021

11 Kentucky
1 Georgia

13
30

Purdue

24
7

2 Iowa

UCF
3 Cincinnati

21
56

TCU
4 Oklahoma

31
52

5 Alabama
49
Mississippi St. 9

10 Mich. St.

Indiana

.

20
15

WASHINGTONPOST.COM/SPORTS

12 Okla. St.
25 Texas

32
24

13 Mississippi 31
Tennessee
26

Slams are twice as nice
as Boston strikes back
RED SOX 9,
ASTROS 5
BY

D AVE S HEININ

houston — In the long break
between the fourth and fifth
pitches of the second inning of
Game 2 of the American League
Championship Series, as time
stood still and Jake Odorizzi
stretched and long-tossed and
warmed up on the pitcher’s
mound at Minute Maid Park, the
members of the Houston Astros
could have crushed a power-nap,
strolled over to Jackson Street
BBQ for some brisket and Lone

Stars or played a few innings of
“MLB the Show 21” on the clubhouse Xbox just to know what it
feels like to retire Kiké Hernandez.
Instead, the Astros probably
spent the 14 minutes between the
exit of starter Luis Garcia with a
knee injury and the end of Odorizzi’s leisurely, rule-permitted
warmup — as well as the many
uncomfortable minutes that followed while the Boston Red Sox
were pouring it on in a 9-5 victory
that evened the series at a game
apiece — pondering the few, bleak
options before them for surviving
the rest of this series behind a
tattered and thinning pitching
SEE ALCS ON D10

D

M2

Auburn

38
23

17 Arkansas

Duke
Virginia

0
48

Pittsburgh
28
Virginia Tech
7

James Madison
Richmond

19
3

With drama in the ninth,
Atlanta draws first blood
BRAVES 3,
DODGERS 2
BY

C HELSEA J ANES

atlanta — Nothing much had

EDWARD M. PIO RODA/GETTY IMAGES

Ozzie Albies singled with one out in the ninth, stole second and
scored on Austin Riley’s single to give Atlanta a victory in Game 1.

ALCS Game 3: Astros at Red Sox
Tomorrow, 8 p.m., Fox Sports 1
Series tied, 1-1

NLCS Game 2: Dodgers at Braves
Today, 7:30 p.m., TBS
Braves lead series, 1-0

been happening for the Atlanta
Braves in the late innings of
Game 1 of the National League
Championship Series against the
Los Angeles Dodgers. By the
ninth inning of what had been a
bullpen game for the Dodgers,
Atlanta was being outhit by a
wide margin and was facing the
prospect of three of the best
starters in baseball looming for
the next three games of the series.

The game went to the bottom
of the ninth tied at 2. A one-out
flare by Ozzie Albies, weak contact with strong placement that
caught three Dodgers just out of
reach, lit a spark. Albies stole
second base off Dodgers reliever
Blake Treinen, whose stuff is
wicked but whose high leg kick
presents occasional opportunity.
Then came Austin Riley, the
breakout star of Atlanta’s season,
who already had homered. Riley
lashed a single to left, scoring
Albies and giving Atlanta a 3-2
win in the NLCS opener.
The Braves, who fell at this
stage to the Dodgers last season,
also won the opener in 2020.
SEE NLCS ON D10

Ovechkin
scores,
but Caps
fall short
LIGHTNING 2,
CAPITALS 1 (OT)
Vanecek holds his own
in second start in goal
BY

PHOTOS BY JOHN MCDONNELL/THE WASHINGTON POST

She just wants to sleigh
Bobsledder Humphries left Canada over alleged abuse. The move might cost her an Olympics.
BY

L ES C ARPENTER

carlsbad, calif. — Kaillie Humphries, the
world’s most successful female bobsled driver,
lives an American life with her American
husband in an American townhouse on an
American cul-de-sac about a mile from the
first American Legoland. A Team USA flag
flutters beside her front door.
She is the reigning world champion in the
monobob and the two-woman bobsled, and
she would be among the favorites to win two
gold medals at this winter’s Beijing Olympics.
She could be the next big American Olympic
star . . . except she’s not a U.S. citizen.
Humphries, 36, is from Canada, which she
represented as she won two gold medals and a
bronze in three Olympics before leaving in
2019, a year after filing a complaint alleging
verbal and mental harassment by Canada’s
bobsled coach. And while she since has been
allowed to compete for the United States at
most international events, the International
Olympic Committee requires athletes to be
citizens of the countries they represent.
SEE HUMPHRIES ON D9

S AMANTHA P ELL

Chants for Alex Ovechkin
rained down at Capital One Arena
for the second consecutive game
Saturday night. The captain’s
march up the NHL’s all-time goals
list continued with a second-period snipe against the Tampa Bay
Lightning, but it wasn’t enough
against the two-time reigning
Stanley Cup champions in the
Capitals’ 2-1 overtime loss.
Ovechkin’s strike, a blast from
between the circles, didn’t stand
up after a relentless attack from
Tampa Bay.
Mikhail Sergachev tied the
game at 1 with a drive from the left
point at 4:23 of the third period
before Steven Stamkos beat Vitek
Vanecek on a rush that ended it
just 14.2 seconds from the shootout.
“I put my head down and skated
hard,” Stamkos said. “I didn’t
know exactly how much time was
left. I knew it was probably the last
rush of the game, so I was going to
shoot it, and it was nice to see it go
in.”
Washington (1-0-1) will face the
Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday to
close its three-game homestand to
open the season.
Ovechkin’s goal Saturday was
his third in the season’s first two
games and the 733rd of his remarkable career. For a moment, it
looked as if he added No. 734 just
14 seconds after his first, but it was
waved off after video review determined the puck didn’t cross the
goal line.
Here is what you need to know
from the Capitals’ loss:
Capitals ride hot hand in net
Vanecek’s second straight start
came with a few flashy saves, notably two on Stamkos, the second of
which came early in the second
period when the Lightning star
tried to get a backhander past
Vanecek on the rush. Vanecek
stopped him with a stick save.
Minutes later, Vanecek made a

Kaillie Humphries, 36, owns three Olympic medals — two gold, one bronze —
and finds strength in tattoos. “They help me overcome certain stuff,” she said.

SEE CAPITALS ON D12

Avalanche at Capitals
Tuesday, 7 p.m., ESPN Plus, Hulu

Mahomes has come back to earth. Now he must embrace restraint.
Patrick Mahomes
is struggling, if
that’s the word for
it. He’s throwing
for only 298 yards
per game, a whole
Jerry
10 yards below his
Brewer
career average
when this season
began. His passer rating is down a
smidgen. He’s throwing
touchdown passes at the same
pace of his preposterous,

50-touchdown debut of 2018, but
never mind, that doesn’t fit a
regression angle.
What about those six
interceptions in the first five
games? And Kansas City’s
unusual 2-3 record? The Chiefs
visit Washington on Sunday after
getting smashed, 38-20, by
Buffalo last week. It felt like
power shifted in the AFC that
night. And for Mahomes, who is
accustomed to his NFL seasons

starting with victories, highlights
and excessive praise, he’s now left
to reflect and adjust while
experiencing the downside of
NFL overreaction.
The Chiefs, though still plenty
dangerous, aren’t in space and
waving at the Earthlings
anymore. Either the league is
catching up, or they are falling
back. That’s life in the NFL, where
the only thing harder than
becoming elite is staying there.

Mahomes is still a cheat-code
talent directing a top-five offense.
But after 51 regular season starts
and eight playoff games that
include two Super Bowl
appearances, he faces filmwatching competition that has
accumulated nearly four seasons’
worth of material to binge. And
there exists the really bad tape of
Tampa Bay taking apart Kansas
City’s offense in Super Bowl LV,
which should serve as a primer

for how to fluster the Chiefs (if
you have the personnel).
Sure, they’ve averaged
30.8 points and 420.4 yards per
game against a difficult schedule.
But their defense has been awful
and full of injuries, and they’re

WNBA FINALS

Kahleah Copper’s red-hot
run has Sky on the verge
of its first WNBA title. D2
KEVIN B. BLACKISTONE

Jon Gruden was a
symptom. Daniel Snyder
is the NFL’s disease. D8

SEE BREWER ON D5

SOCCER

Chiefs at Washington
Today, 1 p.m., WUSA-9
Inside: For Andy Reid disciple Ron
Rivera, mentor poses tough test. D8

D.C. United, desperate
for points, settles for a
draw at home. D9

D2

EZ

DI G ES T
GOLF

Fowler leads McIlroy
by two shots at CJ Cup
Rickie Fowler posted his best

round in three years, a 9-underpar 63 that gave him a two-shot
lead over Rory McIlroy going
into the final round of the CJ Cup
in Las Vegas.
McIlroy started the final round
nine shots out of the lead, ran off
five straight birdies on the front
nine and closed with a 7-iron to
20 feet for eagle on the par-5 18th
hole for a 62.
Fowler, who has plunged to
No. 128 in the world ranking,
birdied three of his last five holes
and was at 21-under 195.
Abraham Ancer carded a 63 and
was three shots behind along
with Adam Scott (67) and Robert
Streb (65). . . .
Miguel Angel Jimenez eagled
the par-5 17th in a 4-under 68 for
a share of the second-round lead
with Alex Cejka at the PGA Tour
Champions’ SAS Championship
in Cary, N.C.
Cejka shot a 67 in the round
delayed 90 minutes late in the
afternoon because of rain to
match Jimenez at 9-under 135 at
Prestonwood Country Club.
Bernhard Langer (66) was a
stroke back with Scott Dunlap
(68) and first-round leader Scott
Parel (71). . . .
Englishman Laurie Canter is
eyeing his first European Tour
win after taking a three-shot lead
over countryman Matt
Fitzpatrick into the final round
of the Andalucía Masters in
Sotogrande, Spain.
Canter carded a 4-under 67,
making eight birdies to double
up his four bogeys. That left him
7 under after three days. . . .
Casey Martin, the Oregon golf
coach who successfully sued the
PGA Tour for the right to use a
cart because of a rare circulatory
disease, had his right leg
amputated.
Golf Digest magazine reported
that he had surgery Friday and
was recovering at the Mayo Clinic
in Rochester, Minn. His brother
said Martin has a good shot at an
effective prosthesis.
Martin, 49, broke his right leg
two years ago, which eventually
led to the decision to amputate.
He suffered from KlippelTrenaunay-Weber syndrome,
which restricted circulation in
the lower portion of his right leg
and made it virtually impossible
for him to walk 18 holes. He still
managed to practice and play
well enough to earn a PGA Tour
card for the 2000 season.
Martin, a teammate of Tiger
Woods on Stanford’s national
championship team, has been the
head coach at Oregon since 2006.
AUTO RACING
All four spots in the
championship round of the
NASCAR Xfinity Series are still
up for grabs after non-playoff

qualifier John Hunter
Nemechek overcame a late
penalty to win at Texas Motor
Speedway in Fort Worth.
Nemechek won the first of
three races in the round of eight,
leaving the eight playoff drivers
with two more races in the
semifinals, at Kansas and
Martinsville, to qualify for the
championship finale at Phoenix.
Daniel Hemric led seven of
the eight playoff qualifiers across
the finish line next, taking second
in the 117th race of his career
without a victory. It was his 10th
runner-up finish in the series.
Noah Gragson was third,
followed by Justin Allgaier and
Austin Cindric.
TENNIS
In Indian Wells, Calif., Nikoloz
Basilashvili beat Taylor Fritz, 76 (7-5), 6-3, to set up a final
against Cameron Norrie at the
BNP Paribas Open, which will
crown its first men’s winner
ranked outside the top 25 since
2010.
Basilashvili is the first player
from the former Soviet republic
of Georgia to reach a Masters
1000 final.
Norrie beat Grigor Dimitrov,
6-2, 6-2, in the other semifinal.
It’s the first time in the
tournament’s 45-year history
that all four men’s semifinalists
were ranked outside of the top
25. Norrie is 25th, Dimitrov 28th,
Basilashvili 36th and Fritz 39th.
The last man outside the top
25 to win Indian Wells was No. 26
Ivan Ljubicic in 2010.
The second-seeded duo of SuWei Hsieh and Elise Mertens
beat Veronika Kudermetova and
Elena Rybakina, 7-6 (7-1), 6-3, to
win the women’s doubles title.
Victoria Azarenka plays
Paula Badosa in the women’s
final Sunday.
MISC.
Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama and
Mai Mihara won the men’s and
women’s singles titles at the Asia
Open figure skating event in
Beijing.
Kagiyama, the 18-year-old
world silver medalist, scored
179.98 in the free skate for a
277.78 total in the 2022 Beijing
Olympics test event. In a
program with few mistakes,
Mihara scored 135.75 points for a
total of 203.58. . . .
The top-ranked Georgetown
men’s soccer team rebounded
from its first setback, coming
from behind to defeat visiting
Villanova, 3-1. Kenny Nielsen,
Zach Riviere and Stefan
Stojanovic scored for the Hoyas
(11-1-0, 5-1-0 Big East) against the
Wildcats (8-5-0, 4-3-0). . . .
The Memphis Grizzlies
exercised the rookie contract
options for 2022-23 for point
guard Ja Morant, forward
Brandon Clarke and guard
Desmond Bane.
— From news services
and staff reports

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M2

. SUNDAY,

OCTOBER 17 , 2021

Copper pushes Sky to cusp of a title
BY

K AREEM C OPELAND

chicago — Fifteen hours after
the Chicago Sky took a 2-1 lead in
the WNBA Finals, the scoreboards remained on inside Wintrust Arena. The most lopsided
score in Finals history — 86-50 —
remained lit in bright white
lights as if the operator was
waiting for Kahleah Copper to
score again.
The Chicago Sky’s star forward
dropped 22 points, including 20
in the first half, in just under 24
minutes as her nearly waistlength ponytail was basically a
blur, the tail of a comet blowing
past Phoenix Mercury defenders.
One of the biggest story lines
coming into the Finals was the
return of two-time MVP Candace
Parker to the Finals, trying to
bring her hometown of Chicago
its first WNBA championship.
Copper has rewritten that narrative with the Sky seeking to close
out the series Sunday.
“Hopefully, she doesn’t show
up to the gym. That’d be nice,”
cracked Mercury guard Diana
Taurasi, a three-time champion.
“The kid’s playing really, really
well. She’s been playing well for a
long time now, going back to the
bubble. I was at USA camp with
her, and she was unbelievable
there, too. I mean, the kid’s just
really, really good.
“We have to make sure we
make it a team effort. It’s not the
person guarding her, it’s everyone
behind her, and we have to do a
better job of that.”
Copper picked the perfect time
to be playing the best basketball
of her six-year WNBA career. She
earned her first all-star appearance in the summer, helped lead
her team to the Finals and is the
third-highest scorer in the postseason (18.6 points) among those
who played more than one game.
The Philadelphia product by way
of Rutgers has always had lofty
aspirations, but this run may
have exceeded them.
“It’s definitely catching me off
guard,” Copper said. “Dreams of
playing in the WNBA for me
didn’t come until late. But getting
here? Yeah, I wanted to win a
championship, but like my
younger self [picturing all this]?
No, no.”
The journey has been far from
direct. Drafted in the first round
by the Washington Mystics in
2016, she got word she was traded
to Chicago while playing overseas
after her rookie season. That was
a quick lesson in the business of
professional basketball.
The silver lining was being
part of a deal for MVP Elena Delle
Donne. Mystics General Manager
and Coach Mike Thibault didn’t
want to include her in the trade,
but Chicago asked for Copper at
the 11th hour, and Thibault
pulled the trigger.

PAUL BEATY/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rutgers assistant Michelle Edwards said of the Sky’s Kahleah Copper, center, “She. Ain’t. No. Punk.”

“We were dying not to give her
in the trade,” Thibault said. “We
resisted, and it’s finally what we
had to settle on to do it. A good
trade is one that benefits both
teams. We got our championship
out of the trade, and they may get
theirs out of it.
“I keep saying to myself, I wish
they would have never asked. Our
heart sank when they finally
asked for her in the deal. We
thought we were kind of home
free.”
Thibault said he has long had a
special affinity for Rutgers players because they usually come
into the league well prepared,
especially on the defensive end.
He said they seem to blossom
offensively in the league and he
remembers that Copper wasn’t a
great outside shooter but was
determined to get better. Now
she’s shooting 53.5 percent from
the field and 39.3 percent from
behind the arc in the playoffs.
Rutgers assistant coach Michelle Edwards noted that Copper was special from the day she
stepped on campus in New Jersey. The natural athleticism and

talent were one thing, but she
also had a desire to learn and be
coached. Copper was actually a
power forward when she first
joined the Scarlet Knights, but
Coach C. Vivian Stringer said
she’d need to work on her guard
skills to play at the next level.
Now opponents can’t stay in
front of her on the perimeter, and
her energy and aggression are
relentless.
“Kahleah never took a play off
in practice, in the game, always
full of energy,” Edwards said.
“And just loved the game. That’s
something special. She had that
‘it’ factor because everyone
doesn’t have it, as we all know.
You hear professional athletes
talk about that all the time, but
Kahleah is certainly one that did
have the ‘it’ factor.”
Copper credits her Philadelphia roots for that mind-set. She
plays with an edge, as evidenced
by a play in Game 2 when Copper
and Sophie Cunningham collided
while going after a loose ball.
Cunningham tried to snatch the
ball away after the whistle. Copper wasn’t having it. She hopped

and got in Cunningham’s face
with a few select words before an
official and teammate Courtney
Vandersloot guided her away.
“I’m going to say it like this:
She ain’t no punk,” Edwards said
with a laugh. “She. Ain’t. No.
Punk.
“At Rutgers, you’ve got to be
tough, man. . . . She’s a sweetheart, but at the same time, she’s
no pushover.”
The Mercury has learned this
during the first three games.
Coach Sandy Brondello acknowledged, “we can’t stop everything,”
but they hope to guide her toward
the help defense when driving
instead of letting her get to the
rim.
Brondello wants Copper to
shoot from the outside, but
nights such as Friday happen
when she’s both knocking down
three-pointers and beating defenders off the dribble.
Sky Coach James Wade said
none of this is a surprise.
“Now she’s letting the world
know,” Wade said. “It’s just who
she is.”
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Rough Riders hand Crimson Tide its first defeat
THEO. ROOSEVELT 28,
DUNBAR 21
BY

T RAMEL R AGGS

Since the schedules were released in August, Theodore
Roosevelt had its sights set on
Saturday. Whiteboards throughout the Rough Riders’ locker
room had “October 16” scrawled
across them, and the calendar on
the wall had the date circled
repeatedly.
For Theodore Roosevelt, this
D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association matchup with undefeated Dunbar meant everything. And it showed, as the
Rough Riders spoiled Dunbar’s
homecoming by jumping out
early and then holding on for a

28-21 victory.
“I don’t know why they scheduled us for their homecoming,
because we got a team that can
ball for real,” senior running
back/linebacker Juan Pratt said.
“We’ve been trying to tell people
that we’re coming for the top for
a while now, but the city just kept
sleeping on us.”
Pratt set the tone for Theodore
Roosevelt (6-1) three minutes
into the game, when he burst
through the Crimson Tide’s defense for a 17-yard touchdown
run. It was just the start of an
action-packed first quarter. After
Roosevelt’s defense forced a
three-and-out, Antonio Wilkins
returned the ensuing punt 40
yards for a touchdown.
Dunbar (4-1) appeared to find
its legs after a failed Theodore
Roosevelt onside kick attempt,

when Mike Brown Jr. caught a
25-yard touchdown pass. But
Roosevelt stopped that momentum on Dunbar’s next offensive
possession when Jamal Edwards
intercepted an errant pass and
returned it 39 yards for a 21-7
Rough Riders lead.
“With all the emotion of it
being their homecoming and
knowing the hype this game had
within the city, we knew that
getting out early would be essential to our success,” Roosevelt
Coach Chris Harden said.
No. 17 Dunbar entered Saturday averaging 224 rushing yards
per game — on 16.3 yards per
carry — but was held to minus-4
rushing yards in the first half.
“On film, we saw some things
in the pass game that we thought
we could exploit to set up our run
game,” Dunbar Coach Maurice

Vaughn said. “But we couldn’t hit
our receivers, which allowed
them to stay in tight and make it
tough on our backs.”
The teams traded touchdowns
in the second quarter, and
Roosevelt led 28-13 going into
the half as rain picked up.
With the conditions less favorable for scoring, the only points
after the break came on Dunbar
senior Daequan Harvin’s 67-yard
touchdown run and the ensuing
two-point conversion.
“We got beat by a great team
today, but there were some positive plays that say this doesn’t
have to define our season,”
Vaughn said. “I hate to lose, but
sometimes your messages gets
stale when you’re winning.
“Losing can wake a good team
up.”
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GOOD COUNSEL 17,
GONZAGA 0
BY

J AKE L OURIM

If you have two quarterbacks,
the saying goes, you don’t have
one. Good Counsel has two quarterbacks, though one is listed at
6-foot-5 and 230 pounds, and he
happened to break his hand this
month. So Coach Andy Stefanelli
adjusted, playing junior Neeo Avery at defensive end Saturday at
Gonzaga
while
sophomore
Frankie Weaver took the snaps.
Each played a key role in the
Falcons’ 17-0 win, with Weaver
completing 11 of 22 passes for 127

yards and Avery serving as a
game-wrecker, finishing with
three sacks and spending most of
the afternoon in the Eagles’ backfield.
The shutout improved Good
Counsel to 5-2 and 1-0 in the
Washington Catholic Athletic
Conference. Gonzaga fell to 4-4,
0-2.
The Falcons’ plan entering the
season was to have Weaver and
Avery share snaps. Avery’s injury
changed that.
“Toward the beginning of the
season, my development as a
quarterback was improving tremendously,” Avery said. “But we
as a team thought I could be used
in other places. So me developing
as a tight end, it was going tre-

mendously, but overall, I just
think defense is my calling.”
With Avery dominating as a
pass rusher and senior linebacker
Gary Bryant wreaking havoc,
Good Counsel’s defense held the
Eagles to just 70 total yards on 46
plays.
Weaver, in his second season of
high school football, proved he
could run the offense on his own
for an afternoon. But he doesn’t
mind splitting the quarterback
duties with Avery.
“He has his strengths,” Weaver
said. “He’s a huge runner. I’m
more of a passer. And we just go at
it.”
With any two-quarterback situation, the conundrum is that
there’s only one ball. But the Fal-

cons always seem to find enough
jobs for all of their talented athletes, and Avery is thriving at tight
end in addition to defense.
“It is always difficult,” Stefanelli said. “But you communicate
with them, tell them the truth,
[be] honest with them. ‘Hey, this is
what’s going on, this is where
you’re at.’ These kids have handled
it great. The quarterback room
has been really good about it.”
Once Avery’s hand heals, Good
Counsel intends to go back to the
original arrangement. “That’s our
plan going forward,” Stefanelli
said. “We’re going to use two quarterbacks.”
With these two, and this team,
it just might work.
jake.lourim@washpost.com

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17 , 2021

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college football
Cowboys
surge late
to defeat
Longhorns

Hawkeyes
shocked
after rising
to No. 2

OKLAHOMA STATE 32,
TEXAS 24

PURDUE 24,
IOWA 7

BY

J IM V ERTUNO

BY

austin — Facing a big early deficit on the road at Texas, Oklahoma
State leaned on the two things that
had kept the Cowboys undefeated:
defense and a punishing running
game that could grind out the final
quarter.
Eventually the Longhorns folded. Again.
Tanner Brown’s fourth field
goal of the game gave the No. 12
Cowboys their first lead in the
fourth quarter, and quarterback
Spencer Sanders’s scrambling
10-yard touchdown run with 2:18
to play sealed a 32-24 victory as
No. 25 Texas collapsed for the second consecutive game.
“We talk a lot about no fear, no
frustration, no fatigue,” Oklahoma
State Coach Mike Gundy said.
Texas built leads of 17-3 and
24-13 behind three touchdowns
from Bijan Robinson before the
Cowboys’ defense started dominating the line of scrimmage and
tailback Jaylen Warren began
smashing the Longhorns for huge
gains.
Brown’s kicking and Jason Taylor II’s 85-yard interception return
for a touchdown kept Oklahoma
State in the game early. Tanner
McAlister’s interception with less
than two minutes left ensured
Oklahoma State’s third consecutive win over a ranked opponent,
the first time that has happened in
school history.
The Cowboys allowed Texas just
317 total yards. Warren finished
with 193 yards rushing on 33 carries, pounding out 154 yards in the
second-half rally.
Sanders pulled Oklahoma State
within 24-22 with a seven-yard
touchdown pass to Brennan Presley. Brown’s 29-yard field goal put
the Cowboys ahead.
Texas still had time to retake the
lead, but the Cowboys’ defense
stuffed the Longhorns on fourth
down at the Texas 42. Sanders
scored two plays later, and Oklahoma State then sealed the victory
with Tanner McAlister’s interception with 1:57 to play.
Robinson led Texas with
135 yards on 21 carries, his fifth
consecutive 100-yard game.
“This is two weeks in a row
where we’re just trying to hold as
opposed to attacking,” first-year
Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said.
“I think that we do that, just hoping the other team might make a
mistake. Oklahoma State didn’t
make a mistake. They just kept
playing their game.”
Texas
quarterback
Casey
Thompson finished 15 for 27 for
179 yards and completed only one
pass of more than five yards in the
second half.
— Associated Press

on a 20-yard pass on third and 15
to make the score 10-0.
“I just saw one-on-one, and I
feel like it’s disrespectful to
guard me one-on-one,” Wicks
said. “So I just had to get open
and get the ball because right
before that, Brennan, he underthrew one, and I couldn’t come
back to get it, so it was like I had
to get this one.”
In moving into second place in
the ACC Coastal Division race,
the Cavaliers made progress defensively, particularly against the
run. Virginia entered the weekend last in the conference in
run defense (201.2) but limited
the Blue Devils to 110 yards
rushing and an average of 3.1 per
carry.
Running back Mataeo Durant
(17 carries, 84 yards) presented
the only consistent threat for
Duke, which logged 325 yards of
total offense, the majority of
which came late in the game with
the Cavaliers substituting liberally in their second shutout this
season following a 43-0 win
against William & Mary of the
Football Championship Subdivision in the opener.
“It means the world,” Virginia
linebacker Nick Jackson said of
the shutout. “As a defense, you
never want anyone to cross the
end zone. We’re at home, defending our turf, and right now, just
to see that shutout, all the hard
work throughout the week, it
paid off.”

iowa city — The pressure, Purdue Coach Jeff Brohm said, was all
on No. 2 Iowa.
The Hawkeyes started the season with six consecutive wins and
the program had ascended to its
highest ranking since 1985.
“For us,” Brohm said, “let’s go
out there and swing and keep
swinging and hope for the best.”
The Boilermakers connected,
just as they have been doing
against the Hawkeyes in recent
seasons.
Aidan O’Connell threw for
374 yards and accounted for three
touchdowns, David Bell had a career-best 240 yards receiving, and
Purdue continued its recent mastery over Iowa with a 24-7 upset
Saturday.
The Boilermakers (4-2, 2-1 Big
Ten) have won four of their past
five games against the Hawkeyes
(6-1, 3-1). The loss ended Iowa’s
12-game winning streak, including nine consecutive in Big Ten
play.
Purdue beat its highest ranked
opponent on the road since a victory at No. 2 Notre Dame in 1974. It
was the second time in four seasons Purdue has knocked off a
second-ranked team. The Boilermakers won at home against No. 2
Ohio State in 2018.
“Basically they outdid us in every category,” Iowa Coach Kirk
Ferentz said. “The bottom line is
we didn’t get it done.”
The Hawkeyes tried to be positive heading into their bye week.
Their Big Ten West Division title
hopes are still there, and they
could still find themselves in the
College Football Playoff picture if
they win out.
“Our goals are all in front of us at
this point,” quarterback Spencer
Petras said. “One thing we can’t do
is be undefeated, but everything
else is out there for our taking.”
But, Ferentz said, they had no
answer for the Boilermakers, who
took control of the game early.
They never let Iowa’s offense get
into a rhythm, and they kept the
ball away from a defense that
came in leading the nation in takeaways and turnover margin.
Purdue was 9 for 16 on third
down, and two of the Boilermakers’ touchdown drives lasted
10 plays.
O’Connell was 30-for-40 passing with two touchdowns, and he
also ran for a score. He got the
most work on a day when Purdue
used backup quarterbacks Jack
Plummer and Austin Burton in
select situations.
“It was just so fun,” O’Connell
said, comparing the quarterback
shuffle to line changes in hockey.

gene.wang@washpost.com

— Associated Press

MIKE CAUDILL/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Nickelback De’Vante Cross had the first of two Virginia interceptions, which led to a field goal that stretched the Cavaliers’ lead to 27-0.

For once, Cavaliers leave little doubt
VIRGINIA 48,
DUKE 0
Rout follows two wins
U-Va. had to sweat out
BY

G ENE W ANG

charlottesville — This time
victory for the Virginia football
team did not unfold courtesy of
an opponent’s misfortune on the
final snap. The Cavaliers instead
removed all such drama in the
early stages to throttle Duke,
48-0, on Saturday afternoon at
Scott Stadium.
A rain-soaked homecoming
crowd witnessed Virginia score
on all six of its first-half possessions, including twice following
Blue Devils turnovers, en route
to a third straight triumph. The
first two of those wins came
when Miami’s field goal attempt
hit the left upright and Louisville
missed wide left, each as time
expired.
“It was a pleasure,” Virginia
wide receiver Billy Kemp IV said
of not having to sweat out the
proceedings down the stretch.
“Those nail-biter games, they’re
tough, but a win is a win, and
you’ve got to, at the end of the
day, be happy with every win you
get, but today it really just
showed the work we put in, and
it’s just nice to not be so close for
once.”

The
Cavaliers
amassed
528 yards of total offense and
forced four turnovers, the last
with 1:43 to play and the Blue
Devils at the Virginia 1-yard line,
to preserve their first ACC shutout since 2008 and first shutout
of Duke since 2006.
It was Virginia’s first blanking
of the Blue Devils (3-4, 0-3) at
home since 2003 and the largest
margin of victory in the series
since 1990, when the Cavaliers
won, 59-0, in Durham, N.C.
“We started fast, and we were
consistent finishing, and it
wasn’t long before the game was
going our way,” said Coach Bronco Mendenhall, whose career
record at Virginia since he took
over in 2016 moved above .500
(35-34) for the first time. “I didn’t
see it coming. I didn’t know
when it would come, but I
thought today was a great day.”
Quarterback Brennan Armstrong was masterful in the Cavaliers’ seventh consecutive win
against Duke, accounting for
398 yards of total offense and
three touchdowns before resting
the entire fourth quarter with
the outcome no longer in doubt.
The junior threw for 296 yards
and two touchdowns and ran for
another in the first half when
Virginia (5-2, 3-2 ACC) opened a
34-0 lead. His seven-yard rushing touchdown with 7:52 left in
the second quarter capped a
10-play, 65-yard drive that extended the lead to 24-0.
Armstrong continued on his

seemingly
inevitable
track
toward the program’s single-season record for passing yards. He
has 2,824 this year and needs 715
with at least five games remaining to eclipse the mark his immediate predecessor, Bryce Perkins, established in 2019.
The last of Armstrong’s touchdown passes went for seven
yards to tight end Jelani Woods
with five seconds left in the
second quarter. The Cavaliers
had gained possession 45 seconds earlier when safety Joey
Blount caught a deflected ball on
Duke quarterback Gunnar Holmberg’s throw over the middle.
Nickelback De’Vante Cross
collected Virginia’s first interception with 6:10 to play in the
first half. The Cavaliers added
three points off that turnover
when kicker Brendan Farrell
booted a 34-yard field goal that
stretched the lead to 27-0 with
2:04 to go.
Virginia came within inches of
scoring a touchdown on that
drive, but Armstrong threw a
shade behind Keytaon Thompson, who was open steps from the
end zone, on third and 10 from
the Duke 16. Thompson, with a
soft cast on his left hand, did
score on a one-yard run in the
second quarter for a 17-0 lead.
Armstrong completed passes
to seven players, including seven
to Dontayvion Wicks for
125 yards, both game highs. The
sophomore wide receiver scored
the first touchdown of the game

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LSU runs past Florida
for bounce-back win
LSU running back Tyrion
Davis-Price and the Tigers’
offensive line apparently have
figured something out.
That could improve LSU’s
prospects for the balance of what
has been a turbulent season.
Davis-Price rushed for an LSUrecord 287 yards and three
touchdowns, and the Tigers’
banged-up defense came up with
four interceptions in a 49-42
victory over No. 20 Florida on
Saturday in Baton Rouge.
The stirring performance
produced thunderous roars from
a less-than-capacity Death Valley
crowd that came in with low
expectations after unranked LSU
(4-3, 2-2 SEC) had dropped its
previous two games against
Auburn and Kentucky, fueling
speculation that Coach Ed
Orgeron’s hold on his job was
tenuous at best.
“I’m not going to blink until the
day I die; but our team didn’t
blink today,” Orgeron said. “Our
backs are against the wall, but we
took a big step.”
Florida dropped to 4-3, 2-3.
No. 1 Georgia (7-0) def. No. 11
Kentucky, 30-13. In the Bulldogs’

first game as the nation’s topranked team since 2008, Stetson
Bennett tossed three touchdown
passes and the defensive effort
was again stifling.

No. 2 Iowa (6-1) lost to Purdue,
24-7. Aidan O’Connell threw for

fearsome defense.

first place in the Pac-12 South.

375 yards and accounted for three
touchdowns, David Bell had a
career-best 240 yards receiving,
and the Boilermakers snapped
the Hawkeyes’ 12-game winning
streak.

No. 12 Oklahoma State (6-0) def.
No. 25 Texas, 32-24. Tanner

No. 19 BYU (5-2) lost to Baylor,
38-24. The Cougars have lost

Brown’s fourth field goal of the
game gave the Cowboys their first
lead, and Spencer Sanders’s
scrambling 10-yard touchdown
run with 2:18 to play capped the
victory.

back-to-back games after a 5-0
start that included three wins
over Pac-12 teams.

No. 3 Cincinnati (7-0) def. UCF,
56-21. Jerome Ford rushed for a

No. 13 Mississippi (5-1) def.
Tennessee, 31-26. Matt Corral

career-high 189 yards and four
touchdowns, helping the Bearcats
roll past the Golden Knights.

passed for 231 yards and two
touchdowns and ran 30 times for
195 yards as the Rebels held on in
Lane Kiffin’s first game in
Knoxville as a head coach since
his lone season in charge of the
Volunteers in 2009.

No. 4 Oklahoma (7-0) def. TCU,
52-31. Caleb Williams had a big

starting debut, throwing for
295 yards and four touchdowns
and running for another score.
The freshman from Gonzaga
started fast with an opening
75-yard touchdown drive.

No. 14 Notre Dame (5-1) did not
play. The Fighting Irish will get a

visit from Southern California on
Saturday.

No. 5 Alabama (6-1) def.
Mississippi State, 49-9. Bryce

Young threw for 348 yards and
four touchdowns as the Crimson
Tide rebounded from a loss at
Texas A&M.

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LSU’s Tyrion Davis-Price set a program record with 287 rushing yards
against Florida. “There were big holes for me to run through,” he said,
crediting an offensive line that had struggled in recent weeks.

No. 6 Ohio State (5-1) did not
play. The Buckeyes will be at
No. 9 Oregon (5-1) def.
California, 24-17, Friday.

second half gave the Spartans the
lead for good.

No. 7 Penn State (5-1) did not
play. The Nittany Lions will host

Anthony Brown scored on an
11-yard keeper with 4:50 left, and
the Ducks held off the
surprisingly tenacious Bears.

No. 11 Kentucky (6-1) lost to
No. 1 Georgia, 30-13. The

No. 8 Michigan (6-0) did not
play. The Wolverines will be

home against Northwestern on
Saturday.

will go to Appalachian State on
Wednesday.

No. 10 Michigan State (7-0) def.
Indiana, 20-15. Matt Coghlin’s

51-yard field goal to open the

Wildcats pulled out all stops, but
one week after they rushed for
330 yards against LSU, they
managed just 51 yards on the
ground against Georgia’s

running back duo of Isaiah Spiller
and Devon Achane combined for
292 rushing yards and three
touchdowns.
No. 22 North Carolina State
(5-1) def. Boston College, 33-7.

Devin Leary threw for 251 yards
and three touchdowns, including
one in which he scrambled free
and threw a jump pass to Thayer
Thomas, who took it 79 yards.
No. 23 SMU (6-0) did not play.

The Mustangs will host Tulane on
Thursday.
No. 24 San Diego State (6-0) def.
San José State, 19-13 (2OT),
Friday. Lucas Johnson threw

at Army on Saturday.

touchdown passes to Jesse
Matthews in both overtime
periods, and the Aztecs overcame
a rough showing in regulation.

No. 17 Arkansas (4-2) lost to
Auburn, 38-23. Bo Nix threw for

No. 25 Texas (4-3) lost to No. 12
Oklahoma State, 32-24. The

292 yards and accounted for three
touchdowns for the Tigers.

Longhorns built leads of 17-3 and
24-13 behind three touchdowns
from Bijan Robinson before the
Cowboys’ defense and punishing
running game took over.

No. 16 Wake Forest (6-0) did not
play. The Demon Deacons will be

Indiana on Saturday.

Illinois on Saturday.

No. 15 Coastal Carolina (6-0)
did not play. The Chanticleers

No. 21 Texas A&M (5-2) def.
Missouri, 35-14. The Aggies’

No. 18 Arizona State (5-1) at
Utah, late. The Sun Devils had a

chance to solidify their hold on

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college football
NATIONAL ROUNDUP

Howell, Tar Heels add
to the Hurricanes’ woes
NORTH CAROLINA 45,
MIAMI 42
A SSOCIATED P RESS
Sam Howell threw for two
touchdowns and ran for two more
as North Carolina defeated Miami, 45-42, in Chapel Hill, N.C., on
Saturday, sending the Hurricanes
to their worst record at the midway mark of a season in more than
two decades.
Miami (2-4, 0-2 ACC) reached
the Tar Heels’ 16-yard line in the
final minute, but linebacker Cedric Gray intercepted a tipped
pass with six seconds left to seal it.
Ty Chandler ran for two touchdowns for North Carolina (4-3,
3-3) in a matchup of two teams
that began the season in the top 15
but are trying to gain traction
midway through the year.
The Hurricanes are 2-4 for the
first time since 1997, when they
were on NCAA probation and
stuck with scholarship limitations.
l WISCONSIN

20, ARMY 14:

Leo Chenal had 17 tackles and a
strip sack that set up a key fourthquarter touchdown as the Badgers
(3-3) edged the Black Knights (4-2)
in Madison, Wis.
Army trailed 13-7 and had the
ball when Chenal knocked it loose
from quarterback Tyhier Tyler.
Wisconsin recovered the fumble
at the Black Knights’ 1-yard line
with 2:55 left, and Graham Mertz
scored on a quarterback keeper to
expand the lead to 20-7.
Army added a touchdown with
38 seconds remaining but couldn’t
recover the onside kick.
l WASHINGTON

STATE 34,

STANFORD 31: Max Borghi

scored on a two-yard run with 1:30
left as the Cougars (4-3, 3-2 Pac-12)
came back to beat the Cardinal
(3-4, 2-3) in Pullman, Wash., to
give Coach Nick Rolovich a win in
possibly his last game.
The deadline for public employees in the state of Washington to
be vaccinated against the coronavirus is Monday. Rolovich has declined to be vaccinated and has
applied for a religious exemption.
l SOUTH
CAROLINA 21,
VANDERBILT 20: Graduate as-

sistant-turned-quarterback

Zeb

Noland threw a nine-yard touchdown pass to Xavier Legette with
37 seconds left to rally the Gamecocks (4-3, 1-3 SEC) in Columbia,
S.C., and extend the Commodores’
(2-5, 0-3) losing streak against
conference opponents to 16.
Starting quarterback Luke
Doty staked South Carolina to an
early lead with two touchdown
passes in the first quarter, but a
foot injury limited his effectiveness as Vanderbilt clawed its way
back. When Doty threw two
fourth-quarter
interceptions,
Coach Shane Beamer turned to
the 24-year-old Noland.
l MINNESOTA 30, NEBRASKA 23: Tanner Morgan threw for

209 yards and two touchdowns
and Bryce Williams rushed for 127
yards and another score as the
Golden Gophers (4-2, 2-1 Big Ten)
defeated the Cornhuskers (3-5,
1-4) in Minneapolis.
l NORTHWESTERN
21,
RUTGERS 17: Ryan Hilinski

threw for 267 yards and two touchdowns in his third start to lift the
Wildcats (3-3, 1-2 Big Ten) past the
Scarlet Knights (3-4, 0-4) in Evanston, Ill., for their first conference
win of the season.
l TEXAS TECH 41, KANSAS
14: Henry Columbi threw for a

Hokies’ weak o≠ense brings out the boos at home
PITTSBURGH 28,
VIRGINIA TECH 7
BY

J IMMY R OBERTSON

blacksburg, va. — Kenny
Pickett threw two touchdown
passes and rushed for a score to
lead Pittsburgh to a 28-7 victory
over Virginia Tech on Saturday.
Pickett threw touchdown
passes of eight yards to Gavin
Bartholomew and 36 yards to
Jared Wayne and scored on a
three-yard run — all in the first
half — as the Panthers (5-1, 2-0
ACC) won their third straight
game. Pittsburgh moved into
sole possession of first place in
the ACC’s Coastal Division.
Pickett, arguably the leader
for ACC player of the year at the
season’s halfway point, has
thrown 21 touchdown passes
with just one interception. He
completed 22 of 37 for 203 yards
against Virginia Tech, and Israel
Abanikanda rushed for a careerhigh 140 yards.
Virginia Tech (3-3, 1-1) finished with a season-low 225
yards. The Hokies’ lone score
came on a two-yard pass from
Braxton Burmeister to Tayvion
Robinson in the third quarter.
Again, the Hokies were abysmal on offense. Poor quarterback play, dropped passes and

MATT GENTRY/ROANOKE TIMES/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Gavin Bartholomew gets past Virginia Tech’s Nasir Peoples for Pittsburgh’s first touchdown Saturday.

an inability to run the ball
killed drive after drive. The
performance was so shoddy
that Virginia Tech’s student section started leaving in the sec-

ond quarter and boos could be
heard loudly throughout the
game. Coach Justin Fuente, who
entered the season on the hot
seat, may need to find answers

quickly.
Next up for the Hokies is a
home game against Syracuse on
Saturday.
— Associated Press

touchdown and ran for another,
one of four rushing scores for the
Red Raiders (5-2, 2-2 Big 12) in
their rout of the Jayhawks (1-5,
0-3) in Lawrence, Kan.
l IOWA STATE 33, KANSAS
STATE 20: Breece Hall rushed for

197 yards and two touchdowns as
the Cyclones (4-2, 2-1 Big 12) beat
the Wildcats (3-3, 0-3) for only
their second win in Manhattan,
Kan., in their last 17 games there.
l COLORADO 34, ARIZONA
0: The Buffaloes (2-4, 1-2 Pac-12)

returned a blocked punt for a
touchdown and had a pick-six on
consecutive possessions en route
to a shutout in Boulder, Colo., that
snapped their losing streak at four
games while extending the Wildcats’ (0-6, 0-3) skid to 18 games,
the worst in the nation.
l UCLA 24, WASHINGTON
17: Dorian Thompson-Robinson

threw for two touchdowns and ran
for another, Devin Kirkwood came
up with a critical interception inside the final five minutes, and the
Bruins (5-2, 3-1 Pac-12) beat the
Huskies (2-4, 1-2) in Seattle.

AREA ROUNDUP

Ratke’s four field goals
lead Dukes over Spiders
JAMES MADISON 19,
RICHMOND 3
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AND STAFF REPORTS

Ethan Ratke kicked four field
goals as James Madison bounced
back from its first loss of the season with a 19-3 victory at Richmond on Saturday.
Cole Johnson hit Solomon Vanhorse over the middle on a short
pass, and the running back went
untouched into the end zone for a
25-yard score and a 10-0 firstquarter lead.
Ratke added a 32-yard field goal
to give the Dukes (6-1, 4-1 Colonial
Athletic Association) a 13-0 lead.
His other kicks came from 23, 24
and 26 yards.
Jake Larson kicked a 40-yard
field goal to get the Spiders (2-5,
0-4) within 13-3 at halftime before
Ratke added two more field goals
in the third quarter for the final
margin.
James Madison lost, 28-27, last
week to Villanova.
l CATHOLIC
30, COAST
GUARD 7: Madden Lowe com-

pleted 23 of 32 passes for 204
yards and a pair of touchdowns to
lead the Cardinals over the Bears
at Cardinal Stadium.
Kevin Licciardi rushed for 148
yards for Catholic (5-2, 3-0 New
England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference), including a 61yard scoring run. Mark Cheffers
and Derrick Aikens caught five
passes apiece, with Cheffers grabbing a 27-yard touchdown pass.
Coast Guard fell to 2-5, 0-3.
HOLY
CROSS
48,
GEORGETOWN 14: Matthew
l

Sluka passed for two touchdowns
and ran for two scores in the Crusaders’ romp over the Hoyas in
Worcester, Mass.
Sluka passed for 136 yards and
ran for 92 more for Holy Cross
(4-2, 1-0 Patriot League). Georgetown dropped to 1-4, 0-2.
l TOWSON

28, RHODE IS-

LAND 7: Devin Matthews ran for

two first-quarter touchdowns as
the Tigers upset the visiting Rams.
Towson (3-3, 2-1 CAA) allowed
Rhode Island just 162 yards of
offense and shut out the Rams (5-1,
3-1) over the final three quarters.
Chris Ferguson passed for 191
yards and a touchdown for the
Tigers, and Jerry Howard Jr.
rushed for 106 yards and a score.
l VMI 45, MERCER 7: Freshmen Rashad Raymond and Hunter Rice each ran for more than 100
yards to help the Keydets (5-2, 3-1
Southern Conference) rout the
Bears (4-2, 3-1) in Macon, Ga.
Raymond had 163 yards on 20
carries that included an 80-yard
touchdown run.
l MAINE 27, WILLIAM &
MARY 16: In Orono, Maine, Der-

ek Robertson threw for two touchdowns, Freddie Brock scored
twice and the Black Bears (2-4, 1-3
CAA) ended the Tribe’s four-game
winning streak. William & Mary
(4-2, 2-1) had two passes intercepted and lost a fumble.
l WESTERN KENTUCKY 43,
OLD DOMINION 20: Bailey

Zappe threw four of his five touchdown passes in the first half as the
Hilltoppers (2-4, 1-1 Conference
USA) routed the Monarchs (1-6,
0-3) in Norfolk.
l SHEPHERD 38, MILLERSVILLE 13: Ronnie Brown ran for

115 yards and a touchdown and
Chantz Swartz had two short
rushing touchdowns as the Rams
won in Millersville, Pa.
Tyson Bagent threw for 191
yards and a touchdown for Shepherd (6-1, 3-1 Pennsylvania State
Athletic Conference East). The
Marauders are 2-5, 1-3.
l SOUTH CAROLINA STATE
37, MORGAN STATE 14: Corey

Fields Jr. passed for three touchdowns and the Bulldogs (2-4, 1-0
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference)
had two defensive scores to beat
the Bears (0-6, 0-2) in Orangeburg, S.C.
l NORFOLK STATE 42, VIRGINIA LYNCHBURG 14: Juwan

Carter passed for two touchdowns
and ran for one as the host Spartans (4-2) beat the Dragons (0-7).

CURTIS COMPTON/ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Georgia defense smothers Kentucky running back Chris Rodriguez on Saturday. The Wildcats finished with 249 yards of offense.

Bulldogs pass stern test with slightest of hiccups
GEORGIA 30,
KENTUCKY 13
BY

C HUCK C ULPEPPER

athens, ga. — Infrequently the
closing rubble of a 30-13 game
actually contains some pearls of
football insight. So it happened
here Saturday in this home of No.
1 Georgia, with its otherworldly
defense, its hedges and its cherished bulldog occasionally turning up on the big screen and
slobbering gorgeously.
Seven seconds remained.
Chunks of the 92,746 had departed, maybe even toward the kegs.
And a damned-good Kentucky
team having a historic heyday but
trailing 30-7 had nudged up the
field to the 1-yard line, whereupon
it called a timeout, drew some
boos and scored on a one-yard
pass, becoming the first team all
season to muster two touchdowns
against Georgia.
If seeking to describe Georgia,
one might begin by saying that the
inconsequential touchdown kind
of hurt.
“Even though we didn’t lose, at
the same point, it’s like a loss
because somebody got in our end
zone,” linebacker Adam Anderson
said.
“Me personally, I feel like letting them in the end zone, that
kind of hurt me a little bit,” linebacker Nakobe Dean said. “I
didn’t want them to score at all.”
“They take so much pride,”
Georgia Coach Kirby Smart said.
“They’ve started a saying on our
defense, ‘Not in our end zone.’ ”
They went ahead and blocked
the extra point, because of course
they did.

“There is no complacency,”
Dean said.
The standard of the Georgia
defense has blossomed to such
rarity that a hollow touchdown
can come as an affront. Before
Georgia (7-0) bested No. 11 Kentucky (6-1), its big, bold committee
of a defense — with nose Jordan
Davis as one mighty 340-pound
anchor — had racked up 146 plays
of zero or negative yards, faced
only 112 defensive plays in its own
territory in six games, faced 73
opposing possessions and allowed a very puny six scores. So
joyless for others was the tally that
just two of those scores had been
touchdowns. The touchdowns
against Georgia had come on a
46-yard “drive” with a 40-6 deficit
(South Carolina), a 61-yard interception return with a 56-0 deficit
(UAB), and a 78-yard drive that
seemed like some sort of accident
and ended with a six-yard run
with a 24-3 deficit (Auburn).
To that meager toll, a Kentucky
team most noted for its ruggedness added an imaginative 75yard drive in the second quarter,
full of creativity without cuteness,
and that heresy in the waning
parts. It splurged for 249 yards
and 13 points against a defense
that had averaged 203 and 5.5
coming in and what might just be
one of the best defenses in 152
years of college football defenses.
So a damned-good Kentucky
had traveled southeastward to
find something well above
damned good. It had left the din of
its recent home wins over Florida
and LSU and brought along its
first 6-0 record since Bear Bryant
coached it 71 seasons ago. What it
managed looked both decisively
beaten and not bad, because
Georgia has rearranged the reali-

ties. “When you have a team like
that,” Smart said of Kentucky,
“you’ve got to beat them methodically.” He soon added, “I thought
our DNA showed up.”
As it holds down the No. 1
ranking for the first time since
1982, when it ascended that Nov. 8
by leapfrogging from No. 3 over
No. 2 SMU to supplant No. 1, well,
Pitt, it does conduct maneuvers
on offense as well. One of its two
capable quarterbacks, Stetson
Bennett, looked more than capable with his 14 for 20 for 250 yards
and his flashy 224.5 rating.
He threw a 19-yard touchdown
pass on a great slant route carved
by back James Cook on the first
play of the second quarter, wherein Cook caught the ball at the 16
and roamed the open middle to
7-0. And well after Zamir White’s
24-yard touchdown run made it
14-0 just four minutes later, Bennett lofted other touchdown passes. One went up the right sideline
27 yards to tight end Brock Bowers in the end zone early in the
third quarter, and one floated up
the right side 20 yards over the
shoulder of Bowers early in the
fourth.
All the while, the Georgia defense hovered over the game, as it
does. In such a structure, Kentucky’s 75-yard drive amid the
second quarter looked downright
radical. As the Wildcats’ playbook
looked like quite the colorful read,
they got such prettiness as quarterback Will Levis’s 16-yard pass
to Isaiah Epps on a good crossing
pattern, Levis’s roll right and
throw back left to Chris Rodriguez
for 11 yards to the 1-yard line, and
Levis’s fakes to both Rodriguez
and Wan’Dale Robinson before
his loft to tight end Justin Rigg for
a one-yard touchdown.

“You’re not going to play in the
SEC without adversity,” Smart
said even as the term “adversity”
seldom seemed more relative. “It’s
how you respond to it.”
They did respond, and now
they’ll respond again, when
Smart and defensive coordinator
Dan Lanning et al. will “feed”
what they call “nuggets” to their
great defenders — Davis, fellow
nose Jalen Carter, linebacker
Channing Tindall, Dean, Anderson, linebacker Nolan Smith, defensive back Latavious Brini, lineman Travon Walker, on and on
with almost too many smart and
very good players to comprehend.
Smart calls the “nuggets” his favorite part of each week.
“Nuggets” happen when the defenders arrive at meetings and
say, “Coach, give me a nugget, give
me a nugget.” A nugget will be
something about a formation or a
tactic, along the lines of, as Smart
said, “When they’re in a fourstrong load, it’s one hundred percent run.” The hunger for nuggets
helps lift such meetings above the
level of blasé but also exhibits the
“buy-in” Smart adores about this
defense. Dean spoke of a unit of
“everybody being coachable.”
Now they’ll go try to figure out
what happened on Kentucky’s 22play, 75-yard drive that the Georgians found so egregious. “We will
make sure they understand the
truth,” Smart said. “The truth is,
sometimes they beat you and
sometimes you give it to them.”
Those closing seconds, with the
timeout and the defenders trying
to rev up the crowd as if in a
cliffhanger, had seemed a bit of
“pandemonium,” Smart said.
Their reactions to it also
seemed more than a bit telling.
chuck.culpepper@washpost.com

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NCAA

Purdue 24, No. 2 Iowa 7

SATURDAY’S RESULTS
EAST

PURDUE ................................... 7
IOWA ........................................ 0

Buffalo 27, Ohio 26
Columbia 23, Penn 14
Connecticut 21, Yale 15
Dartmouth 38, New Hampshire 21
Fordham 66, Bucknell 21
Harvard 30, Lafayette 3
Holy Cross 48, Georgetown 14
Maine 27, William & Mary 16
North Carolina State 33, Boston College 7
Princeton 56, Brown 42
Stony Brook 34, Delaware 17
Towson 28, Rhode Island 7
Villanova 17, Albany (N.Y.) 10

7
7

3
0

7 — 24
0— 7

MICHIGAN ST. ......................... 7
INDIANA .................................. 3

PUR: O’Connell 6 run (Fineran kick), 3:38.

FIRST QUARTER

SECOND QUARTER

IND: FG C.Campbell 24, 8:02.
MSU: Haladay 30 interception return (Coghlin kick),
4:33.

THIRD QUARTER

IND: FG C.Campbell 44, 14:21.
IND: FG C.Campbell 25, 6:55.

FOURTH QUARTER

THIRD QUARTER

PUR: Bell 21 pass from O’Connell (Fineran kick), 12:29.

Alabama 49, Mississippi State 9
Georgia 30, Kentucky 13
Jackson State 28, Alabama State 7
James Madison 19, Richmond 3
LSU 49, Florida 42
North Carolina 45, Miami 42
Pittsburgh 28, Virginia Tech 7
South Carolina 21, Vanderbilt 20
Tulsa 32, South Florida 31
UAB 34, Southern Mississippi 0
VMI 45, Mercer 7
Virginia 48, Duke 0
Western Kentucky 43, Old Dominion 20

Purdue
First Downs ..................................... 24
Total Net Yards ............................. 464
Rushes-Yards ............................. 33-86
Passing .......................................... 378
Punt Returns .................................. 0-0
Kickoff Returns ............................ 1-20
Interceptions Ret. ........................... 4-9
Comp-Att-Int .......................... 31-43-0
Sacked-Yards Lost .......................... 1-8
Punts ........................................ 4-35.25
Fumbles-Lost .................................. 1-1
Penalties-Yards ............................ 4-30
Time Of Possession .................... 34:46

3 — 20
6 — 15

MSU: FG Coghlin 51, 7:54.
MSU: T.Hunt 12 pass from Thorne (Coghlin kick), 1:49.

FOURTH QUARTER
IND: S.Carr 1 run (pass failed), 12:56.
MSU: FG Coghlin 49, 8:31.
Attendance: 50,571.

RUSHING
Purdue: Doerue 18-48, Plummer 5-20, Burton 3-10,
Downing 4-6, Anthrop 1-4, O’Connell 2-(minus 2). Iowa:
Goodson 12-68, Kelly-Martin 6-23, Pottebaum 3-10,
Tracy 1-1, (Team) 1-(minus 2), Petras 7-(minus 24).

Michigan St.: Thorne 14-26-2-126, T.Hunt 1-1-0-15.
Indiana: Tuttle 28-52-2-188.

RECEIVING

RUSHING

Purdue: Bell 11-240, Sheffield 8-48, Durham 5-15, Wright
4-38, Thompson 1-28, Downing 1-6, Doerue 1-3. Iowa:
LaPorta 5-61, Goodson 4-16, K.Johnson 2-50, Ragaini
2-29, C.Jones 2-20, A.Bruce 1-12, Kelly-Martin 1-7.

Michigan St.: Walker 23-84, Joiner 2-12, Thorne 7-10,
(Team) 3-(minus 6). Indiana: Carr 19-53, Ervin-Poindexter 5-40, Childers 5-33, McCulley 2-8, Tuttle 5-0.

PASSING

No. 3 Cincinnati 56, UCF 21

Auburn 38, Arkansas 23
Baylor 38, BYU 24
Oklahoma State 32, Texas 24
Troy 31, Texas State 28
UTSA 45, Rice 0

10
0

Michigan St.
First Downs ..................................... 14
Total Net Yards ............................. 241
Rushes-Yards ........................... 35-100
Passing .......................................... 141
Punt Returns ................................ 2-11
Kickoff Returns ............................ 2-32
Interceptions Ret. ......................... 2-40
Comp-Att-Int .......................... 15-27-2
Sacked-Yards Lost ........................ 2-15
Punts ...................................... 7-44.143
Fumbles-Lost .................................. 1-0
Penalties-Yards ........................ 12-134
Time Of Possession .................... 26:30

Purdue: O’Connell 30-40-0-375, Plummer 1-2-0-3, Burton 0-1-0-0. Iowa: Petras 17-32-4-195.

SOUTHWEST

UCF ........................................... 0
CINCINNATI ........................... 14

7
21

7
7

7 — 21
14 — 56

Indiana
22
322
36-134
188
0-0
1-13
2-0
28-52-2
3-20
5-39.4
1-1
4-35
33:31

PASSING

RECEIVING
Michigan St.: Reed 4-70, Nailor 4-22, Heyward 2-7,
Thorne 1-15, T.Hunt 1-12, Mosley 1-12, Joiner 1-8,
Walker 1-(minus 5). Indiana: Carr 8-43, Fryfogle 7-65,
Marshall 4-30, Swinton 4-10, Hendershot 3-32, Childers
2-8.

FIRST QUARTER

WEST

No. 12 Oklahoma State 32,
No. 25 Texas 24

CIN: Ford 1 run (C.Smith kick), 9:30.
CIN: Ford 2 run (C.Smith kick), 1:30.

Colorado 34, Arizona 0
Colorado State 36, New Mexico 7
Eastern Washington 71, Idaho 21
Fresno State 17, Wyoming 0
Utah State 28, UNLV 24
Washington State 34, Stanford 31

SECOND QUARTER
CIN: Pierce 19 pass from Ridder (C.Smith kick), 7:40.
CIN: Ford 79 run (C.Smith kick), 5:34.
CIN: Ford 4 run (C.Smith kick), 2:53.
UCF: B.Johnson 16 pass from Keene (Obarski kick), :33.

Pittsburgh 28, Virginia Tech 7
PITTSBURGH ........................... 7
VIRGINIA TECH ........................ 0

Iowa
17
271
30-76
195
2-37
3-123
0-0
17-32-4
4-28
3-40.667
0-0
3-28
25:14

0
6

SECOND QUARTER

PUR: FG Fineran 31, 11:07.

SOUTH

Ball State 38, Eastern Michigan 31
Central Michigan 26, Toledo 23, OT
Cincinnati 56, Central Florida 21
Iowa State 33, Kansas State 20
Miami (Ohio) 34, Akron 21
Michigan State 20, Indiana 15
Minnesota 30, Nebraska 23
North Dakota State 20, Illinois State 0
Northern Illinois 34, Bowling Green 26
Northwestern 21, Rutgers 7
Oklahoma 52, TCU 31
Purdue 24, Iowa 7
South Dakota State 41, Western Illinois 17
Southern Illinois 31, North Dakota 28
Texas A&M 35, Missouri 14
Texas Tech 41, Kansas 14
Western Michigan 64, Kent State 31
Wisconsin 20, Army 14

McCa≠rey to miss three more games

No. 10 Michigan State 20,
Indiana 15

FIRST QUARTER

IOWA: Kelly-Martin 3 run (Shudak kick), 3:20.
PUR: Sheffield 3 pass from O’Connell (Fineran kick), :19.

MIDWEST

14
0

7
7

0 — 28
0— 7

THIRD QUARTER
CIN: C.Bryant 74 interception return (C.Smith kick),
2:55.
UCF: Bowser 4 run (Obarski kick), :41.

FOURTH QUARTER

FIRST QUARTER
PITT: Bartholomew 8 pass from K.Pickett (Scarton kick),
7:35.

SECOND QUARTER
PITT: K.Pickett 3 run (Scarton kick), 5:52.
PITT: Wayne 36 pass from K.Pickett (Scarton kick), 1:36.

THIRD QUARTER
PITT: V.Davis 5 run (Scarton kick), 9:16.
VT: T.Robinson 2 pass from Burmeister (Romo kick),
6:33.
Pittsburgh
First Downs ..................................... 22
Total Net Yards ............................. 411
Rushes-Yards ........................... 44-208
Passing .......................................... 203
Punt Returns ................................ 2-22
Kickoff Returns ............................ 1-23
Interceptions Ret. ........................... 1-0
Comp-Att-Int .......................... 22-37-0
Sacked-Yards Lost .......................... 1-2
Punts ...................................... 8-38.625
Fumbles-Lost .................................. 0-0
Penalties-Yards ............................ 9-74
Time Of Possession .................... 38:26

Virginia Tech
13
224
28-90
134
3-17
3-50
0-0
11-32-1
3-18
8-38.5
0-0
3-25
21:27

CIN: Wright 2 run (C.Smith kick), 10:44.
CIN: Prater 6 run (C.Smith kick), 5:43.
UCF: Richards 2 run (Obarski kick), 1:48.
UCF
First Downs ..................................... 14
Total Net Yards ............................. 296
Rushes-Yards ........................... 37-155
Passing .......................................... 141
Punt Returns .............................. 2--10
Kickoff Returns .............................. 1-3
Interceptions Ret. ........................... 0-0
Comp-Att-Int .......................... 16-27-2
Sacked-Yards Lost .......................... 1-2
Punts ...................................... 9-41.333
Fumbles-Lost .................................. 1-1
Penalties-Yards ............................ 7-47
Time Of Possession .................... 32:48

Cincinnati
23
476
42-336
140
4-23
1-36
2-78
13-23-0
1-12
5-42.0
1-1
9-74
26:56

PASSING
UCF: Keene 16-27-2-141. Cincinnati: Ridder 13-23-0-140.

RUSHING
UCF: O’Keefe 1-51, Gatewood 8-42, Bowser 13-27,
Richardson 10-20, A.Johnson 1-9, Good 1-4, Richards 1-2,
Keene 2-0. Cincinnati: Ford 20-189, R.Montgomery 8-95,
McClelland 5-20, Ridder 4-14, Wright 4-12, Prater 1-6.

OKLAHOMA ST. ....................... 3
TEXAS .................................... 10

10
7

3
7

16 — 32
0 — 24

FIRST QUARTER
TEX: B.Robinson 1 run (Dicker kick), 10:08.
OKST: FG T.Brown 21, 3:41.
TEX: FG Dicker 28, :58.

SECOND QUARTER

FOURTH QUARTER
OKST: Presley 7 pass from S.Sanders (pass failed),
10:16.
OKST: FG T.Brown 29, 4:37.
OKST: S.Sanders 10 run (T.Brown kick), 2:18.
Oklahoma St.
First Downs ..................................... 25
Total Net Yards ............................. 398
Rushes-Yards ........................... 49-220
Passing .......................................... 178
Punt Returns .................................. 2-5
Kickoff Returns ............................ 2-54
Interceptions Ret. ......................... 2-98
Comp-Att-Int .......................... 19-33-1
Sacked-Yards Lost .......................... 1-7
Punts .......................................... 6-42.5
Fumbles-Lost .................................. 0-0
Penalties-Yards ............................ 7-65
Time Of Possession .................... 33:43

Texas
16
317
33-138
179
2-1
3-71
1-0
15-27-2
3-17
7-51.714
0-0
9-80
26:17

UCF: O’Keefe 7-60, Richardson 3-31, A.Johnson 3-12,
Craig-Myers 1-18, B.Johnson 1-16, A.Holler 1-4. Cincinnati:
L.Taylor 4-47, T.Scott 2-22, Ford 1-23, Pierce 1-19, M.Young
1-12, McClelland 1-8, Wright 1-5, Tucker 1-2, Whyle 1-2.

Oklahoma St.: Sanders 19-32-1-178, Presley 0-1-0-0.
Texas: C.Thompson 15-27-2-179.

No. 4 Oklahoma 52, TCU 31

Oklahoma St.: Warren 33-193, Sanders 10-20, Presley
1-17, D.Richardson 3-0, (Team) 2-(minus 10). Texas:
B.Robinson 21-135, R.Johnson 2-6, K.Robinson 1-1,
C.Thompson 9-(minus 4).

Pittsburgh: Wayne 6-94, Addison 5-62, T.Mack 3-6, Krull
2-18, Bartholomew 2-12, Stovall 2-12, Jacques-Louis
1-0, V.Davis 1-(minus 1). Virginia Tech: T.Robinson 5-20,
Turner 3-73, Lofton 1-29, K.Smith 1-11, Blackshear 1-1.

TCU ........................................... 7
OKLAHOMA ........................... 14

7
10

10
21

7 — 31
7 — 52

FIRST QUARTER
OKLA: K.Brooks 2 run (Brkic kick), 12:01.
OKLA: Hall 17 pass from C.Williams (Brkic kick), 5:40.
TCU: Miller 53 pass from Duggan (Kell kick), 3:43.

PASSING

RUSHING

RECEIVING
Oklahoma St.: T.Martin 6-48, Owens 4-27, Presley 3-30,
Cassity 2-32, Warren 2-0, D.Richardson 1-24, Bl.Green
1-17. Texas: Worthy 5-28, B.Robinson 3-38, Moore 3-23,
Washington 2-60, K.Robinson 1-25, R.Johnson 1-5.

REED HOFFMANN/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Virginia 48, Duke 0

SECOND QUARTER

DUKE ........................................ 0
VIRGINIA ................................ 10

OKLA: FG Brkic 28, 11:13.
TCU: Johnston 20 pass from Duggan (Kell kick), 4:27.
OKLA: Haselwood 11 pass from C.Williams (Brkic kick),
:20.

AUBURN ................................... 7
ARKANSAS .............................. 3

THIRD QUARTER

FIRST QUARTER

0
24

0
7

0— 0
7 — 48

FIRST QUARTER
UVA: FG Farrell 31, 12:05.
UVA: Wicks 20 pass from Armstrong (Farrell kick), 2:43.

SECOND QUARTER
UVA: K.Thompson 1 run (Farrell kick), 12:29.
UVA: Armstrong 7 run (Farrell kick), 7:52.
UVA: FG Farrell 34, 2:04.
UVA: Je.Woods 7 pass from Armstrong (Farrell kick),
:05.

OKLA: Haselwood 16 pass from C.Williams (Brkic kick),
11:48.
TCU: Johnston 75 pass from Duggan (Kell kick), 11:01.
OKLA: Haselwood 7 pass from C.Williams (Brkic kick),
9:21.
TCU: FG Kell 22, 4:38.
OKLA: C.Williams 41 run (Brkic kick), 2:20.

FOURTH QUARTER
TCU: Johnston 25 pass from Duggan (Kell kick), 11:16.
OKLA: Gray 2 run (Brkic kick), 1:09.

THIRD QUARTER
UVA: Darrington 7 run (Farrell kick), :11.

FOURTH QUARTER
UVA: R.Walker 2 run (Farrell kick), 12:57.
Attendance: 38,489.
Duke
First Downs ..................................... 18
Total Net Yards ............................. 325
Rushes-Yards ........................... 35-110
Passing .......................................... 215
Punt Returns .................................. 2-5
Kickoff Returns ............................ 3-45
Interceptions Ret. ........................... 0-0
Comp-Att-Int .......................... 28-46-2
Sacked-Yards Lost .......................... 1-6
Punts .......................................... 5-46.8
Fumbles-Lost .................................. 2-2
Penalties-Yards ............................ 8-85
Time Of Possession .................... 29:13

Virginia
29
528
33-164
364
3-1
0-0
2-14
25-46-0
3-15
3-51.667
4-1
5-25
30:47

PASSING

TCU
First Downs ..................................... 21
Total Net Yards ............................. 529
Rushes-Yards ........................... 37-183
Passing .......................................... 346
Punt Returns ................................ 2-22
Kickoff Returns .......................... 5-117
Interceptions Ret. ........................... 0-0
Comp-Att-Int .......................... 20-30-0
Sacked-Yards Lost .......................... 0-0
Punts .......................................... 5-42.0
Fumbles-Lost .................................. 1-1
Penalties-Yards .......................... 9-101
Time Of Possession .................... 29:13

Oklahoma
23
525
35-230
295
1-0
0-0
0-0
18-23-0
2-15
3-59.667
0-0
3-15
30:47

PASSING
TCU: Duggan 20-30-0-346. Oklahoma: C.Williams 18-230-295.

RUSHING

Auburn 38, No. 17 Arkansas 23
7
7

14
13

JERRY BREWER

AUB: Ja.Johnson 39 pass from B.Nix (Carlson kick),
12:16.
ARK: FG Little 44, 7:37.

SECOND QUARTER

THIRD QUARTER

BREWER FROM D1

ARK: T.Burks 30 pass from Jefferson (Little kick), 12:30.
AUB: M.Harris 0 fumble return (Carlson kick), 7:19.
AUB: Robertson 71 pass from B.Nix (Carlson kick), 4:16.
ARK: D.Johnson 10 run (pass failed), :00.

FOURTH QUARTER
AUB: FG Carlson 29, 10:35.
AUB: B.Nix 23 run (Carlson kick), 2:30.
Attendance: 73,370.
Auburn
First Downs ..................................... 20
Total Net Yards ............................. 427
Rushes-Yards ........................... 35-135
Passing .......................................... 292
Punt Returns .................................. 1-8
Kickoff Returns .............................. 0-0
Interceptions Ret. ........................... 0-0
Comp-Att-Int .......................... 21-26-1
Sacked-Yards Lost .......................... 0-0
Punts ........................................ 4-47.75
Fumbles-Lost .................................. 0-0
Penalties-Yards ............................ 6-49
Time Of Possession .................... 30:03

Arkansas
29
460
54-232
228
1-4
1-31
1--3
21-35-0
3-19
3-37.667
1-1
4-41
29:57

RUSHING

RECEIVING

PASSING

TCU: Johnston 7-185, Miller 4-56, Barber 3-43, S.Williams 2-19, Davis 2-14, D.Foster 1-22, Henderson 1-7.
Oklahoma: Haselwood 6-56, Woods 3-75, Mims 2-56,
Willis 2-22, West 1-35, Gray 1-28, Hall 1-17, M.Williams
1-11, Brooks 1-(minus 5).

Auburn: Nix 21-26-1-292. Arkansas: Jefferson 21-35-0228.

No. 5 Alabama 49,
Mississippi State 9

RECEIVING

Duke: Calhoun 5-53, Durant 5-5, Bobo 4-30, Dalmolin
3-24, J.Robertson 3-24, Garner 2-29, Pancol 2-19,
Harding 2-14, Bowen-Sims 1-9, Marwede 1-8. Virginia:
Wicks 7-125, Kemp 6-65, Woods 5-58, Thompson 3-47,
Starling 2-25, R.Henry 1-25, Fields 1-19.

ALABAMA .............................. 14
MISSISSIPPI ST. ...................... 3

7
3

14
3

14 — 49
0— 9

FIRST QUARTER

No. 1 Georgia 30,
No. 11 Kentucky 13
KENTUCKY ............................... 0
GEORGIA .................................. 0

7
14

0
10

6 — 13
6 — 30

SECOND QUARTER
UGA: Cook 19 pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick), 14:54.
UGA: White 24 run (Podlesny kick), 10:35.
UK: Rigg 1 pass from Levis (Ruffolo kick), 3:53.

THIRD QUARTER
UGA: Bowers 27 pass from Bennett (Podlesny kick),
12:13.
UGA: FG Podlesny 26, 7:21.

FOURTH QUARTER
UGA: Bowers 20 pass from Bennett (kick failed), 11:27.
UK: W.Robinson 1 pass from Levis (kick failed), :04.
Kentucky
First Downs ..................................... 17
Total Net Yards ............................. 244
Rushes-Yards ............................. 27-51
Passing .......................................... 193
Punt Returns .................................. 0-0
Kickoff Returns ............................ 1-23
Interceptions Ret. ........................... 0-0
Comp-Att-Int .......................... 32-42-0
Sacked-Yards Lost ........................ 3-14
Punts ...................................... 7-51.143
Fumbles-Lost .................................. 1-0
Penalties-Yards ............................ 3-15
Time Of Possession .................... 37:47

Georgia
19
416
27-166
250
4-12
1--2
0-0
14-20-0
1-4
4-47.25
2-0
5-42
22:13

PASSING
Kentucky: Levis 32-42-0-193. Georgia: Bennett 14-20-0250.

RUSHING
Kentucky: Smoke 5-14, McClain 4-12, Levis 10-12,
C.Rodriguez 7-7, W.Robinson 1-6. Georgia: Cook 6-51,
White 12-46, Milton 4-33, Bennett 3-22, McConkey 1-15,
(Team) 1-(minus 1).

RECEIVING
Kentucky: W.Robinson 12-42, Rigg 4-24, C.Rodriguez
4-10, Epps 3-28, Cummings 3-22, Harris 2-31, Bates
2-13, McClain 2-12. Georgia: Bowers 5-101, A.Mitchell
3-43, Washington 2-37, FitzPatrick 1-20, Cook 1-19,
McConkey 1-15, White 1-15.

ALA: Metchie 46 pass from Br.Young (Reichard kick),
10:34.
MSST: FG Ruiz 44, 6:52.
ALA: Battle 40 interception return (Reichard kick), 3:54.

RUSHING
Auburn: Bigsby 18-68, Nix 5-42, J.Hunter 10-27, (Team)
2-(minus 2). Arkansas: Jefferson 18-66, Sanders 16-64,
Smith 10-48, D.Johnson 6-42, Green 4-12.
Auburn: Sh.Jackson 5-61, Deal 4-19, Hudson 3-29,
Robertson 2-81, King 2-23, J.Johnson 1-39, Shenker
1-12, Fromm 1-11, Bigsby 1-10, M.Johnson 1-7. Arkansas: Burks 9-109, Morris 3-32, Thompson 2-27, Hu.Henry
2-22, D.Johnson 2-16, Kern 1-16, Sanders 1-7, Ke.Jackson 1-(minus 1).

Baylor 38, No. 19 BYU 24

SECOND QUARTER

BYU .......................................... 0
BAYLOR ................................... 3

ALA: B.Robinson 1 run (Reichard kick), 3:15.
MSST: FG Ruiz 37, :59.

FIRST QUARTER

THIRD QUARTER
ALA: J.Williams 75 pass from Br.Young (Reichard kick),
14:46.
MSST: FG Ruiz 37, 10:40.
ALA: B.Robinson 51 pass from Br.Young (Reichard kick),
3:24.

FOURTH QUARTER
ALA: B.Robinson 3 run (Reichard kick), 12:37.
ALA: Holden 29 pass from Br.Young (Reichard kick),
6:20.
Attendance: 53,796.
Alabama Mississippi St.
First Downs ..................................... 22
24
Total Net Yards ............................. 543
299
Rushes-Yards ........................... 41-195
19--1
Passing .......................................... 348
300
Punt Returns .................................. 1-2
0-0
Kickoff Returns ............................ 2-65
0-0
Interceptions Ret. ......................... 3-75
0-0
Comp-Att-Int .......................... 20-28-0
35-55-3
Sacked-Yards Lost ........................ 2-16
7-53
Punts ...................................... 3-37.333
5-40.6
Fumbles-Lost .................................. 1-0
0-0
Penalties-Yards ............................ 6-60
6-25
Time Of Possession .................... 29:53
30:07

PASSING
Alabama: Br.Young 20-28-0-348. Mississippi St.:
W.Rogers 35-55-3-300.

RUSHING
Alabama: R.Williams 11-78, B.Robinson 19-73, T.Sanders 4-27, Br.Young 6-18, (Team) 1-(minus 1). Mississippi St.: D.Johnson 7-24, Marks 3-16, W.Rogers 9-(minus
41).

RECEIVING
Alabama: Metchie 7-117, B.Robinson 5-68, Holden 3-70,
J.Williams 2-77, Bolden 2-9, R.Williams 1-7. Mississippi
St.: Polk 7-59, Marks 7-38, Walley 6-64, Heath 3-56,
Calvin 3-9, Ford 2-26, A.Williams 2-17, L.Griffin 2-15,
D.Johnson 2-9, Harvey 1-7.

Mahomes now must embrace restraint

AUB: Bigsby 1 run (Carlson kick), 9:59.
ARK: T.Burks 11 pass from Jefferson (Little kick), :18.

TCU: Demercado 7-57, Miller 15-56, Duggan 8-44,
D.Foster 5-19, Barber 2-7. Oklahoma: Brooks 20-153,
C.Williams 9-66, Gray 6-11.

RECEIVING

For the first time in his career, Patrick Mahomes must answer questions about a period of inefficiency.

10 — 38
0 — 23

Duke: Holmberg 20-34-2-134, Leonard 8-12-0-81. Virginia: Armstrong 25-45-0-364, (Team) 0-1-0-0.
Duke: Durant 17-82, Leonard 6-18, Ja.Moore 4-9,
Jo.Moore 1-3, Kyei-Donkor 2-3, Coleman 1-2, Waters
1-(minus 2), Holmberg 3-(minus 5). Virginia: Darrington
5-60, Woolfolk 5-38, Armstrong 8-34, Taulapapa 5-19,
Walker 2-8, Rodriguez 2-5, Thompson 2-1, Armstead
3-0, (Team) 1-(minus 1).

string injury kept him out of
practice all week.
Dupree was Tennessee’s biggest free agent signing this offseason despite tearing his right
ACL in December while playing
for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Dupree returned during training
camp and started the season.
But Dupree said last week that
his mind and pride got ahead of
his recovery a bit. The Titans held
him out of a win over Indianapolis, then scratched the linebacker
for the past two games.
The Titans (3-2) also declared
rookie linebacker Monty Rice out
against Buffalo (4-1) with an injured groin.
Left guard Rodger Saffold, who
left last week’s win in Jacksonville with an injured shoulder,
was limited all week in practice
but will play.
l MISC.: Pro Football Hall of
Fame President David Baker announced his retirement.
Baker, 68, had served in the
role of president and executive
director since January 2014. Jim
Porter, 57, the Hall’s chief marketing and communications officer
since April 2020, was named
president and will oversee all
daily business operations.
Baker will continue to represent the Hall of Fame at Ring of
Excellence ceremonies honoring
members of the 2020 and 2021
classes at NFL stadiums for the
remainder of the presentation
schedule.

TEX: B.Robinson 38 run (Dicker kick), 11:43.
OKST: FG T.Brown 21, 4:49.

RECEIVING

RECEIVING

The Carolina Panthers placed
running back Christian McCaffrey on injured reserve, meaning
he will miss at least the next three
games with a hamstring injury.
McCaffrey already has missed
two games, both Carolina losses.
The earliest he will be able to
return to game action is Nov. 7
against the New England Patriots. McCaffrey will have missed
18 of 24 games with injuries since
becoming the league’s highestpaid running back following the
2019 season.
The Panthers (3-2) host the
Minnesota Vikings (2-3) on Sunday. Chuba Hubbard will continue to start for McCaffrey.
McCaffrey practiced Wednesday on a limited basis but was
held out Thursday and Friday.
l COLTS: Indianapolis activated wide receiver T.Y. Hilton from
injured reserve in time for Sunday’s game against the Houston
Texans but will not have kicker
Rodrigo Blankenship.
The Colts put Blankenship on
injured reserve with a hip problem. He will be out at least three
weeks. Michael Badgley will replace Blankenship after being
signed to the practice squad this
week.
Hilton has been on IR since
early September, but he returned
to practice Wednesday. The Colts
(1-4) are hoping the four-time Pro
Bowl selection will be able to

make his season debut against
the division rival Texans (1-4).
The former Florida International star is the fourth-leading
receiver in franchise history. He
has 608 receptions for 9,360
yards and 50 touchdowns in 10
seasons.
l RAVENS: Baltimore activated rookie wide receiver Rashod
Bateman from injured reserve,
and he’s eligible to make his NFL
debut Sunday.
Bateman, a first-round draft
pick, hasn’t played yet for the
Ravens because of groin problems. Baltimore (4-1) hosts the
Los Angeles Chargers (4-1) this
weekend.
The Ravens also activated offensive lineman Tyre Phillips
from IR and elevated running
back Le’Veon Bell and tackle Andre Smith from the practice
squad.
Baltimore will be without injured wide receiver Sammy Watkins on Sunday, so the Ravens
may need Bateman to make an
immediate contribution.
l TITANS: Tennessee will have
outside linebacker Bud Dupree
back for the first time in three
games when it hosts the Buffalo
Bills on Monday night.
The Titans did not have an
injury designation Saturday on
their final injury report for Dupree, who practiced fully after
sitting out Friday. They will be
without starting cornerback
Kristian Fulton, whose ham-

THIRD QUARTER

PASSING

Pittsburgh: Abanikanda 21-140, Pickett 12-38, V.Davis
11-30. Virginia Tech: Thomas 6-33, Burmeister 9-19,
Holston 5-18, Blackshear 7-18, T.Robinson 1-2.

A SSOCIATED P RESS

TEX: B.Robinson 13 pass from C.Thompson (Dicker kick),
8:36.
OKST: Taylor 85 interception return (T.Brown kick),
5:13.
OKST: FG T.Brown 39, :08.

Pittsburgh: Pickett 22-37-0-203. Virginia Tech: Burmeister 11-32-1-134.

RUSHING

D5

M2

7
14

7
14

10 — 24
7 — 38

BAY: FG Hankins 31, 1:11.

SECOND QUARTER
BYU: Allgeier 1 run (Oldroyd kick), 12:17.
BAY: A.Smith 9 run (Hankins kick), 8:54.
BAY: Doyle 2 run (Hankins kick), 3:36.

THIRD QUARTER
BYU: J.Hall 56 run (Oldroyd kick), 12:18.
BAY: Doyle 2 pass from Bohanon (Hankins kick), 7:55.
BAY: A.Smith 7 run (Hankins kick), 4:32.

FOURTH QUARTER
BYU: FG Oldroyd 48, 10:28.
BAY: A.Smith 1 run (Hankins kick), 3:55.
BYU: P.Nacua 16 pass from J.Hall (Oldroyd kick), 1:51.
BYU
First Downs ..................................... 15
Total Net Yards ............................. 409
Rushes-Yards ............................. 24-67
Passing .......................................... 342
Punt Returns .................................. 1-1
Kickoff Returns .............................. 0-0
Interceptions Ret. ........................... 1-0
Comp-Att-Int .......................... 22-31-0
Sacked-Yards Lost ........................ 5-42
Punts .......................................... 4-42.0
Fumbles-Lost .................................. 1-1
Penalties-Yards ............................ 2-15
Time Of Possession .................... 24:24

Baylor
22
534
47-303
231
0-0
3-51
0-0
18-28-1
0-0
2-51.5
0-0
0-0
35:36

PASSING
BYU: Hall 22-31-0-342. Baylor: Bohanon 18-28-1-231.

RUSHING
BYU: Allgeier 15-33, Hall 8-25, P.Nacua 1-9. Baylor:
A.Smith 27-188, Ebner 11-95, Bohanon 3-10, Fleeks 1-6,
Estrada 1-5, Doyle 1-2, (Team) 3-(minus 3).

RECEIVING
BYU: P.Nacua 5-168, Pau’u 5-38, Rex 4-47, G.Romney
3-81, Allgeier 3-8, K.Hill 1-4, Katoa 1-(minus 4). Baylor:
Sneed 6-72, Thornton 5-84, Sims 3-52, A.Smith 2-14,
Ebner 1-7, Doyle 1-2.

falling behind in games too much,
and there’s more pressure than
ever for the offense to exceed its
high-scoring capabilities. And so
Coach Andy Reid’s masterpiece
creation has been impatient and
sloppy. The Chiefs have turned
the ball over 11 times, which ties
them with Jacksonville for the
most in the NFL.
For the first time, Mahomes
must answer questions about a
period of inefficiency. While his
personal numbers look fine, his
situational command has been off,
at least by his standard. Typical of
exaggerated NFL conversation,
some have made too much of his
first hint of a slump, but
considering the effusive praise he
received his first three seasons as a
starter, it was inevitable that this
would happen.
That’s just how stardom teeters
and balances itself. It’s sad, but
that’s the game. Kansas City’s
three losses have come to a trio of
young AFC quarterbacks looking
to keep pace with Mahomes:
Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson,
Buffalo’s Josh Allen and the Los
Angeles Chargers’ Justin Herbert.
But their performances against
Kansas City — and their overall
outstanding play — say more
about their potential greatness
than they do about Mahomes.
There is a bigger picture to
consider, however.
In today’s game, precocious
quarterbacks develop in reverse.
We highlight how much easier it
is to unlock a young QB now
because the coaching is more
adaptive, the players throw more
at earlier ages and exceptional
athletes at the position aren’t as
stigmatized. But here’s the second
part: Just because quarterbacks
shine sooner doesn’t mean the
process to become a complete
player is any easier.
Coaches have done a better job
of meeting players where they
are. Still, there comes a time when
defenses adjust, and this is when
the true franchise players
separate from the shooting stars.
I think often about the Andrew

Luck, Robert Griffin III and
Russell Wilson Class of 2012. All
three had good rookie years;
Griffin and Wilson were fantastic.
But because of injuries, an
inability to adapt and all-around
Washington franchise
dysfunction, Griffin wasn’t the
same again. Luck had a very good
but injury-filled career before
retiring at 29. Wilson has turned
out to be the lasting impact
player.
Like Mahomes, Wilson won a
Super Bowl and played in two
championship games within his
first three years as a starter. He
has never had a losing season,
and the Seattle Seahawks have
gone 100-48-1 during his career.
But since losing Super Bowl XLIV
to New England, Wilson hasn’t
even returned to the NFC
championship game. He’s
growing impatient, and now he’s
recovering from finger surgery
and will miss games for the first
time in his career.
This era of fast-starting
quarterbacks has lasted for
10 years, and Wilson stands as the
model for sustained success.
Nevertheless, his journey shows
that difficulties will occur. Wilson
hasn’t led an offense as explosive
as Kansas City’s, but Wilson is
comparable to Mahomes because
he took a team from good to great
upon arrival, then had to show
persistence as the competition
learned more about containing
him.
The days of initial hard knocks
aren’t as common. They have
been replaced with something
that’s just as difficult to survive:
rapid ascension. Many rise fast
and then fall hard. At 26, Cam
Newton was an MVP on a Hall of
Fame track. Then came the
injuries. And when he returned,
he didn’t show enough as a dropback passer to have a successful
second act. Now he’s trying to get
back in the league. It’s still so hard
to become a long-term franchise
quarterback, even with what
seems like a head start.
Mahomes will be fine. He’s
introspective and accountable.
He’s not afraid to admit his

shortcomings.
“You don’t want to lose
yourself,” Mahomes said after the
loss to the Bills. “You don’t want
to lose things that you’ve done so
well so long. But at the same time
I’ve got to make sure I’m firm
with the fundamentals and make
sure I stay within the pocket. It’s
the same thing every year when
you kind of see me get a little off.
You’ve got to go back to the basics
and make sure I perfect those
things, and then I think
everything else will come along
with it.”
He has to trust Reid’s system.
He has to do the simple thing that
Tom Brady, Joe Montana and
many legendary quarterbacks
perfected: take what’s there.
Recognize little things add up to
big things. Don’t become
obsessed with the extraordinary
highlight play. For as
sophisticated as defenses are, the
strategy to corral Kansas City is
basic at its core. Teams refuse to
let the speed kill them. They are
adamant about not giving up the
big play to Tyreek Hill and others.
They are challenging Mahomes to
stay patient and beat them by
remaining committed to the short
game. He must feast on those
chances.
It’s not just boring simplicity.
There is excellence in restraint.
He played with this level of
control last season and won 14 of
the 15 games he started. Now,
even with the Chiefs’ defense
flailing, the assignment still
demands patience and good
decision-making.
Sometimes it seems Mahomes
can do anything with the football.
As defenses figure out how to
agitate him, the challenge is to do
the right thing, and with fewer
good options, there’s less room for
error.
The hard part looks like the
easy part. The revolutionary part
is the fundamental part. For
Mahomes, there is also longevity
in restraint.
jerry.brewer@washpost.com
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After five weeks of the NFL season, this much is clear: Do not sleep on
the fourth quarter of games.
Nineteen games have been decided by a score in the final minute of
regulation or overtime, the most through the first five weeks in NFL history.
There have been 21 games decided by three points or fewer, and at least
one game has gone to overtime each week.
In Week 5, 13 games were within one score in the fourth quarter, and
four teams (the Los Angeles Chargers, New England Patriots, Philadelphia
Eagles and Baltimore Ravens) overcame deficits of at least 10 points to
win.
So what’s in store for Week 6? There are plenty of interesting matchups
that could help continue the trend.
MORNING SHIFT
9:30 a.m.

Miami vs. Jacksonville (in London) » CBS

Both teams will arrive at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on a losing streak:
The Dolphins have lost four in a row, and the Jaguars have lost all five of
their games this season and 20 straight dating from 2020. This is the
second of two games in London this season, and the four teams involved
are now a combined 4-16, something that might serve as a caveat to
Frankfurt, Düsseldorf and Munich, the German cities in discussions to host
regular season games in future seasons.
EARLY SHIFT
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.

Kansas City at Washington » CBS
Los Angeles Chargers at Baltimore » CBS
Green Bay at Chicago » Fox
Cincinnati at Detroit » Fox
Houston at Indianapolis » CBS
Los Angeles Rams at New York Giants » Fox
Minnesota at Carolina » Fox

The Ravens’ Lamar Jackson or the Chargers’ Justin Herbert? Who ya
got? Certainly neither of their teams’ defenses this week. Both
quarterbacks have entered the MVP conversation, and it’s easy to see
why. Jackson led Baltimore to a fourth-quarter comeback and overtime
victory Monday night in which he completed 37 of 43 passes for 442 yards
and four touchdowns. His 86 percent completion rate was the highest in
NFL history among the 4,017 instances in which a quarterback has
attempted at least 40 passes in a game. Herbert, meanwhile, has
completed 77 of 119 passes for 901 yards and 11 touchdowns over his
past three games. Last week, he passed for 398 yards and four
touchdowns and rushed for another score as the Chargers beat the
Browns.
The Rams are coming off a long-weekend mini-bye, while Daniel Jones
and the Giants were battered in a loss to Dallas. Jones went into
concussion protocol after a helmet-to-helmet hit left him wobbling off the
field, but he is expected to play. This is the second game of a six-game slog
for the Giants, with Carolina, Kansas City, Las Vegas and Tampa Bay
coming up before Thanksgiving.
SWING SHIFT
4:05 p.m.
4:25 p.m.
4:25 p.m.

Arizona at Cleveland » Fox
Las Vegas at Denver » CBS
Dallas at New England » CBS

Arizona, the last undefeated team, is 5-0 for the first time since 1974,
and it will try to get to 6-0 without Coach Kliff Kingsbury, who was ruled out
Friday night after a positive coronavirus test. Defensive coordinator Vance
Joseph and assistant head coach/special teams coordinator Jeff Rodgers
will share his duties. Even without its head coach, Arizona isn’t exactly
what a Cleveland team coming off a heartbreaking loss to the Chargers
wants to see. The Browns’ 47-42 loss to Los Angeles featured more than
1,000 yards of offense, 89 points and seven lead changes, but Herbert
outdueled Baker Mayfield, whose left, non-throwing shoulder is injured.
Life really does come at you fast, particularly in the NFL. Just a week
ago, Jon Gruden was leading a 3-1 Raiders team into a game against
Chicago. Las Vegas fell, and then so did Gruden, whose departure put into
question the team’s chances of capitalizing on its early-season success.
Into the lurch steps interim coach Rich Bisaccia for an important AFC West
game against Denver. Facing a team on uncertain footing after a coaching
change might play into the hands of the Broncos, who have lost to
Baltimore and Pittsburgh after a 3-0 start.

The Arizona defense, led by defensive end J.J. Watt, right, and safety Budda Baker, has allowed the sixth-fewest points per game (19.0

NIGHT SHIFT
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D ES B IELER

Seattle at Pittsburgh » NBC

Arizona defense
deserves credit
for strong start

That the Arizona Cardinals’ 5-0 start, which
makes them the NFL’s only undefeated team,
is not solely attributable to their Kliff Kingsbury- and Kyler Murray-led offense was never
more evident than in Week 5. The Cardinals
managed just 17 points in a rugged duel with
the NFC West rival San Francisco 49ers but
still prevailed by a touchdown, thanks in large
part to a defense that is more than holding up
its end of what could be a title-winning
bargain.
Led by defensive lineman J.J. Watt, linebacker Chandler Jones and safety Budda
Baker, Arizona’s defense is allowing the sixthfewest points per game (19.0), putting it
almost level with the team’s fourth-ranked
scoring offense (31.4). By some advanced
metrics, the defense is the higher-rated unit of
the two, including in Football Outsiders’
catchall defense-adjusted value over average,
which has that unit fourth, with the offense
ranked eighth.
Ultimately, the Cardinals will want to best
opponents on both sides of the ball if they are
to win their first Super Bowl — and their first
NFL championship of any sort since 1947. But
while the offense was expected to ascend after
Arizona landed Kingsbury as its head coach
and Murray as its quarterback in 2019, the
defense also has made notable leaps from a
group that allowed the fifth-most points in
2019 and was in the middle of the pack last
season.
A major addition arrived this season in
Watt, the three-time NFL defensive player of
the year who signed with Arizona in March
after 10 years with the Houston Texans. The
32-year-old, who last made the Pro Bowl in
2018, is not quite the force he was at his peak,
but he has played well enough to be Pro
Football Focus’s highest-rated Arizona defender while making a clear difference up
front.
“I can’t tell you how valuable that is to our
defense,” Kingsbury, who will miss Sunday’s

This should have been another matchup of marquee quarterbacks. Alas,
Russell Wilson is out, probably until Week 10, after having finger surgery,
and Ben Roethlisberger has had an uneven season that has led to
questions about whether he should be benched. However, Roethlisberger
did throw multiple touchdown passes for the first time this season in last
week’s victory over Denver. The Seahawks have never finished under .500
since Wilson’s arrival and have never finished last in the NFC West in the
Wilson era. But for now the offense belongs to Geno Smith, who is
accustomed to backing up durable quarterbacks such as Eli Manning,
Philip Rivers and Wilson.
— Cindy Boren

Murray-led offense generates buzz,
but Cardinals thrive on both sides of ball

JAE C. HONG/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kliff Kingsbury has overseen an overhaul of Arizona’s
defense since he was hired as coach in 2019.

PATRICK SMITH/GETTY IMAGES

After a record-setting performance Monday against the Colts, the
Ravens’ Lamar Jackson now faces the Chargers’ Justin Herbert.

NFC

AFC
EAST

W L T PCT.

PF PA

SOUTH

4 1 0 .800 142 116

Dallas

4 1 0 .800 170 117

Houston

1 4 0 .200

89 141

Cincinnati

3 2 0 .600 114 100

Denver

3 2 0 .600 102 76

Washington

2 3 0 .400 123 155

Carolina

3 2 0 .600 115 87

Indianapolis

1 4 0 .200 108 128

Cleveland

3 2 0 .600 142 114

Las Vegas

3 2 0 .600 113 120

Philadelphia

2 4 0 .333 137 152

New Orleans

3 2 0 .600 127 91

0 5 0 .000

Pittsburgh

2 3 0 .400

Kansas City

2 3 0 .400 154 163

N.Y. Giants

1 4 0 .200 103 139

Atlanta

2 3 0 .400 105 148

Detroit

2 3 0 .400

96 92

Miami

1 4 0 .200

79 154

N.Y. Jets

1 4 0 .200

67 121

Jacksonville

93 152

W L T PCT.

PF PA

94 112

WEST

W L T PCT.

W L T PCT.

PF PA

NORTH

L.A. Chargers

New England

NORTH

PF PA

4 1 0 .800 136 117

Tennessee

PF PA

W L T PCT.

EAST

Baltimore

4 1 0 .800 172 64

W L T PCT.

SOUTH

PF PA

3 2 0 .600 132 130

Buffalo

Tampa Bay

5 1 0 .833 195 144

Green Bay

W L T PCT.

PF PA

WEST

W L T PCT.

PF PA

4 1 0 .800 120 122

Arizona

5 0 0 1.000 157 95

Chicago

3 2 0 .600

L.A. Rams

4 1 0 .800 141 116

Minnesota

2 3 0 .400 113 109

San Francisco

2 3 0 .400 117 119

0 5 0 .000

Seattle

2 3 0 .400 120 126

84 100

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WMAL (105.9 FM). Line: Chiefs by 61/2. For in-game analysis, live stats and discussion,
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99

DeAndre Carter
Dyami Brown
Dustin Hopkins
Taylor Heinicke
Tress Way
Kyle Allen
Curtis Samuel
Cam Sims
Adam Humphries
Dax Milne
Terry McLaurin
Bobby McCain
Deshazor Everett
William Jackson III
Antonio Gibson
Benjamin St-Juste
Landon Collins
Kendall Fuller
Troy Apke
Kamren Curl
Jaret Patterson
Corn Elder
Danny Johnson
J.D. McKissic
Khaleke Hudson
David Mayo
Jamin Davis
Camaron Cheeseman
Cole Holcomb
Shaka Toney
Jordan Kunaszyk
David Bada
Tyler Larsen
Wes Schweitzer
Charles Leno Jr.
Chase Roullier
Brandon Scherff
Sam Cosmi
Saahdiq Charles
Cornelius Lucas
Ereck Flowers
Sammis Reyes
Ricky Seals-Jones
John Bates
Jace Sternberger
Montez Sweat
Jonathan Allen
Daron Payne
Casey Toohill
James Smith-Williams
Tim Settle
Matt Ioannidis
Chase Young

WR
WR
K
QB
P
QB
WR
WR
WR
WR
WR
CB
S
CB
RB
DB
S
CB
S
S
RB
CB
CB
RB
LB
LB
LB
LS
LB
DE
LB
DL
C
G
OT
C
G
OL
T
T
OT
TE
TE
TE
TE
DE
DT
DT
DE
DE
DT
DT
DE

5-8
6-0
6-2
6-1
6-1
6-3
5-11
6-5
5-11
6-0
6-0
5-9
6-0
6-0
6-2
6-3
6-0
5-11
6-1
6-2
5-8
5-10
5-9
5-10
6-0
6-2
6-3
6-4
6-1
6-2
6-3
6-4
6-4
6-4
6-3
6-4
6-5
6-6
6-4
6-8
6-6
6-5
6-5
6-6
6-4
6-6
6-3
6-3
6-5
6-4
6-3
6-3
6-5

1
4
5
7
10
11
13
15
17
19
21
22
23
26
27
30
31
32
35
38
40
41
44
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50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
62
65
66
67
70
73
75
76
77
81
83
85
87
88
90
91
95
97
98
99

WASHINGTON’S DEPTH CHART
OFFENSE
WR
LT
LG
C
RG
RT
TE
WR
WR
QB
RB

Dax Milne
Tyler Larsen
Saahdiq Charles
Saahdiq Charles
John Bates
DeAndre Carter
A. Gandy-Golden
Kyle Allen
J.D. McKissic

game against the Cleveland Browns after he
tested positive for the coronavirus, said of
Watt’s disruptive ability after the win over the
49ers. “He’s such a massive presence in there,
so he’s been tremendous. I think he’s continuing to get comfortable in our system, how we
do things, and I expect him just to get better
and better.”
Perhaps the most telling single play against
the 49ers, though, was made by linebackers
Isaiah Simmons and Tanner Vallejo, who
stopped San Francisco quarterback Trey
Lance inches from the goal line on fourth
down. That reflected both the depth and
toughness of Arizona’s defense, and it provided a reminder that the versatile Simmons, who
looked lost at times early last season after the
Cardinals made him the No. 8 pick in the draft,
is very much on an upward trajectory.
Denying Lance on the doorstep of the end
zone was one of four stops the Cardinals made
on five fourth-down tries by San Francisco, a
success rate Kingsbury described as “incredible.”
“I’ve never seen four fourth-down stops,
and [49ers Coach] Kyle Shanahan is one of the
best offensive minds in football,” said Kingsbury, a former quarterback who built a reputation as a sharp offensive mind in his own right
as a college coach. “To be able to slow that
down at that point was huge.”
For the season, the Cardinals enter Week 6
third in the percentage of drives by opposing
offenses that end in turnovers (per Pro Football Reference), and they are tied for third with
10 takeaways (five interceptions and five fumble recoveries). If only because good things
often come in threes, it’s worth noting the
team also ranks third in turnover differential.
With 12 sacks, Arizona is only so-so in that
department. But its top-four rankings in
knockdowns after the pass and net yards
allowed per pass attempt indicate that the
team is making opposing quarterbacks uncomfortable. The combination of a blitz-heavy
scheme and trench battles being won by Watt,
Jones and company has caused opponents to

PASSING
Cmp
Heinicke ................. 102
Fitzpatrick ................. 3
Team ...................... 105
Opp ......................... 126

James Smith-Williams
Tim Settle
Matt Ioannidis
Casey Toohill
David Mayo
David Mayo
Benjamin St-Juste
Corn Elder
Deshazor Everett
Bobby McCain

Jaret Patterson
Dax Milne

Att
159
6
165
195

RUSHING
Att
Gibson .......................... 79
Heinicke ....................... 25
McKissic ....................... 17
Patterson ....................... 8
Carter ............................. 2
Samuel ........................... 1
Sims ............................... 1
Fitzpatrick ...................... 1
Brown ............................. 1
Team .......................... 135
Opp. ............................ 141

frequently keep extra blockers in to protect
their quarterbacks, Cardinals defensive coordinator Vance Joseph noted last week.
“I don’t blame them,” Joseph said. “I don’t
mind it, because [they have] three receivers
out and I’ve got five [defensive backs] — I’m
going to win third downs.”
The Cardinals’ secondary was thought to be
a potential liability going into the season,
given that star cornerback Patrick Peterson
left in free agency and his ostensible replacement, veteran Malcolm Butler, surprisingly
retired just before the season began. But
young cornerbacks Byron Murphy, who is tied
for second in the NFL with three interceptions, and Marco Wilson have risen to the
challenge. Third-year safety Jalen Thompson
also has emerged as a force alongside the
typically effective Baker.
Murphy and Wilson both missed the 49ers
game with rib injuries, but in their absence
cornerbacks Jace Whittaker, elevated off the
practice squad days before, and Antonio Hamilton performed admirably. It helped that
Lance, in his first NFL start, wasn’t on target
with several of his throws in the 17-10 Cardinals win, but the result also spoke to Arizona’s
encouraging ability this season to get contributions from all corners of its defense.
Heading into a road matchup Sunday
against the Browns (3-2), who just put up
42 points in a loss at the Los Angeles Chargers,
the Cardinals are expected to be without their
top pass rusher after Jones was placed on the
league’s reserve/covid-19 list this week.
(Kingsbury, quarterbacks coach Cam Turner
and defensive tackle Zach Allen were ruled out
because of positive tests.)
Based on the first few weeks of the season,
though, it still seems a good bet the team’s
defense will find other ways to get the job
done.
And if Murray and the offense want to chip
in with a bunch of points, all the better for a
team looking very much like a well-rounded
title contender.

RECEIVING
No.
McLaurin ...................... 29
Humphries ................... 14
McKissic ....................... 13
Thomas ........................ 12
Gibson .......................... 10
Seals-Jones .................... 8
Brown ............................. 5
Carter ............................. 5
Samuel ........................... 4
Sims ............................... 2
Heinicke ......................... 1
Milne .............................. 1
Patterson ....................... 1
Team .......................... 105
Opp. ............................ 126
INTS
No.
Holcomb ................ 1
Jackson ................. 1

Team
Opp.

5-9
6-3
6-1
6-4
5-10
6-1
6-1
6-3
5-10
6-3
5-10
6-0
5-11
5-10
5-11
5-11
5-11
5-9
6-1
6-0
5-10
6-3
6-1
6-0
6-2
6-1
6-2
6-5
6-0
6-0
6-3
6-2
6-8
6-5
6-5
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243
208
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313
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261
278
324

MAHOMES-LED OFFENSE
AS DANGEROUS AS EVER

Patrick Mahomes and the
Chiefs’ explosive offense
visit in Mahomes’s first
game against Washington.
Mahomes was on the
Chiefs’ roster when the
teams met at Arrowhead
Stadium in 2017, but
eventual Washington
quarterback Alex Smith
was starting for Kansas
City at the time. Now
Mahomes boasts a résumé
that includes three Pro
Bowls, an NFL MVP award
and a Super Bowl ring.
The quarterback heads to
Washington with his team
in an unfamiliar place —
last in the AFC West. Both
Washington and Kansas
City are looking to find
consistency at 2-3, but the
Chiefs’ offense still has
been as steady as in years
past.
The offense is fifth in the
league in points per game
(30.8), fourth in yards per
game (420.4) and tops in
third-down conversion
percentage (58.8 percent),
an area in which
Washington’s defense has
struggled all season.

Tyreek Hill
Orlando Brown
Joe Thuney
Creed Humphrey
Trey Smith
Lucas Niang
Travis Kelce
Mecole Hardman
Patrick Mahomes
Darrel Williams
Michael Burton

Byron Pringle
Mike Remmers
Nick Allegretti
Austin Blythe
L. Duvernay-Tardif
Andrew Wylie
Noah Gray
Demarcus Robinson
Chad Henne
Jerick McKinnon

“I do know that they’re still
explosive,” Coach Ron
Rivera said. “They’re top
five in almost every
offensive category and
explosive. You’ve got to be
very careful. They are a
team that lives and dies
with the dynamic play
downfield, and we’ve got to
stay on top of it.”

DEFENSE

Chase Young
Daron Payne
Jonathan Allen
Montez Sweat
Cole Holcomb
Jamin Davis
Khaleke Hudson
Kendall Fuller
William Jackson III
Landon Collins
Kamren Curl
Tress Way
Dustin Hopkins
Tress Way
Camaron Cheeseman
DeAndre Carter
DeAndre Carter

Washington’s statistics
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DEFENSE

0) in the NFL during the team’s 5-0 start. The Cardinals travel to face the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.

Jerick McKinnon
Chad Henne
Tommy Townsend
Harrison Butker
Tyreek Hill
Demarcus Robinson
Byron Pringle
Patrick Mahomes
Mecole Hardman
Josh Gordon
Mike Hughes
Juan Thornhill
Armani Watts
Chris Lammons
Rashad Fenton
DeAndre Baker
Darrel Williams
Tyrann Mathieu
Charvarius Ward
L'Jarius Sneed
Derrick Gore
James Winchester
Dorian O'Daniel
Michael Burton
Daniel Sorensen
Willie Gay
Mike Danna
Creed Humphrey
Anthony Hitchens
Nick Bolton
Frank Clark
Ben Niemann
Orlando Brown
Joe Thuney
Trey Smith
Austin Blythe
Lucas Niang
Prince Tega Wanogho
Nick Allegretti
Mike Remmers
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif
Andrew Wylie
Blake Bell
Noah Gray
Marcus Kemp
Travis Kelce
Jody Fortson
Jarran Reed
Derrick Nnadi
Chris Jones
Alex Okafor
Tershawn Wharton
Khalen Saunders

OFFENSE

Terry McLaurin
Charles Leno Jr.
Ereck Flowers
Chase Roullier
Wes Schweitzer
Cornelius Lucas
Ricky Seals-Jones
Adam Humphries
Dyami Brown
Taylor Heinicke
Antonio Gibson

DE
DT
DT
DE
OLB
MLB
OLB
CB
CB
SS
FS
P
K
H
LS
KR
PR

Keys to the game

CH IEF S ’ RO S TER
188
195
205
210
220
210
195
220
195
190
210
196
203
189
220
200
218
198
205
198
195
185
190
195
220
240
234
237
240
238
235
293
335
300
302
312
315
309
322
327
330
260
243
259
251
262
300
320
254
265
308
310
264

2
5

TD
8
0
8
14

Yds Avg
313 4.0
127 5.1
55 3.2
23 2.9
13 6.5
8 8.0
7 7.0
2 2.0
-4 -4.0
544 4.0
572 4.1
Avg
13.8
10.9
11.5
9.8
11.9
9.9
10.2
17.2
4.8
16.0
-2.0
6.0
11.0
11.6
12.0

Int Rtg
5 90.9
0 56.3
5 89.5
2107.8
Lg
27
20
11
9
11
8
7
2
-4
27
46

TD
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
4

Lg
37
27
56
24
73t
19t
22
26
10
17
-2
6
11
73t
72t

TD
3
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
14

Yds TD SACKS
23 0 Allen
0 0 Sweat
Fuller
Payne
Young
23 0 Team
42 0 Opp.

PUNTING
No.
Way .................................... 17
Team .................................. 17
Opp. .................................... 16

Alex Okafor
Jarran Reed
Derrick Nnadi
Frank Clark
Willie Gay
Anthony Hitchens
Nick Bolton
L'Jarius Sneed
Mike Hughes
Daniel Sorensen
Tyrann Mathieu
Tommy Townsend
Harrison Butker
Tommy Townsend
James Winchester
Mecole Hardman
Byron Pringle

Demone Harris
Tershawn Wharton
Khalen Saunders
Mike Danna
Ben Niemann
Dorian O’Daniel
Rashad Fenton
Rashad Fenton
Juan Thornhill
Armani Watts

The Chiefs are averaging
6.4 yards per play, good for
fifth in the NFL. And
Washington has struggled
with big plays all season —
the team has allowed
82 plays of 10 or more
yards in its first five games.

Tommy Townsend
Mike Hughes
Mike Hughes

Chiefs’ statistics

Yds
1208
13
1197
1467

Yds
400
153
150
117
119
79
51
86
19
32
-2
6
11
1221
1507

LDE
LDT
RDT
RDE
LB
LB
LB
RCB
LCB
FS
SS
P
K
H
LS
PR
KR

Avg.
47.7
47.7
46.8

No.
3.0
3.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
9.0
6.0
Net
42.3
42.3
44.4

SCORING
TDXP-Att FG-Att
Hopkins .......................... 0 9-11 10-11
Gibson ............................ 4
0-0
0-0
McLaurin ........................ 3
0-0
0-0
McKissic ......................... 2
0-0
0-0
Thomas .......................... 2
0-0
0-0
Carter ............................. 1
0-0
0-0
Heinicke ......................... 1
0-0
0-0
Seals-Jones .................... 1
0-0
0-0
Team ............................ 14 9-11 10-11
Opp. .............................. 18 14-16 11-11

In20
4
4
7

S
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Pts
39
24
18
12
12
6
6
6
114
141

PASSING
Cmp
Mahomes ............... 135
Team ...................... 135
Opp ......................... 112

Att
195
195
166

RUSHING
Att
Edwards-Helaire .......... 65
Mahomes ..................... 23
Williams ....................... 26
Hill .................................. 4
Hardman ........................ 3
Burton ............................ 3
Bell ................................. 1
McKinnon ....................... 1
Team .......................... 126
Opp. ............................ 136
RECEIVING
No.
Hill ................................ 37
Kelce ............................. 30
Hardman ...................... 22
Pringle ............................ 9
Edwards-Helaire ............ 8
Robinson ........................ 7
Williams ......................... 7
Bell ................................. 4
Fortson ........................... 4
McKinnon ....................... 3
Burton ............................ 1
Gordon ............................ 1
Gray ................................ 1
Remmers ........................ 1
Team .......................... 135
Opp. ............................ 112
INTS
No.
Mathieu ................. 2
Hughes .................. 1
Team
Opp.

3
6

Yds
1490
1461
1482

TD
16
16
10

Int Rtg
6106.1
6106.1
3109.6

Yds Avg
304 4.7
153 6.7
99 3.8
45 11.3
27 9.0
9 3.0
2 2.0
2 2.0
641 5.1
705 5.2
Yds
516
369
199
115
61
80
45
33
20
27
11
11
5
-2
1490
1543

Avg
13.9
12.3
9.0
12.8
7.6
11.4
6.4
8.3
5.0
9.0
11.0
11.0
5.0
-2.0
11.0
13.8

Lg
17
23
10
15
24
5
2
2
24
31

TD
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
9

Lg
75t
46t
26
40t
14
33t
9
20
11
14
11
11
5
-2
75t
61

TD
4
4
1
2
2
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
16
10

Yds TD SACKS
50 1 Danna
0 0 Jones
Sneed
Sorensen
50 1 Team
36 1 Opp.

PUNTING
No.
Townsend ............................ 8
Team .................................... 8
Opp. .................................... 11

Avg.
45.6
45.6
43.5

Hill is in the top five in the
league in receptions (37)
and receiving yards (516).
O-LINE DEPTH GETS TEST

With right guard Brandon
Scherff and right tackle
Sam Cosmi injured,
Washington trusts its
veteran backup linemen to
step up.

No.
3.0
2.0
1.0
1.0
7.0
7.0

Net
42.2
42.2
37.7

SCORING
TDXP-Att FG-Att
Butker ............................ 0 19-19
5-5
Hill .................................. 4
0-0
0-0
Kelce ............................... 4
0-0
0-0
Edwards-Helaire ............ 2
0-0
0-0
Fortson ........................... 2
0-0
0-0
Pringle ............................ 2
0-0
0-0
Williams ......................... 2
0-0
0-0
Hardman ........................ 1
0-0
0-0
Mahomes ....................... 1
0-0
0-0
Mathieu .......................... 1
0-0
0-0
Robinson ........................ 1
0-0
0-0
Team ............................ 20 19-19
5-5
Opp. .............................. 21 15-17
6-6

Mahomes has two dynamic
talents at his disposal in
tight end Travis Kelce and
wide receiver Tyreek Hill.
Defensive coordinator Jack
Del Rio Del Rio heaped
praise on the two, calling
them challenges to defend
because of their abilities to
get vertical quickly.

S
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Guard Wes Schweitzer
started 13 games for
Washington last year and
tackle Cornelius Lucas
eight, so they have
familiarity with each other
and the offense.

In20
3
3
4
Pts
34
24
24
12
12
12
12
6
6
6
6
135
144

Left tackle Charles Leno Jr.
has known Lucas since
both played for the
Chicago Bears and said he
thought Lucas would make
the most of his opportunity
and play at a high level.
INJURY REPORT

Washington ruled out
Scherff (knee), Cosmi
(ankle), wide receivers
Curtis Samuel (ankle) and
Cam Sims (hamstring) and
linebacker Jared Norris
(shoulder). Wide receiver
Terry McLaurin (hamstring),
running back Antonio
Gibson (shin) and tight end
Sammis Reyes (back) are
questionable.

desmond.bieler@washpost.com

The Chiefs will be without
three players but most
importantly defensive end
Chris Jones (wrist). Hill
(quadriceps) is
questionable.
— Andrew Golden

RICKY CARIOTI/THE WASHINGTON POST

Taylor Heinicke, sacked twice last weekend against the Saints, will
have two backup linemen protecting him Sunday against the Chiefs.

Washington’s schedule
SEPT. 12

SEPT. 16

SEPT. 26

OCT. 3

L
LAC
20-16

W

L

W

NYG
30-29

@BUF
43-21

@ ATL
34-30

OCT. 10

OCT.

OCT.

OCT.

NOV.

NOV.

NOV.

NOV.

DEC.

DEC.

DEC.

DEC.

JAN.

L 17 24 31 7 14 21 29 5 12 19 26 2
NO
33-22

KC
1, CBS

@ GB
1, Fox

@ DEN
4:25, Fox

BYE

TB
1, Fox

@ CAR
1, Fox

SEA
8:15, ESPN

@ LV
4:05, Fox

DAL
1, Fox

@ PHI
TBD

@ DAL
8:20, NBC

PHI
1, Fox

JAN.

9
@ NYG
1, Fox

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BY

S AM F ORTIER

Back in January, on the couch
at home, Ron Rivera was watching the Kansas City Chiefs cling to
a 22-17 lead over the Cleveland
Browns with 1:17 left in the fourth
quarter. It was fourth and inches
near midfield. Kansas City Coach
Andy Reid, one of Rivera’s most
valued mentors, kept his offense
on the field. Reid looked down at
his play sheet; a trip to the AFC
championship game was on the
line.
“Knowing Andy, I wouldn’t put
it past him to the throw the ball,”
Rivera remembered saying to
Stephanie, his wife.
“Really?” she replied. “Would
you [scheme against] him for
that?”
Passing was even riskier than
usual. Kansas City’s star quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, was out
because of a concussion. Reid
could have given the ball to running back Darrel Williams, who
was averaging six yards per carry,
or backup Chad Henne, who had
thrown 30 passes in the past six
seasons — as well as an interception on the previous drive.
“Probably not,” Rivera said. But
then his mind drifted to Veterans
Stadium, Sept. 12, 1999.
Rivera was a first-year linebackers coach under Reid, the
Philadelphia Eagles’ rookie head
coach. In their first game, the
Eagles led the Arizona Cardinals
24-22 and faced third and four
near midfield with two minutes to
go. Everyone seemed to expect
Reid to run, so he passed — and it
almost worked. The receiver
caught the ball but fumbled, and
the Cardinals kicked a game-winning field goal as time expired.
Twenty-two years later, as
Henne rolled right — a pass! —
Rivera shook his head. The call
crystallized to him Reid’s daring
and unpredictability, why it is so
hard for even his former assistants to game-plan against him,
which Rivera has done this week
with the Washington Football
Team hosting Kansas City on Sunday.
Rivera and others from the
1999 Eagles’ staff, which produced eight head coaches and
helped establish Reid as the NFL’s
most influential modern coach,
say decades of insight can mean
little during games because Reid’s
only true play-calling tendency is
a lack of one.
“That’s him,” Rivera said of
Reid’s pass against Cleveland,
which worked. Rivera imagined
himself on the opposite sideline
and wondered whether, in the
never-ending game of “I know
that you know that I know,” Reid
would suspect he remembered

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Andy Reid, left, and Ron Rivera, shown in 2012, have split two matchups coaching against each other.

Arizona in 1999. “If he sits there
and says, ‘I think he knows I’m
going to throw it, so I’ll run it.’ You
just don’t know with him. That’s
what keeps you guessing.”
On Sunday, Rivera will be the
third former assistant Reid has
faced in this season’s first six
weeks. Reid has fared well against
them overall, with a 11-5 record,
according to the website TruMedia, but he has lost both times this
season, first to John Harbaugh’s
Baltimore Ravens and last week to
Sean McDermott’s Buffalo Bills.
Rivera is 1-1 against Reid, and
mutual friends joked Rivera
should call Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier, with whom
Rivera played on the Chicago
Bears, to ask the finer points of
how he stifled Mahomes with twodeep zone coverages.
“I’m proud of them,” Reid said
of his coaching tree, even as it
might be conspiring against him.
“I don’t like getting beat by them,
but I’m proud of them. It bothers
me, period, losing games. I’m not

big on it. But listen, they’re good
coaches.”
In this way, Reid echoes Mike
Holmgren, his mentor, doppelganger and link to pro football’s
history as part of the Bill Walsh
coaching tree. Holmgren coached
Green Bay and Seattle and was the
Reid of his generation. He thought
of his former assistants as sons,
particularly Reid, because, as he
joked, “He copied my mustache,
but mine’s a little neater.”
Holmgren said players came to
understand the tension he felt
facing his guys, and some, such as
Reggie White and Brett Favre,
teased him for getting so uptight.
“They said, ‘You’re acting a little
weird,’ and I’d get mad. ‘No, I’m
not!’ ” Holmgren remembered.
“ ‘[They said]: ‘Yes, you are! Just
admit it!’ ”
If there’s one unifying theory
among Reid’s assistants, it’s that
his success has come from hard
work and adaptability. He maintains the same routines year after
year and blends innovative play-

calling with superior talent. When
facing him, Rivera paid close attention to personnel groupings —
Reid believes in “players, not
plays” as much as anyone — but
knew his mentor self-scouted to
avoid predictability.
Brad Childress, who coached
with Reid in Philadelphia and
Kansas City, noted Reid has boxes
of notes on his game card called
“Get-you-going” plays. They’re
specific calls to help Mahomes, if
he falls out of rhythm, or to feed
elite talents such as tight end Travis Kelce or wide receiver Tyreek
Hill.
“That’s the great thing about
Andy,” Childress said. “He’s not a
dinosaur. He may have come up in
the dinosaur age, but he has
changed every year, and he’s amenable to suggestions.”
Sometimes, though, nothing
works like an old favorite. In January 2008, Childress led the Minnesota Vikings against the Eagles in
a wild-card game and knew his
mentor would, at some point, use

the slow screen. They had “overemphasized” it against earlydown blitzes in Philadelphia because their quarterbacks, running
backs and linemen excelled at the
timing and feints necessary to sell
it.
Midway through the fourth
quarter, holding a 16-14 lead, the
Eagles had first and 10. Reid called
the slow screen, and even without
pressure, running back Brian
Westbrook took it the distance.
“In my wildest dreams, I didn’t
think it was going to go for a
[71]-yard touchdown,” Childress
said, adding, with a laugh, “I kind
of wanted to stick my foot out and
trip Westbrook as he ran by me on
the sideline.”
Childress added what distinguishes Reid in the insular world
of NFL coaching, what makes it
hard to coach against him, is his
innovation.
In 2016, he had joined Reid in
Kansas City, and they were scouting quarterbacks even though
they didn’t plan to draft one. Reid
was watching tape on North Dakota State quarterback Carson
Wentz when he saw a play he
liked, a creative one with three
verticals to the short side and the
running back going up the middle
seam. He scribbled it on one of the
3-by-5-inch note cards he keeps
on his desk.
In the spring, Kansas City
tweaked the play’s elements to fit
its personnel. Reid polished it in
the preseason, and the week before the season opener against the
defending champion New England Patriots, it made the game
plan. Early in the fourth quarter,
the Chiefs were deep in their own
territory, trailing 27-21. Reid
called “All Go HB Seam.”
Running back Kareem Hunt
beat the linebacker, and quarterback Alex Smith hit him in stride
for a 78-yard touchdown. Kansas
City took the lead to stay. Patriots
Coach Bill Belichick could have
watched every play Reid had ever
run, been an assistant for years,
and never seen it coming.
“It was an unscouted look, a
look they hadn’t seen,” Childress
said.
The challenge of beating a mentor, especially one as successful as
Reid, is important to Rivera. He
cherishes football legacy and history, and when he thinks about
how he spends most of his time, he
often sees Reid’s influence. The
game will matter a little more to
him Sunday.
“It means something to me personally that I came up with Andy
Reid, that he gave me my first
chance,” Rivera said. “He basically
put me on the road to where I am
today.”

within the White-owned NFL
and, given that much of his digital
disparagement came when he
worked as an ESPN analyst, the
majority-White sports media as
well.
Snyder, though, isn’t a
symptom. As an owner, he is the
NFL, its actual disorder.
There are Snyder’s — and the
league’s — years of tone deafness
to the rising cacophony of voices
calling for him to change the
team’s name we have learned
without question is racist. There
was what wound up his — and
thus the league’s — joke of a
charity for Indigenous people he
once ballyhooed, whose impact
dwindled to zero donations by
one of its final fiscal years. There
was the audacity of his — and
thus the league’s — lawsuit
against fans who defaulted on
season ticket packages after
being hit hard by a recession.
And just this month came a DEA
probe into his team’s head
trainer — who worked for
Snyder’s newest head coaching
hire, Ron Rivera, in Carolina —
on suspicion of distributing
prescription drugs that the
players’ union is worried could
impact player safety.
But the league hasn’t shown
much discomfort with Snyder’s
21-year stranglehold on its
Washington franchise. It just
granted him and his wife
complete control after
Snyder’s partners begged out of
the muck.
It could be that other owners
see Snyder as other NBA owners
for so long regarded one of their
own, Donald Sterling. Like
Snyder, Sterling wasn’t a
competitive threat. And as long as
he was around, none of the other
owners could be the worst.
But even other NBA owners
gagged when Sterling was caught
whispering sour bigotries to his
paramour. Players revolted. Much
of the public was appalled. So
other owners forced Sterling out.
The NFL should exercise the

United’s
road streak
snapped in
wild defeat
LEICESTER CITY 4,
MAN. UNITED 2
A SSOCIATED P RESS

Kevin B. Blackistone, ESPN panelist
and professor at the Philip Merrill
College of Journalism at the University
of Maryland, writes sports
commentary for The Washington Post.

Honduras fires Coito as coach
Fabián Coito was fired as coach
of the Honduras men’s soccer
team and replaced by Hernán
Darío Gómez.

JONATHAN NEWTON/THE WASHINGTON POST

Has Snyder not lived down to
that threshold?
Familiar lowlights sunk
another NFL owner. Jerry
Richardson was convinced to
relinquish the Panthers amid
charges of sexual harassment.
But Snyder? The worst that hit
him was a $10 million fine from
the league for running the
franchise’s front office like a
bacchanal. Snyder is worth
$4 billion. He found that fine
money under his couch.
Richardson was an easy case
for the NFL, I guess. His Panthers
weren’t Washington, once a goldplated cornerstone franchise of
the league. And Richardson was
already an octogenarian by the
time his sexist ways were
exposed. He was easily dismissed
as some old coot more
representative of a culture
thought to have passed by.
The same could be said of
another sports team owner sent
packing, longtime Cincinnati
Reds owner Marge Schott. She
saw Black players as chattel. Spat
slurs of Jews and Japanese. All of
which earned her a one-year ban
from baseball in 1993 before she

SOCCER ROUNDUP

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Unlike Donald Sterling, Jerry Richardson and Marge Schott, Daniel Snyder, above, has kept his team.

same right, now. It has the means
— Section 8.13 of the Constitution
& Bylaws of the National Football
League. Titled “Disciplinary
Powers of the Commissioner,” it
states in part: “Whenever the
Commissioner, after notice and
hearing, decides that an owner,
shareholder, partner or holder of
an interest in a member club . . .
has either violated the
Constitution and Bylaws of the
League or has been or is guilty of
conduct detrimental to the
welfare of the League or
professional football, then the
Commissioner shall have the
complete authority to suspend
and/or fine such person . . . [or]
Whenever the Commissioner
determines that any punishment
that the Commissioner has the
power to impose pursuant to
Section 8.13(A), is not adequate or
sufficient . . . the following
additional or increased
punishment or discipline be
imposed.”
Among the allowable
punishments: “Cancellation or
forfeiture of the franchise in the
League of any member club
involved or implicated.”

OCTOBER 17 , 2021

Leicester City consigned Manchester United to its first away loss
in the English Premier League in
nearly two years thanks to late
goals by Jamie Vardy and Patson
Daka in a wild 4-2 victory Saturday.
United had just made it 2-2 in
the 82nd minute on a goal by
Marcus Rashford, on as a substitute for his first appearance of the
season after a shoulder injury,
when Vardy scored within seconds of the restart with a fierce
shot into the top corner. Daka
bundled home his first Premier
League goal in stoppage time to
seal United’s first loss in 30 away
games in the top flight, a record
streak dating from January 2020.
United went ahead in the
19th minute on Mason Greenwood’s long-range strike, only for
Youri Tielemans to equalize with
an exquisite chip.
Caglar Soyuncu put Leicester in
front for the first time with a closerange effort to spark a frantic finale that saw four goals scored in
13 minutes. . . .
Mohamed Salah produced another goal-of-the-season contender to headline Liverpool’s 5-0 win
at Watford.
On a tough day for Claudio Ranieri in his first match as Watford
manager, Salah delivered almost a
replica of his recent individual
goal against Manchester City —
and overshadowed a hat trick by
Roberto Firmino. . . .
Édouard Mendy’s stunning
saves ensured Chelsea stayed on
top of the English Premier League
as Ben Chilwell’s strike sealed a
nervy 1-0 win at Brentford. . . .
Bernardo Silva and Kevin De
Bruyne scored as Manchester City
claimed a hard-fought 2-0 win
over visiting Burnley. . . .
Rúben Neves struck in stoppage time to seal a dramatic win
for Wolverhampton, which recovered from a 2-0 deficit with
10 minutes left to triumph at Aston Villa, 3-2. . . .
Southampton picked up an
overdue first win of the season by
beating Leeds, 1-0, at home. . . .
Norwich City’s wait for its first
win will continue after a 0-0 draw
at home against Brighton.
l ITALY: A controversial goal
led to Inter Milan’s first defeat of
the Serie A season, a 3-1 result at
Lazio, as Felipe Anderson scored
the winner while Inter’s Federico
Dimarco was down injured. . . .
An own goal from Koray Günter
completed AC Milan’s comeback
in a 3-2 win over visiting Verona.
l SPAIN: Playing a man down,
Real Sociedad turned to substitute
Julen Lobete to score a late goal,
which was good for a 1-0 win over
Mallorca and a three-point lead at
the top of La Liga.
l GERMANY: Erling Haaland
scored twice as Borussia Dortmund beat Mainz, 3-1, at home
and moved to the top of the
Bundesliga.
l FRANCE: Karl Toko Ekambi
scored a penalty and Jason Denayer added another goal late as host
Lyon beat Monaco, 2-0. . . .
Defending champion Lille sits
in ninth place after losing, 1-0, at
Clermont.
l MLS: Sunusi Ibrahim scored
in the 95th minute to earn CF
Montreal a 2-2 draw at home with
the Philadelphia Union. . . .
Cristian Arango scored twice,
and Los Angeles FC beat the visiting San Jose Earthquakes, 3-1. . . .
The Chicago Fire tied the MLSleading New England Revolution,
2-2, in Foxborough, Mass. . . .
Maximiliano Urruti and Darwin Quintero found the net in the
Houston Dynamo’s 2-1 win over
the visiting Seattle Sounders. . . .
Atlanta United won, 2-0, at Toronto FC to eliminate the Reds
from playoff contention. . . .
Franco Fragapane scored an
early goal in Minnesota United’s
1-0 win over host Austin FC. . . .
Júnior Urso scored in the
13th minute, and Orlando City defeated host FC Cincinnati, 1-0. . . .
Gyasi Zardes netted two goals
as the Columbus Crew rolled to a
4-0 win over visiting Inter Miami.
l NWSL: The Chicago Red
Stars earned a 2-1 win over Kansas
City in Bridgeview, Ill. . . .
A 3-1 loss at Racing Louisville
dealt a severe blow to the Orlando
Pride’s playoff hopes.

Snyder needs to be removed —
and players can provide a push
There were, most
appallingly, the
women. By the
dozens over the
years. Such as
some members of
Kevin B.
the Washington
Blackistone Football Team’s
cheerleading
squad, who were included in lewd
videos secretly produced without
their knowledge, videos two
former team employees said were
prepared at the behest of team
officials. Owner Daniel Snyder
denied any knowledge of the
videos, but for some reason —
who knows? — the squad was
dismantled.
There were more cheerleaders,
this time at a summer trip to an
adults-only Costa Rican resort
attended by sponsors of the team,
all of whom happened to be men.
Some cheerleaders told the New
York Times they were made to be
little more than hostesses at the
event — and they were sometimes
required to be topless at photo
shoots, even with sponsors in
attendance.
There was the revelation last
year of a $1.6 million secret
settlement paid in 2009 to a
woman once employed by the
team who accused Snyder of
sexual misconduct. Snyder said
he settled only at the request of
the team’s insurers.
And this past week, there were
the emails. Written by NFL coach
and former ESPN commentator
Jon Gruden, the emails to, among
other people, Snyder’s longtime
lieutenant Bruce Allen were laced
with racist, homophobic and
misogynistic language.
Gruden resigned. Out of
embarrassment.
But he should have stepped
down as collateral damage from
what ought to have been an
implosion of Snyder’s ownership
of the Washington franchise,
detonated by the 31 other NFL
owners and the commissioner.
Gruden may have been
symptomatic of systemic racism

. SUNDAY,

was drummed out altogether
after praising Adolf Hitler to
ESPN in a 1996 interview.
And we learned Thursday that
Steve Baldwin, the owner of the
Washington Spirit women’s
soccer team — who players
demanded cease running the club
and sell it because of alleged
mistreatment they suffered under
his reign — announced plans to
unload his stake.
Maybe a similar protest would
force the NFL’s hand. If players,
who led us to believe in recent
months that they are fearless off
the field in demanding justice,
stood up and spoke out about the
league’s coddling of so much
hurtful form — like the Clippers
players and others did against
Sterling — the league might do
what it did with Richardson and
force out the fount of this latest
harmful revelation. It certainly
has cause.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17 , 2021

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THE WASHINGTON POST

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D9

M2

Seeking a win at home,
D.C. settles for a draw
D.C. UNITED 0,
NASHVILLE SC 0
BY

S TEVEN G OFF

Time is running short on MLS’s
regular season, and as D.C. United
presses for a playoff berth in an
overcrowded Eastern Conference, every match carries increasing weight. That is especially true
at Audi Field, where Hernán
Losada’s team has been very good
this year and will spend most of
its waning days.
The first of two grand tests over
five days at Audi Field came Saturday, and while United earned a
point from the 0-0 draw with
second-place Nashville SC, the
outcome did not sit well with
Losada or his squad.
“We are not happy with the
point,” the first-year coach said. “I
am not happy with the point,
especially at home. We are always
playing to win, but in the end, it’s a
point and we need to take it and
try to stay positive and move forward.”
It does not get any easier: On
Wednesday, the New England
Revolution (20-4-6), MLS’s runaway leader in the Supporters’
Shield race for most points, comes
to town.
United (12-12-5) slipped one
slot to sixth place in the conference, which will send seven teams
to the postseason. But dropping
points at home could prove costly
for a team that, including Saturday’s game, will play four of its
final six at home.
“Of course, we don’t want to
draw, but there are still points on
the table, so we’re just going to
keep rolling with the punches and
playing every game like it’s the
final,” defender Donovan Pines
said.
This result, before a season-

high 18,034 spectators, extended
United’s home unbeaten streak to
five. But after four victories in
which it scored 13 goals, D.C. was
stuck in a 90-minute slog with
defensively disciplined Nashville
(11-3-15). It was shut out for the
first time since July 31 in Cincinnati, a span of 13 matches.
Nashville, Losada said, is “a
team that’s hard to break. We
knew it was a matter of efficiency
and, if we see our chances, you
need to put those opportunities in
the back of the net if you want to
win against a team like Nashville.”
United did not generate many
high-quality chances. Ola Kamara, who leads MLS in goals
with 17, hit the post in the opening
moments and was held scoreless
for the fourth time in five matches.
Saturday marked the start of
five games in 15 days, a stretch
that concerns Losada because of
personnel issues.
Since the previous game, a lastminute defeat in Orlando before
the international break, Losada
lost and gained players. Yordy
Reyna, Edison Flores and Paul
Arriola picked up injuries — the
latter two while on national team
duty — while Adrien Perez, Drew
Skundrich and Ramón Ábila returned.
Arriola, a key to United’s flank
attack, started twice for the United States but hurt a groin muscle
in pregame warmups Wednesday.
United is hopeful he will miss only
three matches and return Oct. 27
against the New York Red Bulls.
Reyna (quadriceps) and Flores
(calf ) are on longer timetables.
“I can’t manage because I don’t
have enough numbers,” Losada
said, adding that several starters
and reserves are not fully healthy.
“Now the games are coming one
after each other, and I don’t have
enough players to rotate, so many
players will have to go through

JONATHAN NEWTON/THE WASHINGTON POST

D.C. United’s Russell Canouse heads the ball in a swarm of Nashville SC players. United dropped one spot in the standings with a 0-0 draw.

fatigue and not being 100 percent
recovered. It’s just about being
tough and strong enough to survive.”
Perez was a welcome return
after missing 15 matches with a
broken foot. He started Saturday,
but for fitness reasons, he played
only one half. Defender Andy Najar also was limited to a half
because of workload issues.
Nashville rested three players
who just returned from World
Cup qualifiers: Costa Rican forward Randall Leal, Canadian defender Alistair Johnston and Panamanian midfielder Anibal
Godoy. U.S. center back Walker

Zimmerman started.
United, seeking to avenge a 5-2
defeat in Tennessee in August,
was on the prowl from the start.
Aside from Kamara’s shot off the
post, though, United labored to
break down an organized resistance and promising buildups fizzled in the final third.
Nashville was no threat until
late in the game.
United resorted to a clever set
piece in the second half: Julian
Gressel squared a free kick that
Kamara dummied for Russell Canouse on the back side for a running blast that crashed into a
defender. Canouse had two

chances in the 65th minute, but
former D.C. goalkeeper Joe Willis
(13 shutouts) blocked his running
header and stuffed his rebound
bid.
In the last 10 minutes, D.C.
goalkeeper Bill Hamid (seven
shutouts)
thwarted
Hany
Mukhtar’s angled drive and
Mukhtar set up Daniel Ríos for a
low bid that narrowly missed the
far corner.
“It’s going to be close and tight
until the end,” Losada said of the
playoff race. “I am positive because no one believed in us at the
beginning of the season.”
Notes: Midfielder Moses Nye-

man and forward Yamil Asad
were not in uniform. Losada did
not comment on the status of
Asad, a veteran who has made
only two appearances since early
August. . . . The previous attendance high this season was 17,180
on Aug. 21 against Atlanta. . . .
United has moved into a new
training facility in Leesburg, ending a 20-year run at the RFK
Stadium training grounds and
other locations in and around the
District. The NWSL’s Washington
Spirit will eventually move into
the 4,400-square-foot complex as
well.
steven.goff@washpost.com

Bobsledder Humphries just wants to compete for the U.S.
HUMPHRIES FROM D1

Less than four months before
the Winter Games, she is essentially a woman without a country,
divorced from a Canadian team
with which she says she felt unsafe but unable to get a U.S.
passport in part because of laws
that require a three-year wait for
citizenship by marriage. Because
she has been married for just two
years, she has been told to expect
a passport sometime in 2023.
That leaves Humphries “living
in limbo,” unsure if she will be
competing for gold in Beijing or
staying at home in this beach
town north of San Diego.
She said she has been offered
instant citizenship from other
countries, including China. But
she doesn’t want to represent
China or anywhere else.
“The country where I live,
where I am married to, where I
will get citizenship, I can’t compete for because [citizenship]
won’t come in time,” she says.
She sighs. She needs to be a
citizen by early January to have a
shot at Beijing.
“I’m between a rock and a hard
place,” she says.
Always strong, often alone
Tattoos cover Humphries’s
arms, back and much of her legs.
One side of her head is shaved
close while the rest of her blond
hair flows dramatically past her
shoulders. People double-take
when she walks into a restaurant
for lunch. She looks like an athlete. She is not easy to intimidate.
As a teenager in Calgary, she
was a competitive ski racer before
leg injuries forced her to give up
the sport and eventually turn to
bobsled, where she started as a
brakeman before switching to
driving in 2007. By 2010, she was
one of the best drivers in the
world, winning gold in the twowoman bobsled at that year’s
Olympics and then again in 2014.
Using her platform as a top
bobsledder, Humphries began
pushing to have mixed-gender
four-person bobsleds added to
the Olympics.
“She’s focused and knows what
she wants to accomplish,” says
Aron McGuire, the CEO of USA
Bobsled/Skeleton and a former
U.S. bobsledder.
Yet even with her success,
Humphries has been insecure
about her huge, muscle-filled
legs, built from years of training.
Sometimes she hears people commenting on them when she walks
down the street. “Jeans shopping
is the worst for me,” she says.
She says her tattoos provide
armor against that insecurity,
each one making her “feel more
complete as a person” and giving
her power over the worry that her
body, made for sports, isn’t per-

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Kaillie Humphries is “between a rock and a hard place” after leaving Canada over alleged abuse.

fect. Her most recent is the word
“strength.” It’s etched across her
hamstring on the back of one leg.
“I feel happier with myself in
the way that I look the more
[tattoos] I get,” she says. “I feel
more self-acceptance with each
tattoo, and they help me overcome certain stuff.”
Sitting on her living-room
couch, Humphries looks down at
her legs.
“I’ve always been very strong
for a female, and that isn’t always
looked upon positively,” she continues. “Having big muscles can
be very masculine, and I can go
into a gym, I can hold my own,
especially compared to most guys
and most other women, and it’s
not seen as the most feminine or
girly.
“It’s very important for women
to realize there are multiple different types and that beauty exists in those. We’re all different.
We’re all made to be different. We
achieve different things, different
goals, beliefs, skin color, eye color,
hair color, what we like and what
we want to portray and how, you
know, the body we were given — it
can be utilized for good, but we
should accept it.”
For much of her adult life,
Humphries has been trying to
understand what it means to fit a
certain expectation of a female
athlete. She’s fiercely competitive, and she knows that often
puts people off. She says she can’t
help her fiery glares and purposeful struts around the weight
room. When she was a young ski
racer, teammates and competitors avoided hanging out with
her. She remembers riding the ski
lifts alone — often. She also

wasn’t close with many of the
other Canadian bobsledders.
“Unapologetic” is the word she
uses to describe her approach. As
a woman in a sport dominated by
men, she has come to learn that
being “unapologetic” is “a big red
flag.”
Before the 2010 Winter Olympics, Humphries was part of an
anti-bullying campaign in which
athletes picked words that had
been used against them. Hers was
“bitch.” For a time, she hated
being called that, yet as she has
gotten older, she has come to see
the power it gives her against
competitors.
She thought she was strong;
she thought she could recognize
bullying.
No way it could happen to her.
Then, she says, it did.
Allegations, then an exit
Bobsledding is a small world,
so when Bobsleigh Canada hired
Todd Hays as coach in the lead-up
to the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, Humphries had heard some
things from sledders in the United States, where Hays had been
the women’s coach from 2011 to
2014. In a recent interview, one
U.S. female bobsledder who competed for Hays described him as
“charming” but also an “obsessively controlling” coach who often blew up at sledders and used
his 6-foot-3 frame and his “intensity” as intimidation. The sledder
spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retribution.
Still, Humphies said, she was
determined to give the coach a
chance.
“I like to believe in the good in
people,” she says.

That changed about a week
after Hays started, when
Humphries says he yelled at her
in a “very public scenario,” bringing her to tears. Soon there were
more incidents of what she calls
“displays of being yelled and
screamed at, intimidated, being
lorded over and me feeling like I
didn’t know who I was and being
told how to think, how to operate.”
The incidents left her “feeling
less than human, let alone an
athlete.”
Hays has denied the allegations to investigators.
Distraught, Humphries went
to Bobsleigh Canada leaders a few
weeks before the Olympics and
asked to be sent home. The leaders, she says, worked out a deal in
which Hays would not coach her
during the Games, a period she
describes as “the best part” of that
year. A month after the Olympics,
Humphries repeated her concerns about Hays to Bobsleigh
Canada President Sarah Storey,
who she said told her Hays would
remain in his position.
Humphries went home to
Carlsbad. Shortly thereafter, she
experienced strange headaches
and rashes that covered her body.
She locked herself in her home,
dreading the thought of going
back to a coach she feared.
“The thought of having to go
through not just another year like
that but for a four-year stint, my
body and my brain could not
comprehend it and it started to
freak out,” she says.
That July, in a 12-page complaint to Bobsleigh Canada, she
alleged verbal and mental abuse
by Hays as well as retaliation for

reporting her concerns to officials; in the complaint, she described several incidents in
which she says Hays berated her.
The complaint called for the firings of Hays as well as of Storey
and high-performance director
Chris Le Bihan for retaining him
despite prior complaints.
Bobsleigh Canada hired an independent firm to investigate
Humphries’s claims, and for the
next year, Humphries did not
compete for Canada. Hays, Storey
and Le Bihan denied her allegations to the investigator, and the
report, completed in September
2019, found no evidence to support Humphries’s charges.
By then, the relationship between Humphries and Bobsleigh
Canada was broken, and she approached U.S. bobsled officials,
who told her she was welcome to
join as long as she went through
the same qualification process as
any other new U.S. bobsledder:
buying her own sled and earning
her way onto the team. She quickly agreed.
She hired Jeffrey Rath, a Calgary attorney, and sued Bobsleigh
Canada in September 2019, asking for her release. The organization let her go later that month,
days after she married Travis
Armbruster, a former U.S. bobsledder. She also appealed the
findings of the Bobsleigh Canada
report to an arbitrator who, in a
ruling this past July, threw out
the bulk of the original report,
saying the investigator did not
thoroughly examine her claims
before dismissing them.
Bobsleigh Canada is in the
process of commissioning another investigation. Citing that
fact, it did not make Hays, Storey
or Le Bihan available for comment but did send a statement
that said the organization “respects the decision” of the arbitrator to “request a reinvestigation of certain complaints” and
that “his decision confirmed that
there was no retaliation” by Bobsleigh Canada. The statement
added that the organization “denies any breach of policy on its
part.”
Last
year,
Hays
sued
Humphries for defamation, demanding $250,000, claiming that
by filing her complaint and then
repeating her charges in the media she damaged his reputation
and caused him to “lose out on
the opportunity to receive a substantially higher salary” from
Bobsleigh Canada.
Waiting for a ‘yes’
In her living room, Humphries
pulls her Olympic medals from a
cloth sack; the clunky, misshapen
gold from Vancouver, the gold
with the small built-in window
from Sochi and the simpler
bronze from PyeongChang. She

holds them in her palm, each with
a story so special she can’t pick a
favorite.
Even the bronze is precious,
she says, because after everything
that happened before those
Olympics, she feels elated to have
won any medal at all.
She lays the medals on an
ottoman and looks blankly across
the room. In Colorado Springs,
McGuire and U.S. Olympic and
Paralympic Committee officials
have been fighting to find a way to
get her a passport. McGuire said
he has begged U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services for a
solution — even a two-month
provisional passport for January
and February — and pleaded with
the IOC to make an exception.
The IOC, wary of opening a
door that might be impossible to
close, has been unwilling to grant
exceptions to Rule 41 of the Olympic Charter, which says all athletes must be a “national” of the
country they represent. In a statement, the IOC acknowledged it “is
aware of the case which is being
discussed with the [International
Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation]
and the USOPC” and then referred to Rule 41.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said “privacy implications” keep it from commenting directly on her case.
The solution does not seem
easy.
Humphries puts the medals
back in the bag and heads with
Armbruster to a beach a few
blocks away.
“For the last year, every spare
minute has been a conversation
about something,” Armbruster
says, “whether it’s about citizenship, the team, the arbitration,
finishing up the arbitration, finishing up the other investigation
and what did the arbitrator say?
[Or the] citizenship test.”
He stops, and they fall silent.
The citizenship test — they’ve
been preparing for it every night
lately, memorizing all 100 questions from which 10 will be randomly selected for the actual
quiz, a final step toward becoming a citizen.
Suddenly they start firing
questions to each other: “Who
was the president during World
War I?” “Name three of the original 13 colonies.”
On the beach, the sun is setting, dousing the sky in a rosy
hue. The color is stunning. Gazing at it, Armbruster says he is
optimistic his wife will go to the
Olympics.
“You have to be,” he says. “Otherwise, what’s the point?
“Now maybe it’s wishful thinking,” he adds. “There are pathways there. If there weren’t pathways there, I’d be less hopeful. All
we need is one yes.”
les.carpenter@washpost.com

D10

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NLDS controversy raises
robo-umpire questions
BY

S TEVEN Z EITCHIK

Amid all the talk over the controversial Los Angeles DodgersSan Francisco Giants checked
swing Thursday night about what
the umpire did, what he may have
gotten wrong and how it might
have changed the course of baseball history, a more fundamental
question was mostly left unasked:
Do we need an umpire in the first
place?
If sweet sleep caused you to
tune out before the game ended,
Thursday night’s decisive National League Division Series game
saw first base umpire Gabe Morales call a third strike on a
checked swing by Giants infielder
Wilmer Flores in the bottom of the
ninth inning, ending the night —
and season — of MLB’s best team
of 2021. Flores appeared to hold
up. The call was immediately denounced by TBS commentator
Ron Darling and then quickly dissected on social media, where reactions became instant memes.
But the backlash raises the
question of whether a so-called
robo-umpire — essentially, a set of
highly placed and well-programmed cameras — could have
automatically adjudicated the
checked swing, leaving the Giants
with a feeling of equity and the rest
of us with a lot less to argue about.
It’s not a hypothetical question:
MLB is in the middle of a threeyear partnership with the independent Atlantic League for just
such a robo-umpire, a system
called Automatic Balls and Strikes
(ABS), that this past season rendered a home plate umpire moot
for his most important job. MLB
hasn’t given a timetable for when
the system could reach the big
leagues, but it’s clearly a trial balloon.
ABS is overseen by TrackMan, a
Denmark-based start-up that began by helping golfers with their
swing and then expanded to baseball before broadening again to
auto-officiating responsibilities.
Under their ABS system, players
are measured for a strike zone
before the season, with their info
then fed into the machine.
Then, during the game, the
company’s sensor in the stands
behind home plate uses Doppler
technology to determine where
the ball is thrown and where it
should have been thrown based on
the player’s strike zone. The sensor
then relays the call to, well, whomever wants to hear it. In the case of
the Atlantic League, this is an actual umpire behind the plate who,
in an ironic reversal, is a human
who simply does what the machine tells him to do and announces the call.
The system is not being used for
checked swings, but the technology is equally applicable; it makes
little difference whether a ball is
crossing the plate in one direction
or a bat crosses it the other way.
(The MLB executive overseeing
the program, Morgan Sword, declined to offer a comment on the
record about whether the majors
would one day use ABS for this
purpose.)
But accuracy is only part of the
equation. Presumably TrackMan

could have made the right call —
but what effect would such automation have on us socially? An
argument can be made that it
would increase consumer confidence and eliminate discord; an
equal argument could be made the
other way, that subjectivity is what
makes the public realm, or at least
baseball, a dynamic and interesting place.
The Flores checked swing, in
other words, gets at the question
that stretches across much of innovation: Just because we could,
does that mean we should?
James Bessen, the executive director of the Technology & Policy
Research Initiative at Boston University’s Law School, has studied
the intersection of automation
and society, and he offered a simple calculus to answer the question. “If the robot can be more
objective than an umpire,” he said
Friday, “then I think that is good
for baseball, especially if fans feel
that the robot is objective. Better
umpiring removes the focus on
controversial calls and puts it back
on the performance of the players,
where it should be.”
Not everyone agrees. Some fans
have questioned whether judgment calls are part of the fun of
baseball and a legalistic rendering
is contrary to the spirit of the game.
On the field, some, particularly
pitchers and catchers, have raised
objections. Catchers worry it will
make the so-called art of framing a
pitch moot, while pitchers such as
former Cy Young winner Frank Viola ask whether it will remove a
pitcher’s artistic ability to essentially will a strike with a good pitch
that just happens to be an inch off.
But a surprising number of big
leaguers have expressed optimism, hoping it rids the game of
the subjectivity that makes them
kick dirt and get ejected. “Those
things are going to happen; it almost has to happen,” Don Mattingly, former New York Yankees
MVP and current Miami Marlins
manager, said of robo-umpires.
Ironically, Morales himself provided some support for robo-umpires, basically admitting he
couldn’t do the job as well as technology could.
“Check swings are one of the
hardest calls we have,” he said
after the game. “I don’t have the
benefit of multiple camera angles
when I’m watching it live.”
There is precedent for robotics
in other high-level sports. The U.S.
Tennis Association employed
Hawk-Eye Live technology at the
U.S. Open this year to replace all
line judges, even for match-critical points. The move ostensibly
eliminates all human ambiguities
and, of course, player replay challenges; there’s no point going to
the same system to overturn the
system you just disagreed with.
Still, there’s some doubt of how
it might have been implemented
in this case. Purists on Thursday
night were quick to remind that
the checked swing is determined
not by where the bat ends but a
more subjective “attempt to strike
at the ball.” The TrackMan technology is good. But it can’t — yet —
judge a player’s attempt.

JED JACOBSOHN/ASSOCIATED PRESS

. SUNDAY,

OCTOBER 17 , 2021

Red Sox strike early, even the series at 1
ALCS FROM D1

staff.
If Game 2 wasn’t already over
after the grand slam by Boston
Red Sox slugger J.D. Martinez off
Garcia in the first — and as it
happened, solo homers by Yuli
Gurriel and Jason Castro in the
ninth, which plated the Astros’
fourth and fifth runs and made
the Red Sox sweat out the final
out of the game, meant it was not
— it almost certainly was after
Rafael Devers’s grand slam off
Odorizzi in the second made it
8-0. The blasts from Martinez
and Devers made the Red Sox the
first team in history with two
grand slams in a postseason
game.
And if it wasn’t over then, it
absolutely, positively was after
Hernandez, in the midst of a
postseason tear for the ages, homered to left off Odorizzi in the
fourth to make it 9-0 — Hernandez’s fifth homer in his past five
postseason games dating from
Game 2 of the division series.
“It’s a very good approach right
now,” Red Sox Manager Alex
Cora, whose career postseason
record improved to 16-5, said of
his team’s offense. “We’re not
getting greedy. It’s not about hitting 30 home runs or driving in
100 runs. It’s about winning four
games against the Astros. So now
we’ve got one, and now we go to
Fenway.”
In the bigger picture, however,
the Garcia injury — plus the
82-pitch effort in relief from
Odorizzi, previously a leading
candidate to start Game 4 for
Houston, and the continued absences of injured veterans Lance
McCullers Jr. and Justin Verlander — has the Astros facing an
acute pitching shortage with as
many as five games remaining in
this series, which moves to Boston’s Fenway Park for the next
three, beginning Monday night.
“We’ve got to try to figure it
out,” Astros Manager Dusty Baker
said, shrugging when asked
where his pitching staff goes from
here. “. . . Every time you make a
plan, it’s always foiled by something.”
In the near term, depending
upon the extent of Garcia’s injury,
the Astros could apply for a medical roster-replacement for him,
which, if granted, would allow
them to activate a fresh arm at a
time when they desperately need
one — with their bullpen having
covered 142/3 innings over the first
two games at Minute Maid Park.
“We’re not there yet,” Baker
said of the decision on the status
of Garcia, who was still being
evaluated Saturday evening.
In the long term, well, things
may get ugly.
On a perfect, sunny, 73-degree
day — its sunbeams streaming
through the giant windows atop

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Rafael Devers’s grand slam in the second inning — Boston’s second of the game — removed any doubt.

the left field wall — the roof to
Minute Maid Park remained
closed Saturday, a choice that
would have been inexplicable
even if there weren’t a global
pandemic to recommend being
outdoors when possible.
As it happened, perhaps it was
a good idea to leave the roof
closed; the warmth of the sun
would have only made the stench
of the Astros’ performance that
much worse.
Leadoff man José Altuve had
not even made his way to the
batter’s box for the first time
before Houston was already in a
four-run hole, courtesy of Martinez’s opposite-field grand slam
off Garcia, a strapping, 24-yearold rookie right-hander with
long, flowing locks dangling out
the back of his cap.
When Garcia opened the second inning by issuing a four-pitch
walk to Kevin Plawecki, Boston’s
No. 8 hitter, Astros shortstop
Carlos Correa jogged to the
mound for what at first appeared
to be a pep talk. But within
seconds, Correa was motioning to
Houston’s dugout for assistance,
and moments later Garcia was
walking off the mound with his
trainer and manager, headed for
the dugout and eventually the
clubhouse.
Immediately, the thoughts of
everyone in the building could be
distilled to one question: Now
what?
In the short term, the Astros’
answer was Odorizzi. By rule, a
pitcher entering a game because
of an injury is permitted as much
time as he needs to get ready.
Because Odorizzi is a starter by
trade, with a well-honed and
lengthy pregame routine, he took
that allowance quite literally and

performed a meticulous warmup
on the Minute Maid Park infield
with everyone else having little
choice but to wait around for him.
“I was caught off guard by it,”
Odorizzi said of being pressed
into emergency duty. “My typical
routine is out the window at that
point. I hadn’t even stretched,
thrown, anything. So it was going
to take me a good while to warm
up. I’m sure it felt like forever, but
for me that was about the fastest I
can warm up. It usually takes me
30-plus minutes, and I think I did
it in under 15.”
Odorizzi also compared the
process of warming up with the
opposition watching him, as opposed to being in the sanctuary of
the bullpen, to being “pretty
much naked in front of the other
team.”
“They get to watch every single
pitch you’re throwing,” he said.
“They get to see every shape,
everything. It’s not an ideal way
to warm up.”
Maybe Odorizzi should have
taken even more time — because
two of the first three Red Sox
batters he faced in the second
singled, setting the stage for Devers’s grand slam to right, just
inside the Howie Kendrick Memorial Foul Pole.
“I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a
grand slam in the first and second,” Baker marveled. “. . . That’s
a tremendous mountain to
climb.”
By the time Hernandez homered off Odorizzi in the fourth,
the sellout crowd of 41,476 had
been shushed to an awkward
silence. After going 2 for 4 on
Saturday and reaching base a
third time on a hit-by-pitch, Hernandez, an under-the-radar free
agent signing this winter, is hit-

ting .500 (16 for 32) this postseason, with more home runs (five)
than the Atlanta Braves (four)
had entering Game 1 of the NLCS
on Saturday night.
“The importance of [each]
game is allowing me to stay focused and stay locked in and not
think too much about it,” Hernandez said.
Nothing, not even a three-run
rally by the home team against
Red Sox starter Nathan Eovaldi in
the fourth or assorted other
threats the rest of the way, could
bring the crowd back to life —
although a full-throated singalong to “Friends in Low Places”
in the fifth came close.
But that pressing question for
the Astros — now what? — resonates well beyond Saturday’s fiasco.
Though they have right-hander Jose Urquidy, a veteran of the
Astros’ 2019 and 2020 postseason
runs, lined up to start Game 3 on
Monday night, Game 4 could
come down to an uneasy choice
between veteran Zack Greinke,
who has been dealing with a neck
injury and hasn’t started a game
since Sept. 19, or Game 1 starter
Framber Valdez, who would be
pitching on short rest.
Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte,
Roy Oswalt, Mike Scott and Nolan Ryan were all said to be
unavailable.
After the Astros went down in
the ninth, ending a 4-hour 8-minute affair, the remaining fans
filed out onto Texas Street and
into the heart of a crisp Saturday
night. The smart ones among
them might have considered loosening up their throwing arms at
some point — you know, just in
case.
dave.sheinin@washpost.com

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The Atlanta Braves and Los
Angeles Dodgers added two players each to their roster ahead of
Game 1 of the National League
Championship Series on Saturday night.
The Braves opted for righthander Chris Martin and infielder Johan Camargo. They take the
spots of outfielder/pinch runner
Terrance Gore and left-hander
Dylan Lee from Atlanta’s NL
Division Series roster against the
Milwaukee Brewers.
The Dodgers bolstered their
pitching staff for the best-of-seven series, adding left-hander Justin Bruihl and right-hander Evan
Phillips. They replace left-hander
David Price and first baseman
Billy McKinney from Los Angeles’s NLDS roster against the San
Francisco Giants.

The moves leave the Dodgers
with 13 pitchers and 13 position
players. The Braves are carrying
12 pitchers and 14 position players, although Manager Brian
Snitker plans to have a bullpen
game later in the series.
l

— Associated Press
CUBS: In a letter to fans,

team chairman Tom Ricketts offered assurances that “we have
the resources necessary to compete in 2022 and beyond, and we
will use them.”
“We will be active in free
agency and continue to make
thoughtful decisions to bolster
our team this offseason,” Ricketts
wrote.
As Chicago embarked on a
franchise-altering roster overhaul this summer, trading away
star players and World Series
winners, Ricketts largely remained silent.

The Cubs finished 71-91, their
worst record since 2013. Ricketts
called 2021 “an emotional roller
coaster, to say the least” and
referenced tough decisions at the
trade deadline that “created
near-term competitive challenges in return for longer-term competitive advantages.”
“While we failed to extend our
six straight winning-seasons
streak and secure our spot in the
postseason, we made important
changes that put us in a position
to succeed as we build the next
great Cubs team,” Ricketts wrote.
“Beginning to replenish our
much-improved farm system was
just the start.”
Chicago certainly will have
plenty of financial flexibility to
upgrade its roster. Just three
players are on guaranteed contracts in 2022 — Kyle Hendricks,
Jason Heyward and David Bote —

for a combined $38.5 million.
The club also has two notable
arbitration-eligible players: Willson Contreras and Ian Happ.
Within the past four weeks,
president of baseball operations
Jed Hoyer twice mentioned the
importance of spending intelligently this offseason. Now, with
new general manager Carter
Hawkins in the fold, the front
office can focus fully on how to
build another title contender.
In a separate email, season
ticket holders were informed that
pricing will “slightly decrease” in
all sections of Wrigley Field after
the team’s annual review and
“thoughtful analysis.” The Cubs
averaged 31,566 fans in their
50 full-capacity home games,
which would have been their
lowest full-season average since
1997 (27,041).
— Chicago Tribune

Riley homers, then caps o≠ Atlanta’s victory with an RBI single in ninth inning
NLCS FROM D1

That the Braves would be
ready for the Dodgers is no surprise. Though the Dodgers have
become staples of October, the
Braves are trying to make this an
annual thing, too: They have won
four straight division titles but
have yet to get past the NLCS
during this run.
And in some ways, the series
looked like a mismatch. The
Braves were the first National
League team to win their division
with fewer than 90 wins in nearly
a decade and a half, and they
played in the relatively weak NL
East. The Dodgers were the first
team, period, to win 106 games
and not win their division because they played in one of the

best divisions in recent years, the
NL West.
Around Major League Baseball, in which the Dodgers are an
annual powerhouse built to win
this time of year, everyone remembers how Atlanta pushed
the eventual World Series champions to a decisive seventh game
last season. But around here, they
say the Dodgers took the Braves
to seven games, which may be
more accurate. After all, Atlanta
led that series 2-0 and 3-1 before
losing three straight.
“You look back, and you know
what, we’re capable of doing
this,” Braves Manager Brian Snitker said before Saturday’s game.
“We played the world champions
last year and were a game away
from putting ourselves into the

World Series.”
This Atlanta team is different,
particularly offensively. Slugger
Marcell Ozuna was hardly a part
of this season at all after his
arrest for domestic violence this
past spring made any baseball
concerns irrelevant. Ronald Acuña Jr. tore his ACL in July, taking
an MVP-caliber talent from a
roster that was always going to
rely heavily on its offense.
Even one of the players this
team acquired at the trade deadline to make up some of his
production, Jorge Soler, was unavailable Saturday. He tested positive for the coronavirus last
week and is unlikely to participate in the NLCS.
But against one of the most
methodical, deliberate offenses

in baseball, Atlanta planned to
rely on what Snitker called a
more “freelancing” lineup that
pounces on pitcher’s mistakes
and is in constant attack mode.
For evidence, look no further
than the first inning at Truist
Field. Atlanta struck first against
Dodgers reliever-turned-opener
Corey Knebel when one of the
outfielders acquired to fill the
Braves’ sudden voids, Eddie Rosario, singled, stole second,
moved to third on a groundball to
the right side, then scored on a
wild pitch.
The bottom of the Dodgers’
lineup, which came to life in the
NL Division Series against the
107-win Giants, got to Atlanta
starter Max Fried a half inning
later when A.J. Pollock doubled

and Chris Taylor singled him
home. In the fourth, catcher Will
Smith hit his third home run of
the postseason to give Los Angeles a one-run lead. Fried did not
allow another run, and finished
the evening having scattered
eight hits in six innings to keep
his team tied.
Meanwhile, the Dodgers continued to trot out relievers, first
Phil Bickford (who got four outs,
three strikeouts) and then lefty
Justin Bruihl (three outs, two
strikeouts) before they turned to
Tony Gonsolin with one out in the
fourth. Riley, the second batter he
faced, homered to tie the game. It
stayed tied until the sixth when
he handed the ball off to Alex
Vesia, who also struck out multiple batters. Joe Kelly followed

him with a scoreless seventh.
By that time, the Braves had
struck out 12 times. While the
Dodgers had put runners on in
every inning but one, the Braves
had put just one runner in scoring position through seven.
They were still tied entering
the ninth inning, when a walk to
Taylor and a base hit by Cody
Bellinger seemed to be starting
another Dodgers late-inning rally. But Taylor rounded second too
aggressively, ending the inning
when he was caught in a rundown between second and third.
The bottom of the ninth
brought Albies’s flare and Riley’s
heroics, and for one night at
least, that is the difference in the
NLCS.
chelsea.janes@washpost.com

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BASE BALL

B A S K ET BA L L

MLB playoffs

WNBA playoffs

WILD CARD

FIRST ROUND
THURSDAY, SEPT. 23

Tuesday, Oct. 5: at Boston 6, N.Y. Yankees 2
Wednesday, Oct. 6: at L.A. Dodgers 3, St. Louis 1

HO C KEY
NHL

at Chicago 81, Dallas 64
at Phoenix 83, New York 82

DIVISION SERIES

SECOND ROUND
SUNDAY, SEPT. 26

Best of five

NATIONAL LEAGUE
BRAVES ELIMINATED BREWERS, 3-1

Phoenix 85, at Seattle 80 (OT)
Chicago 89, at Minnesota 76

Game 1: at Milwaukee 2, Atlanta 1
Game 2: Atlanta 3, at Milwaukee 0
Game 3: at Atlanta 3, Milwaukee 0
Game 4: at Atlanta 5, Milwaukee 4

SEMIFINALS
Best of five

SKY ELIMINATED SUN, 3-1
Game 1: Chicago 101, at Connecticut 95 (2OT)
Game 2: at Connecticut 79, Chicago 68
Game 3: at Chicago 86, Connecticut 83
Game 4: at Chicago 79, Connecticut 69

DODGERS ELIMINATED GIANTS, 3-2
Game 1: at San Francisco 4, Los Angeles 0
Game 2: Los Angeles 9, at San Francisco 2
Game 3: San Francisco 1, at Los Angeles 0
Game 4: at Los Angeles 7, San Francisco 2
Game 5: Los Angeles 2, at San Francisco 1

MERCURY ELIMINATED ACES, 3-2
Game 1: at Las Vegas 96, Phoenix 90
Game 2: Phoenix 117, at Las Vegas 91
Game 3: at Phoenix 87, Las Vegas 60
Game 4: Las Vegas 93, at Phoenix 76
Game 5: Phoenix 87, at Las Vegas 84

AMERICAN LEAGUE
ASTROS ELIMINATED WHITE SOX, 3-1
Game 1: at Houston 6, Chicago 1
Game 2: at Houston 9, Chicago 4
Game 3: at Chicago 12, Houston 6
Game 4: Houston 10, at Chicago 1

FINALS
SKY LEAD MERCURY, 2-1
Best of five; x-If necessary
Game 1: Chicago 91, at Phoenix 77
Game 2: at Phoenix 91, Chicago 86 (OT)
Game 3: at Chicago 86, Phoenix 50
Sunday’s game: Phoenix at Chicago, 3
x-Tuesday’s game: Chicago at Phoenix, 9

RED SOX ELIMINATED RAYS, 3-1
Game 1: at Tampa Bay 5, Boston 0
Game 2: Boston 14, at Tampa Bay 6
Game 3: at Boston 6, Tampa Bay 4 (13)
Game 4: at Boston 6, Tampa Bay 5

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Best of seven; x-If necessary

NBA preseason

NATIONAL LEAGUE
BRAVES LEAD DODGERS, 1-0

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Game 1: at Atlanta 3, Los Angeles 2
Sunday’s game: Los Angeles (Scherzer 15-4) at Atlanta
(Anderson 9-5), 7:38 (TBS)
Tuesday’s game: Atlanta (Morton 14-6) at Los Angeles
(16-4), 5:08 (TBS)
Wednesday’s game: Atlanta at Los Angeles (Urias 20-3),
8:08 (TBS)
x-Thursday’s game: Atlanta at Los Angeles, 8:08 (TBS)
x-Saturday’s game: Los Angeles at Atlanta, 5:08 (TBS)
x-Sunday, Oct. 24: Los Angeles at Atlanta, 7:38 (TBS)

AMERICAN LEAGUE
ASTROS AND RED SOX TIED, 1-1
Game 1: at Houston 5, Boston 4
Game 2: Boston 9, at Houston 5
Monday’s game: Houston (Urquidy 8-3) at Boston, 8:08
(FS1)
Tuesday’s game: Houston at Boston, 8:08 (FS1)
Wednesday’s game: Houston at Boston, 8:08 (FS1)
x-Friday’s game: Boston at Houston, 8:08 (FS1)
x-Saturday’s game: Boston at Houston, 8:08 (Fox and
FS1)

WORLD SERIES
Best of seven; x-If necessary
Tuesday, Oct. 26: at better record (Fox)
Wednesday, Oct. 27: at better record (Fox)
Friday, Oct. 29: at worse record (Fox)
Saturday, Oct. 30: at worse record (Fox)
x-Sunday, Oct. 31: at worse record (Fox)
x-Tuesday, Nov. 2: at better record (Fox)
x-Wednesday, Nov. 3: at better record (Fox)

RED SOX
AB
Schwarber 1b .................4
Hernández cf ..................4
Devers 3b .......................4
Bogaerts ss ....................5
Verdugo lf.......................4
Martinez dh....................5
Renfroe rf.......................4
Plawecki c.......................2
Vázquez c .......................1
Arroyo 2b........................4
TOTALS
37

R H
1 1
2 2
2 1
0 2
1 2
1 2
0 0
1 0
0 0
1 1
9 11

BI BB SO AVG
0 1 3 .222
1 0 1 .667
4 1 1 .333
0 0 2 .250
0 1 0 .429
4 0 1 .250
0 0 3 .143
0 1 0 .000
0 0 1 .000
0 0 0 .286
9 4 12
—

ASTROS
AB
Altuve 2b........................5
Brantley lf ......................4
Bregman 3b ....................4
Alvarez dh ......................3
Correa ss ........................4
Tucker rf.........................4
Gurriel 1b .......................4
McCormick cf..................3
Díaz ph............................ 1
Maldonado c ...................2
Castro ph-c .....................1
TOTALS
35

R
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
5

BI BB SO AVG
0 0 0 .125
0 0 0 .111
0 0 1 .250
0 1 0 .333
0 0 1 .500
1 0 1 .250
3 0 0 .429
0 0 3 .429
0 0 1 .000
0 0 1 .000
1 1 0 1.00
5 2 8
—

BOSTON..................
HOUSTON ...............

100
300

440
000

000 —
002 —

9 11
5 8

0
0

LOB: Boston 6, Houston 5. 2B: Schwarber (1), Verdugo
(1), Bogaerts (1), Tucker (1). HR: Martinez (1), off Garcia; Devers (1), off Odorizzi; Hernández (3), off Odorizzi; Gurriel (1), off Hernandez; Castro (1), off Hernandez.
RED SOX
IP
H R ER BB SO ERA
Eovaldi ..........................5.1 5 3 3 1 3 5.06
Ottavino........................0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0.00
Whitlock ..........................2 0 0 0 1 2 0.00
Hernandez.....................0.2 2 2 2 0 2 27.0
Brasier ..........................0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
ASTROS
IP
Garcia...............................1
Odorizzi............................4
B.Taylor.........................1.2
García............................1.1
Stanek..............................1

H
2
7
1
0
1

R ER BB SO ERA
5 5 3 2 45.0
4 4 0 5 9.00
0 0 0 3 0.00
0 0 1 2 0.00
0 0 0 0 0.00

WP: Eovaldi (1-0); LP: Garcia (0-1). Inherited runnersscored: Ottavino 1-0, Odorizzi 1-1, García 1-0. HBP:
García (Hernández). T: 4:08. A: 41,476 (41,168).

DODGERS
AB
Betts rf...........................4
T.Turner 2b.....................4
Seager ss........................4
J.Turner 3b .....................4
Smith c ...........................4
Pujols 1b.........................4
Pollock lf.........................4
Taylor cf .........................3
Souza Jr. ph....................1
Gonsolin p ......................1
Bellinger ph-1b...............1
TOTALS
34

R H
0 0
0 2
0 1
0 1
1 1
0 0
1 1
0 2
0 0
0 1
0 1
2 10

BI BB SO AVG
0 0 0 .000
0 0 1 .500
0 0 1 .250
0 0 2 .250
1 0 0 .250
0 0 0 .000
0 0 1 .250
1 1 1 .667
0 0 1 .000
0 0 0 1.00
0 0 0 1.00
2 1 7
—

BRAVES
AB
Rosario lf........................4
Freeman 1b ....................4
Albies 2b ........................4
Riley 3b...........................4
Pederson rf.....................3
Duvall cf .........................3
d'Arnaud c ......................3
Swanson ss ....................3
Fried p ............................2
Adrianza ph ....................1
TOTALS
31

R
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3

BI BB SO AVG
0 0 0 .250
0 0 4 .000
0 0 0 .500
2 0 2 .500
0 0 2 .333
0 0 0 .000
0 0 2 .000
0 0 1 .000
0 0 2 .000
0 0 1 .000
2 0 14
—

L.A...........................
ATLANTA................

100
100

010
100

000 —
001 —

2 10
3 6

0
0

One out when winning run scored.
LOB: Los Angeles 7, Atlanta 3. 2B: Seager (1), Pollock
(1), Taylor (1). HR: Smith (1), off Fried; Riley (1), off
Gonsolin.
DODGERS
IP
H R ER BB SO ERA
Knebel ..............................1 1 1 1 0 2 9.00
Bickford.........................1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
Bruihl ...............................1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
Gonsolin........................1.2 2 1 1 0 1 5.40
Vesia ................................1 1 0 0 0 2 0.00
Kelly .................................1 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
Jansen..............................1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00
Treinen..........................0.1 2 1 1 0 1 27.0
BRAVES
IP
Fried.................................6
Matzek.............................1
Jackson ............................1
Smith ...............................1

H
8
1
0
1

GB
—
1
11/2
2
2

SOUTHEAST
W
Miami .............................................5
Atlanta ...........................................2
Orlando...........................................1
Charlotte ........................................1
Washington ...................................0

L
1
2
3
3
4

Pct
.833
.500
.250
.250
.000

GB
—
2
3
3
4

CENTRAL
W
Chicago...........................................4
Indiana ...........................................2
Detroit............................................2
Cleveland........................................2
Milwaukee .....................................1

L
Pct
0 1.000
2 .500
2 .500
3 .400
4 .200

GB
—
2
2
21/2
31/2

SOUTHWEST
W
Dallas .............................................4
San Antonio ...................................3
Memphis ........................................3
Houston..........................................1
New Orleans ..................................1

L
Pct
0 1.000
2 .600
3 .500
3 .250
3 .250

GB
—
11/2
2
3
3

NORTHWEST
W
Minnesota......................................3
Utah................................................2
Oklahoma City................................1
Denver............................................1
Portland .........................................0

L
1
2
3
4
4

Pct
.750
.500
.250
.200
.000

GB
—
1
2
1/
22
3

PACIFIC
W
Golden State ..................................5
Sacramento....................................4
Phoenix ..........................................3
L.A. Clippers...................................1
L.A. Lakers .....................................0

L
Pct
0 1.000
0 1.000
1 .750
3 .250
6 .000

GB
—
—
1
3
5

WESTERN CONFERENCE

WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS
at Phoenix 119, Portland 74
Dallas 127, at Charlotte 59
at Orlando 103, Boston 102
at Indiana 109, Memphis 107
at New York 108, Detroit 100
at Oklahoma City 108, Denver 99
at Utah 124, Milwaukee 120

ATLANTIC
GP W
Florida ............................ 2 2
Buffalo ........................... 2 2
Toronto .......................... 3 2
Tampa Bay ..................... 3 2
Boston............................ 1 1
Ottawa ........................... 2 1
Detroit............................ 1 0
Montreal ........................ 3 0

L OT Pts GF GA
0
0
4 10
5
0
0
4
7
2
1
0
4
7
5
1
0
4 11 13
0
0
2
3
1
1
0
2
4
5
0
1
1
6
7
3
0
0
3 10

METROPOLITAN
GP W
Pittsburgh...................... 3 2
Carolina .......................... 2 2
Columbus ....................... 2 2
Washington ................... 2 1
N.Y. Rangers .................. 3 1
Carolina .......................... 2 2
New Jersey .................... 1 1
Philadelphia ................... 1 0
N.Y. Islanders................. 2 0

L OT Pts GF GA
0
1
5 15
9
0
0
4
9
5
0
0
4 10
3
0
1
3
6
3
1
1
3
6
9
0
0
4
9
5
0
0
2
4
3
0
1
1
4
5
2
0
0
4 11

CENTRAL
GP W
x-Colorado...................... 1 1
x-Minnesota................... 1 1
Dallas ............................. 2 1
Arizona........................... 2 0
Chicago........................... 3 0
x-St. Louis...................... 0 0
Nashville ........................ 2 0
x-Winnipeg .................... 1 0

L OT Pts GF GA
0
0
2
4
2
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
2
4
5
1
1
1
3 10
2
1
1
7 13
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
5
7
1
0
0
1
4

PACIFIC
GP W
Vancouver ...................... 2 1
Seattle ........................... 3 1
x-Los Angeles ................ 1 1
x-Edmonton ................... 1 1
Anaheim......................... 2 1
Vegas ............................. 2 1
x-Calgary........................ 0 0
x-San Jose...................... 0 0

L OT Pts GF GA
0
1
3
7
7
1
1
3
8
9
0
0
2
6
2
0
0
2
3
2
1
0
2
5
3
1
0
2
6
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

x-Late game

FRIDAY’S RESULTS
at New Jersey 4, Chicago 3 (OT)
Vancouver 5, at Philadelphia 4 (SO)
Minnesota 2, at Anaheim 1

THURSDAY’S RESULTS

Spurs 126, Rockets 98
Late Friday
HOUSTON ........................... 21
SAN ANTONIO ................... 30

28
35

30
31

19 — 98
30 — 126

HOUSTON: Tate 1-5 2-2 4, Wood 8-16 2-6 19, Sengun 5-11
5-6 15, Green 4-12 7-8 16, Porter Jr. 6-20 3-6 16, Garuba
0-1 0-0 0, Martin Jr. 1-4 0-2 2, Nwaba 3-5 0-0 7, House Jr.
1-4 1-2 3, Augustin 1-5 3-3 6, Brooks 0-4 0-0 0,
Christopher 2-7 3-3 7, Nix 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 33-97 26-38 98.

R ER BB SO ERA
2 2 0 5 3.00
0 0 0 1 0.00
0 0 0 1 0.00
0 0 1 0 0.00

WP: Smith (1-0); LP: Treinen (0-1). WP: Knebel, Fried.
T: 3:04. A: 41,815 (41,084).

TE NNIS
ATP/WTA
BNP PARIBAS OPEN
At Indian Wells Tennis Garden; In Indian Wells, Calif.
Purse: $8,359,455
Surface: Hardcourt outdoor

MEN’S SINGLES — SEMIFINALS
Cameron Norrie (21), Britain, def. Grigor Dimitrov (23),
Bulgaria, 6-2, 6-4; Nikoloz Basilashvili (29), Georgia, def.
Taylor Fritz (31), United States, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3.

MEN’S DOUBLES — CHAMPIONSHIP
Filip Polasek, Slovakia, and John Peers (7), Australia,
def. Aslan Karatsev and Andrey Rublev, Russia, 6-3, 7-6
(7-5).

WOMEN’S DOUBLES — CHAMPIONSHIP
Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Elise Mertens (2), Belgium,
def. Veronika Kudermetova, Russia, and Elena Rybakina,
Kazakhstan, 7-6 (7-1), 6-3.

TR ANSAC TIO NS
NFL
Baltimore Ravens: Activated WR Rashod Bateman and
OL Tyre Phillips from injured reserve. Promoted RB
Le’Veon Bell and OT Andre Smith to the active roster
from the practice squad.
Carolina Panthers: Placed RB Christian McCaffrey and G
Deonte Brown on injured reserve. Promoted P Ryan
Winslow and RB Spencer Brown to the active roster
from the practice squad. Signed G Michael Jordan from
the practice squad.

Three-point Goals: Houston 6-33 (Nix 1-2, Augustin 1-3,
Wood 1-4, Porter Jr. 1-5, Green 1-6, Christopher 0-2,
Sengun 0-2, Tate 0-2, Brooks 0-4), San Antonio 15-39
(McDermott 4-9, Murray 3-4, White 3-7, Bates-Diop 1-2,
Johnson 1-2, Walker IV 1-2, Wieskamp 1-3, Forbes 1-5,
Vassell 0-4). Fouled Out: Houston None, San Antonio 1
(McDermott). Rebounds: Houston 59 (Wood 19), San
Antonio 53 (Eubanks 9). Assists: Houston 15 (Porter Jr.
4), San Antonio 30 (Murray 7). Total Fouls: Houston 22,
San Antonio 24. A: 17,676 (18,581)

Warriors 119, Trail Blazers 97
Late Friday
PORTLAND ......................... 27
GOLDEN STATE .................. 17

24
38

26
43

20 — 97
21 — 119

PORTLAND: Covington 3-4 2-2 10, Powell 7-18 2-2 18,
Nurkic 4-13 3-3 11, McCollum 11-22 0-0 26, Smith Jr. 2-6 3-4
7, Brown III 2-6 0-0 5, Chriss 2-6 2-2 6, Watford 1-1 1-2 3,
Elleby 4-9 0-0 9, McLemore 1-7 0-0 2. Totals 37-92 13-15 97.
GOLDEN STATE: Green 4-10 2-4 10, Wiggins 3-9 1-2 8,
Looney 1-3 0-0 2, Curry 13-23 8-10 41, Poole 7-15 2-2 16,
Bjelica 5-14 0-0 12, Porter Jr. 2-6 0-0 6, Toscano-Anderson 0-2 0-0 0, Bell 1-1 0-0 3, Figueroa 0-1 0-0 0, Iguodala
1-2 0-0 3, Chiozza 0-1 0-0 0, Lee 4-7 0-0 9, Moody 4-7 0-0
9. Totals 45-101 13-18 119.
Three-point Goals: Portland 10-40 (McCollum 4-11,
Covington 2-3, Powell 2-6, Brown III 1-4, Elleby 1-5,
Chriss 0-2, Nurkic 0-2, McLemore 0-6), Golden State
16-46 (Curry 7-14, Porter Jr. 2-4, Bjelica 2-6, Moody 1-3,
Lee 1-4, Wiggins 1-4, Green 0-2, Poole 0-4). Fouled Out:
None. Rebounds: Portland 42 (Nurkic 10), Golden State
57 (Curry 9). Assists: Portland 21 (Smith Jr. 7), Golden
State 31 (Green 7). Total Fouls: Portland 18, Golden
State 18. A: 18,064 (18,064)

GF
59
46
40
42
39
49
42
44
34
36
25
31
34
29

GA
36
26
29
41
33
41
39
32
30
39
47
48
56
55

Scoring: 1, Boston, Marchand 1, 17:38 (ps).

WEST
W
Seattle..............................17
Sporting KC ......................15
Colorado............................14
x-Portland.........................14
Real Salt Lake ..................12
Minnesota United ............11
x-LA Galaxy ......................11
Los Angeles FC .................10
Vancouver...........................9
San Jose .............................8
Houston ..............................6
FC Dallas.............................6
Austin FC............................7

L
6
6
6
10
11
10
11
12
9
12
12
13
18

T Pts
6 57
7 52
9 51
4 46
6 42
8 41
6 39
7 37
10 37
9 33
12 30
10 28
4 25

GF
49
51
42
45
48
32
39
43
35
36
35
39
29

GA
25
31
31
44
45
35
45
42
38
47
46
47
45

SECOND PERIOD

x-Late match

FIRST PERIOD
Scoring: 1, Toronto, Simmonds 1 (Dermott, Sandin),
2:12. 2, Toronto, Kerfoot 1 (Nylander), 8:06.

SECOND PERIOD
Scoring: 3, Ottawa, Norris 1 (Batherson, Ennis), 17:42
(pp).

THIRD PERIOD
Scoring: 4, Toronto, Bunting 1 (Liljegren, Kerfoot), 7:57.

SHOTS ON GOAL
OTTAWA .................................. 6
10
5 — 21
TORONTO ................................ 8
15
6 — 29
Power-play opportunities: Ottawa 1 of 2; Toronto 0 of 3.
Goalies: Ottawa, Forsberg 1-1-0 (30 shots-27 saves).
Toronto, Campbell 2-0-0 (21-20). A: 18,211 (18,819). T:
2:29.

Bruins 3, Stars 1
DALLAS .................................... 0
BOSTON ................................... 1

1
0

0 —
2 —

1
3

FIRST PERIOD

Scoring: 2, Dallas, Glendening 1 (Kero), 9:15.

SUNDAY, OCT. 10

THIRD PERIOD

Colorado 3, at Minnesota 1

Scoring: 3, Boston, DeBrusk 1 (Haula, Foligno), 4:43. 4,
Boston, Marchand 2 (Pastrnak), 18:23 (en).

SATURDAY’S RESULTS

SHOTS ON GOAL
DALLAS .................................... 5
9
14 — 28
BOSTON ................................. 17
11
12 — 40
Power-play opportunities: Dallas 0 of 6; Boston 0 of 3.
Goalies: Dallas, Holtby 0-1-0 (39 shots-37 saves). Boston, Swayman 1-0-0 (28-27). A: 17,850 (17,565). T: 2:37.

1
1

0 —
1 —

1
3

Nashville 0, at D.C. United 0
Philadelphia 2, at CF Montréal 2
at Los Angeles FC 3, San Jose 1
at Columbus 4, Miami 0
Chicago 2, at New England 2
Orlando City 1, at Cincinnati 0
Atlanta 2, at Toronto FC 0
at Houston 2, Seattle 1
Minnesota 1, at Austin FC 0
at Real Salt Lake 3, Colorado 1
Portland at LA Galaxy, Late

SUNDAY’S MATCHES
New York City FC at New York, 1
Sporting KC at Vancouver, 10

Scoring: 1, Detroit, Fabbri 1 (Lindstrom, Staal), 11:05.

WEDNESDAY’S MATCHES

SECOND PERIOD

VANCOUVER ........................... 8
10
23 — 41
DETROIT .................................. 5
10
6 — 21
Power-play opportunities: Vancouver 0 of 3; Detroit 1 of
2. Goalies: Vancouver, Halak 0-1-0 (20 shots-18 saves).
Detroit, Greiss 1-0-0 (41-40). A: 16,274 (20,000). T: 2:38.

New England at D.C. United, 7:30
Chicago at Cincinnati, 7:30
CF Montréal at Orlando City, 7:30
New York City FC at Atlanta, 7:30
Toronto FC at Miami, 7:30
Los Angeles FC at FC Dallas, 8
Philadelphia at Minnesota, 8
Columbus at Nashville, 8:30
LA Galaxy at Houston, 8:30
Seattle at Colorado, 9
Vancouver at Portland, 10
Austin FC at San Jose, 10:30

Rangers 3, Canadiens 1

Nashville SC 0, D.C. United 0

MONDAY’S GAMES
N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 7
Seattle at Philadelphia, 7
Anaheim at Calgary, 9:30
St. Louis at Arizona, 10

N.Y. RANGERS ......................... 0
MONTREAL .............................. 0

TUESDAY’S GAMES

2 —
1 —

1
0

3
1

SECOND PERIOD

Colorado at Washington, 7
Dallas at Pittsburgh, 7
Florida at Tampa Bay, 7
San Jose at Montreal, 7
Seattle at New Jersey, 7
Vancouver at Buffalo, 7
Columbus at Detroit, 7:30
Los Angeles at Nashville, 8
N.Y. Islanders at Chicago, 8
Winnipeg at Minnesota, 8
Anaheim at Edmonton, 9

Scoring: 1, N.Y. Rangers, Kreider 3 (Zibanejad, Panarin),
9:59 (pp).

THIRD PERIOD
Scoring: 2, Montreal, Drouin 2 (Kulak, Dvorak), 9:24. 3,
N.Y. Rangers, Lafreniere 1 (Fox, Zibanejad), 9:50. 4, N.Y.
Rangers, Rooney 1, 19:50 (en).

SHOTS ON GOAL
N.Y. RANGERS ......................... 8
9
7 — 24
MONTREAL .............................. 5
13
14 — 32
Power-play opportunities: N.Y. Rangers 1 of 4; Montreal
0 of 3. Goalies: N.Y. Rangers, Shesterkin 1-0-1 (32
shots-31 saves). Montreal, Allen 0-2-0 (23-21). A: 0
(21,288). T: 2:30.

0
1

1
0

1 — 2
0 — 1

CAROLINA ............................... 1
NASHVILLE .............................. 0

0
1

2 —
1 —

3
2

CAROLINA ............................. 14
8
10 — 32
NASHVILLE ............................ 14
15
11 — 40
Power-play opportunities: Carolina 0 of 4; Nashville 0 of
4. Goalies: Carolina, Andersen 2-0-0 (40 shots-38 saves).
Nashville, Saros 0-2-0 (31-29). A: 17,162 (17,113). T:
2:36.

PHILADELPHIA
0
2
2
MONTRÉAL
1
1
2
First Half: 1, Montréal, Miljevic, 1 (Mihailovic), 33rd
minute.
Second Half: 2, Philadelphia, Pantemis, 63rd; 3, Philadelphia, Wagner, 3, 77th; 4, Montréal, Ibrahim, 3 (Kizza),
90th+6.
Goalies: Philadelphia, Matt Freese, Joseph Bendik;
Montréal, James Pantemis, Sebastian Breza.
Yellow Cards: Mihailovic, Montréal, 44th; Waterman,
Montréal, 75th.
Philadelphia, Matt Freese; Jack Elliott, Jakob Glesnes,
Olivier Mbaizo, Kai Wagner; Paxten Aaronson (Nathan
Harriel, 88th), Alejandro Bedoya, Leon Maximilian Flach,
Jamiro Monteiro (Jesus Bueno, 75th), Quinn Sullivan
(Daniel Gazdag, 57th); Kacper Przybylko.
Montréal, James Pantemis; Zachary Brault-Guillard,
Rudy Camacho, Kamal Miller, Joel Waterman; Mathieu
Choiniere (Mustafa Kizza, 84th), Maciel (Bjorn Johnsen,
78th), Djordje Mihailovic, Matko Miljevic (Sunusi Ibrahim, 59th), Samuel Piette, Joaquin Torres; .

GOLF

Los Angeles FC 3, Earthquakes 1

FIRST PERIOD

Scoring: 1, Washington, Ovechkin 3 (van Riemsdyk,
Wilson), 18:51.

SECOND PERIOD

Scoring: 1, Carolina, Fast 2 (Slavin, Staal), 6:19.

THIRD PERIOD

Scoring: 2, Nashville, Johansen 1, 7:54.

Scoring: 2, Tampa Bay, Sergachev 1 (Cernak, Stamkos),
4:23.

THIRD PERIOD

Scoring: 3, Tampa Bay, Stamkos 3 (Bellemare), 4:45.

Scoring: 3, Carolina, Svechnikov 3 (Pesce, Necas), 14:00.
4, Carolina, Teravainen 2 (Pesce, Aho), 18:48 (en). 5,
Nashville, Forsberg 1 (Johansen, Ekholm), 19:15.

SHOTS ON GOAL

SHOTS ON GOAL

TAMPA BAY ...................... 4
10
8
2 — 24
WASHINGTON ................. 10
8
12
3 — 33
Power-play opportunities: Tampa Bay 0 of 1; Washington 0 of 4. Goalies: Tampa Bay, Vasilevskiy 2-1-0 (33
shots-32 saves). Washington, Vanecek 1-0-1 (24-22). A:
18,573 (18,277). T: 2:45.

NASHVILLE
0
0
0
D.C. UNITED
0
0
0
First Half: None.
Second Half: None.
Goalies: Nashville, Joe Willis, Bryan Meredith; D.C.
United, Bill Hamid, Jon Kempin.
Yellow Cards: Russell Canouse, D.C. United, 33rd; Mora,
D.C. United, 46th; Hany Mukhtar, Nashville, 62nd;
McCarty, Nashville, 90th+4.
Nashville, Joe Willis; Jack Maher, Eric Miller, Dave
Romney, Taylor Washington, Walker Zimmermann;
Brian Anunga, Luke Haakenson (Alex Muyl, 67th), Hany
Mukhtar (Jhonder Cadiz, 90th+2), Dax McCarty; C.J.
Sapong (Daniel Rios, 73rd).
D.C. United, Bill Hamid; Steven Birnbaum, Donovan
Pines; Julian Gressel, Junior Moreno (Ramon Abila,
87th), Andy Najar (Chris Odoi-Atsem, 46th), Kevin
Paredes, Russell Canouse; Ola Kamara, Adrien Perez
(Joseph Mora, 46th), Nigel Robertha (Drew Skundrich,
69th).

Union 2, CF Montréal 2

Hurricanes 3, Predators 2

SECOND PERIOD

Orlando City SC 1,
FC Cincinnati 0
ORLANDO CITY
1
0
1
CINCINNATI
0
0
0
First Half: 1, Orlando City, Junior Urso, 4 (Ruan), 13th
minute.
Second Half: None.
Goalies: Orlando City, Pedro Gallese, Mason Stajduhar;
Cincinnati, Przemyslaw Tyton, Kenneth Vermeer.
Yellow Cards: Carlos, Orlando City, 66th; Perea, Orlando
City, 74th; Bailey, Cincinnati, 80th; Cameron, Cincinnati,
86th.
A: 22,488.
Orlando City, Pedro Gallese; Antonio Carlos, Robin
Jansson, Emanuel Mas, Ruan; Junior Urso, Nani (Silvester Van der Water, 82nd), Andres Perea (Oriol Rosell,
83rd), Mauricio Pereyra (Rodrigo Schlegel, 90th); Daryl
Dike (Tesho Akindele, 71st), Chris Mueller (Benji Michel,
71st).
Cincinnati, Przemyslaw Tyton; Zico Bailey (JosephClaude Gyau, 81st), Tyler Blackett, Geoff Cameron, Nick
Hagglund; Luciano Acosta, Alvaro Barreal (Brandon
Vazquez, 88th), Haris Medunjanin (Kyle Scott, 75th),
Kamohelo Mokotjo (Calvin Harris, 81st); Isaac Atanga
(Allan Cruz, 46th), Brenner.

Dynamo 2, Sounders 1
SEATTLE
1
0
1
HOUSTON
2
0
2
First Half: 1, Houston, Urruti, 7 (Quintero), 14th minute;
2, Houston, Quintero, 3 (Dorsey), 20th; 3, Seattle,
Medranda, 4, 41st.
Second Half: None.
Goalies: Seattle, Stefan Frei, Stefan Cleveland, Spencer
Richey; Houston, Michael Nelson, Marko Maric.
Yellow Cards: Arreaga, Seattle, 54th; Figueroa, Houston,
79th; Corona, Houston, 90th+2; Joao Paulo, Seattle,
90th+4.
Seattle, Stefan Frei; Xavier Arreaga, Abdoulaye Cissoko
(Nicolas Benezet, 63rd), Shane O’Neill (Alex Roldan,
88th); Josh Atencio, Joao Paulo, Jimmy Medranda
(Nouhou Tolo, 74th), Cristian Roldan, Kelyn Rowe; Will
Bruin, Fredy Montero (Leo Chu, 74th).
Houston, Michael Nelson; Teenage Hadebe (Maynor
Figueroa, 53rd), Sam Junqua, Tim Parker, Zarek Valentin; Adalberto Carrasquilla (Darwin Ceren, 63rd), Griffin
Dorsey (Joe Corona, 77th), Fafa Picault, Matias Vera;
Darwin Quintero, Maximiliano Urruti (Tyler Pasher,
78th).

Minnesota United 1, Austin FC 0
MINNESOTA
1
0
1
AUSTIN FC
0
0
0
First Half: 1, Minnesota, Fragapane, 3 (Dotson), 16th
minute.
Second Half: None.
Goalies: Minnesota, Tyler Miller, Dayne St. Clair; Austin
FC, Bradley Stuver, Andrew Tarbell.
Yellow Cards: Cascante, Austin FC, 42nd; Reynoso,
Minnesota, 59th; Gasper, Minnesota, 90th+2; Alonso,
Minnesota, 90th+4.
Minnesota, Tyler Miller; Michael Boxall, Bakaye Dibassy,
Chase Gasper, Romain Metanire; Osvaldo Alonso, Hassani Dotson, Adrien Hunou (Joseph Yeramid Rosales
Erazo, 78th), Robin Lod (Ethan Finlay, 73rd), Emanuel
Reynoso (Fanendo Adi, 90th+1); Franco Fragapane.
Austin FC, Bradley Stuver; Julio Cascante, Zan Kolmanic,
Jhohan Romana; Diego Fagundez (McKinze Gaines,
80th), Hector Jimenez (Nicholas Lima, 90th+1), Tomas
Pochettino, Alexander Ring; Moussa Djitte (Jon Gallagher, 81st), Cecilio Dominguez (Kekuta Manneh, 87th),
Sebastian Driussi.

NWSL
W
Portland............................12
x-OL Reign ........................12
Chicago .............................10
x-Washington.....................9
Houston ..............................9
North Carolina ....................9
Gotham FC..........................7
Orlando ...............................7
Louisville ............................5
Kansas City.........................3

L
6
7
8
7
8
8
5
9
12
13

T Pts
4 40
3 39
5 35
6 33
5 32
5 32
8 29
7 28
5 20
6 15

GF
32
34
27
26
31
28
23
27
19
14

GA
17
22
28
26
29
20
18
31
38
32

x-Late match

SUNDAY’S RESULTS
Portland 0, at Kansas City 0
at Houston 4, North Carolina 1
at OL Reign 3, Chicago 2

WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS
Washington 2, at North Carolina 1
at Chicago 1, Orlando 0
at Kansas City 3, Houston 0
OL Reign 1, at Portland 1

SATURDAY’S RESULTS
Washington at OL Reign, Late
at Louisville 3, Orlando 1
at Chicago 2, Kansas City 1

SUNDAY’S MATCHES
Gotham FC at North Carolina, 2
Portland at Houston, 7

COLLEGE F OOTBALL
Sabres 2, Coyotes 1 (SO)
ARIZONA ........................... 1
BUFFALO ........................... 0

0
1

0
0

0 — 1
1 — 2

BUFFALO WON SHOOTOUT 2-1
FIRST PERIOD

PGA Tour

Scoring: 1, Arizona, Ladd 1 (Larsson, Dzingel), 13:51.

CJ CUP
At Summit Club; In Las Vegas
Purse: $9.75 Million
Yardage: 7,431; Par: 72

SECOND PERIOD

THIRD ROUND

Scoring: 2, Buffalo, Eakin 1 (Dahlin, Caggiula), 1:05 (pp).

Rickie Fowler ................................
Rory McIlroy .................................
Abraham Ancer .............................
Robert Streb .................................
Adam Scott ...................................
Tyrrell Hatton ...............................
Keith Mitchell ...............................
Cameron Smith .............................
Ian Poulter ....................................
Sam Burns ....................................
Aaron Wise ...................................
Erik van Rooyen ............................
Harry Higgs ...................................
Collin Morikawa ............................
Russell Henley ..............................
Sung Kang .....................................
Harold Varner III ...........................
Gary Woodland .............................
Carlos Ortiz ...................................
Joaquin Niemann ..........................
Chris Kirk ......................................
Jhonattan Vegas ..........................
Maverick McNealy ........................
Hudson Swafford ..........................
Paul Casey ....................................
Viktor Hovland ..............................
Mackenzie Hughes .......................
Seonghyeon Kim ...........................
Jordan Spieth ...............................
Tommy Fleetwood ........................
Lucas Glover .................................
Webb Simpson ..............................
Sungjae Im ....................................
Stewart Cink .................................
Sergio Garcia ................................
K.H. Lee .........................................
Matt Jones ....................................
Brooks Koepka ..............................
Keegan Bradley .............................
Minkyu Kim ...................................
Talor Gooch ...................................
Louis Oosthuizen ..........................
Kevin Kisner ..................................
Justin Thomas ..............................
Kevin Na ........................................
Dustin Johnson .............................
Tom Hoge ......................................
Xander Schauffele ........................
Max Homa .....................................
Sebastian Munoz ..........................
Kevin Streelman ...........................
Jason Kokrak ................................
Alex Noren ....................................
Byeong Hun An .............................
Scottie Scheffler ..........................
Joohyung Kim ...............................
Harris English ...............................
Emiliano Grillo ..............................
Rasmus Hojgaard .........................
Justin Rose ...................................
Marc Leishman .............................
Tony Finau ....................................
Brian Harman ...............................
Charley Hoffman ..........................
Sanghun Shin ................................
Cameron Tringale .........................
Patrick Reed ..................................
Hideki Matsuyama .......................
Jaekyeong Lee ..............................
Si Woo Kim ...................................
Cam Davis .....................................
Patton Kizzire ...............................
Shane Lowry .................................
Yoseop Seo ...................................
Hanbyeol Kim ...............................
Branden Grace ..............................
Jason Day ......................................
Charl Schwartzel ..........................

SHOOTOUT
Buffalo 2 (Thompson G, Ruotsalainen G, Olofsson NG),
Arizona 1 (Schmaltz G, Kessel NG, Keller NG).

SHOTS ON GOAL
ARIZONA ........................... 5
9
5
2 — 21
BUFFALO ......................... 14
8
10
1 — 33
Power-play opportunities: Arizona 0 of 2; Buffalo 1 of 2.
Goalies: Arizona, Vejmelka 0-0-1 (33 shots-32 saves).
Buffalo, Tokarski 1-0-0 (21-20). A: 7,872 (19,070). T:
2:28.

Panthers 5, Islanders 1
N.Y. ISLANDERS ...................... 0
FLORIDA .................................. 1

0
2

1 —
2 —

1
5

FIRST PERIOD
Scoring: 1, Florida, Bennett 1 (Forsling, Gudas), 9:10.

SECOND PERIOD
Scoring: 2, Florida, Bennett 2 (Huberdeau, Ekblad), 3:48.
3, Florida, Duclair 2 (Weegar), 18:57.

THIRD PERIOD
Scoring: 4, N.Y. Islanders, Wahlstrom 1, 3:30 (pp). 5,
Florida, Bennett 3 (Kiersted), 9:39. 6, Florida, Barkov 1
(Verhaeghe, Forsling), 12:22.

SHOTS ON GOAL
N.Y. ISLANDERS ...................... 8
12
10 — 30
FLORIDA .................................. 6
7
16 — 29
Power-play opportunities: N.Y. Islanders 1 of 4; Florida 0
of 1. Goalies: N.Y. Islanders, Sorokin 0-1-0 (29 shots-24
saves). Florida, Bobrovsky 1-0-0 (30-29). A: 12,936
(19,250). T: 2:38.

Penguins 5, Blackhawks 2

ANDY’S FROZEN CUSTARD 335

CHICAGO .................................. 0
PITTSBURGH ........................... 4

RACE STATISTICS

T Pts
6 66
15 48
10 46
9 45
9 42
5 41
8 41
7 40
7 37
7 37
5 32
7 28
7 25
8 20

Scoring: 4, Detroit, Gagner 1 (Bertuzzi), 19:02 (en).

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Average Speed of Race Winner: 115.53 mph.
Time of Race: 2 hours, 35 minutes, 48 seconds.
Margin of Victory: 1.316 seconds.

L
4
3
7
8
9
12
10
10
11
12
15
16
16
17

SHOTS ON GOAL

A U T O RA C I NG

At Texas Motor Speedway; In Fort Worth
Lap length: 1.50 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (10) John H. Nemechek, Toyota, 200 laps, 0 points.
2. (3) Daniel Hemric, Toyota, 200, 44.
3. (5) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, 200, 45.
4. (6) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 200, 43.
5. (2) Austin Cindric, Ford, 200, 42.
6. (1) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 200, 40.
7. (4) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 200, 41.
8. (8) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 200, 33.
9. (9) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 200, 38.
10. (7) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 200, 27.
11. (13) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 200, 33.
12. (20) Riley Herbst, Ford, 200, 30.
13. (11) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 200, 32.
14. (22) Ryan Sieg, Ford, 200, 23.
15. (32) Kaz Grala, Chevrolet, 200, 0.
16. (26) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet, 200, 23.
17. (39) Bayley Currey, Chevrolet, 200, 0.
18. (24) Tommy Joe Martins, Chevrolet, 200, 19.
19. (15) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 200, 18.
20. (21) Austin Hill, Toyota, 199, 0.
21. (12) Myatt Snider, Chevrolet, 199, 16.
22. (30) Ryan Vargas, Chevrolet, 199, 15.
23. (23) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 199, 14.
24. (16) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 199, 13.
25. (25) Kyle Weatherman, Chevrolet, 199, 12.
26. (38) Joe Graf Jr, Chevrolet, 198, 11.
27. (35) Mason Massey, Toyota, 196, 10.
28. (28) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 196, 0.
29. (14) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 196, 11.
30. (37) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 195, 7.
31. (34) Jesse Little, Chevrolet, 195, 6.
32. (31) Matt Mills, Chevrolet, 193, 5.
33. (18) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet, accident, 171, 5.
34. (36) David Starr, Ford, engine, 152, 3.
35. (40) Cj McLaughlin, Chevrolet, suspension, 145, 2.
36. (19) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, electrical, 108, 1.
37. (27) Tanner Berryhill, Chevrolet, accident, 100, 1.
38. (29) Dylan Lupton, Toyota, accident, 100, 1.
39. (17) Jade Buford, Chevrolet, accident, 81, 1.
40. (33) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, engine, 37, 1.

EAST
W
New England ....................20
Nashville...........................11
Philadelphia......................12
Orlando City......................12
Atlanta .............................11
D.C. United .......................12
CF Montréal......................11
New York City FC..............11
New York ..........................10
Columbus..........................10
Inter Miami CF....................9
Chicago ...............................7
Toronto FC..........................6
Cincinnati ...........................4

THIRD PERIOD

OVERTIME

END OF PRESEASON

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3

Scoring: 2, Vancouver, Garland 1 (Horvat, Pearson), 4:56.
3, Detroit, Zadina 1 (Hronek, Seider), 6:42 (pp).

SUNDAY’S GAME

TAMPA BAY ...................... 0
WASHINGTON ................... 0

at New York 115, Washington 113
at Miami 121, Boston 100
Cleveland 110, at Indiana 94
at Detroit 112, Philadelphia 108
at Chicago 118, Memphis 105
Dallas 114, at Milwaukee 103
at San Antonio 126, Houston 98
at Golden State 119, Portland 97

MLS
0 —
1 —

FIRST PERIOD

Lightning 2, Capitals 1 (OT)

FRIDAY’S RESULTS

1
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VANCOUVER ........................... 0
DETROIT .................................. 1

Tampa Bay 2, at Washington 1 (OT)
at Buffalo 2, Arizona 1 (SO)
at Florida 5, N.Y. Islanders 1
at Pittsburgh 5, Chicago 2
at Columbus 2, Seattle 1 (OT)
at Boston 3, Dallas 1
at Toronto 3, Ottawa 1
at Detroit 3, Vancouver 1
N.Y. Rangers 3, at Montreal 1
Carolina 3, at Nashville 2
St. Louis at Colorado, Late
Calgary at Edmonton, Late
Winnipeg at San Jose, Late
Minnesota at Los Angeles, Late

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

at Atlanta 127, Miami 92
at Brooklyn 107, Minnesota 101
Denver 113, at Oklahoma City 107 (OT)
at Sacramento 116, L.A. Lakers 112

OTTAWA .................................. 0
TORONTO ................................ 2

Red Wings 3, Canucks 1

SATURDAY’S RESULTS

Boston at Philadelphia, 7:30
St. Louis at Vegas, 10

SAN ANTONIO: Johnson 4-12 3-9 12, McDermott 5-12
2-2 16, Poeltl 4-6 1-2 9, Murray 8-13 1-1 20, White 8-14
1-2 20, Bates-Diop 2-5 0-0 5, Eubanks 2-5 6-6 10,
Wieskamp 1-3 0-0 3, Forbes 3-10 2-2 9, Primo 2-2 0-0 4,
Vassell 4-10 5-5 13, Walker IV 2-4 0-0 5. Totals 45-96
21-29 126.

Braves 3, Dodgers 2

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Maple Leafs 3, Senators 1

Dallas at Ottawa, 5

Red Sox 9, Astros 5

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W
New York........................................4
Brooklyn .........................................3
Toronto ..........................................3
Boston............................................2
Philadelphia ...................................2

S OCCER

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1

1 —
0 —

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5

FIRST PERIOD
Scoring: 1, Pittsburgh, Blueger 2 (Marino, McGinn), 0:15.
2, Pittsburgh, O’Connor 1 (Simon, Dumoulin), 5:33. 3,
Pittsburgh, McGinn 1 (O’Connor), 10:59. 4, Pittsburgh,
Heinen 3 (Guentzel, Carter), 11:25.

SECOND PERIOD
Scoring: 5, Chicago, Kane 1 (Jones, DeBrincat), 5:00 (pp).
6, Pittsburgh, Zucker 1 (Kapanen, Friedman), 17:55.

THIRD PERIOD
Scoring: 7, Chicago, Dach 2 (Kane, Hagel), 15:57.

SHOTS ON GOAL
CHICAGO .................................. 3
15
2 — 20
PITTSBURGH ......................... 13
8
5 — 26
Power-play opportunities: Chicago 1 of 3; Pittsburgh 0 of
2. Goalies: Chicago, Lankinen 0-0-1 (16 shots-15 saves),
Chicago, Fleury 0-2-0 (10-6). Pittsburgh, Jarry 2-0-0
(20-18). A: 18,420 (18,387). T: 2:18.

Blue Jackets 2, Kraken 1 (OT)
SEATTLE ............................ 0
COLUMBUS ........................ 0

1
0

0
1

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1 — 2

SECOND PERIOD
Scoring: 1, Seattle, Tanev 3 (Donato), 14:32.

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THIRD PERIOD
Scoring: 2, Columbus, Robinson 1 (Harrington, Hofmann), 10:07.

World Golf Ranking

OVERTIME

Through Monday

Scoring: 3, Columbus, Laine 1 (Werenski, Domi), 2:16.

1. .................................. Jon Rahm
2. ......................... Dustin Johnson
3. ........................ Collin Morikawa
4. ..........................Patrick Cantlay
5. .................... Xander Schauffele
6. .......................... Justin Thomas
7. .................Bryson DeChambeau
8. ...................... Louis Oosthuizen
9. .......................... Brooks Koepka
10. ...............................Tony Finau

SHOTS ON GOAL
SEATTLE ............................ 5
7
7
1 — 20
COLUMBUS ........................ 6
9
8
2 — 25
Power-play opportunities: Seattle 0 of 1; Columbus 0 of
0. Goalies: Seattle, Grubauer 1-1-1 (25 shots-23 saves).
Columbus, Merzlikins 2-0-0 (20-19). A: 17,593 (18,500).
T: 2:25.

ESP
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
SAF
USA
USA

10.26
8.64
7.84
7.46
7.20
6.90
6.82
6.06
5.57
5.56

SAN JOSE
0
1
1
LOS ANGELES FC
2
1
3
First Half: 1, Los Angeles FC, Musovski, 4 (Arango), 3rd
minute; 2, Los Angeles FC, Arango, 7 (penalty kick),
28th.
Second Half: 3, San Jose, Fierro, 1 (Rios), 61st; 4, Los
Angeles FC, Arango, 8 (Rodriguez), 88th.
Goalies: San Jose, JT Marcinkowski, Daniel Vega; Los
Angeles FC, Jamal Blackman, Tomas Romero.
Yellow Cards: Marcinkowski, San Jose, 28th; Lopez, San
Jose, 40th; Murillo, Los Angeles FC, 81st; Arango, Los
Angeles FC, 86th; Farfan, Los Angeles FC, 90th+3;
Judson, San Jose, 90th+9.
A: 22,003.
San Jose, JT Marcinkowski; Luciano Abecasis (Jack
Skahan, 46th), Oswaldo Alanis (Cade Cowell, 55th),
Nathan; Cristian Espinoza (Andy Rios, 55th), Judson,
Eduardo Lopez, Shea Salinas (Carlos Fierro, 46th),
Jackson Yueill; Jeremy Ebobisse, Benjamin Kikanovic
(Chris Wondolowski, 55th).
Los Angeles FC, Jamal Blackman; Mamadou Fall (Sebastien Ibeagha, 65th), Marco Farfan, Moon-hwan Kim
(Tristan Blackmon, 82nd), Jesus Murillo; Jose Cifuentes,
Francisco Ginella (Daniel Crisostomo, 46th); Cristian
Arango, Latif Blessing, Raheem Edwards (Diego Palacios, 65th), Danny Musovski (Brian Rodriguez, 76th).

Crew 4, Inter Miami CF 0
MIAMI
0
0
0
COLUMBUS
2
2
4
First Half: 1, Columbus, Zardes, 8 (Santos), 39th minute;
2, Columbus, Santos, 3 (Nagbe), 44th.
Second Half: 3, Columbus, Zardes, 9 (Santos), 64th; 4,
Columbus, Gonzalez Pirez, 83rd.
Goalies: Miami, Nick Marsman, John McCarthy; Columbus, Eloy Room, Evan Bush.
Yellow Cards: Higuain, Miami, 16th; Wormgoor, Columbus, 56th; Robinson, Miami, 68th; Leerdam, Miami, 68th;
Makoun, Miami, 76th; Carranza, Miami, 90th+1.
Miami, Nick Marsman; Leandro Gonzalez Pirez, Sami
Fouad Guediri (Brek Shea, 57th), Kelvin Leerdam,
Christian Makoun; Gregore, Blaise Matuidi, Lewis Morgan, Indiana Vassilev (Jay Chapman, 88th); Gonzalo
Higuain (Federico Higuain, 68th), Robbie Robinson
(Julian Carranza, 69th).
Columbus, Eloy Room; Steven Moreira (Harrison Afful,
87th), Milton Valenzuela, Josh Williams, Vito Wormgoor; Derick Etienne, Darlington Nagbe (Bradley WrightPhillips, 87th), Pedro Santos (Alexandru Matan, 74th),
Lucas Zelarrayan (Liam Fraser, 74th); Marlon Hairston,
Gyasi Zardes (Miguel Berry, 79th).

Atlanta United 2, Toronto FC 0
ATLANTA
1
1
2
TORONTO FC
0
0
0
First Half: 1, Atlanta, Araujo, 2 (Bello), 45th+2 minute.
Second Half: 2, Atlanta, Moreno, 8 (Franco), 90th+7.
Goalies: Atlanta, Brad Guzan, Alec Kann; Toronto FC,
Alex Bono, Quentin Westberg.
Yellow Cards: Rossetto, Atlanta, 16th; Achara, Toronto
FC, 24th; Delgado, Toronto FC, 90th+2; Walkes, Atlanta,
90th+8.
Red Cards: Auro, Toronto FC, 83rd; Barco, Atlanta, 84th.
Atlanta, Brad Guzan; George Bello, Alan Franco, Miles
Robinson, Anton Walkes; Ezequiel Barco, Marcelino
Moreno (Erick Torres, 90th+8), Matheus Rossetto
(Amar Sejdic, 90th+3), Santiago Sosa; Luiz Araujo
(Franco Ibarra, 77th), Brooks Lennon.
Toronto FC, Alex Bono; Auro, Omar Gonzalez, Kemar
Lawrence; Marky Delgado, Richie Laryea, Michael Bradley, Jonathan Osorio, Yeferson Soteldo; Ifunanyachi
Achara (Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty, 31st, Alejandro Pozuelo, 61st), Jacob Shaffelburg (Jozy Altidore, 61st).

Fire 2, Revolution 2
CHICAGO
0
2
2
NEW ENGLAND
0
2
2
First Half: None.
Second Half: 1, New England, Kaptoum, 1, 47th minute; 2,
Chicago, Medran, 2 (Espinoza), 49th; 3, New England, Bou,
14 (Gil), 76th; 4, Chicago, Aliseda, 4 (Gutierrez), 88th.
Goalies: Chicago, Gabriel Slonina, Bobby Shuttleworth;
New England, Matt Turner.
Yellow Cards: Navarro, Chicago, 60th; Buchanan, New
England, 90th+3; Navarro, Chicago, 90th+4.
Chicago, Gabriel Slonina; Jonathan Bornstein, Jhon
Espinoza (Wyatt Omsberg, 77th), Johan Kappelhof,
Mauricio Pineda; Ignacio Aliseda, Alvaro Medran, Federico Navarro (Elliot Collier, 81st), Miguel Navarro; Robert
Beric (Chinonso Offor, 69th), Stanislav Ivanov (Brian
Gutierrez, 69th).
New England, Matt Turner; Brandon Bye, Andrew
Farrell, Henry Kessler; Carles Gil, Wilfrid Kaptoum
(Emmanuel Boateng, 68th), Tommy McNamara (Tajon
Buchanan, 58th), Matt Polster; Gustavo Bou, Teal
Bunbury (Adam Buksa, 58th), DeJuan Jones.

NCAA
TUESDAY’S RESULT
SOUTH
Louisiana Lafayette 41, Appalachian State 13

THURSDAY’S RESULTS
SOUTH
Memphis 35, Navy 17
South Alabama 41, Georgia Southern 14

FRIDAY’S RESULTS
EAST
Cornell 34, Colgate 20
Clemson 17, Syracuse 14

SOUTHWEST
Marshall 49, North Texas 21

WEST
Montana State 13, Weber State 7
San Diego State 19, San Jose State 13 (2OT)
Oregon 24, California 17

SATURDAY’S RESULTS
Read the results of Saturday’s games on D5.

No. 9 Oregon 24, California 17
Late Friday
CALIFORNIA ............................ 7
OREGON ................................... 3

0
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3
0

7 — 17
14 — 24

FIRST QUARTER
ORE: FG C.Lewis 48, 10:42.
CAL: Tonges 9 pass from Garbers (Longhetto kick), 5:23.

SECOND QUARTER
ORE: Dye 11 run (C.Lewis kick), 5:17.

THIRD QUARTER
CAL: FG Longhetto 44, 8:34.

FOURTH QUARTER
CAL: Reinwald 4 pass from Garbers (Longhetto kick),
13:37.
ORE: Redd 20 pass from A.Brown (C.Lewis kick), 11:23.
ORE: A.Brown 11 run (C.Lewis kick), 4:50.
California
First Downs ..................................... 24
Total Net Yards ............................. 409
Rushes-Yards ........................... 36-161
Passing .......................................... 248
Punt Returns ................................ 1-21
Kickoff Returns ............................ 2-39
Interceptions Ret. ........................... 0-0
Comp-Att-Int .......................... 24-44-0
Sacked-Yards Lost .......................... 2-7
Punts .......................................... 4-43.0
Fumbles-Lost .................................. 0-0
Penalties-Yards ............................ 9-73
Time Of Possession .................... 31:53

Oregon
22
461
34-207
254
0-0
3-67
0-0
24-32-0
2-10
2-51.5
2-2
10-88
28:07

PASSING
California: Garbers 24-43-0-248, (Team) 0-1-0-0. Oregon: A.Brown 24-32-0-254.

RUSHING
California: C.Brooks 15-78, D.Moore 11-37, Garbers 9-30,
Dancy 1-16. Oregon: Dye 19-139, A.Brown 13-49,
Cardwell 2-19.

RECEIVING
California: Crawford 6-50, Remigio 4-21, Hunter 3-78,
Tonges 3-34, D.Moore 3-8, C.Brooks 2-11, Reinwald 2-11,
Clark 1-24, C.Moore 1-10. Oregon: Dye 8-69, D.Williams
4-66, Johnson III 3-38, Hutson 3-37, Redd 3-35, Matavao
1-7, Webb 1-3.

H IGH S CH OOLS
FOOTBALL
PRIVATE
O'Connell 15, Bishop Ireton 14
St. Albans 20, Bullis 6
FIELD HOCKEY
PRIVATE
Potomac School 4, Sidwell Friends 1
Sidwell Friends 4, Episcopal 0
GIRLS' SOCCER
MARYLAND
Wootton 10, Paint Branch 0
PRIVATE
Maret 1, Washington International 0
BOYS' SOCCER
MARYLAND
Quince Orchard 1, Poolesville 0

D12

EZ

THE WASHINGTON POST

M2

. SUNDAY,

OCTOBER 17 , 2021

NHL ROUNDUP

Bu≠alo improves to 2-0
with a shootout victory
SABRES 2,
COYOTES 1 (SO)
A SSOCIATED P RESS

JOHN MCDONNELL/THE WASHINGTON POST

The Lightning’s Steven Stamkos, right, scored the game-winning goal against the Capitals just 14.2 seconds before the end of overtime.

Lightning rallies, then beats Capitals late in overtime
CAPITALS FROM D1

nice sliding pad save to rob Victor
Hedman’s blast from the left circle.
Vanecek’s strong showing continued midway through the second period after he managed to
keep the puck out after two shots
by Corey Perry in front. The scrum
left the puck on Nikita Kucherov’s
stick at the right circle, but Vanecek got in front of his slap shot.
Vanecek stopped the first
17 shots he faced and finished with
22 saves on 24 shots.
Washington did not name a
starting goaltender at the end of
training camp, instead opting to
have the goaltending competition
between Vanecek and Ilya Samsonov continue into the season.
Vanecek’s latest two performances
have shown No. 1 goaltender potential.
“He’s certainly done his job. He
gives us a chance to win, and he’s
made some big saves,” Capitals
Coach Peter Laviolette said. “We
played a good team tonight —
they’ve got a lot of firepower, and
so with that you know you’re going

to have to throw in a good game. I
thought he did that.”
Vanecek made 13 straight starts
early last season when he was
filling in for Samsonov. The Russian had two stints on the NHL’s
coronavirus list.
Wilson shows restraint
Tom Wilson had two big hits in
the first 14 minutes against the
Lightning after staying off the radar during Wednesday’s season
opener. His first was a punishing
hit on Kucherov. His second hit on
Ryan McDonagh drew ire from
Lightning winger Pat Maroon, who
got in Wilson’s face after the hit.
A moment that easily could have
escalated instead faded away. Wilson, who finished with four hits,
largely ignored Maroon and headed straight to the Capitals’ bench.
Wilson has acknowledged that
his challenge this season is to balance his physical game with his
need to be an offensive contributor.
Wilson scored 13 goals in
47 games last season after reaching the 20-goal mark the previous
two seasons.

Mixed bag for special teams
Washington’s power play had a
frustrating night, going 0 for 4
after it started the season Wednesday 3 for 5. The Capitals mustered
just one shot on goal in each of
their first two power-play chances.
“We had lots of chances. But we
don’t execute,” Ovechkin said of
the power play. “It’s all about us.
They know how to play, and that’s
why they [are] two Stanley Cup
champs.”
Washington’s third power play
of the night came with just 5:10
left in the third period, and neither of its two shots on goal could
get past a skilled Lightning penalty kill. The Capitals had a fourth
chance 1:21 into the overtime period, but a couple of Ovechkin
one-timers from the circle were
unable to get past Vasilevskiy.
The Capitals continued to roll
with the same power-play units to
start the season. The first unit
consists of Ovechkin, T.J. Oshie,
Anthony Mantha, Evgeny Kuznetsov and John Carlson. The second is Wilson, Lars Eller, Dmitry
Orlov, Justin Schultz and rookie

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Hendrix Lapierre.
Conversely, Washington’s penalty kill made a strong stop on
Tampa Bay’s lethal power play late
in the second period. It was the
Lightning’s only power-play
chance in the first two periods.
Carl Hagelin was in the penalty
box for a hold. Washington also
continued using Kuznetsov on the
penalty kill — an experiment from
the coaching staff that started in
the preseason.
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Tage Thompson and Arttu
Ruotsalainen scored in a shootout
to give the Buffalo Sabres a 2-1
victory over the visiting Arizona
Coyotes on Saturday.
Buffalo improved to 2-0 following a 5-1 win over Montreal on
Thursday night. Cody Eakin
scored in the second period for the
Sabres, and Dustin Tokarski made
20 saves before stopping two of
three shots in the tiebreaker.
“We had great momentum,”
said Sabres defenseman Rasmus
Dahlin. “The only thing missing
was the goals. But we worked hard
and did everything we could.”
Before the game, Granato said
forward Casey Mittelstadt (upper
body) and defenseman Henri Jokiharju (lower body) will be out at
least two weeks after getting hurt
during the season-opening win
over Montreal.

Marchand scored on a penalty
shot in the first period and added
an empty-netter with 1:37 left to
play. Nick Foligno, Erik Haula and
David Pastrnak each had assists
and Jeremy Swayman stopped
27 shots for the Bruins.
Luke Glendening scored for
Dallas, and Braden Holtby kept
the Stars close with 37 saves.
l PANTHERS 5, ISLANDERS
1: Sam Bennett scored three times,

Sergei
Bobrovsky
stopped
28 shots, and Florida topped New
York in Sunrise, Fla., for its second
win in as many games this season.
Jonathan Huberdeau got the
500th point of his career for Florida, while Anthony Duclair and
Aleksander Barkov added goals
for the Panthers.
l HURRICANES 3, PREDATORS 2: Andrei Svechnikov

scored with six minutes left in the
third period, and Teuvo Teravainen added a late empty-net goal as
Carolina beat host Nashville.
Jesper Fast also scored and
Frederik Andersen made 38 saves
for Carolina, which has won its
first two games.

l PENGUINS
5, BLACKHAWKS 2: Drew O’Connor

l RANGERS 3, CANADIENS
1: Alexis Lafreniere snapped a

scored his first NHL goal, Danton
Heinen got his third in three
games, and Pittsburgh scored four
times in the first period to beat
visiting Chicago.
With the victory, Penguins
Coach Mike Sullivan surpassed
Dan Bylsma for the most regular
season wins in franchise history.
Brock McGinn scored his first
goal with the Penguins and Teddy
Blueger added his second of the
season, both in the first period.
Jason Zucker also scored for Pittsburgh.

third-period tie with a power-play
goal in his first NHL game back
home, and New York won at Montreal for its first victory under new
coach Gerard Gallant.
Lafreniere, the top pick in the
2020 draft, grew up about an hour
from Montreal in Saint-Eustache,
Quebec. He scored for the Rangers
just 26 seconds after Jonathan Drouin pulled Montreal even.

l BLUE JACKETS 2, KRAKEN 1 (OT): Patrick Laine scored at

2:16 of overtime to give Columbus
a come-from-behind win at home
over expansion Seattle.
Eric Robinson scored and Elvis
Merzlikins stopped 19 shots for his
second win for the Blue Jackets,
who are off to a 2-0-0 start.
l BRUINS 3, STARS 1: Brad
Marchand scored twice, Jake DeBrusk broke a 1-all tie early in the
third period, and Boston opened
the season with a home win over
Dallas.

l MAPLE LEAFS 3, SENATORS 1: Alexander Kerfoot had a

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olly Hatcher-Frazier will never forget when she walked through the door of
her daughter’s dance studio and was greeted by a demand. ¶ “I want her in an
Afro,” dance instructor Abby Lee Miller said, pointing at Holly’s 10-year-old,
Nia. “Do you have one?” ¶ After sardonically pretending to check her purse for
a wig and coming up empty, Frazier absorbed what she was seeing: All the
young dancers were dressed in colorful, sparkly costumes, while Nia — the only Black girl
— was adorned in leopard print. Nia was usually never assigned solos, but this time she
was: a routine to the tune of drag queen Shangela’s “Call Me Laquifa.” SEE REALITY TV ON E8
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he news shocked her
into silence. When
choreographer Jawole
Willa Jo Zollar answered the phone in the
sun room of her Tallahassee home
and learned she’d been awarded a
2021 MacArthur Foundation fellowship, also known as the “genius” grant, she couldn’t make her
mouth move.
Finally, Zollar recalled in a
recent interview, she found her
voice. “I thought I was too old!”
she blurted out.
Zollar, founder of the powerhouse Brooklyn-based dance
group Urban Bush Women, is 70,
the oldest among the 25 fellows
announced Sept. 28 by the John
D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation. Yet if her age contributes to the delight of her
award, it’s also part of the virtue
of it. For Zollar, a force of creativity and empowerment in the modern-dance world and an artist-activist whose wider recognition is
long overdue, receiving the MacArthur at this point is a validation
of her inexhaustible drive.
After all, the MacArthur honor,
which comes with a $625,000
stipend paid out over five years,
does more than reward an outstanding oeuvre. It is also meant
to facilitate new creative work and
to recognize the “promise for important future advances,” according to the foundation’s website.
“A lot is coming together,” Zollar says. “My world is expanding.
And to quote Sly and the Family
Stone, ‘I want to take it higher.’ ”
For some, the expansion Zollar
has already achieved would be
enough to cap a career. It’s all too
easy to overlook her groundbreaking contributions because
some of them have become either
mainstream (having a multicultural dance company) or rather
newly topical (addressing racial
injustice). An experimental dance
company in Brooklyn? Nothing
unusual about that now — yet
Zollar was forging a new path
when she founded Urban Bush
Women in 1984 in that far-fromtrendy outpost, distant from New
York’s downtown cultural scene.

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Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, recipient of a MacArthur Foundation fellowship worth $625,000, founded the pioneering Brooklyn-based dance group Urban Bush Women in 1984.

Then there’s the composition
and focus of Urban Bush Women,
established as a (rare) all-female
group, primarily women of color,
that loudly addresses the hidden
truths of the Black experience
and the life of women in America.
Zollar’s dances combine a luxurious, flowing performance style
with provocative subjects: poverty and homelessness, historical

racism, covert misogyny. Long
before the Black Lives Matter
movement, this body of work was
a radical idea, and a difficult sell
— Urban Bush Women was not
the darling of the funding community, and it frequently flirted
with financial ruin.
“We persisted. We stayed in the
work even when it was really hard
to keep your head above water,”

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Zollar says. “And we still managed
to do amazing things, on prayer
and spit.”
Zollar
“wasn’t
tiptoeing
around,” says choreographer Elizabeth Streb, a close friend of
Zollar and a past MacArthur recipient, whose daredevil Streb
Extreme Action Company settled
in Brooklyn years after Zollar
moved there.
“She dove directly into the center of the storm,” Streb says. “Her
company was this legion of powerful women who wanted to
change the world with movement.”
Even before the MacArthur,
Zollar had moved into new territory. She has stepped back from
leading Urban Bush Women, having handed the reins to two of her
dancers in 2019. (The group is
holding workshops this fall and
has scheduled performances
starting in January.) Zollar is continuing to teach at Florida State
University, where she has been a
professor for 25 years; she splits
her time between Tallahassee and
Brooklyn so she can coach dancers in her works. But Zollar’s
current artistic projects are bigger than anything she’s done before: She is directing two operas
and, with Urban Bush Women’s
40th anniversary looming in
2024, planning a major choreographic retrospective.
Zollar is making her first foray
into opera with Jake Heggie’s
“Intelligence,” which she’ll direct
and choreograph for Houston
Grand Opera. The piece, slated
for 2023, tells the true story of an
enslaved Black woman who was
part of a spy ring in Richmond
during the Civil War. The character is close to her heart, Zollar
says, but when Heggie, the acclaimed creator of such operas as
“Dead Man Walking” and “MobyDick,” emailed to ask her to work
with him, she had an unusual
moment of doubt — at first.
“I don’t know anything about
opera,” Zollar recalls lamenting to
a friend. “But they said, ‘You know
about storytelling, music and
narrative, so yes, you do.’

“And what I discovered about
opera is, it’s big. The emotions are
big. Sometimes I’ve been critiqued as having too much emotion in my work that goes on too
long, and in opera, that’s valued.
So, yes!” She laughs, a deep, rich
laugh.
“I’ve found my people.”
This spring, Urban Bush Women received the largest donation
in its history: $3 million from
MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (who
owns The Washington Post), and
her husband, Dan Jewett. The
funds were part of Scott’s latest
round of philanthropic giving,
going primarily to organizations
led by people of color. A year ago,
the dance company received a
$2.1 million Ford Foundation
“America’s Cultural Treasures”
grant, also aimed at organizations of color affected by the
pandemic. These extraordinary
gifts came just in time, Zollar
says, because her company had
been existing “hand to mouth.”
“We didn’t know how many
weeks we could hire the dancers,”
she says. “Can we keep this person on? Can we raise money for a
project, or do we have to cut it?”
The past year “has been a roller
coaster for sure,” Zollar adds.
“Being beautifully overwhelmed,
and then, okay, what do I really
want to do? Now I can think
about that.”
Zollar grew up in Kansas City,
Mo., one of six children whose
parents worked in real estate. Her
mother harbored unrealized
dreams to sing and dance professionally. Her father’s ambitions
were also curtailed “because of
how racism played out in his life,”
Zollar says. They urged her to
follow her heart, and after studying dance in college, she moved to
New York to work with Dianne
McIntyre, a prominent Black
choreographer who combined
dance with live jazz.
“It was mind-blowing for me to
see her work,” Zollar recalls.
But such work is fragile, difficult to preserve. The ephemeral
nature of dance, especially McIn-

tyre’s, which was often performed
to improvised music, is one of the
reasons Zollar is determined to
celebrate her company’s anniversary with a retrospective. The
idea is common in the visual arts
and theater, but rare in the
modern-dance world, which
hasn’t always had the means to
archive its past and tends to focus
more on premieres than revivals.
The project Zollar envisions includes touring, with performances and exhibits charting the
company’s evolution.
“That would be my big dream,”
she says. The MacArthur brings it
closer to realization.
The dramatic upswing in funding that Zollar has seen is a
function of the Black Lives Matter
movement, she says, which laid
inequities bare in the world of
arts funding as in so many other
places.
“People were doing a kind of
reckoning of their own philanthropy,” she says. “Who’s been
overlooked? It’s been very powerful.
“What we want is for this to be
a movement, not a moment,” she
continues. “A movement of seeing
all of the instruments in the orchestra — from trans people to
the disabled and Indigenous,
Blacks, people of color, Whites,
poor folk — all of this is the
orchestra of America. And immigrants who came legally or any
way they could, to escape horrific
conditions. We have the opportunity to look at the whole orchestra
now.”
Finally being seen. After decades of artistic struggle, trying to
keep her dance company alive,
this, she says, is what’s most
meaningful about the MacArthur.
“Even though you think that
eyes aren’t on you. I’m past the
age to be thought of. But this
means that age doesn’t matter,
that you keep evolving,” Zollar
says.
“It means people understand
that you keep growing and expanding as an artist, if you keep
doing the work.”
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Blue is the color of sadness,
which is where Rebecca Cross,
thinking of 2020-2021’s losses,
began when assembling the group
show she titled “Blues: The Color,
the Music and the State of Mind.”
But the hue can denote the serene
and the celestial, which are also
evoked by the exhibition, first
shown at Cross’s home gallery and
now on display in condensed form
at Waddell Art Gallery at
Northern Virginia Community
College’s Loudoun Campus.
Some of the pieces have just a
glimmer of the title color, such as
painter John Blee’s thin blue
gestures on a hot-orange field, or
the video of a blinking blue eye
embedded in glass-and-polymer
sculptor Tim Tate’s large cameo of
white roses. Koji Takei’s
deconstructed mini-guitar, which
looks like a 3-D Braque painting,
is in shades of brown. Photos of
blues performers Nina Simone
and B.B. King are black-andwhite, and Alexis Gomez’s
sculpture of a slumping, seated
figure appears gray — until
viewed in the augmented-reality
program that reveals a second
entity that’s bluer and mobile.
The curator, who used to run
D.C.’s Cross MacKenzie Gallery,
has a particular affinity for
ceramics. Included here are
Brooks Oliver’s sinuous twists of
bright-blue porcelain; Nick
Geankoplis’s white tile seemingly
dripping with light-blue glaze;
and a Danielle Wood wall piece
whose spiraling, coral-like pieces
cast blue shadows. Even more
ephemeral are Kate Roberts’s
dust drawings, which conjure
burned forests with pulverized
clay on fabric netting. The
ghostly trees are barely blue, but
they are profoundly melancholy.
Visual artist Langley Spurlock
and poet John Martin Tarrat
spent several years interpreting
the periodic table of the elements,
and they’re not quite ready to let
that subject go. Their Studio
Gallery show, “Bluebiguity,” is
another plunge into blueness, but
with nods to the duo’s previous
project. Included is a periodic

table rendered only in blocks of
different shades of blue, as well as
a map of Paris illuminated by
“Azure-te” (the title of a 1952
blues ballad) scripted in a curved
glass tube filled with glowing
argon gas.
As usual, Spurlock’s work is
whimsical and wide-ranging. A
series of computer-generated
photocollages of “Fraught Fruits”
depicts a banana, a pineapple
and a pair of tomatoes, all tinted
deep blue and threatened by
saws, scissors and even dynamite.
The idea is that blue, while
common and calming in sea and
sky, is rarely seen elsewhere in
nature, and thus becomes
unsettling.
Featuring Tarrat’s cryptic text,
a limited-edition folio riffs on
assorted blue signifiers, from the
packaging of Gauloises cigarettes
to the Virgin Mary’s gowns to
Hinduism’s blue-skinned gods.
Clearly, Spurlock and Tarrat’s
latest topic is elemental.
As a companion piece to
“Bluebiguity,” Freda Lee-McCann
made Chinese-style landscapes
that symbolize the traffic in blueand-white ceramics along the Silk
Road. “Islamic Blue” refers to the
fact that this style of porcelain,
although associated with China,
was dependent on cobalt from
the Islamic world. Most of LeeMcCann’s paintings place a blueand-white vessel amid a
mountainous vista, but she also
made a few pictures of everyday
contemporary objects, such as
staplers and tape dispensers,
embellished with classical
Chinese decorative motifs. What
were once highly specialized
embellishments are now part of a
globalized, mass-produced
jumble.
Blues: The Color, the Music and
the State of Mind Through Oct. 29 at
Waddell Art Gallery, Northern Virginia
Community College, Loudoun
Campus, 21200 Campus Dr., Sterling.
Langley Spurlock and John
Martin Tarrat: Bluebiguity and
Freda Lee-McCann: Islamic Blue
Through Oct. 23 at Studio Gallery,
2108 R St. NW.

Florem,” consists of studio shots
of plants underwater. Inspired
by the withering effects of
covid-19, Bocci made 15 to 80
images of individual flowers,
buds and fruits as they decayed.
Because the multiple shots are
combined into one flawless
whole, the effects of
deterioration are not usually
conspicuous. What comes
across instead, as in “TwiLight,”
is a sense of a continuity. Bocci
compresses multiple moments
into a picture that appears to
flicker with life.
Roberto Bocci: Photographs
2016-2021 Through Oct. 23 at Fred
Schnider Gallery, 888 N. Quincy St.,
Arlington. Open by appointment.

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“Vinca Minor” from Roberto Bocci’s “Coronam Florem” project of shots of plants underwater.

Roberto Bocci
Most photography grasps an
instant, holding it perpetually.
But a single image can also
convey the passage of time, as
Roberto Bocci demonstrates. His
Fred Schnider Gallery show,
“Photographs 2016-2021,”
consists of two series, which meld
multiple shots into one. The
photographer, who teaches at
Georgetown University, uses
computer software to stitch the
frames together.
Bocci’s “TwiLight” pictures
were made at dusk on the
grounds of the Medici Fortress in
Siena, Italy, the city where the
photographer was born. Runners
and strollers loop the grounds as
the sky shifts from blue to pink
and gold, and their circuits are
captured by eight to 40
individual shots that are then
combined. Sometimes, what
appear to be multiple people in
panoramas are actually the same
ones at different points in their
travels. The effect is visually
striking, and also metaphorical:
Human life circles onward as day
cycles into night.
The other series, “Coronam

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A few months ago, Baltimore’s
Galerie Myrtis presented a show
of Tawny Chatmon’s distinctive
portraits, which are lustrous,
large-format photographs of
Black subjects, digitally
manipulated and sometimes
painted with golden
ornamentation. Now, the
gallery’s proprietor, Myrtis
Bedolla, has curated a Chatmon
show for the Joan Hisaoka
Healing Arts Gallery. “What He
Left Behind” includes pictures in
Chatmon’s contemporary
signature style, but one wall is
devoted to the artist’s stark
black-and-white photos of her
father, James “Rudy”
Muckelvene, in the months
before he died of prostate cancer
in 2010.
It was her father’s death that
led Chatmon to abandon
commercial photography in favor
of her current work. This show is
intended to call attention to the
heightened threat of prostate
cancer to African American men,
who are almost twice as likely to
be diagnosed with the illness as
White men. But it’s also a
testament to Muckelvene’s
children and grandchildren, who
are sometimes depicted amid
prolific leaves and flowers. A
series titled “Not Buried, Planted”
testifies that what Muckelvene
left behind is blooming with life.
Tawny Chatmon: What He Left
Behind Through Oct. 24 at Joan
Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, 1632 U
St. NW. Open by appointment.
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mastery, and not just mastery. She
uncovered and made legible new
kinds of domesticity beyond the
expectations of bourgeois propriety. She was to interior space what
painters of the sublime were to the
natural world, an explorer and an
adventurer, charting new realms
of ambition, desire and ennui.
Valadon came to the bohemian
world of French art through the
servant’s entrance, working first
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women didn’t do this. The work
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stamina, the ability to hold a pose,
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to defend one’s ego and body
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Valadon was only 15 when she
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prodigiously rapid development.
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by 1912 was painting at a very high
level. Between her first artistic
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son’s friend André Utter and her
mother — she married, divorced
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an independent artist.
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who suffered from alcoholism,
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from behind, age scarring her face

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one might see in a painting from the 19th or 20th centuries.

like water scours canyons. Valadon is the center of the grouping,
her hand on her heart, her eyes
directly addressing the viewer.
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has the self-deprecating confidence of a someone who is almost
terrified of her own abilities. She is
the head of the family, the author
of the image, a beautiful woman
with a lover (and later husband)
almost half her age. She has forged
a family unlike almost any other
family one might see in a painting
from the 19th or 20th centuries.
Mary Cassatt or Berthe Morisot
would never have painted anything like this. They not only came
from an earlier generation, but
they also came from money and
privilege. Nor were they likely to
paint their younger lover entirely
naked, as Valadon did in her 1909
“Adam and Eve,” a double portrait
in which Utter tenderly directs Valadon’s hand up to the fatal apple.
As artist Lisa Brice speculates in a
catalogue essay, “Valadon benefited from a level of freedom that
Cassatt’s and Morisot’s upper-class
standing made practically impossible for them to experience.”
This exhibition, billed as the
first devoted to Valadon at a major
U.S. museum, includes more than
50 works, and almost all of them
are arresting. As suggested by the
show’s subtitle (“Model, Painter,
Rebel”) there is an effort to connect Valadon’s early years as subject to her greater career as maker.
Is this seen in the particularly
direct way that models look out of
the canvas? In greater empathy for
the naked female figure? In the
way that, as Brice suggests, her
portraits of other people are “always, to a degree, a self-portrait”?
Probably all of the above. But it’s
also true that bodies, in her imagery, are thoroughly de-romanticized. Wertheimer, an Austrian
painter who once had a significant
international reputation, may

have painted the young Valadon as
a supple siren. But when Valadon
paints bodies, they always seem to
be stubbornly present. Not ugly,
nor intentionally stolid, nor contorted into awkward shapes, as
her friend Degas often painted
them. But with their heavy outlines, and the riot of color and
pattern that surround them, they
inhabit the image with a forceful,
blunt, plain-spoken insistence.
The last thing the woman in the
1923 work “The Blue Room,” often

cited as Valadon’s masterpiece, is
going to do is change her posture
or her expression or her clothes.
The world gathers around her and
surges up to her formidable presence, and she remains, for as long
as we look, immutable.
Throughout the show, you see
how well Valadon knew the work
of other artists. Gauguin and van
Gogh and Cézanne are all somewhere in the background. But the
pure weirdness of Valadon’s vision, the way a foot seems to sum-

mon a carpet to life, or a still life
bubbles over into quasi-abstraction, erases any sense of indebtedness to others. Like the bodies she
paints, her peculiarities are stubbornly present, convincing, insistent and irreducible.
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Rebel is on view at the Barnes
Collection in Philadelphia through Jan.
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Jazz venues
aim to keep
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going
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fter more than a year
offstage, jazz saxophonist Dave McMurray was itching to get
back on the road and in
front of live audiences. Over the
summer, as jazz clubs slowly
started reopening and audiences
tentatively took their seats, he
began touring in support of an
album he recorded mostly during
the pandemic — a collection of
jazz renditions of Grateful Dead
songs.
McMurray is a successful musician in his 60s, but back in the
mid-1970s, he was a 14-year-old
living in Detroit who was hungry
for the chance to hear and play
the jazz music he heard on records and television. He’d help set
up the chairs at Baker’s Keyboard
Lounge, which opened in 1934,
and then stick around for the
show.
“I would be staring at the musicians onstage so much I probably
made them uncomfortable,” he
said.
One night, saxophone great
Pharoah Sanders was performing. McMurray asked if he could
play. Sanders didn’t respond, but
mid-show, nodded at McMurray
to join in.
“If you had the guts to play, you

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Kenny Rittenhouse, left, and Herman Burney perform in 2017 at Twins Jazz. For decades, it was a jazz club on D.C.’s U Street. It fell to the financial ravages of the pandemic.

got two choruses,” McMurray
said. “You get up there and you do
your thing and that was invaluable to learning how to play.”
While many other historic jazz
clubs have closed, Baker’s Keyboard Lounge has survived,
thanks in part to its legacy. It
claims to be the oldest jazz club in
the world and received a $40,000
historic preservation grant this
May. But most of the other spots
McMurray frequented as a kid
and up-and-coming musician
have long since shut down, in
Detroit and across the country.
Many top venues such as Tonic
and Lenox Lounge in New York

City and Cecil’s Jazz Club in New
Jersey are no more.
The closures are part of a decades-long trend exacerbated by
the pandemic. Although many
have triumphantly reopened
their doors in recent weeks and
months, jazz clubs were the hardest hit of all types of music venues,
according to Audrey Fix Schaefer,
the head of communications at
the National Independent Venue
Association. The group was created during the pandemic to advocate for venues that were languishing for months without revenue.
“Keep in mind that jazz clubs

are probably the most vulnerable
to begin with,” she said. “They
operate on really thin margins.
These are houses of art. If you’re
going to open a blues club or a jazz
club, it’s because you are devoted
to that art form and love it, it’s not
because you are an entrepreneur
looking to make gobs of money.”
In December of last year, New
York City’s Jazz Standard closed
as the owners cited “the pandemic and months without revenue —
as well as a lengthy rent negotiation that has come to a standstill.”
That same month, the Blue
Whale, a 100-seat jazz venue in
Los Angeles, shut down after 11

years. New Orleans’s Prime Example and D.C.’s Twins Jazz
closed permanently, and in Denver, the jazz clubs El Chapultepec
and Live @ Jack’s suffered the
same fate.
“It was heartbreaking. It was as
if I lost a family member,” said
Sandra Holman-Watts, the owner
of Live @ Jack’s. “There isn’t a day
that goes by that I don’t get an
email or text that says, ‘We need
you back; we need the music.’ ”
Holman-Watts decided to shut
down permanently in May 2020
when it became apparent that a
reopening was nowhere in sight.
She now runs an entertainment

production company under the
former venue’s name and hopes
to reopen a new place eventually.
“It was my identity; it was who
I was,” she said.
A handful of jazz clubs that
shut down during the pandemic
have been sold and reportedly
will reopen — among them, California Clipper in Chicago. A new
owner plans to reopen El
Chapultepec in Denver under a
new name, Cantina. At both places, the owners reportedly said
they plan to include jazz in the
programming.
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Lounge, a 25-year old spot that
hosted jam sessions on Friday
and Saturday nights, announced
it was shutting its doors. But
owner Farid Nouri soon found a
new location. The club will keep
its name, despite relocating to
Ninth Street NW.
Uncertainty about the end of
the pandemic, high rent and a
reduction in traffic in the original
neighborhood all motivated his
decision to shut down when the
lease was expiring.
“The writing was on the wall
for me,” Nouri said.
Despite the hopes for reopenings, jazz historian Tammy Kernodle, who teaches at Miami University of Ohio, says something is
lost when clubs vacate their original spaces.
“You’re going to have a whole
generation of people who don’t
have a sense of the actual space
and the history that came with it,”
she said. “We lose the historical
grounding of sound. It’s unfortunate that we never looked at jazz
clubs as historical sites, in the way
we will identify a house. We
should have that same kind of
consciousness so they’re saved.”
The original Eighteenth Street
Lounge, which also helped shape
D.C.’s electronic music scene, featured multiple rooms and an
eclectic collection of antiquestyle couches and decorations.
One night, Grammy-winning jazz
trumpeter Roy Hargrove showed
up to sit in with the band after his
show across town at Blues Alley.
“He was playing on the fire
escape overlooking Connecticut
Avenue, at 1 a.m.,” Nouri said.
“This was before the days of cameras on your phone. It was a good
moment.”
Nouri immigrated to the United States from Afghanistan as a
kid. His cousin Aman Ayoubi, a
co-owner of the club, also arrived
in the United States from Afghanistan. The Blue Whale in Los
Angeles was run by a Korean
immigrant, Joon Lee, and Twins
Jazz in D.C. was owned by sisters
Kelly and Maze Tesfaye, who
came to the United States from
Ethiopia.
“I think the hospitality industry in general has been a gateway
for immigrants to establish a life
for themselves in American society,” Nouri said.
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Donvonte McCoy, left, and Elijah Jamal Balbed, members of the Donvonte McCoy Quintet, play at
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Violinist Regina Carter plays at New York City’s Jazz Standard in 2015. The venue closed in December,
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Street, which was once known as
Black Broadway, the home of African American culture and business in the city. A mural of jazz
composer and pianist Duke Ellington looks over the street, but
most of the original businesses —
such as the jazz club Bohemian
Caverns, which opened in 1926
and closed in 2016 — have been
replaced.
Ayoubi owned two other businesses on the street, the bar Local
16 and the nightclub Tropicalia.
He was forced to close Local 16
during the pandemic, and he has
yet to reopen Tropicalia, where he
says he owes around $300,000 in
rent. He plans to have jazz nights
at Tropicalia when it reopens.
“It’s absolutely heartbreaking
that where we once had Black
Broadway, now we have banks,”
he said. “What happened to the
African American-owned places
that were promoting jazz and
arts? It’s horrible. Slowly, slowly
we keep losing everything. We’re
losing the identity of the city.”
Gentrification and rising rents
are part of the reason jazz clubs
have been struggling to stay open
in cities including New York, San
Francisco and D.C., according to
jazz historian Dale Chapman,
who chairs the department of
music at Bates College in Maine.
“Many of the most prominent
clubs, even the ones that are well
established and very famous,
have tremendously high overheads,” he said.
In addition to their history, jazz
clubs also are crucial for the
genre’s future, serving as training
grounds for young musicians who
have the opportunity to sit in on
jam sessions with their idols. Saxophonist Ron Blake, who plays for
the “Saturday Night Live” band,
credits the clubs of Evanston, Ill.,
with his informal education.
“That was your goal as a young
person, to go sit in at a jam
session,” he said. “You better not
be [messing around] because every one of your heroes has been
on that stage and set it on fire at
some point, so you want to do the
music and yourself justice.”
Despite struggling through the
pandemic, many jazz clubs nationwide have reopened or plan
to soon. Among them: the Iridium
in New York City, which will welcome audiences back at the start
of November. Others, like New

York City’s 55 Bar, are still at risk
of closing. The owner launched a
fundraiser in mid-September to
help keep the venue alive.
While some have received
grant money from the Small Business Administration, the funds
arrived more than a year into the
pandemic and nearly six months
after the federal government
passed the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant. The program offered
music venues up to 45 percent of
their 2019 earnings.
The Iridium managed to survive because it qualified for Paycheck Protection Program loans
and has a strong relationship
with its landlord, according to
Grace Blake, the director of programming at the venue. Amid a
nationwide labor shortage that
has been especially pronounced
in the service industry, the club
has found hiring to be a challenge
in the lead-up to reopening.
“Someone told us she was crying when she found out we were
selling tickets again,” said club
owner Ron Sturm. “I’m cautiously
optimistic, but it’s definitely a
stressful, anxious time.”
Nationwide, music venues also
are reporting that more people
are buying tickets and not showing up, according to Schaefer.
Venues make a small percentage
of ticket prices and rely heavily on
food and drink sales to turn a
profit.
“The no-show rate has been
anywhere from double to triple
what it was pre-pandemic,”
Schaefer said. “We hope that
that’s going to level out back to a
normal rate once everyone feels
more comfortable about getting
out there and more people are
vaccinated.”
Now that he’s resumed performing, saxophonist Ron Blake
said he is trying to be optimistic.
“We’ve lost a lot, but the music
is still alive, and the people that
want to promote the music are
still here,” he said. “We have been
improvisers our entire lives;
that’s what we do. Jazz is going to
survive.”
“It’s not an easy art form to
sell,” Grace Blake agreed. “It’s a
small piece of the pie. But it’s the
building blocks of music. You’re
not going to get rich off of this, but
you will get rich off the experiences.”
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The incident was broadcast on Lifetime’s
“Dance Moms,” the hit reality show starring
Miller, the tyrannical teacher who ran a
Pittsburgh dance studio. Throughout the 2011
episode, Frazier and Miller had several confrontations: Frazier was uncomfortable that
her daughter was treated as the “token Black
kid,” dressed in a stereotypical costume with a
jungle-themed routine. Miller argued that she
was giving Nia an advantage because she
needed to prepare for future auditions for
“ethnic” dancers.
The frustration and hurt may have been
heightened by the producer-inspired drama of
reality television, but they were real. When the
episode aired, Frazier heard from many fans,
particularly Black women, who were horrified. But she also encountered dismissiveness
from viewers and White moms on the show
who thought she was being, as one woman put
it, “a little hysterical.”
“People were like ‘You’re just being too
sensitive. You ask for your kid to have a solo,
she finally got a solo. You’re never satisfied,’ ”
Frazier said in an interview. “No, it’s not a
life-or-death issue, but it still has a profound
effect on a child’s development. . . . It was the
idea that someone else had the power and
audacity to tell me this is what Black women —
what Black girls — look like.”
The dynamics of the infamous “Laquifa”
scene, as it’s known online, have played out
since the dawn of reality TV two decades ago.
Black women are stereotyped as angry or too
sensitive or ill-informed. Then, they’re sidelined and villainized.
But one thing is often overlooked: Reality
TV would never have become the billion-dollar industry it is today without Black women.
They have appeared as some of the genre’s
most iconic stars and are the subject of quotes
and memes that fuel Internet culture and
social media discourse. They have carried
shows with powerful story lines and memorable scenes that expose us as a society, which is
the whole point of the “reality” genre.
In interviews with more than a dozen Black
women who have starred in some of the most
famous reality shows, as well as producers,
network executives and casting directors,
almost none say they regret opening up their
lives and revealing their vulnerabilities to
millions of viewers. Shows with predominantly Black casts including “Real Housewives of
Atlanta,” “Basketball Wives” and “Love & Hip
Hop” have made ensemble shows a thriving
subset of the genre as their casts and creators
face intense criticism that their White counterparts are often spared. But even with the
drama, the fights and the suspiciously edited
scenes, reality TV has given many of these
women careers, introduced them to romantic
partners or helped them achieve financial
security — while giving some a platform to
make meaningful change.
There are signs of progress, particularly in
the past year and a half, as networks and
producers have faced their own culpability.
Frazier in particular has received some overdue acknowledgment — even if she has never
received an apology from Miller herself. (Lifetime severed ties with Miller at the height of
the Black Lives Matter protests last summer
after the dance teacher posted in support of
the hashtag #BlackoutTuesday campaign, and
was accused of hypocrisy by cast members
who recalled her making racist comments.)
Networks including ABC and We TV did not
respond to a request for comment on specific
criticism they have received for various story
lines and allegations in this article; Lifetime
and Bravo declined to comment.
However, Frazier said, “I have seen and
heard from a number of people. Like, ‘Wow, I
misunderstood you. I get it now. I understand
why you were so frustrated. I understand why
you were objecting.’ ”
So, after two decades of contributions to the
genre and the culture — and an ongoing
reckoning around racism in entertainment —
it’s time to ask: What does reality TV owe
Black women?

Reality TV owes Black women . . .

more than the ‘angry Black
woman’ trope
When Eboni K. Williams was approached
about joining the 13th season of Bravo’s “Real
Housewives of New York” as the first Black
cast member, her close friends expressed
reservations about her joining the infamously
drama-filled franchise. They knew how hard
she had worked to establish credibility as an
attorney and journalist. But for Williams, the
platform and visibility she stood to inherit
made it worth the leap.
“I think Black women risk more than
anyone else by being on reality TV. I also think
Black women potentially stand to gain more
than anybody by being on reality TV, depending on how we choose to use our platforms,”
Williams said. “Black women are the most
misunderstood beings in American society.
And I think reality TV, for better or for worse,
can be a great opportunity to inform what that
looks like.”
One long-standing cultural narrative, often
fueled by reality TV, is the “angry Black
woman” caricature — one of the earliest and
most famous reality TV examples being former Trump administration staffer Omarosa
Manigault Newman, who appeared in the first
season of “The Apprentice” in 2004. Her role
as the villain, one that she has unabashedly
leaned into, made her the most famous contestant. “I don’t think that they’ve ever been
around a strong African American woman, to
be quite frank,” Manigault Newman told the
camera after one of many arguments with
castmates. “I’m going to fight back.”
This trope has persisted, from shows in the
early and mid-aughts such as “Flavor of Love”
and “Love & Hip Hop” to “The Bachelorette,”
where the show’s first Black lead, Rachel
Lindsay, saw her 2017 season finale center on
her emotional breakup with the runner-up
rather than the happily-ever-after with her
now-husband. Just a few months ago, Williams was called “angry” by a castmate in the
same “Housewives” scene where co-star Leah

How Black women ha

“I think some of the most classic
reality TV shows have some
iconic Black female voices and
personalities, and you can’t think
of, like, the ‘Housewives’
experiences without thinking of
some of them — or think of hiphop and R&B. There’s so many
elements and I hope people give
them their flowers. I really do,
because it’s not — reality TV is
not easy work. I think people
think it is.”

“What does reality TV owe Black
women? I just think respect —
and to be fair. Reality TV has
been, for the most part, a very
positive experience for me. It
gave me a platform that I choose
to use for good and not evil.”
Cynthia Bailey
Cast member: “Real Housewives of
Atlanta”

“We still have a long way to go.
Are we equal to our White
counterparts with the things that
we get to do and the series that
we get to participate in? No. But
I think that we’re getting there.”
Gizelle Bryant
Cast member: “Real Housewives of
Potomac”

Holly Hatcher-Frazier
Cast member: “Dance Moms”

McSweeney, who is White, called everyone
“hoes” and stormed off after an expletive-ridden tirade.
“She was not deemed as angry,” Williams
said. “It really just was a double-down on the
double standard of the emotional permission
that we give women of color and Black women
in particular.”
“I’m pretty cool, calm and collected,” she
continued. “Now, I can be emphatic and
impassioned and deliberate, but those are
very different emotions than ‘angry.’ And
when you start defaulting to an angry label to
a person of color in particular, it’s an extraction of our humanity and it’s extremely problematic.”
Dominique Cooper, who starred on “Big
Brother” in 2017 and was the only Black
woman in the house, remembers telling the
producers, “ ‘You’re not going to get the kind of
response that you’re expecting from me.’ . . . I
want to explode, but I know that I can’t.”
“I knew that a little girl was going to look up
at that TV and say, ‘Oh, my gosh, she looks just
like me,’ ” she added. “I just could not find it in
my being to perpetuate the unfortunate angry
Black woman stigma that you see in reality
TV.”
A similar idea is what helped spur J’Tia
Hart, a 2014 contestant on CBS’s “Survivor,”
into joining with multiple Black alumni last
year to push the network for more diversity in
front of and behind the camera, leading to the
creation of the Soul Survivors Organization.
The hugely popular competition show, which
debuted in 2000, has long been criticized for
its portrayal of Black contestants as lazy,
ignorant or angry. Hart is pleased that CBS has
started to make changes, such as announcing
in November 2020 that their reality shows will
now have at least 50 percent of contestants
who are Black, Indigenous or people of color.
“Some people have never known a Black
person. They really get their information
about Black people from TV and film,” Hart
said. “If they can do a better job of portraying
Black women on TV, then maybe when there’s
a traffic stop and it’s a simple infraction, that
person won’t have to go in jail and die in
custody because they won’t be in custody
because maybe they’ll be given the benefit of
the doubt.”
“I feel like it was important to push this
narrative,” Hart said, “because I felt like it
could literally change society.”

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Reality TV owes Black women . . .

credit for their influence
The Season 2 premiere of Bravo’s “Real
Housewives of Atlanta” in 2009 featured a
tense meeting between socialite Shereé Whitfield and an event planner who was falling
short of her expectations. The exchange hit a
climax when the event planner urged Whitfield to “watch yourself before you get
checked.”
Whitfield smirked and leaned forward:
“Who gon’ check me, boo?” she asked, arching
her eyebrows above dim, tortoiseshell shades.
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it’s difficult to monetize a GIF.
There are other ways networks could ensure its top talents are reaping the benefits of a
successful show, Roman said. “Once a network
realizes who is a fan favorite . . . there should
be opportunities afforded to that specific
talent in other areas on the network because
you recognize that they are an asset to the
franchise.”
But after nearly three decades in the industry, Roman says she doubts it will happen. “It
would be something that the networks or the
production companies would have to just say
‘This is the right thing to do for these people’
and do it.”

ave shaped reality TV

Reality TV owes Black women . . .

support for increased scrutiny

“I do think they owe us a lot in a
sense that we have just been an
open book. We have shared our
lives, which works for both sides:
TV, and it works for the woman
who’s on reality TV. So we owe
each other.”
Jackie Walters
Cast member: “Married to Medicine”

“I love seeing Black women in
boss roles. I love it. And I love
seeing women and Black women
in general that are defeating and
defying the lines that people said
that we could not break.”
Iris Caldwell
Cast member: “Married at First Sight”

Tami Roman
Cast member: “The Real World: Los
Angeles,” “Basketball Wives”

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f the “Real Housewives of New York City” for Season 13. Rachel Lindsay, seen in 2017, was
d, Cynthia Bailey and Kim Zolciak of the “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” which features a
Omarosa Manigault Newman became one of the show’s most famous contestants.

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“I don’t think that the women
that are on TV have the
responsibility of all the Black
women in the world. We are not
representative of every Black
woman that’s ever walked the
Earth because we had an
argument on television, and I
think that narrative needs to stop
because every person is
different.”

ing items in Bravo’s online shop.
More than a decade later, Whitfield’s viral
quip is considered one of the most memorable
moments in the Housewives franchise’s 15year history. It’s also representative of the
harder-to-quantify contributions Black women have made to reality TV since its inception.
Even casual fans recognize the GIFs that
keep on giving: Alasia Ballard’s tearful fist
pump and host Tyra Banks’s “We were all
rooting for you!” on “America’s Next Top
Model”; the ecstatic exit Da’Vonne Rogers
made from Season 17 of “Big Brother”; the
many expressions of Miss Minnie on “Little
Women: Atlanta”; NeNe Leakes proclaiming
“I said what I said” during a RHOA reunion.
More than a decade following her breakout on
“Flavor of Love,” Tiffany “New York” Pollard,
the de facto villain, reached a new level of
fame as social media users began to co-opt her
most memorable on-screen reactions.
Of course, the influence Black women have
had on reality TV goes beyond viral clips and
broadly appropriated catchphrases. In 1993,
Tami Roman forged a standout presence on
the second season of “The Real World,” which
led to several groundbreaking episodes: When
a male castmate jokingly ripped a blanket off
Roman’s partially nude body, she confronted
him, prompting a heated conversation among
the roommates about rape culture — and the
first expulsion from MTV’s now-iconic series.
In one of the genre’s most intimate moments, Roman also documented her decision
to have an abortion. Bunim Murray, the
production company behind “Real World,”
was hesitant at first. But Roman pushed to tell
her story authentically.
“People really were receptive, responsive
and appreciative that we decided to cover
that,” said Roman, who was cast at age 22. “It
was like ‘I’m not alone. I went through this,
too. I understand how sad you felt. I understand how traumatic of a decision that was to
make.’ ”
“There’s not a moment that I regret doing
that,” she added. “Because for the five letters
that were like ‘I can’t believe you did this,’
there were 10,000 that were like ‘I’m so happy
that you did this.’ ”
However, “I did not know that the genre
would blow up so much,” said Roman, who
later became part of the Basketball Wives
franchise. “If I had, I would have changed my
contract and said, ‘I’m one of the pioneers, I’m
going to need commission on everything after
me.’ ”
Hollywood has pay structures in place to
compensate actors when their images are
used in reruns or on streaming, but the
average reality show is not beholden to those
rules. Pay is often inconsistent between stars
and series. Cast members earn anywhere from
a few thousand dollars an episode if it’s a new
show to a seven-figure salary per season if the
series becomes a hit. Because no one knew
how lucrative “The Real World” would become (or that each episode would one day be
available to stream on demand), there was no
blueprint for its stars to generate revenue. In
essence, Roman said, “everybody is making
money except” for her and her castmates.
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Before “Married to Medicine” aired a single
episode, a group of students from Howard
University’s medical school urged Bravo to
cancel it. “The depiction of Black female
doctors in media, on any scale, highly affects
the public’s view on the character of all future
and current African American female doctors,” the 2013 petition read, stating that the
series “heavily associates Black females in
medicine with materialism, ‘cat fights,’ and
unprofessionalism.” The students also called
out the dearth of Black female doctors; eight
years later, Black women still account for
fewer than 3 percent of physicians in the
United States.
Jackie Walters, an OB/GYN in Atlanta, was
conflicted herself when she was offered a
starring role on the show. She thought it
would be fun, but had concerns about how she
might be portrayed and what her patients
would think about her being on TV. But “I
really thought ‘My life is so boring, there is
nothing that could be portrayed as anything
other than what it is,’ ” Walters said.
The petition controversy highlighted the
unique scrutiny that Black women face in
reality TV and beyond. Gizelle Bryant says
“there’s no question” she and her “Real Housewives of Potomac” co-stars are held to different standards than their White colleagues. “If
I decided to pull a Sonja Morgan and pull
down my pants and pee wherever I felt like I
needed to pee, I think the whole world would
stop,” Bryant said, referencing an infamous
RHONY moment.
Her castmate Wendy Osefo, who is also a
political commentator and assistant professor
at Johns Hopkins University, sees a double
standard in how Black reality stars are perceived in altercations of any kind. After she
cursed and yelled during an argument with
Bryant in an August episode, Osefo received
emails from White viewers calling her a
“hoodrat” and “ghetto.” Meanwhile, Teresa
Guiduce’s angry table-flip from the first season of the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” is
merely considered one of the franchise’s most
“iconic” moments.
Amid criticism about perpetuating racial
stereotypes, the discourse surrounding these
shows has always included a whiff of respectability politics. Increasingly, Black reality TV
innovators have pushed back on the undue
pressure to be representatives for their entire
race.
“What people have to understand is that
Black women and Black people as a whole are
not monolithic,” Osefo said. “We come in all
shapes, sizes, colors and we also come from
different backgrounds. And so, we cannot be
expected to be put in a box.”
Some reality stars have been disappointed
and discouraged with the way they have been
depicted on-screen. In an interview with
People a year after she survived a suicide
attempt, Tamar Braxton, who has appeared on
numerous reality shows, said her concerns
about editing and how she was portrayed on
We TV’s “Get Ya Life!” and “Braxton Family
Values” were “ignored.” The increasingly negative depiction on “Family Values,” a show
“about a positive Black family,” she told People, was “when things really started to go
downhill for me.”
For Black women who appear on reality
shows with mostly White casts, backlash from
the public can be even more intense. Despite
being the only Black woman in the competition, LaNease Adams didn’t have a bad experience on the first season of “The Bachelor,”
where she and inaugural suitor Alex Michel
shared the franchise’s very first kiss. But after
leaving without a rose, Adams, along with
several of her fellow contestants, found herself unequipped to deal with the judgment
from strangers.
She was particularly unsettled by racist
viewers who raged over the interracial kiss
and wrote missives to the effect of: “Who does
that Black girl think she is?” Having grown up
in Los Angeles, Adams, then 23, says she was
“naive” and thought racism was a thing of the
past. She became deeply depressed, developed
an addiction to anti-anxiety medication a
friend had shared with her and failed to show
up to a scheduled taping of a “Where Are They
Now” special.
Eventually, her concerned mother took her
to the hospital, where she began therapy and
started prioritizing her mental health.
In the decades since Adams landed on the
pioneering dating competition, reality stars
have become better at handling — or at least
anticipating — unsolicited feedback from
strangers. Networks are also taking steps to
protect the mental health of reality stars.
But time didn’t inoculate Rachel Lindsay —
the first Black Bachelorette and a vocal critic
of the Bachelor franchise over its long-standing lack of diversity — from the same criticism
Adams received. Lindsay took a break from
social media and stopped hosting a Bachelor
podcast last year after facing racist bullying
from fans. The vitriol increased following a
tense exchange on “Extra” with longtime
franchise host Chris Harrison about a “Bachelor” contestant’s attendance at a 2018 antebellum party.
Harrison announced that he was leaving
the franchise in June. A month later, Lindsay
alluded to the burden of her efforts to make
“The Bachelor” more inclusive. “I’m exhausted from defending myself against a toxic
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fandom,” she told New York magazine.
Despite the setbacks, appearing on a reality
series does provide its stars with a bigger
platform. Without “Married to Medicine,”
Walters said, “I don’t think I ever would have
been afforded an opportunity to spread
awareness about women’s health and use my
own life as a teaching tool.” She’s received
thousands of emails from women thanking
her for illuminating health issues such as
fibroids, infertility and breast cancer.
Several reality shows are also more candid
about race discussions because it comes up
naturally for the women on predominantly
Black casts, said Salena Rochester, a Bravo/
NBC Universal executive. An episode of RHOP
saw Osefo and her husband having a frank
discussion about police brutality with their
young sons following Derek Chauvin’s conviction for George Floyd’s murder. “Married to
Medicine,” which is based in Atlanta, began
filming its most recent season just weeks after
Rayshard Brooks was fatally shot by an Atlanta police officer.
A 2019 episode of RHOP saw the cast
particularly emotional after they traveled to
Bryant’s hometown of New Orleans and visited the plantation where her ancestors were
enslaved.
“That was so powerful, I got so much
feedback from that because we aren’t able to
tell our story very often — the history of it all,”
Bryant said. “I would love to see more Black
women just be able to show their stories, their
real stories, where they’re from . . . how they
learned how to cook certain things, just more
of our culture and what we’re just so proud of.”
RHOA’s Cynthia Bailey, who announced last
month that she is leaving the franchise, said
Bravo has always been willing to show her
various business ventures, a focus that often
gets overlooked. “With everything that I’ve
tried to do — all the way to my wine cellar, to
my pop-up shop last season — it always makes
the cut.”
The ability to address more serious topics
on popular television such as the Housewives
franchise — once referred to as “a minstrel
show for women” by Gloria Steinem — is a
responsibility not taken lightly, but doesn’t
dictate the full breadth and depth of these
women’s lives.
“As a woman of color, there is a responsibility that I have to protect the image of Black
women and of Black people, as transmitted by
the world and I recognize that,” said “Love &
Hip Hop” creator Mona Scott-Young on an
episode of TV One’s “Uncensored” earlier this
year. “But what I also feel as strongly about is
that there is a right for every Black person to
tell their story.”

Reality TV owes Black women . . .

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representation behind the
scenes
During filming of an episode of “Married to
Medicine,” Walters recalled a non-Black producer asking questions about Black sororities
and fraternities and what “stepping” — an
integral part of Black Greek life — meant. The
cast was amused: “We laughed, like, ‘You have
no clue.’ ”
“Cultural competency is important,” said
Walters, who noted that Bravo has added
Black producers and more women to the crew.
Understanding such nuances is just one
reason there also has been a push for more
Black women behind the scenes as casting
directors, producers and network executives.
Melody Murray, a former reality TV producer, was hesitant about signing on to Oxygen’s “Bad Girls Club.” She changed her mind
after she found out the season would feature
life coaches for the women. She’s well-aware of
the criticism that the show — and similar
female-centric series such as “Basketball
Wives” — has received for featuring so many
fights. She’s now a therapist, so she’s also
thought a lot about what motivates people,
particularly Black women, to join the shows in
the first place.
“Black women have seen — I will go so far as
to say — more trauma in this country than
anybody, outside of Native Americans,” she
said. The choice to participate in a reality
show is obviously not for everyone, but Murray believes that seeking out that often-chaotic environment is “an interesting way subconsciously to use that fire that’s inside — to be
heard.”
“Because these women, in a lot of ways, are
speaking on behalf of so many other women
who have felt stifled, felt silenced,” Murray
said. “This is the way they choose to get it out.”
Producer Tracey Baker-Simmons remembers the shock from people when she pitched
“Being Bobby Brown,” a Bravo reality show in
2005 that followed Brown and his then-wife,
singer Whitney Houston. In addition to the
public dysfunction surrounding the couple,
some couldn’t get over the idea of Houston, a
pop icon, appearing in a reality show.
She recalled viewers being surprised when
Houston was shown with her hair up in a
bandanna, whereas for Baker-Simmons, it
was completely natural to see Houston “code
switch,” or be a different person at home than
she was at work. “To humanize a person, you
really do have to have a vision of what that is
culturally as well,” she said.
“Not to say that only Black women can tell
Black women stories,” she added, “but I do
think that it’s important for a voice that is
reflective of the subject to be represented in
the process. Because oftentimes I feel like we
are produced as characters that people see us
as, and not who we really are.”
Rochester noted it’s also important on the
network side. “I’m a Black woman before I’m a
TV executive,” she said. “I think just having
that Black point-of-view behind the scenes

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can help ensure that we are mitigating things
that might come off as offensive or culturally
insensitive.”
It’s important for those on-camera, too,
such as Iris Caldwell on Lifetime’s “Married at
First Sight,” in which people literally get
married at first sight. Iris’s main story line,
which focused on her virginity, received an
overwhelming amount of attention.
It helped, she said, to have a “diverse group
of people” who were hands-on and higher-ups
behind the scenes.
“It was great seeing other Black women in
high roles that I was able to say, ‘Oh, you’re
amazing for being there,’ ” Caldwell said.
“They were like ‘Hey, you got this, we got this.
. . . If you ever need someone to talk to, we’re
here.’ ”
Michelle Rice, president of TV One, which
targets an African American audience, said
the conversations at other networks are more
all-encompassing than they have been in the
past.
“It’s not just about putting a Black movie
here, having a Black TV show here,” she said.
“It’s about having Black people in production
and programing roles that have true greenlight power to make sure that we’re putting
things on the air that are true, authentic and
quality representations of all people of color.”
Progress is slow, but many say executives
are realizing the importance of having more
people of color behind the scenes.
“I think what happened last year affected

TOP: OB/GYN
Jackie Walters
during the
“Married to
Medicine” reunion
in 2021. Though
Walters had
concerns about how
she would be
portrayed, she’s
received feedback
from fans thanking
her for highlighting
health issues such
as infertility and
breast cancer.
ABOVE: Holly
Hatcher-Frazier
with daughter Nia
in 2011. A cast
member on “Dance
Moms,” Frazier was
dismissed by
viewers and White
mothers for
objecting to her
daughter being
treated as the
“token Black kid”
on the show.

everybody,” said Jacqui Pitman, a casting
director who created Bravo’s 2018 series “To
Rome For Love,” about five Black women who
go to Italy to find romance. “I can’t tell you
how many phone calls and emails I got from
top executives at networks who said, ‘We want
to do better, we’re going to do better.’ And so all
I can trust is they will.”

Reality TV owes Black women . . .

a reckoning
Last year, as protests over racial injustice
flared across the country, fans of the Bravo
reality show “Vanderpump Rules” called out
performative Black Lives Matter posts from its
cast members. Faith Stowers, who used to be
on the show, addressed the issue in an Instagram Live discussion that June, telling MTV
reality star Candace Rice, “I know some of
them, and I know they definitely don’t care
about Black people like that.”
During that conversation, Stowers shared
that two of her former castmates, Stassi
Schroeder and Kristen Doute, had once falsely
reported her for a crime. Schroeder herself
told the story on a 2018 podcast, laughing as
she recalled calling the police on Stowers after
seeing a tabloid story about a robber they said
looked like her. The only thing Stowers had in
common with the unidentified woman was
that they were both Black.
Schroeder and Doute faced no consequenc-

es for the incident until Stowers raised it.
Following public outrage, Bravo fired
Schroeder and Doute days later. Scenarios like
this unfolded at institutions across the country last year as prominent figures were held to
account for racist behavior.
But for Stowers, who joined “Vanderpump”
in its fourth season, the reckoning her co-stars
faced was a long time coming. Her presence on
the mostly White show had been peripheral at
best, and even after it was revealed that a
prominent castmember cheated on his girlfriend with Stowers — drama that fueled story
lines for the better part of Season 6 — she only
appeared in two episodes.
“I wasn’t given the chance to really tell my
side of the story” after being villainized on the
series, Stowers said in an interview. She
balked at an invitation to clarify things on the
show because, she said, the network refused to
pay her for the appearance. When she attempted to tell her story in an interview with
“Entertainment Tonight,” Stowers says she
received an email from Bravo’s parent company, NBCUniversal, warning her that doing
such an interview was a violation of her
contract. (Bravo declined to comment on
Stowers’s claims.)
Stowers said she did not hear from the
network or Lisa Vanderpump, who is also an
executive producer of the eponymous series,
after Schroeder’s podcast confession resurfaced. “I felt slighted,” she said, especially after
Vanderpump and executive producer Andy
Cohen suggested, in separate interviews, that
they had second thoughts about the network’s
decision to fire Schroeder and Doute.
“Honestly, I expected a little more from
them,” Stowers said.
When Leakes, an original RHOA cast member, announced last fall she was leaving the
series after 12 seasons, Cohen called her “an
icon of the genre” and a “gif and catchphrase
machine.” But Leakes hinted at discord with
Bravo in her own statement about her departure, saying she had endured an “extremely
long, exhausting, tiring, emotional negotiation” with the network. While she was asked to
return, she “did not think it was a fair offer,”
she told “Entertainment Tonight.”
RHOA, the third entry in the Housewives
franchise and the first with a predominantly
Black cast, was Bravo’s highest-rated series for
years, and Leakes quickly became one of the
network’s marquee personalities. In the
months after she left, however, Leakes strongly criticized the network, calling Cohen “racist” in multiple social media posts and urging
her followers to “Boycott Bravo.” In one particularly scathing YouTube video, she told Cohen
to “remember, no one knew you until you
knew me.”
Leakes, who did not respond to requests for
an interview, has alluded to wanting more
creative control, spinoff opportunities and
better compensation. In an Instagram Live
exchange with civil rights attorney Ben
Crump, she noted that her RHOA success
paved the way for other Black ensemble reality
shows. She also touted a fan-started petition
that urged viewers to boycott Bravo over “the
unfair and biased treatment they have displayed towards their African American talent.” (The petition also references “Married to
Medicine” creator and former cast member
Mariah Huq, who said on social media last
year that she had not received a contract for
the show’s eighth season. Huq reportedly filed
a lawsuit against the network, according to an
exclusive report in January by entertainment
website All About the Tea. Emails to Huq’s
representative and her attorney went unanswered, and Bravo declined to comment on
Huq’s allegations.)
Sharing the petition, Leakes told Crump,
was a way “to take a seat at the table and have
a conversation with Bravo.”
Stowers said Leakes was one of the many
people she heard from amid the “Vanderpump” controversy. “I got so many emails and
DMs from people that are being discriminated
against at their workplace.” And it’s those
types of issues, she said, that reality TV
networks should be spotlighting through their
diverse talent. “It doesn’t take much to add a
castmate to the show. It’s about highlighting
issues … that deal with diversity, and people
being held back because of the color of their
skin.”

Reality TV owes Black women . . .

everything
Ten years after the “LaQuifa” incident,
Holly Hatcher-Frazier still thinks about how
frustrating it was. But there were some silver
linings: She and Nia have a great relationship
with Shangela, the drag queen who sang the
song, and one of the judges who was at that
competition became one of Nia’s closest mentors. “So there are some positives that have
come from that,” Frazier said. “And I think
that’s just the way that we try to live our lives.”
Frazier, along with everyone else interviewed, hopes other Black women who have
opened themselves up on TV in the same way
get everything they are owed: financial support, emotional support, recognition for their
game-changing impact on the genre.
Really, Black women are owed everything.
“I salute them because I just know the work
that it takes to do that. The vulnerability, the
willingness to put yourself out there, to be
scrutinized by other people and to let people
into your world and into your home and into
your lives,” Frazier said.
“It takes a person who has a lot of courage
and a person who is willing to show the world
their experiences, and I love that there’s not
just one,” she added. “I love that there’s
diversity among the lives and experiences and
the narratives of Black women and reality TV.”
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Embargoes have turned
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M IKHAIL K LIMENTOV

What’s the point of a review?
No less than to answer the
weighty question of how people
ought to spend their limited time
on this Earth.
That’s some task, and different
reviewers approach it in different
ways, though in writing about
video games there are two main
schools of thought. Some writers
attempt to give readers a broad
picture, weighing a title’s gameplay, story, stability, features — or
lack thereof — and the number of
hours a player could foreseeably
invest in the game. (Here we return to the language of spending
time.) Others endeavor to enlighten readers, unlocking new or instructive ways to understand a
game. But both of these approaches are hurt by the way video game
reviews are done these days.
In advance of a game’s release,
media outlets are usually granted
early access to the title alongside
an embargo agreement, which, if
agreed to, specifies when an outlet can publish its coverage. Embargoes can also delineate what
details are off limits; some developers, for example, will request
that plot twists and endgame content be kept out of reviews. (We’ve
made public note of these restrictions when relevant). But even as
games have ballooned in size, taking progressively more time to
beat, those timing restrictions haven’t necessarily grown to accommodate that shift.
I played 25 hours of “Far Cry 6”
in the six days between receiving
the game and the embargo lifting.
In that time, I cleared roughly a
third of the game’s map, though
that probably amounts to less
than a third of the game’s story.

Admittedly, I played at a more
leisurely pace than many other
reviewers (surely I could have
squeezed in 50 hours of “Far Cry
6” if I really tried). I frequently
paused to work, eat, exercise and
attend to other obligations. In
other words, I played the game
the way any normal person would
— and as a result, had nowhere
near enough experience to evaluate the game fully at the specified
time the embargo lifted.
My co-worker, Jhaan Elker, received a code for “Nickelodeon
All-Star Brawl” less than a day
before the game released to the
public. Similarly, I had 3½ days to
play “Deathloop” for review, and I
could never shake the feeling that
some of my frustrations with it
were born of that restrictive timeline. Any gamer will identify with
the feeling of needing to put down
the controller and return to a
game the next day. Reviewers
aren’t afforded that luxury.
As a result, the overwhelming
majority of video game reviews
are written in a burst, immediately following a marathon session with the game. For every
5,000-word prestige review that
lands a week after a game’s release, 25 more are cobbled together in a frenzy with the goal of
hitting the embargo date, which is
the same for every outlet. Vanishingly few reviewers command an
audience that will treat their
work as appointment reading. As
such, most writers are at the mercy of Google’s search engine, and
time their work to the peaks at
which people are seeking out reviews. Take an extra day to polish
your prose, and you’ve given up
pageviews to your competitors.
Google’s search engine takes a lot
of factors into account, but I

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doubt it has any perspective on
the artfulness of a much-agonized-over introductory paragraph. The system rewards speed.
Does that approach benefit
anyone? A cynical reader might
say it serves a game’s PR apparatus. In some cases, this compressed schedule leaves reviewers
with too rosy an outlook on a title
— especially titles that have the
benefit of polish, or whose astonishing qualities require little unpacking. But everyone else ends
up worse off. The current regime
is bad for writers crunching under a deadline, not to mention the
harassment they might face if
they get something wrong. It’s
bad for readers, too, if the reviews
they turn to are written by someone playing at a completely different pace, whose objective is to get
through the game rather than to
enjoy it.
Restrictive embargo timelines
used to invite scrutiny. They were
the mark of a bad game, one that
the publisher was trying to sneak
past reviewers into the hands of
some saps too hyped up to do

their due diligence as consumers.
But games have changed since
then. Games are longer, and those
that tend to invite critical discourse are often the longest and
most burdened with content.
Some games can be played
indefinitely; the recent vogue for
games-as-a-service is hardly behind us. These changes make the
timelines around embargoes even
more onerous.
With the rise of streaming platforms, it has become conventional wisdom that the speed at which
viewers watch a TV show changes
how it’s perceived. Those who
followed “Breaking Bad” on TV,
for example, saw antihero Walter
White’s descent into evil in slow
motion compared to those who
binged on Netflix. In a recent New
York Times Magazine essay, the
editor Willy Staley persuasively
argues that millennials who binge
“The Sopranos” can more easily
discern the characters’ flaws —
flaws that their boomer parents
never picked up on.
So what of games? Surely compressing an experience that most

players will have over the course
of several weeks and even months
into three days — tied to a looming deadline, no less — will
change the valence of the experience. The levels in “Deathloop”
are artfully constructed references to specific time periods and
historic trends. But as I sped
through the title, I didn’t have the
opportunity to consider those finer details — adding another point
of frustration. So, was the game
well served by its roughly threeday review period? The profile of
a default gamer is a person in
their 30s or 40s who buys two or
three games each year, into which
they sink innumerable hours. Is
that reader well served by a review written under the conditions
outlined above?
Why not just publish after the
embargo? The answer is deceptively simple: Reviewers want
people to read their work. Excluding some outliers, the way the
Internet works is that a vast majority of people arrive at an article
via search. This makes intuitive
sense: People seeking a specific

thing — in this case, reviews of a
particular title — will turn to a
search engine, the best way for
them to assess their options at a
glance. But interest peaks around
a game’s release, which traditionally comes a day or two after
reviews drop. You might write the
most thoughtful, measured evaluation of a game. If the review
arrives past that peak in search
interest, though, it risks finding
virtually no readership. In journalism, the answer to the thought
experiment about whether a tree
falling in a forest makes a sound if
nobody is around to hear it is a
resounding, “No.”
Is there a good reason for the
system in place? I’ve never seen
one given. It’s possible that
developers may still be polishing
the game, or in the case of multiplayer-first titles, servers may not
be ready. Bigger games demand
more work (often punishingly so)
and the turn to always-online social gaming experiences relies
heavily on all sorts of other dependencies: servers, code bases, platforms and third-party services all
working in tandem. It’s a lot to
wrangle, and it doesn’t seem to be
working for developers either.
The system in place is bad for
reviewers. It’s bad for readers.
And it’s bad for games. In college,
an art professor of mine remarked during a museum tour
that one could conceivably spend
an entire day considering just one
work of art. Critics and casual
observers alike have argued for
decades that games are, in fact,
art. But more than that, games are
vast museums. Every in-game vista, narrative and mechanic is the
work of one or many artists — and
each is potentially worthy of examination on those terms.
Now, imagine speedrunning a
museum visit, and being asked
afterward to explain the merits of
the gallery’s collection. Does it
seem like what we’re doing is
sensible?
mikhail.klimentov@washpost.com

THEATRE
Becoming Dr. Ruth
Directed by Holly
Twyford

Sept. 30 to Oct. 24
Matinees and Evening Performances

Don’t miss the return of this triumphant story of America’s
favorite sex therapist, Dr. Ruth Westheimer. An unforgettable, heart-warming evening of theater starring Naomi
Jacobson.

Theater J
1529 16th St. NW
Theaterj.org, 202.777.3210

$35 - $70

Ticket discounts
available.Socially
distant seating for
some performances.

GALA Theatre
3333 14th Street, NW
202-234-7174
www.galatheatre.org

$10-$12

Bilingual

CHILDREN'S THEATRE
LA LLAMADA DE
SYLVIA MENDEZ:
Separate is Never Equal

Oct 16-24
Sat-Sun at 3 pm

Explore the life and times of the 8 year old girl
who became the face of 1946 landmark case
that desegregated California schools.

MUSIC - CHAMBER
Dumbarton Concerts
Tutti Celli: A Concert
With the Cellists of the
NSO
Live and livestreamed
Concert

Wu Han and
Friends

Saturday, October 23,
7:30 pm

Sunday, October 24,
3 PM

Chamber Music at The
Barns

Dumbarton Concerts reopens its doors to welcome 10 of
the world's finest cellists to the stage, all of whom call the
DMV home. Hear the cellists of the National Symphony
Orchestra play repertoire ranging from Bach to Faure to
Glass.

Wu Han joins Arnaud Sussmann, Matthew Lipman, and
David Finckel in an evening of works that showcase the
friendship and musical influences between composers.
Featured works include Dvorak’s Sonatina in G Major for
violin and piano, Suk’s Quartet for Piano and Strings in A
minor Op.1, and Brahms Quartet for Piano and Strings in
G-minor, Op 25.

Dumbarton Concerts Address
For tickets and details:
dumbartonconcerts.org
Proof of vaccination required

The Barns at Wolf Trap
1635 Trap Road, Vienna, VA 22182
wolftrap.org

$43 live
$26
livestream

$50

Tickets can be
purchased at dumbartonconcerts.org.
Concert duration is
75 minutes, without
intermission.

Free parking!

MUSIC - CHORAL
Appear + Inspire
Thomas Colohan, Artistic
Director

BEVERIDGE:
Yizkor Requiem
and

Sunday, October 24, 2021
at 5 PM

Sunday, October 24
at 4:00 PM

MENDELSSOHN:
Psalms
The Wonder of the
Human Voice

Sat., Oct. 30, 7pm

We open our season with a celebration of our return to
in-person music-making, including beautiful new works
from the Canadian choral tradition, including the World
Premiere of D. J. Sparr’s “The Art of Our Healers” on
texts by Filipino-American poet Janine Joseph, and
co-commissioned in partnership with the Houston Grand
Opera. Also featuring Britten’s “Hymn to St Cecilia” and
more.

Saint Luke Catholic Church
1317 G St NW,
Washington, DC 20005
COVID-19 Policy: Proof of vaccination and wearing of masks required.
In-person seating limited to 150
people. Virtual option available.

$15-60
In-person
and virtual
options
available

Composed in memory of his parents, Beveridge’s
extraordinarily moving Yizkor Requiem is a unique
fusion of Jewish and Christian rituals honoring the
dead. With orchestra and soloists Cantor Benjamin
Warschawski, tenor; Esther Heideman, soprano; and
Linda Maguire, alto.

Saint Luke Catholic Church
7001 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA

Free
Admission
Proof of
vaccination
and masks
required

Choral Arts celebrates returning to live performance
with a concert showcasing the power of connection
through the human voice. Featuring mezzo-soprano
Elizabeth Bishop in Aaron Copland’s In the Beginning.

The Rachel M. Schlesinger
Concert Hall and Arts Center
ChoralArts.org
202.244.3669

www.newdominion.org
202-244-7191

Tickets $15

For more
information, visit
washingtonmastechorale.org

Free Parking

4915 E Campus Dr
Alexandria, VA
FREE PARKING!

MUSIC - CONCERTS
Chamber Music
Series

Sundays: Oct. 17, 24 & 31
at 2 p.m.
In-Person & Livestream

USAF Band Jazz
Trio

Sunday, October 24, 4 p.m.
Messiah UM Church

James Ross conducts

Sat. Nov. 6 at
6:00 p.m. &
Sun. Nov. 7 at
3:00 p.m.

Small ensembles from “The President’s Own” United
States Marine Band will perform for live audiences
Sundays in October. This week the program focuses
on the music of four composers who moved to the U.S.
during WWII, including Igor Stravinsky, Darius Milhaud,
Bohuslav Martinu, and Ingolf Dahl.
Complete details online.
Join members of The United States Air Force Band’s
Airmen of Note for an afternoon of jazz trio favorites!
Free concert, no tickets required. More info at:
www.usafband.af.mil. Check our Facebook and Twitter
feeds for cancellation info.
Facebook, Instagram and Twitter @USAFBand

Marine Barracks Annex
1053 7th St. SE
Washington, DC
Livestream at
www.youtube.com/usmarineband

FREE,
No tickets
required

Masks & vaccination
required for in-person audience.
Please allow extra
time for ID checks at
the gate.

FREE!
No tickets
required.

Visit us on
Facebook,
Instagram and
Twitter @USAFBand

www.marineband.marines.mil
October 24,, 4:00 p.m.
Messiah United Methodist Church
6215 Rolling Road
West Springfield, VA 22152

MUSIC - ORCHESTRAL
Pictures at an
Exhibition

Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and works by
Copland, Ives, Higdon, Griffes and Grant Still set to
original films followed by a talk with the filmmakers

For more information and to
purchase tickets:
www.alexsym.org
703-548-0885

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. SUNDAY,

OCTOBER 17 , 2021

Her boyfriend’s adult daughter is on the payroll, but she’s being overpaid
Ask Amy

Dear Amy: I am

involved with a
recently divorced
AMY
man.
DICKINSON
“Steve” has two
children (both adults).
I have four children — also
grown and out of the home.
Steve’s marriage was over
before I met him.
Steve and I operate a small
but very successful business
together.
Here’s the problem: Steve’s 19year-old daughter works for us.
She gets paid for 40 hours a
week, even though she works
only 25 hours, at most.
Steve makes sure her phone is
paid for, has bought her a very
expensive laptop and has bought
her a brand-new luxury model
car. (She now expects a new
one.)
We pay her health insurance.
She lives in her boyfriend’s
house. Her boyfriend’s parents
own the house, and her rent is
way below market price.
If I bring up to Steve that I
think we help her way too much,
I’m the bad guy.
Am I wrong in not wanting to
help her so much?
I also need to add that I do
not get a paycheck, nor do I have
any money unless I ask Steve for
it.
All while his daughter
constantly tells her father that
she won’t do anything for him.
I am just now putting my foot
down about being brought into
all decisions being made.
I love him and want to stay,
but am I just wasting my
remaining happy years on
nothing?
— Marred in Maine

Marred in Maine: You criticize

“Steve’s” daughter for being
entirely dependent on her
father, and yet you are, too.
The difference between you
and this young woman is she is
not working hard but is
receiving compensation; you are
working hard — but are not
getting paid.
You might ask her for tips on
how to pry a paycheck out of her
father.
Steve’s daughter comes first.
If she is entitled and spoiled,
then he helped to create this
monster, and a monster she will

remain — at least for the next
few years.
Many small businesses rely on
family members to provide
hours of free labor, but
according to you, the business
you and Steve operate is
successful. Your choice to work
without pay is a true headscratcher.
If one of your adult children
described a situation where they
were deeply ensconced in a
personal and business
relationship identical to yours,
what advice would you give?
My point is that you should
take a long and careful look at

your own situation and ask
yourself if you are with someone
who is controlling the women in
his life through money.
Dear Amy: Recently, my family
and I attended a church that was
not our home parish, and we did
not know the members.
The family in front of me was
sitting on their pew as I knelt
from behind.
The position I was in gave me
a close-up view of the blond
long-haired teenage girl sitting
directly below my gaze.
She clearly had two lice nits
affixed to her hair (shining

from the bright overhead
lights).
In my experience as a teacher
for 37 years, I have encountered
this situation numerous times,
but on those occasions, I had
sent the child to the nurse
without having to discuss the
reason (a phone call was made
to the nurse before child’s
arrival).
I would never intentionally
embarrass someone or bring
something unpleasantly
personal to their attention.
Yes, lice tend to visit “clean
hair,” but that doesn’t help to
alleviate the discomfort of it.

MIKE DU JOUR BY MIKE LESTER

I chose to say nothing, and
now I wonder if I should have
vocalized the information.
There were five other longhaired girls in the family, and
my concern now is that they
might become infected, also.
What would you have done?
— Second Guessing My Silence
Second Guessing My Silence: I

wouldn’t have done anything.
If you were a dermatologist
and noticed a potentially serious
growth on the back of a head in
the pew in front of you (located
in a place where a person
couldn’t see it), then you should
speak up.
But nits don’t necessarily
become lice. And lice aren’t a
serious threat to life and limb
(as you know).
Dear Amy: Thank you for
sticking up for the teenager who
brought his “lovey” to his
grandmother’s house,
“Embarrassed Gran.”
I am a married dad, and I’ve
had my stuffed panda in my
room since, well, since forever.
I guess this goes against the
grain, gender-wise, but I’m cool
with it, and my kids seem to feel
the same way.
— Secure
Secure: It seems that your
panda has done a very good job.
Amy’s column appears seven days a
week at washingtonpost.com/advice.
Write to askamy@amydickinson.com
or Amy Dickinson, P.O. Box 194,
Freeville, NY 13068.  You can also
follow her @askingamy.
© 2021 by Amy Dickinson distributed by
Tribune Content Agency

Teen wants space from her parents but is upset when they give it to her
Dear Carolyn:

We’ve always been
the parents who
attend as many of
our kids’ events as
we can — a
Carolyn
challenge with
Hax
three in wildly
different activities
— but it’s fun. Youngest and last
one at home has told us regularly
that we don’t have to come and
indicates she wants more space.
But when we do something
without her, she gets mad. This
weekend we’re only attending
three of the six games of a twoday tournament and doing
something else we enjoy instead,
and she’s pouting. I’d actually
rather spend the whole weekend
watching her play, but thought
she didn’t want that. Argh.
— Can’t Win
Can’t Win: Until she’s able to
articulate what she wants, stick
to making decisions for you that
don’t require anything of her.
Meaning, any time you lack
clear kidly guidance, make your
own plans based on what you
want to do, and let her make
hers. (I’m assuming a teenager
here.)
In this case, that would mean
going to as many games as you

want, because you want to. If
she wants to interact with you
there, great; if she doesn’t, then
you go, rah rah, leave.
When she says you don’t
“have to” come, say, “Thanks,
that’s good to know. If you’d
rather I didn’t, just say so — no
hard feelings. Otherwise, I plan
to go because I want to be
there.”
The, “because I want to,”
relieves her of the burden of
thinking for two. That’s a lot of
pressure on a kid, especially
once she’s old enough to grasp
that her performance is your
weekend plan. Yikes.
(Something an 8-year-old barely
considers, right?)
And if your presence is more
than she wants to carry, then
you’ve made it easier for her to
say, “I’d actually rather you
didn’t come,” or, “How bout half
the games?” Your permission to
be excluded hands her those
words.
This all may seem extremely
literal. Exactly! That’s the point.
She’s having trouble drawing
clear boundaries — good for her,
she’s trying — and that’s what
adolescence is for. So do your
part to uncomplicate her
boundaries by drawing yours
kindly and clearly. It both sets

NICK GALIFIANAKIS FOR THE WASHINGTON POST

an example and hands her a
paint-by-numbers for how to
respond.
This is not a way to “win,” by
the way — because she hasn’t
figured this all out any more

“A watershed moment for American opera”
—The Washington Post

than you have, so you’ll both get
stuff wrong. But being literal,
transparent and (oh my
goodness) brief plants you right
where she can see you, no
guesswork necessary, and frees
her up to worry about other
things.
Dear Carolyn: I’m getting
married next month. The
wedding is in person but small
and outdoors. We have worked

hard to plan it and are really
excited to celebrate with our
family and friends!
So I was very dismayed to
receive a number of “no” RSVPs
from a certain cluster of folks
from my fiance’s side. All are
vaccinated.
Then I was at a family picnic
last weekend and overheard some
people talking about the wedding.
One of the Nos told my fiance’s
mom (pretty flippantly) that she is
not making the effort to come
because my fiance and I are not
planning to have children
together, a fact we have shared
openly. She says others in that
cluster have made a similar
decision.
I don’t quite know what to
make of this, or to say or do
about it. Do people not think it
counts as a “real” wedding if it’s
not a prelude to starting a “real”
family? If I had known our
decision not to have kids would
cost us wedding guests, maybe
we would have kept it to
ourselves.
— Dismayed
Dismayed: Imagine the patience

and resilience you’d need,
though, to deflect this bunch of
boundary-tramplers: “My what
a personal question,” “Why do
you ask?” “Are you offering to
raise them?” “Interesting,”
“Bless your heart.” At least now
it’s said and done and you aren’t
wasting a bundle per head to
feed them.
To answer your question, I

can’t say what “people” think —
but clearly these people do
indeed have arbitrary
definitions of what parts of
others’ lives are “real,” and
weaponize their RSVPs
accordingly.
Bless them for it, I say.
Around here we call that an
addition by subtraction.
That is, assuming you heard
them correctly. Just to cover the
possibility of misunderstanding,
consider asking your fiance, his
mom, or the opter-outer herself
what she meant. Because what
you overheard is pretty seriously
weird, for one thing, which alone
makes it worth verifying — and
also because it helps to counteract
anger with skepticism. You want
your decisions to come from the
best information available, and
the best way to get that, typically,
is to ask.
Still, that’s just some tcrossing. People who aren’t
thrilled to be at your wedding,
for whatever reason, are the
ones you don’t really want there
anyway, grabbing at canapés
and begrudging their way
through your careful hospitality.
My warmest congratulations
to you both.
Write to Carolyn Hax at
tellme@washpost.com. Get her
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—Associated Press

FIRE SHUT UP
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LIVE IN CINEMAS OCT 23

Don’t miss composer Terence Blanchard’s momentous opera, the hit of the new Met season. Baritone
Will Liverman stars as the young man struggling to overcome a painful past, opposite the captivating
sopranos Angel Blue and Latonia Moore, in an electrifying Met-premiere production.

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MOVIE DIRECTORY
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MARYLAND

AMC Georgetown 14
3111 K Street N.W.

AFI Silver Theatre
Cultural Center
8633 Colesville Road

Angelika
Pop-Up at Union Market
550 Penn Street NE - Unit E

No Time To Die (PG-13) OC: 7:30
Lamb (R) OC: 5:15
No Time To Die (PG-13) 12:303:00-4:00-6:30
Lamb (R) 12:15-2:40-7:45
Avalon Theatre
5612 Connecticut Avenue

No Time To Die (PG-13) 12:003:40-7:20
The Rescue (PG) 2:15-5:00-7:45
Exhibition on Screen: Raphael
Revealed 10:30AM
Landmark
Atlantic Plumbing Cinema
807 V Street Northwest

Road House (1948) (NR) 4:20
Armored Car Robbery (1950)
(NR) 11:45AM
He Walked by Night (NR) 9:30
Somewhere In The Night (1946)
(NR) 6:45
The Rescue (Il riscato) (NR)
11:55-2:15-4:35-7:05
The Velvet Underground (R)
11:30-4:20-6:45-9:10
Lamb (R) 9:25
Bergman Island (R) 1:55
AMC Academy 8
6198 Greenbelt Road

No Time To Die (PG-13) CC: 1:002:00-4:10-6:00-7:15
Shang-Chi and the Legend of
the Ten Rings (PG-13) CC: 12:504:15-6:45
The Addams Family 2 (PG) CC:
1:30-4:00-7:30
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
(PG-13) CC: 1:15-4:45-7:50
Halloween Kills (R) CC: 1:30-4:155:15-7:00-7:45
The Last Duel (R) CC: 12:454:00-7:15
AMC Center Park 8
4001 Powder Mill Rd.

No Time To Die (PG-13) CC: 1:002:00-4:00-5:00-7:00
Shang-Chi and the Legend of
the Ten Rings (PG-13) CC: 12:454:10-7:10
The Addams Family 2 (PG) CC:
1:40-4:40-7:20
Halloween Kills (R) CC: 1:30-2:154:30-5:30-7:15-8:00
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
(PG-13) CC: 1:15-4:15-7:30
The Last Duel (R) CC: 1:104:00-7:00
AMC Columbia 14
10300 Little Patuxent Parkway

No Time To Die (PG-13) CC:
11:00-2:30
Candyman (R) CC: 9:50
No Time To Die (PG-13) CC: 12:30
Free Guy (PG-13) CC: 12:35-6:55
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the
Ten Rings (PG-13) CC: 11:30-2:456:10-9:25
Halloween Kills (R) CC: 6:00-9:00
The Addams Family 2 (PG) CC:
11:40-2:20-4:50-7:15-9:50
The Last Duel (R) CC: 11:056:05-9:30
No Time To Die: The IMAX 2D
Landmark E Street Cinema
Experience (PG-13) CC: 1:15555 11th Street Northwest
5:15-9:15
Mass (PG-13) CC: (!) 1:00-4:00Lamb (R) 4:05-9:35
7:00
The Silence of the Lambs 30th
Wife of a Spy (!) 4:10
Anniversary presented by TCM
The Card Counter (R) CC: (!)
3:00-7:00
1:10-7:10
Koati (PG) 11:20-1:45-4:10The Eyes of Tammy Faye (PG-13) 6:35-9:05
CC: (!) 1:05-4:05
The Rescue (PG) 11:00-1:40-4:20Titane (R) OC: (!) 1:20
7:05-9:55
The Rescue (PG) CC: (!) 4:15
Halloween Kills (R) CC: 11:15I'm Your Man (R) (!) 1:30-4:3012:50-3:25-4:25-7:00-9:40
7:30
The Last Duel (R) OC: 2:35
Titane (R) (!) 4:20-7:20
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Bergman Island (R) CC: (!) 1:35- (PG-13) CC: 11:00-12:00-1:304:35-7:35
4:00-6:30-7:20-9:00-10:00
The Rescue (PG) CC: (!) 7:15
No Time To Die (PG-13) CC: 12:15The Velvet Underground (R) CC: (!) 3:15-4:15-6:15-8:15-9:45
1:25-4:25-7:25
Halloween Kills (R) OC: 1:50
The Rescue (PG) OC: (!) 1:15
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (PG-13) AMC DINE-IN Rio Cinemas 18
9811 Washingtonian Center
OC: (!) 7:05
Jungle Cruise (PG-13) CC:
Regal Gallery Place
12:00-6:15
701 Seventh Street Northwest
The Addams Family 2 (PG) 11:05- Free Guy (PG-13) CC: 12:15-3:156:15-9:15
2:15-4:45-7:15
Halloween Kills (R) 11:10-12:10- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the
12:50-1:20-1:50-3:00-3:40-4:10- Ten Rings (PG-13) CC: 12:00-3:156:30-9:45
4:40-5:40-6:30-7:00-7:30-8:30Halloween Kills (R) CC: 1:00-4:009:20-9:50
7:00-10:00
The Last Duel (R) 10:45-4:35The
Addams Family 2 (PG) CC:
8:10-9:45
Lamb (R) 11:20-2:00-5:00-7:40- 12:30-2:00-4:30-7:00-9:30
No Time To Die: The IMAX 2D
10:25
Venom: Let There Be Carnage 3D Experience (PG-13) CC: 1:305:30-9:30
(PG-13) 10:30
The Last Duel (R) CC: 12:00-2:30The Silence of the Lambs 30th
Anniversary presented by TCM 6:15-10:00
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
3:00-7:00
No Time To Die 3D (PG-13) 11:00- (PG-13) CC: 12:15-1:45-3:15-4:456:15-7:15-9:15-10:00
2:50-6:40
Lamb (R) 3:15-9:30
No Time To Die (PG-13) 10:4511:50-1:40-2:25-3:50-5:30-6:10- Dear Evan Hansen (PG-13) CC:
1:15-5:30-9:00
7:50-9:10-9:50
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Koati (PG) 1:30-4:00-6:30-9:00
The Rescue (PG) 1:30-4:15Ten Rings (PG-13) 12:00-3:207:00-9:45
6:30-9:40
No Time To Die (PG-13) CC: 12:30The Last Duel (R) OC: 12:40
3:30-4:30-7:30-8:30
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Halloween Kills (R) CC: 3:00(PG-13) 10:55AM; 12:30-3:306:00-9:00
6:20-9:10
Halloween Kills (R) CC: (!) 2:505:00-7:25-10:10
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
(PG-13) CC: (!) 2:00-4:30-7:209:55
No Time To Die (PG-13) CC: (!)
12:30-1:00-1:30-3:40-4:10-4:406:45-7:00-8:00-9:25
The Last Duel (R) CC: (!) 4:207:10-9:35
Halloween Kills (R) OC: (!) 12:40
The Last Duel (R) OC: (!) 1:20

(!) No Pass/No Discount Ticket
AMC Loews
St. Charles Town Ctr. 9
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Gaithersburg
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The Last Duel (R) 11:25-2:556:25-9:55
Hard Luck Love Song (R) 1:40Halloween Kills (R) (!) 12:30-1:30- 4:20-7:05-9:55
Shang-Chi and the Legend of
The Silence of the Lambs 30th
the Ten Rings (PG-13) CC: 2:00- 3:30-4:30-7:00-8:00
Anniversary presented by TCM
The Last Duel (R) (!) 12:155:15-8:15
3:00-7:00
No Time To Die (PG-13) CC: 12:45- 3:45-7:15
Monster Family 2: Nobody's
Shang-Chi and the Legend of
1:30-4:30-5:15-7:00-7:45
Perfect (PG) 1:35-4:25-7:10-9:55
the Ten Rings (PG-13) (!) 1:45Halloween Kills (R) CC: 12:00Koati (PG) 5:15-10:10
12:30-2:45-3:15-5:30-6:00-8:15- 2:30-7:45
Venom:
Let There Be Carnage
The
Addams
Family
2
(PG)
(!)
8:45
(PG-13) 11:35-1:30-3:10-4:1012:00-5:00-6:15
The Addams Family 2 (PG) CC:
6:50-9:00-9:30-10:15
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
12:30-3:00-5:30-8:00
Koati (PG) 12:10-2:35-7:40
(PG-13) (!) 12:45-3:15-6:30
The Last Duel (R) CC: 1:00No Time To Die (PG-13) 12:004:30-8:00
Regal Germantown
2:00-3:00-4:00-6:00-6:45-7:30
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
20000 Century Boulevard
(PG-13) CC: 12:00-1:45-2:30-4:15- Hoyt's West Nursery Cinema 14 No Time To Die (PG-13) 10:505:15-8:00-8:45
1591 West Nursery Road
12:30-1:30-2:30-4:20-5:20-6:10No Time To Die (PG-13) CC: 1:00- 8:10-9:30-9:40
AMC Magic Johnson
3:35-6:45-9:20
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the
Capital Center 12
Ten Rings (PG-13) 12:10-3:40Candyman (R) CC: 1:20-4:30800 Shoppers Way
6:50-10:00
7:05-10:15
Candyman (R) CC: 5:25-7:50Halloween Kills (R) 11:10-11:50Free Guy (PG-13) CC: 6:30-9:10
10:15
No Time To Die (PG-13) CC: 8:00 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 12:30-1:10-1:50-2:30-3:10-3:50Ten Rings (PG-13) CC: 1:05-4:00- 4:40-5:20-6:00-6:40-7:20-8:00Shang-Chi and the Legend of
8:40-9:20-10:10
the Ten Rings (PG-13) CC: 4:35- 6:55-9:50
The Many Saints Of Newark (R) The Addams Family 2 (PG) 11:057:40-10:45
1:40-4:30-7:00-9:50
CC:
1:10-10:15
The Addams Family 2 (PG) CC:
Respect (PG-13) CC: 1:00-4:10- The Last Duel (R) 10:55-2:402:00-4:25-6:50-9:15
6:20-9:45
6:20-9:30
No Time To Die: The IMAX 2D
Halloween Kills (R) CC: 2:00-4:40- Most Eligible Bachelor 11:00Experience (PG-13) CC: 3:202:20-5:50-9:20
7:30-10:00
7:00-10:35
The Silence of the Lambs 30th
Don't Breathe 2 (R) CC: 3:20-5:50- The Addams Family 2 (PG) CC:
Anniversary presented by TCM
1:45-4:05-9:00
8:20-10:50
3:00-7:00
Malignant (R) CC: 2:25-5:00Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
(PG-13) CC: 2:30-3:30-5:00-6:00- 7:35-10:10
(PG-13) 11:20-12:20-3:10-5:40Venom: Let There Be Carnage
7:30-8:30-10:00-11:00
(PG-13) CC: 1:45-4:20-7:20-9:55 8:30-10:05
Halloween Kills (R) CC: 4:30-5:30- The Last Duel (R) CC: 1:00-3:50Regal Hyattsville Royale
7:10-8:10-9:45-10:45
6:35-9:35
6505 America Blvd.
The Last Duel (R) CC: 7:20-10:45 Paw Patrol: The Movie (G) CC:
No Time To Die (PG-13) 12:45The Silence of the Lambs 30th
1:25-3:45
Anniversary presented by TCM Don't Breathe 2 (R) CC: 4:00-7:25 1:20-3:15-4:30-5:05-7:00-8:208:50-10:00
3:00-7:00
Dear Evan Hansen (PG-13) CC:
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the
No Time To Die (PG-13) OC: 4:20 7:15-9:45
Ten Rings (PG-13) 12:55-4:00Halloween Kills (R) OC: 2:45
The Addams Family 2 (PG)
7:10-10:15
The Last Duel (R) OC: 3:55
OC: 6:40
Halloween Kills (R) 12:30-1:30Needle in a Timestack (R) 1:50- 1:40-2:30-3:00-3:30-4:20-5:20Bow Tie Annapolis Mall 11
4:25-7:00-9:40
1020 Westfield Annapolis Mall
5:50-6:10-6:55-7:00-7:15-8:10No Time To Die (PG-13) 12:00Landmark
8:40-9:00-9:35-9:40-10:35
Bethesda Row Cinema
3:30-7:00-10:25
The Addams Family 2 (PG) 1:157235 Woodmont Avenue
3:55-6:25-8:55
Shaun of the Dead (R) 1:25
The
Last Duel (R) 12:40-4:05-7:30
Free Guy (PG-13) 12:15-4:00
No Time To Die (PG-13) CC: (!)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 12:30-1:00-2:00-3:00-4:00-4:30- Venom: Let There Be Carnage
(PG-13) 1:05-1:35-3:40-4:10-6:205:30-6:30-7:30-8:15
Ten Rings (PG-13) 10:45-1:504:50-7:50-10:45
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 6:50-9:05-9:40
Ten Rings (PG-13) CC: (!) 3:30-6:30 Dear Evan Hansen (PG-13)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
12:35-3:45
(PG-13) 10:05-12:20-2:50-5:20- Lamb (R) (!) 1:30-4:15-7:15
6:45-7:40-9:15-10:10
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Regal Laurel Towne Centre
The Addams Family 2 (PG) 11:15- (PG-13) CC: (!) 2:15-4:35-6:45
14716 Baltimore Avenue
The Last Duel (R) CC: (!) 12:251:45-4:10-6:30
No Time To Die (PG-13) 11:303:45-7:00
No Time To Die (PG-13)
12:50-2:00-3:30-4:30-5:30-7:2010:15-11:00-1:40-2:30-5:00-6:00- Dear Evan Hansen (PG-13) CC:
8:20-9:20
(!) 12:45
8:30-9:30
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (PG-13) 12:00-3:10The Last Duel (R) 10:10-12:10Ten Rings (PG-13) OC: (!) 12:15
3:50-7:20-10:35
6:20-9:50
Halloween Kills (R) 10:00-11:30Phoenix Theatres Marlow 6
Halloween Kills (R) 11:50-12:2012:30-2:00-3:00-4:30-5:30-6:103899 Branch Avenue
1:30-2:30-3:00-4:10-5:10-6:007:10-8:00-8:45-9:10-9:40-10:30
7:00-8:00-9:00-10:00
No Time To Die (PG-13) 11:30The Addams Family 2 (PG) 3:00 3:10-6:35-10:10
The Addams Family 2 (PG) 11:35Cinemark Egyptian 24 and XD Halloween Kills (R) 11:00-12:00- 1:00-3:50-6:30-9:10
The Last Duel (R) 1:10-4:40-8:10
1:45-2:30-4:30-5:00-7:15-7:457000 Arundel Mills Circle
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
9:45
No Time To Die (PG-13) XD:
The Addams Family 2 (PG) 12:30- (PG-13) 11:40-12:40-3:20-6:1011:40-3:20-7:00-10:40; 11:158:50-10:20
12:35-2:25-4:15-6:05-7:55-9:45- 3:45-6:00-8:30
The Silence of the Lambs 30th
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
10:20
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the (PG-13) 11:05-12:05-1:20-2:15- Anniversary presented by TCM
3:00-7:00
3:45-4:30-6:00-6:45-8:15-9:05
Ten Rings (PG-13) 12:40-3:50Regal Rockville Center
7:20-10:30
Regal Bowie
199 East Montgomery Avenue
15200 Major Lansdale Boulevard
The Addams Family 2 (PG) 11:1012:25-1:40-4:10-6:55-9:25
No Time To Die (PG-13) 11:10No Time To Die (PG-13)
Halloween Kills (R)
12:00-12:50-2:00-3:40-5:00-5:50- 12:00-1:00-3:00-3:50-4:40-6:5011:30-11:55-12:30-12:457:40-8:30-10:00-10:50
7:20-8:50
1:10-2:15-2:40-3:15-3:30Shang-Chi and the Legend of the
Shang-Chi and the Legend of
4:05-5:00-5:25-6:00-6:15-6:50Ten Rings (PG-13) 12:30-4:00the Ten Rings (PG-13) 12:057:45-8:10-8:45-9:00-9:35-10:30
7:20-10:30
3:30-6:40
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Halloween Kills (R) 12:20-1:20- The Addams Family 2 (PG) 11:20(PG-13) 12:20-1:15-2:35-3:551:30-4:10-6:40-9:20
1:50-2:20-3:10-4:20-4:50-5:205:50-6:40-8:35
Halloween Kills (R) 11:30-1:206:00-6:55-7:30-8:00-9:00-9:30
Most Eligible Bachelor 11:45The Addams Family 2 (PG) 1:15- 2:20-3:10-4:10-5:00-6:00-7:007:50-9:10-9:50-10:40
3:15-6:45-10:15
4:00-6:30-9:20
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
The Last Duel (R) 12:00-3:20-6:50 The Last Duel (R) 11:50-3:307:10-10:40
(PG-13) 11:25-2:10-4:50-7:40Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Dear Evan Hansen (PG-13)
10:25
(PG-13) 12:10-1:40-4:15-7:10
11:40AM
Hard Luck Love Song (R) 11:05- The Silence of the Lambs 30th
Anniversary presented by TCM The Silence of the Lambs 30th
1:45-4:25-7:05-9:45
Anniversary presented by TCM
Private Watch Party 11:00-11:20- 3:00-7:00
3:00-7:00
2:15-2:35-5:30-5:50-8:45-9:05
Regal Cinemas
Maha Samudram (Telugu)
Majestic Stadium 20 & IMAX The Rescue (PG) 12:50-3:406:30-9:30
1:30-5:00
900 Ellsworth Drive
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
The Silence of the Lambs 30th
No Time To Die (PG-13) 12:25(PG-13) 11:20-12:40-2:10-3:20Anniversary presented by TCM 1:10-1:50-2:30-4:15-4:55-5:354:50-6:10-7:30-8:50-10:10
3:00
6:15-7:55-8:40-9:20-10:00
The Rescue (PG) 11:10-2:00-4:50- Candyman (R) 10:00
Regal UA Snowden Square
7:40-10:35
9161 Commerce Center Drive
Free Guy (PG-13) 12:05
Valorant Champions Tour 2021: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the No Time To Die (PG-13) 11:20Last Chance Qualifier Grand
12:00-1:00-2:10-3:00-3:50-4:40Ten Rings (PG-13) 12:40-3:50Final 3:00
5:50-6:50-7:30-8:30-9:00
6:50-10:00
No Time To Die (PG-13) XD:
The Addams Family 2 (PG) 1:00- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the
11:40-3:20-7:00-10:40
Ten Rings (PG-13) 11:50-3:103:45-6:20-9:00
Halloween Kills (R) 11:55-2:40- Halloween Kills (R)
6:20-9:30
5:25-8:10
Halloween Kills (R) 11:25-12:0511:30-12:00-12:20-1:20The Last Duel (R) 11:05-12:3012:40-1:20-2:00-2:40-3:30-4:101:35-2:20-2:45-3:40-4:102:45-4:00-6:20-7:30-9:55
4:50-5:30-6:20-7:00-7:40-8:504:25-5:10-5:30-6:00-6:30-7:00Lamb (R) 6:30-9:15
9:05-9:20
7:15-8:00-8:15-9:20-9:45-10:00
Halloween Kills (R) XD: 11:00No Time To Die: The IMAX 2D Ex- The Addams Family 2 (PG) 11:40perience (PG-13) 11:30-3:05-6:40 12:30-3:10-6:30
1:45-4:30-7:15-10:00

The Last Duel (R) 12:10-3:407:10-9:30
Dear Evan Hansen (PG-13)
1:10-4:30
The Silence of the Lambs 30th
Anniversary presented by TCM
3:00-7:00
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
(PG-13) 11:30-12:50-4:00-6:409:10

AMC Hoffman Center 22
206 Swamp Fox Rd.

Free Guy (PG-13) CC: 12:003:00-6:00
Candyman (R) CC: 2:15-5:007:45-10:30
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the
Ten Rings (PG-13) CC: 12:15-3:306:45-10:00
Halloween Kills (R) CC: 12:00Regal Waugh Chapel & IMAX 2:45-5:30-8:15
The Addams Family 2 (PG) CC:
1419 South Main Chapel Way
12:00-1:00-4:05-7:00-10:00
No Time To Die (PG-13) 12:20No Time To Die: The IMAX 2D
1:10-2:20-4:00-5:40-6:00-7:40Experience (PG-13) CC: 2:309:20-9:40
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 6:30-10:30
Malignant (R) CC: 10:15
Ten Rings (PG-13) 12:00-3:30The Last Duel (R) CC: 1:15-3:006:40-10:10
Halloween Kills (R) 11:40-1:20- 5:00-6:45-8:45-10:30
Don't Breathe 2 (R) CC: 6:45
2:30-4:10-5:20-7:00-8:00-9:50
The Addams Family 2 (PG) 11:30- Venom: Let There Be Carnage
(PG-13) CC: 12:15-1:00-2:45-4:002:10-4:40-7:20-10:00
5:15-6:30-7:45-9:00-10:15
The Last Duel (R) 11:00-12:40Paw
Patrol: The Movie (G) CC:
4:10-7:30
12:00-12:30-1:30-4:15
The Silence of the Lambs 30th
Anniversary presented by TCM Dear Evan Hansen (PG-13) CC:
12:15-3:30-7:00
3:00-7:00
Lamb (R) 12:45-3:45-6:30-9:15
No Time To Die: The IMAX 2D
Experience (PG-13) 11:20-3:10- The Silence of the Lambs 30th
Anniversary presented by TCM
6:50-10:30
3:00-7:00
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
(PG-13) 11:10-12:10-2:50-7:10- Koati (PG) 12:30-3:00-5:30-8:0010:30
9:50
The Rescue (PG) 12:30-3:30Regal Westview & IMAX
6:15-9:00
5243 Buckeystown Pike
No Time To Die (PG-13) CC: 12:30No Time To Die (PG-13) 12:101:30-4:30-5:30-7:30-8:30-9:30
12:40-2:30-3:50-4:20-6:30-7:30- Halloween Kills (R) CC: 1:00-1:458:00-9:30
4:30-7:15-9:00-9:30-10:00-10:30
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the No Time To Die (PG-13) OC: 3:30
Ten Rings (PG-13) 1:30-4:40-7:40
AMC Potomac Mills 18
Halloween Kills (R) 12:30-1:102700 Potomac Mills Circle
1:50-3:10-4:00-4:50-6:00-6:50Candyman (R) CC: 11:20-3:307:50-9:00-9:40
The Addams Family 2 (PG) 1:20- 7:20-9:20
Free Guy (PG-13) CC: 11:10-2:00
3:45-6:20-8:50
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the
The Last Duel (R) 11:50-3:30Ten Rings (PG-13) CC: 12:20-4:157:20-9:50
No Time To Die: The IMAX 2D Ex- 6:10-9:45
perience (PG-13) 11:40-3:20-7:00 Halloween Kills (R) CC: 11:001:45-4:30-7:15-10:00
Lamb (R) 1:00-3:40-6:40
The Addams Family 2 (PG) CC:
The Silence of the Lambs 30th
Anniversary presented by TCM 11:45-2:15-4:40-7:10-9:45
The Last Duel (R) CC: 11:00-2:303:00-7:00
6:00-9:30
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
No Time To Die: The IMAX 2D
(PG-13) 12:20-2:50-5:30-8:10Experience (PG-13) CC: 2:1510:05
6:15-10:00
Xscape Theatres Brandywine 14 Venom: Let There Be Carnage
7710 Matapeake Business Drive
(PG-13) CC: 11:15-12:00-1:45No Time To Die (PG-13) (!) 12:40- 2:45-3:30-4:15-6:00-7:00-8:004:05-7:40-8:30
9:15
Candyman (R) 11:25-2:05-4:45- Lamb (R) 1:00-3:40-6:20-9:10
7:25
Koati (PG) 11:10-1:30-5:00Shang-Chi and the Legend of
7:20-9:40
the Ten Rings (PG-13) 12:45The Rescue (PG) 1:00-3:453:45-6:45
6:30-9:15
The Addams Family 2 (PG) (!)
No Time To Die (PG-13) CC:
11:00-1:50-4:20-7:10-9:30
11:30-12:15-12:45-3:15-4:30-5:30Venom: Let There Be Carnage
7:00-8:30-9:30
(PG-13) (!) 11:20-12:20-2:00-3:10- Halloween Kills (R) CC: 12:004:30-5:40-7:00-8:10-9:30
12:30-2:30-3:00-3:45-5:15-6:00Halloween Kills (R) (!) 11:50-1:10- 6:30-8:15-9:00-9:15
1:40-2:20-3:40-4:10-4:50-6:10AMC Shirlington 7
6:40-7:20-8:40-9:10
2772 South Randolph St.
The Last Duel (R) (!) 11:30No Time To Die (PG-13) CC: 12:302:50-6:30
No Time To Die (PG-13) (!) 11:10- 1:00-4:00-4:30-7:40-8:00
Shang-Chi and the Legend of
3:20-6:50
the Ten Rings (PG-13) CC: 1:00Private Watch Party (!) 4:30
Halloween Kills (R) (!) 12:30-3:00- 4:05-7:10
Halloween Kills (R) CC: 12:055:30-8:00
2:40-5:20-8:10
Video Gaming Rental 1:00
The Addams Family 2 (PG) CC:
iPic Pike & Rose
12:20-2:40-5:00-7:20
11830 Grand Park Avenue
The Last Duel (R) CC: 12:10No Time To Die (PG-13) (!)
3:30-7:00
10:15-10:45-2:15-2:30-6:15-7:00- Venom: Let There Be Carnage
9:15-10:00
(PG-13) CC: 12:00-2:30-5:10-7:40
Candyman (R) 11:45-4:45-7:15AMC Tysons Corner 16
9:45
7850e Tysons Corner Center
Halloween Kills (R) (!) 11:0012:40-1:45-3:30-4:45-6:30-7:45- No Time To Die (PG-13) CC:
11:00-2:45
9:30-10:45
The Addams Family 2 (PG) 10:30- Free Guy (PG-13) CC: 8:05-10:55
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the
2:10-3:55-6:30-8:35
The Last Duel (R) (!) 11:45-3:15- Ten Rings (PG-13) CC: 11:40-2:506:10-9:30
6:45-10:10
Halloween Kills (R) CC: 6:30-9:15
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
(PG-13) 10:10-12:45-3:20-6:00- The Addams Family 2 (PG) CC:
11:45-2:15-4:45-7:20-9:55
10:45
The Last Duel (R) CC: 11:30-3:05Shaun of the Dead (R) 1:00
6:40-10:15
No Time To Die: The IMAX 2D
Experience (PG-13) CC: 12:15AMC Courthouse Plaza 8
4:00-7:50
2150 Clarendon Blvd.
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
No Time To Die (PG-13) CC: 12:00- (PG-13) CC: 11:25-12:45-2:203:25-6:05-8:55-10:10
12:30-2:50-3:20-6:30-7:00
Hard Luck Love Song (R) 11:05Shang-Chi and the Legend of
the Ten Rings (PG-13) CC: 1:20- 1:55-5:05-7:55-10:40
4:20-7:20
Lamb (R) 12:10-7:30-10:20
Halloween Kills (R) CC: 12:25Dear Evan Hansen (PG-13) CC:
12:40-2:30-4:30-5:10-7:10-7:50
7:15-10:35
The Addams Family 2 (PG) CC:
The Silence of the Lambs 30th
12:10-3:30-5:50-8:10
Anniversary presented by TCM
3:00-7:00
The Last Duel (R) CC: 1:104:00-7:30
Koati (PG) 12:05-2:35-5:00
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
The Rescue (PG) 11:25-2:30-5:15(PG-13) CC: 12:20-3:00-5:30-8:00 8:05-10:50

VIRGINIA

Sunday, October 17, 2021
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No Time To Die (PG-13) CC: 5:10- Cinemark Fairfax Corner and XD
11900 Palace Way
6:20-9:00-10:25
Halloween Kills (R) CC: 11:10Shang-Chi and the Legend of the
12:40-3:25-4:50-7:35-8:15-10:20- Ten Rings (PG-13) 12:55-4:1011:00; 2:05
7:25-10:35
The Addams Family 2 (PG) 1:20AMC Worldgate 9
4:00-6:30
13025 Worldgate Drive
Doctor (Tamil) 11:05-6:05
No Time To Die (PG-13) CC: 3:00- Most Eligible Bachelor 11:104:00-6:30-7:30
2:45-6:20
Shang-Chi and the Legend of
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
the Ten Rings (PG-13) CC: 4:15- (PG-13) 12:15-2:10-4:45-6:105:40-7:00
7:20-8:45-9:55
Halloween Kills (R) CC: 3:00Maha Samudram (Telugu)
5:30-8:00
4:55-8:30
The Addams Family 2 (PG) CC:
Honsla Rakh 2:35-9:35
3:45-5:25-7:15
The Silence of the Lambs 30th
The Last Duel (R) CC: 3:30-7:00 Anniversary presented by TCM
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
3:00
(PG-13) CC: 3:15-4:30-6:45-7:45 Pelli SandaD (PellisandaD)9:15
Valorant Champions Tour 2021:
Alamo Drafthouse
Last Chance Qualifier Grand
Cinema - One Loudoun
Final 3:00
20575 East Hampton Plaza
The Addams Family 2 (PG) 12:15 No Time To Die (PG-13) 12:351:10-4:20-8:00-9:20
Beetlejuice (PG) 4:20-6:00
Halloween Kills (R) 2:50-5:35-8:20
The Last Duel (R) 12:30-3:00The Last Duel (R) 1:40-5:20-9:00
4:45-6:45-8:30
No
Time To Die (PG-13) XD:
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
11:30-3:15-7:00-10:45
(PG-13) 12:45-3:30-6:15-9:05
Halloween Kills (R) XD: 11:00Beetlejuice (PG) 7:20
1:45-4:30-7:15-10:00
No Time To Die (PG-13) 1:00
Regal Ballston Quarter
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Book World

This rock
memoir
manages to
be upbeat
BY

Sutton
Foster’s
strong case
for crafting

A LLISON S TEWART

BY

W

e all secretly want
to believe that
fame is awful and
famous people are
miserable.
But
Dave Grohl, superstar rock
drummer, cheerful avatar of suburban averageness and puppy in
human form, is here to tell you
it’s actually pretty great. “Believe
me,” he writes in his amiable,
conversational new memoir,
“The Storyteller,” life as a rock
star “is all that it’s cracked up to
be and more.”
Anyone looking for score-settling or dirt-dishing, be warned:
“The Storyteller” isn’t that kind
of book. Grohl spends more
time rhapsodizing about his
unsuccessful
cross-country
odyssey to visit a strip club
owned by metal gods Pantera
(yes, Pantera has its own strip
club, and, yes, it’s in Texas) than
he does on his entire first marriage, which he mentions only
in passing.
Grohl was raised in Springfield, Va., by a single mother who
taught public school in Fairfax
County and remains his best
friend to this day. By his own
account, he is awkward looking
(“Barney Fife with a skateboard”) and oddly prone to mishaps. At various points in “The
Storyteller,” he is hit with a golf
club, run over by a car and
dumped into the Potomac River
without a life jacket. He also falls
off a stage in Sweden.
It’s otherwise a mostly idyllic
childhood, until Grohl falls in
love with Sandi, a fellow middleschooler prettier than Cheryl
Tiegs. She was “the most beautiful girl in the world,” he recalls
fondly, “or at least in our grade.”
They are a week into their romance when, in one of the book’s
most finely rendered passages,
she informs him, rather sensibly,
that she isn’t ready for a relationship.
A devastated Grohl, who has
already built an altar to Sandi in
his carport, decides to devote his
life to rock-and-roll and, eventually, local hardcore legends
Scream. He leaves high school to
tour with them, ushering in a
long period of punk rock duespaying that eventually leads to
Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic,
two-thirds of the up-and-coming
band Nirvana, who are strangers
in need of a new drummer.
Cobain and Grohl, who be-

Star Trek’s
Data o≠ers
mix of fact
and fiction
BY

D ONALD L IEBENSON

When a literary agent pitched
Brent Spiner on writing his memoir, the character actor best
known as Data from “Star Trek:
The Next Generation,” could have

DANNY CLINCH

Rock star Dave Grohl with his wife, Jordyn Blum, and one of their daughters in July 2008. His memoir tends to accent the positive.

come friends, are on twin beds in
a shared Best Western hotel
room when they see themselves
on MTV for the first time, Grohl
writes, and they excitedly call
their friends in other rooms to
tell them (“It’s on! It’s on right
now!”). Within weeks, Nirvana
becomes a culture-ravaging behemoth, with a gold record to
prove it. “Our worlds had now
changed forever,” Grohl writes,
somewhat grimly, “and so had
yours.”
As Cobain slips further into
the undertow, Grohl’s relationship to him comes to resemble
ours; he is both the center of
Grohl’s universe and an unknowable figure at its edges. It’s easy
to read between the lines and
imagine the vast gulf that must
have existed between the two
men, Cobain tormented and secretive, Grohl cheery and enthusiastic, thrilled at his first $400
advance, enough to buy a BB gun
and a Nintendo console.
In any Nirvana-adjacent memoir, there’s always a chapter
where Cobain’s manager/friend
from Seattle/bandmate realizes
with a sinking feeling that the
singer is a heroin addict. The
realization hit Grohl extra hard:
He had never known anyone who
did heroin before. Grohl had
never even done cocaine, he
writes, though he did drink five
pots of coffee a day. The closest
“The Storyteller” gets to an intervention, a rock memoir staple, is
when Grohl’s doctor suggests he
switch to decaf.
Grohl seemed an afterthought
to those in the Nirvana universe,

a hurried phone call minutes
Grohl soon formed his own
before the bad news appeared on
band, Foo Fighters, who settled
TV, which he would
into a comfortable
watch along with evgroove as the stadium
eryone else. He was
rock stars Nirvana nevtold that Cobain had
er had a chance to
died weeks before he
become. The band’s
actually did, making
revolving-door memhis eventual death by
bership hints at somesuicide even more surthing uncomfortable bereal and difficult for
neath its surface that
Grohl to process.
probably would have
“The Storyteller” is
been interesting to read
THE
sparing in its account
about, but Grohl doesn’t
STORYTELLER
of Cobain’s last days
go into detail.
Tales of Life
and affecting in its de“The Storyteller” beand Music
piction of the rootless
comes more episodic
By Dave Grohl
aftermath. “I was just
and remote the further
Dey Street
twenty-five years old
Grohl travels from a reBooks. 384 pp.
with a whole life ahead
latable kid to a typically
$29.99
of me, but in many
distant celebrity, rolling
ways I felt like my life
down the shutters. Its
had ended too,” Grohl
last third is a travelogue
writes. “I was too young to fade
through a wax museum of faaway but too old to start again.”
mous people whom Grohl is

simply followed conventional
wisdom and written about portraying one of the cult sci-fi franchise’s most beloved characters
while sharing amusing anecdotes about iconic co-stars and
heartwarming encounters with
fans. But that was not the book
Spiner wanted to write.
“I thought, ‘Let me write something more interesting,’ ” he said
in a phone interview with The
Washington Post. The result is
“Fan Fiction: A Mem-Noir: Inspired by True Events,” in which
Spiner finds himself the target of
a stalker whose nom de plume is
taken from a classic “Next Generation” episode in which Data
builds himself a daughter.

The book features memorable
scenes with his co-stars, including Patrick Stewart, LeVar Burton
and Jonathan Frakes, whose wife,
“General Hospital’s” Genie Francis, also makes an appearance.
Did Burton really give Spiner his
daughter’s placenta to keep in his
freezer? Hard to say. But did we
mention the book is very funny?
“There are elements of truth in
all of it, and there’s complete
fiction throughout as well,” Spiner said.
The following interview has been edited for
length and clarity.

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excited to encounter. Because
Grohl seems so guileless, and the
prospect of anyone being unkind
to him so unbearable, these passages are strangely suspenseful:
Will Joan Jett read his adorable
daughter a bedtime story after
she shyly asks her to? (Of course
she will.) Will Little Richard be
mean to him when they randomly meet? What about Paul
McCartney or George W. Bush or
Trent Reznor, during their weird
encounter that time at the Sharon Tate murder house? (Thankfully, everyone is lovely.) Was
Lemmy from Motörhead as awesome as you imagined? (Yes.)
Will Madeleine Albright assume
Grohl is a dopey rock star when
they see each other at Kennedy
Center events? (Possibly! Her
opinion goes unrecorded.)
Grohl was born into suburbia,
and it is to suburbia he eventually returns. By the book’s end, he
is settled into life as a doting girl
dad in the San Fernando Valley,
once traveling 16 time zones in
two days so he would not miss a
daddy-daughter dance at school.
He makes it on time, and it’s a
joyous night he’ll remember forever, Grohl writes, even though
his daughters abandon him to
hang out with their friends, and
he gets food poisoning on the
plane ride back.
bookworld@washpost.com

COURTESY OF DAVE GROHL

Grohl at the beach in an undated photo. He was the drummer for
the legendary rock band Nirvana before founding the Foo Fighters.

way. When I told her my story
idea, when we first got together,
she was asking questions about
myself and I told her about my
childhood. She said what I was
telling her was useful in that the
fear being generated by the
stalker begins to pull out
memories and the roots of my
own fears. She proceeded to act
as an editor and inspiration for
me. She really encouraged me to
write way more than I originally
intended to.

Q: It’s a mixed blessing to
be associated with a
popular character.
Q: Why did you decide
Leonard Nimoy famously
to go this
wrote a book, “I am Not
unconventional route
Spock,” then years later
with your book?
wrote another, “I am
A: I’ve had this story in
Spock.” Did writing your
my head a long time.
book help you in coming
FAN FICTION
There are many people
to terms with your
A Mem-Noir:
out there who would
relationship to Data?
Inspired by
prefer to read a straight
A: It is a double-edged
True Events
memoir of mine than
sword. The larger part of
By Brent Spiner that sword has been very
the book I wrote, but
St. Martin’s
for me to sit and have
positive. It’s been a great
Press. 256 pp.
to write it is a different
job. On the other hand,
$27.99
thing. I like to amuse
what I was trained to do
people in general, and I
was to play as many
like to amuse myself as
different things as
well.
possible, so it has been limiting
sort of in that way. I think there
Q: A tantalizing mystery for
are times maybe I haven’t gotten
readers, beyond the identity of
a job because I am so identified
the stalker, is whether what they
with the character. I, frankly, like
are reading really happened or is
to think I’ve been typecast as the
fiction. The segments about you
reason when I don’t get jobs,
growing up in Texas with an
because the alternative is that
abusive stepfather seem
I’m just lousy (laughs). But all
painfully real.
that being said with relation to
A: I wrote the book with Jeanne
character, if I had to have one
Darst. She’s a wonderful writer;
character that I had to be
she wrote on the TV series “Blunt
typecast as, it would be this
Talk” that Patrick Stewart starred
character. There is a feeling of
in. The thinking was she would
trust people have in the character
operate as a ghost writer, and I
that he’s incapable of hurting
was going to tell her a quick
them. The confusion has been
story, have a couple of glasses of
that I am that as well, and clearly,
wine, and I would go on my
I’m not. But also, because I also
merry way and reap the benefits.
got to play so many different
But that’s not how it turned out.
things on the show as him, I got
For one thing, there was the
to try on the skin of all kinds of
pandemic, so the book allowed
different types of humanity. I got
me to fill the time in a creative
to play his brother, his father, his

Allison Stewart writes about pop
culture, music and politics for The
Washington Post and the Chicago
Tribune. She is working on a book
about the history of the space
program.

uncle, his ancestors. It turned out
to be a role that I was actually
able to stretch a bit.
Q: You also mention in the book
about Data being an inspiration
to the autism community. There
is a scene in the book when you
are visited on the set by
neurologist Oliver Sacks.
A: Oliver Sacks did actually come
to my trailer. We didn’t have the
conversation we had in the book,
but he did tell me that I was the
poster boy for his work. At the
time, I didn’t know who he was
or what he was talking about. It
has proved subsequently to be a
connection between that
character and kids struggling
with emotions and
understanding themselves. Many
times at conventions, kids will
come up to my table when I’m
signing photographs and tell me
they have Asperger syndrome,
and that when they were growing
up, Data was the only character
on TV they could relate to. That’s
an incredibly moving experience.
Had I known, I might have
encouraged the writers to write
more towards that, but it might
have blown the whole thing and
lost the connection.
Q: I would be derelict if I didn’t
ask what you thought about the
“Jeopardy” meshugas and LeVar
Burton not being selected as
host?
A: It’s a wild story. I expect Adam
McKay will make the movie. How
badly could you blow it?
Something is not kosher, but that
being said, I’ve never wavered
from the idea that LeVar would
have been the ideal host. He’s Mr.
Education. But I would rather
him do a show created for him.
bookworld@washpost.com
Donald Liebenson is an
entertainment writer. His work has
been published by the Chicago
Tribune, Los Angeles Times,
VanityFair.com and New York
Magazine’s Vulture website.

C ELIA W REN

Sutton Foster understands the
power of time-consuming hobbies, especially those that yield
tactile results. In her charming
memoir, the two-time Tony
Award winner and star of TV’s
“Bunheads” and “Younger,”
shows how projects involving colored pencils, epoxy glue and —
chiefly — yarn have helped her
cope with heartbreak and stress,
including backstage spitefulness,
tabloid voyeurism and a painful
relationship with her agoraphobic mother.
“My crafts have helped hold me
together and given me a place to
pour all of my love or sadness
into,” she writes in “Hooked,” a
book that comes with a subtitle
that will seem less hyperbolic by
the time you turn the last page:
“How Crafting Saved My Life.”
Foster structures her memoir
around projects that reflect chapters in her life. Drawings of fertility gods, in Copic markers, recall her struggle
to
get
pregnant before she and
husband Ted
Griffin,
a
screenwriter,
opted for adoption. A woodHOOKED
and-glass moHow Crafting
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captured
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her mind-set
256 pp. $28
shortly before
she passed up a
safe role on
Broadway in “Les Miserables” for
a more interesting gig as a mere
understudy in the then-in-development “Thoroughly Modern
Millie.” That gutsy decision positioned her for a Tony Award-winning turn in the title role, after
the original lead left the show.
The framework allows for
glimpses of professional and private milestones, such as Foster’s
divorce from her first husband,
actor Christian Borle (associated
craft: crocheted granny-square
blanket); and the thrill of finally
meeting longtime idol Patti
LuPone (paper-on-plywood collage reading “Badass”). Woven
through are memories of growing
up in the South and in Detroit,
alongside her brother, Hunter
(also a stage actor), and witnessing their mother’s transformation into a troubled recluse.
Cross-stitch “was one of the few
things I had ever really seen her
enjoy,” Foster writes, explaining
that picking up the antiquated
art form was in part a way to
connect with her mother, and in
part a way to deal with her own
social anxiety when she was in a
touring theater group in her late
teens. “It was a form of self-protection,” she writes, “I don’t need
to socialize! I have a project to
work on!”
“Hooked” plays a dual role — as
a memoir and a how-to book.
Foster’s recollections are punctuated by recipes, a crochet pattern,
gardening tips and, at times,
unfortunately, simplistic empowerment speak: “I had unknowingly started to take ownership of my
actions,” she writes of a period in
which she bought a house and
played the nightclub singer Reno
in “Anything Goes” — a character
so “ballsy” that as a real-life
introvert with good-girl tendencies, she initially had trouble
embracing the role. (She went on
to win her second Tony for the
part.)
But such moments are fleeting
and don’t deter from the book’s
overall appeal. Foster’s tale is
laced with self-deprecating humor, detailed childhood memories and insight about the many
challenges of becoming a stage
and television actor — the
cliques, the rivalries, the relentless auditions and rehearsals and
time spent on the road. “Whenever I felt lonely,” Foster writes, “I
had my cross-stitch to keep me
company.”
Foster makes a persuasive case
that hobbies are a salvation, and a
universal one at that. More people can probably aspire to crocheting a blanket than can tap
dance to multiple Tonys, as Foster
has. “Hooked” shows its author to
be both exceptional and much
like the fretting rest of us. Pass
the yarn.
bookworld@washpost.com
Celia Wren, a longtime television
reviewer for Commonweal, writes
regularly about theater for The
Washington Post.

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L.A. TIMES S UN D AY PUZZLE
RELEASE DATE—Sunday, October 17, 2021

Hai tops: Inking punku — haiku + pun
BY PAT MYERS

Week 1454 was our third contest
for punku — haiku that includes a
pun or other wordplay. (For our
sophomoric purposes, a haiku was
any three lines whose syllables
divided into 5-7-5.) The Empress
tried to screen out old jokes, but if
one got through, okay, it’s 17
syllables. Calm yourself.

4th place:
Vaccines ought to be
Essential for employment —
Jab security.

BOB STAAKE FOR THE WASHINGTON POST

(Dave Silberstein, College Park, Md.)

3rd place:
Bezos, Branson, Musk:
I’m glad they’ve all avoided
Orbituaries.

New contest for Week 1458:
Do adjust your set: TV anagrams+

(Steve Baldwin, Bethesda, Md.)

2nd place
and the Thumb Sumo kit:

In Senate showdowns,
Why is it Mitch won’t buckle?
He figures Chuck’ll.
(Chris Doyle, Denton, Tex.)

And the winner of the
Clowning Achievement:
We are not close to
Solving climate change, but we
Are getting warmer.
(Laura Clairmont, Venice, Fla.)

’Ku cuts:
Honorable mentions
The center folded
Once Trump made politics a
Dirty MAGA-scene.
(Kevin Dopart, Washington)

Chemistry! Who knew
That the smallest of bases
Could make a Big Lye!
(Kathy Hardis Fraeman, Olney, Md.)

When you bet on the Nats
And they don’t win, it’s a shame:
You lost your shirt, sir.

Use all the letters in “The Odd Couple” to create
“Poled Tech Duo”: Felix and Oscar open a strip club
with free WiFi.
“Jeopardy!” ∠ “Ye Pea Pod Jar”: A cooking show
about old-fashioned pea-pickling.
“The Chase” ∠ “The Aches”: The cast of “Friends,”
now in their 50s, reunite to sit around and talk about how
everything seems to hurt all the time.
“CSI New York” ∠ “Kooky Wonky Rices”: How to
prepare the world’s most common grain in the weirdest ways.
This week: Use all the letters of any TV show
(including streamed ones), past or present, to create a
new show; or it can be a new episode of the original, as
in the first example, out of the mind — the out-of-hismind mind — of Bob Staake. The other examples, of new
shows, are by 58-time Loser Sarah Walsh, who suggested
this contest and just might have been thinking about her
own appearances on both “Jeopardy!” (2017) and “The
Chase” (2021). Your entry can be an anagram — the
letters simply rearranged — like the first and third
examples, or you may repeat any letters as often as you
like, like the other two. But if the original has, say, two
O’s, you don’t have to use them both. You can’t omit any
of the letters from the original, though.
Submit up to 25 entries at wapo.st/enter-invite1458 (no capitals in the Web address). Please type each
entry without a line break, as above, so the Empress can
sort the entries and not go any more bonkers than she
already is. Deadline is Monday, Oct. 25; results appear
Nov. 14 in print, Nov. 11 online.

(Keith Ord, Potomac, Md.)

Athenians hate
The morning sunlight because
Dawn is tough on Greece.

Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle
EDITED BY RICH NORRIS AND JOYCEEdited
NICHOLS
LEWIS
by Rich
Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
“SCRAPPER’S
DELIGHT” By
ROBERT E. LEE
MORRIS
ACROSS
1 Check
alternative
7 Sacred beetle
13 Tijuana pair
16 It can be natural
19 Creed in Rocky
films
20 Winter melon
21 MPG-testing org.
22 Wordsworth
work
23 Attorneys’ firm
offering
25 “Day __”: 1965
hit
27 Way out
28 Put on a
pedestal
29 With no one
behind you
30 Capital NW of
Boston
33 Secure at the
pier
34 Pooch in
pictures
35 Backtalk
38 Potential soldier
42 Storage unit
43 In hot water
45 Prefix with
gender
46 Sorento or Soul
47 Cocktail party
snacks
48 Tommy who
teamed with
Cheech
49 Queen’s “__
One Bites the
Dust”
53 “Cool, dude!”
54 Drumstick
56 Buckeyes of the
Big Ten
57 Handy sack
58 Sham sawbones
59 Lubricate
60 Church recess
61 Bird voiced by
Rowan Atkinson
in “The Lion
King”
63 Road
annoyances
64 Complete
66 Navy NCOs
67 Oodles
68 Thor Heyerdahl
craft
69 Auspices
70 Pool tool
71 “Little Birds”
author Anaïs
72 Provider of
much change
75 Cracker-__:
homespun
78 Everlasting
80 Deliver a stemwinder, say
81 Snake oil,
allegedly

82 Multivolume set
in the reference
sect.
83 African capital
84 Veteran on the
briny
85 Green Bay
Packers coach
LaFleur
87 Chatty Cathy is
one
90 Deli choice
91 Many opera
highlights
92 “National Velvet”
author Bagnold
93 Site of a major
part of the
Bible?
95 Mid-20th-century
First and Second
Lady
97 Shoulder wrap
99 Snippet of
dialogue
103 Hold back
104 Scrapyard
commodity
... and what’s
hidden in the
nine other
longest puzzle
answers
108 Charge

10/17/21

(Luke Baker, Columbia, Md.)

109 Infant suffix
110 Alphabetically
first U.S.
national park
111 Catholic
devotion
112 OTC drug
agency
113 __ Plaines:
Chicago suburb
114 Homer, in
baseball lingo
115 Tarzan, e.g.
DOWN
1 Ashen
2 High point
3 “Smarter than
the average
bear” bear
4 “Republic”
philosopher
5 Word with caps
or clear
6 Spanish article
7 Off-the-wall
8 Pricey delicacy
9 “Keep
dreaming”
10 Risqué
11 Former
Japanese prime
minister
12 __-relief

13 Abhor
14 Part of OWN
15 Common word
in a novel’s
dialogue
16 Overtake
17 “__ Fideles”
18 Maker of
iComfort
mattresses
24 Mingo portrayer
on “Daniel
Boone”
26 Dabble in
29 Where many
speeches come
from
31 La Brea
attraction
32 Brand similar to
Spam
33 Fencing
maneuver
35 ’60s White
House daughter
36 Apple offering
37 N.W.A’s debut
single
39 Focus of some
committees
40 Bit of stoneware
41 Arrange in
sequence
42 Library sect.

44 Retire at home,
say?
46 Solemn sound
48 Lad
49 Bit of checkpoint
deception
50 Coal train
component
51 Exxon, once
52 Feels bad about
54 Seasoning in
Indian cuisine
55 At lunch, say
58 California state
bird
60 TLX autos
61 Western writer
Grey
62 Came down
63 In __ daylight
64 Ancient German
65 Storybook fiend
69 Vintage video
game name
70 Symbol of a
year, perhaps
72 Tech news site
73 Explorer
Amundsen
74 Estrada of
“CHiPs”
75 Calls at home
76 Hard to grasp
77 Running behind

79 Helix-shaped
pasta
81 Curly-haired pet
83 Genesis brother
85 Sounded like
the wind
86 Tennis great
Gibson
87 Govt. securities
88 __ Mansion,
NYC mayor’s
residence
89 Lizard feature
91 Calvin’s
spaceman alter
ego, in comics
92 Force to leave
94 Motrin
alternative
96 Footnote abbr.
97 Whole bunch
98 “Nothing lived in
him but fear and
hatred”
100 List member
101 Family nickname
102 Flair
104 Common
cleaning supply
105 Tourism opening
106 Target of a
cheek swab
107 Common
cleaning supply

©2021 Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

xwordeditor@aol.com

Answers to last week’s puzzle below.

My dating life is
Like a credit card offer:
One year, no interest
(Erika Ettin, Washington)

Biden’s plan to spend
Trillions on infrastructure:
Colossus of roads.

HOROS COPE

(John O’Byrne, Dublin, Ireland)

B Y G E O R G IA N IC O L S

How rich do you need
To be for a trip to space?
Astronomically!

Happy Birthday | Oct. 17: You are confident, resilient and at times daring and defiant. You are also selfdisciplined and an excellent strategist. You have strong ideals and strong emotions. Your personal freedom will be
important to you this year, which is why you might undergo some major changes. Don’t hesitate to explore new
opportunities. Grab every chance to travel and expand your world.

(Jesse Frankovich, Lansing, Mich.)

Since Alex passed on,
“Jeopardy’s” been trying to
Make the host of it.
(Jesse Frankovich)

A foreign substance
On my cap? No way! I’m the
Pitcher of virtue!
(Ann Martin, Brentwood, Md)

Steakhouse waiter: “What
Cut of meat would you like, Mitch?”
“A filet, buster.”
(Duncan Stevens, Vienna, Va.)

Nicki Minaj’s
Story of her cousin’s friend
Was totally nuts.
(Frank Osen, Pasadena, Calif.)

Pence may be spineless,
But when he could well have
caved,
I’m just glad he Quayled.

Carving is NOT recommended: This week’s second prize.

Winner gets the Clowning Achievement, our Style
Invitational trophy. Second place receives an inflatable
roast turkey made of beach ball-type plastic
(“Ingredients: Expandable poultry”), a nice 16 inches long
and perfect for Thanksgiving dinner, as long as eating is
not part of your dinner plans. Donated by Dave Prevar.
Other runners-up win their choice of our “For Best
Results, Pour Into Top End” Loser Mug or our “Whole
Fools” Grossery Bag. Honorable mentions get one of our
lusted-after Loser magnets, “A Small Jester of
Appreciation” or “Close, but Ceci N’est Pas un Cigare.”
First Offenders receive only a smelly tree-shaped air
“freshener” (FirStink for their first ink). See general
contest rules and guidelines at wapo.st/InvRules. The
headline “Hai Tops” was submitted by both Tom Witte
and Kevin Dopart; Tom also wrote the honorablementions subhead. Join the lively Style Invitational
Devotees group on Facebook at on.fb.me/invdev.
The Style Conversational: The Empress’s weekly
online column will return next week.

(Frank Osen)

I overindulged
At the Middle East Cafe:
Now I falafel.
(Craig Dykstra, Centreville, Va.)

Underpants that lift
And separate should be called
A caboostier. (Jon Gearhart)

Fire reported
At the optician’s office:
It went up in frames. (Erika Ettin)

“Fast and Furious
100” title should be
“Pop Goes Vin Diesel”

Nothing’s better than
World peace, but a warm beer is
Better than nothing

Daniel Craig looks great:
Although his hair’s turning gray,
It’s no time to dye. (John O’Byrne)

(Marni Penning Coleman, Falls Church,
Va.)

(Ward Foeller, Charlottesville, Va.)

Indian food jokes
Even at one’s own expense
Don’t curry favor. — G. Weingarten,
Washington
(Mark Richardson, Takoma Park, Md.)

Uncle Bob’s slide shows
Chronicle all his wild travels
From hither to yawn.
(Mark Richardson)

Under DeSantis,
Florida has turned into
The Shun-Science State. (Chris
Doyle)

What keeps us Texans
Glued to the news in Austin?
The farce of Abbott. (Chris Doyle)
If Lake Mead’s water
Level drops any farther,
It’ll be Lake Mud. (Chris Doyle)

What is that high coo?
Pigeons targeting my hair,
Laughing from the sky
(Dottie Gray, Alexandria, Va.)

Poor Desdemona
Died, followed by Othello.
Co-Moor-bidity!
(Tom Witte, Montgomery Village, Md.)

Boromir’s smashed nose
Makes it clear that he should not
Walk into more doors.
(Todd DeLap, Fairfax, Va.)

Calculus exam
Flunked after a night of fun:
Don’t drink and derive. (Luke Baker)
The Artifice Deal:
Trump’s new memoir should have
six
Chapter 11s.
(Roy Ashley, Washington)

Oh, Magic 8-Ball:
Should I get my vaccine? “All
Science points to yes . . .”

Hookers who service
Overweight men learn how to
Roll with the paunches.

(Jon Gearhart, Des Moines)

(Lawrence McGuire, Waldorf, Md.)

I followed the signs
Straight to hell — I should have
known:
The font? Sans-seraph.
(Liav Lewitt, Silver Spring, Md., a First
Offender)

Why did the wine cork
Stay in place? The sommelier
Lacked any screw-pulls.
(Mark Raffman, Reston, Va.)

He endures spring for
One day. Then blossoms open;
He falls to his sneeze.
(Coleman Glenn, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.)

How often do Smurfs
Stick their butts out the window?
Once in a blue moon.
(Beverley Sharp, Montgomery, Ala.)

The artist would paint
While high on weed. He called it
“All-in-a-daze work.” (Beverley Sharp)
Still running — deadline Monday
night, Oct. 18: our Ask
Backwards contest. See
wapo.st/invite1457.

Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or
making important decisions after 7
p.m. The Moon is in Pisces.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Be patient with others today,
especially partners and close
friends, because it’s easy to
suddenly get in a power struggle.
What’s the point? Focus on selfimprovement.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
You might want to introduce
reforms to your job today or to
anything you do. This is because
you see a better way of doing
things. Naturally, this could lead to
an argument with someone.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
Parents might come on too strong
with their kids today. Take a step
back and view the whole picture. Is
it worth making a big scene about
this? The result could be hissy fits
and meltdowns.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
Arguments and ego battles at
home might take place today,
especially with a parent or an older
family member. But what will this
gain you? Family is forever, and this
kind of dissension probably has no
upside.

classic day for a breakdown of
machinery or stuff that you own.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Some secrets might come out
today, and the secrets might be
about you. You might have to
explain something or show people
why you did or did not do
something. Tread carefully and
don’t say anything that you might
later regret.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
A power struggle with a friend or a
member of a group might arise
today. You might want to
introduce improvements or
changes. Or perhaps they want
you to make radical changes
where they think your life is not
working out.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
This is a poor day to challenge
bosses, parents, teachers or the
police, because you will get caught

up in a power struggle.
Unfortunately, this is the kind of
power struggle where you will end
up with egg on your face.
Forewarned is forearmed.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Avoid controversial subjects like
politics, religion and racial issues
today, because this is a classic day
for arguments, disputes and
overbearing discussions. (You
don’t need this.) Is it time to let go
of old ideas and prejudices? You
make a fabulous impression on
everyone.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
You might have to give up
something today. Perhaps the
reason for this is you need to give
up something that isn’t working
out. Maybe you have to take a
realistic look at things to do this.
Tonight: Your first loss is your
cheapest loss.

Answers to last week’s puzzle.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
You are determined to persuade
others to agree with your way of
thinking today. In fact, you might be
persuasive. But is it so important
that others listen to you? Don’t get
your belly in a rash.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Power struggles about money or
possessions are probable today.
People are sensitive about financial
matters and what they own. Don’t
try to change somebody’s mind if
it’s already made up.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today the way you live might be
tested by powerful forces from
without and within. This is also a

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updates on the
return of D.C.’s arts
and entertainment
institutions, visit our
Restart the
Arts online hub.

washingtonpost.com/creativegroup/restart-the-arts

The Smithsonian American Art Museum
and its Renwick Gallery will open to the
public Friday, May 14, with separate timedentry passes required for both buildings.
All public programs are online only, onsite public tours and events are currently
suspended.
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BY

C HRISTINE D ELL’ A MORE

Even in non-covid times, you need
perseverance and a bit of luck to see
Upper Antelope Canyon, a swirling
fantasyland of flame-colored rock in
northern Arizona.
First, you must reserve a guided tour
through a company authorized by the
Navajo Nation, where the Southwest’s
mostphotographed slot canyon is located.
Then, you need to get to Page, a small
northern Arizona town on the high
desert that’s more than three hours
from any major airport. Lastly, your
tour must fall on a day when there’s no
heavy rain, which can cause dangerous

flash floods. Add the pandemic, and the
chance of experiencing Upper Antelope may seem as ethereal as the
canyon itself.
That’s why, on a recent morning in
August, I could scarcely believe I was
standing inside the first “room” of
Upper Antelope Canyon, a narrow,
660-foot-long gorge chiseled from soft
sandstone by millions of years of wind
and water erosion. Surrounded by the
sinuous layers of stone arching overhead, my husband, Brian, and I — both
writers — kept repeating “wow” and
“amazing,” truly at a loss for adjectives.
I understood why Australian photographer Peter Lik’s photo of a shaft of light
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Upper Antelope Canyon in Arizona is known by the Navajo as Tse’ bighanilini, “The place
where water runs through rocks.”

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Whether you’re a skier or
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There’s snow place like the slopes
BY

R ACHEL W ALKER

Sharpen your edges and dust
off your goggles: It’s time to get
ready to ski and snowboard. And,
after a season and a half of tumultuous disruptions caused by the
coronavirus pandemic, this winter promises to be more “normal.”
This means that few, if any, resorts will require reservations to
ride chairlifts or to park. Most
base lodges and on-mountain restaurants will be open — and will
probably require masks, so throw
one in your pocket to be safe. And
most lifties will no longer have to
holler at those in the lift line to
“pull your mask up over your
nose,” because there probably
won’t be outdoor mask mandates.
(Bless the lifties of the world.)
“Last year, we were able to
open ski and snowboard resorts
because the pandemic protocols
that were put in place were science-based and were implemented methodically,” said Adrienne
Saia Isaac, marketing and communications director for the National Ski Areas Association
(NSAA). “It was an all-hands-on
deck effort, and the front-line
employees kept us open every
day.”
Now, with widespread vaccinations among guests and many
resort companies mandating employee vaccinations, Isaac anticipates that the upcoming season
will “be much more of what people saw in the past. Because of
what we know now in terms of
covid transmission and the decreased risk of transmission outdoors, most ski areas will be
loading lifts to capacity, there will
be a return to group lessons, and
we’ll be encouraging visitors to
follow Centers for Disease Control [and Prevention] recommendations.”
In anticipation of meeting
pent-up demand from skiers and
snowboarders who sat out last
winter, many resorts are unveiling new terrain, massive capital
improvement projects, new hotels and restaurants, and packed
event calendars to celebrate milestone anniversaries, holidays and
the sheer joy of gathering with
like-minded people who love to
bundle up, ride to the top of a
mountain and glide down. Many
of us have already booked our ski
trip (or trips).
But many skiers may also be
facing entropy when it comes to
unearthing the gear from the
depths of the garage, deciding
where to go and planning a trip.
This could be particularly true if
they sat out last season and discovered that the world did not
end, even if they didn’t head to
the mountains. Why, they might
now be thinking, go to the effort
of planning and paying for a ski
vacation when they could stay
home and bake sourdough
bread?
To me, this makes perfect
sense. As the mother of two skiers
who has spent the latter decade
schlepping gear and warming
cold toes in the name of raising
die-hards, I am no stranger to the
effort required to get to the top of
a chairlift. The truth is, it is easier
not to ski or snowboard.
But we don’t ski because it’s
easy. Personally, I ski because the

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FROM TOP: A skier overlooks the terrain in Vail, Colo.; Sun
Valley in Idaho opened 380 new acres of intermediate and
expert trails in February; renting snowsports equipment is
now almost as streamlined as ordering a meal online.

sport has given me so much of
what is important in my life:
deeply forged friendships, a husband I met on the slopes, quality
family time outside and away
from screens for hours, adrenaline rushes, athletic accomplishment, healthy exhaustion at the
end of the day, and hours spent
among some of the starkest, most
beautiful landscapes I can imagine.
And, most recently, skiing offered me a refuge from the chaos
and unpredictability of the pandemic. Because I live in Colorado
and can drive a relatively short
distance to the mountains, I
logged more days last season than
I had in any season prior. Looking
back, my gratitude for that outlet
is immeasurable. With tragedy
affecting so many people around
the world, and with the coronavirus obliterating the words “normal daily life” from our vocabulary, I was unsteady, at best, and
completely terrified on my worst
days. Heading to the mountains
— often with my kids in tow,
thanks to their newfound flexibility (otherwise known as online
school) — offered a physical release and immersion in a world
greater than ourselves.
Which is to say: whether your
ski bases even touched snow last
year, once a skier (or snowboarder), always a skier. Muscle memory will kick in as soon as you
breathe that fresh mountain air.
And if you’re a newbie who has
always been curious about the
sport, this is possibly the best
season to learn. With so many

resorts eager to attract newcomers, you’ll probably find good
deals on lessons, gear rentals and
even lodging. So, pull out your
calendar and find time between
late November and late May.
Then pray for snow. Here’s how to
get ready for an incredible season.
Pick a destination
Do you want to stay within a
day’s driving distance, book a
flight and rent a car, or take the
Winter Park Express from Denver’s Union Station to the resort?
Is this the year you travel to your
dream resort and cross it off your
bucket list, or will you stay more
local and low-key? Many North
American ski resorts have spent
the past year and a half adding
new terrain and lifts, enhancing
snow-making and opening new
restaurants and hotels. In Canada, for instance, Lake Louise’s
new West Bowl has 480 acres of
steep trees and powder stashes;
Colorado’s Beaver Creek is opening 250 acres of new beginner and
intermediate terrain; Utah’s Sundance Mountain Resort will have
new beginner terrain; and Idaho’s
Sun Valley opened 380 new acres
of intermediate and expert terrain in February.
Myriad resorts are celebrating
milestone anniversaries with a
range of celebrations and deals.
Aspen Snowmass and Pop-Up
Magazine, known for mixed-media live performances, will cohost three consecutive days of
events Jan. 9-11 to kick off the
resort’s 75th anniversary. In

Utah, Snowbasin, which rang in
its 80th anniversary last season,
will replace an old three-person
lift with a high-speed six-person
and also launch a base area revitalization that includes new hotels and restaurants. Breckenridge in Colorado will debut a
new chairlift on the north side of
Peak 7 — the Freedom SuperChair
— in honor of its 60th anniversary.
It would be impossible to name
all of the upcoming anniversaries, but chances are that a resort
you love might be having a special
birthday and has created lift ticket and lodging deals or is linking
special parties or new amenities
to the occasion; check individual
websites for fresh details. Discoversnow.org is a resource for all
U.S. resorts, school passport programs, individual resort protocols and more.
Pick your pass
If you plan to ride more than a
handful of days, consider purchasing a multi-resort or season
pass. The two dominant passes
are Vail Resorts’ Epic Pass and
Alterra Mountain Company’s
Ikon Pass. The full Epic Pass
($819) allows unlimited access to
37 resorts as well as select days at
a range of partner resorts. An
unlimited Ikon Pass ($1,149) offers access to 15 resorts and up to
seven days at 31 destinations.
Both passes also come in more
restricted configurations at lower
prices, and discounted rates are
available for military personnel
and students. The $589 Mountain
Collective Pass provides two days
at 23 locations, and the $299 Indy
Pass two days at 80 independent
resorts. Even if you plan to purchase day tickets, buy them online and in advance for the best
price. According to NSAA’s Isaac,
resorts now rely on advanced
sales for operations planning and
staffing projections. If you have
an elementary school student,
there’s a good chance your state
offers special student passes —
popularly known as “passport
programs” — either free or at
significantly discounted rates.
Gear up
Renting ski equipment is now
almost as streamlined as ordering a meal online, and your rentals can either be picked up curbside or delivered. Many resorts
own gear shops and offer discounted gear rental packages in
conjunction with purchasing lift
tickets online. There are also private companies such as Black Tie
Ski Rentals that will deliver gear
directly to your hotel or vacation
rental. Now in its 20th year, Black
Tie has digitalized and streamlined its process, and customers
have a range of gear to choose
from, from entry-level packages
to expert equipment. Renting
snowsports apparel has also
grown in popularity, with companies like Kit Lender and Mountain Threads providing items
such as long underwear, parkas,
bibs, goggles, gloves and ski
socks.

The newest carryon luggage,
available just in
time for the
holiday travel
season, does more
The
with less. It uses
Navigator recycled plastics,
CHRISTOPHER lighter materials
and upgraded
ELLIOTT
wheels to make
travel as hasslefree as possible.
But there’s a twist: You may
have some trouble finding
baggage in stock. And when you
do, you’ll probably pay full
price.
Blame the covid supply chain
disruptions, says Michele Marini
Pittenger, president of the Travel
Goods Association, a trade
group. An increase in the cost of
shipping containers, a backlog
at U.S. ports, and a lack of crane
operators and truck drivers have
conspired to create delays.
“It means increased costs and
less inventory at the retail level,”
Pittenger says.
Andy Krantz, chief executive
of luggage manufacturer
Paravel, says the shortages are
severe, “akin to those we saw in
home fitness and bicycles last
summer.” But it’s also increasing
consumer awareness of the
materials used in luggage.
Krantz says more people are
buying carry-ons made from
recycled material. (Paravel’s
$295 Aviator Carry-On Plus has
a lining made from upcycled
plastic water bottles and a
handle made of aircraft-grade
recycled aluminum.)
So what’s new? There’s
nothing groundbreaking in this
year’s new luggage, but
manufacturers have made small,
incremental improvements. The
suitcases are lighter and
sturdier; they roll better; and
they can accommodate more of
your belongings. Best of all,
these features are no longer
limited to high-end luggage, so
there’s more money left in your
pocket for your vacation.
Even though Samsonite’s
Outline Pro ($179.99) is the least
expensive of the new carry-on
bags, it still checks most of the
boxes. Its interior lining is made
from recycled plastic bottles,
and it features antimicrobial
handle technology, which
should please nervous pandemic
travelers. It’s also ultraminimalist luggage. You can
remove the panel dividers and
use every inch of the Outline
Pro, which you’ll probably want
to do if you’re trying to fit a
week’s worth of your belongings
into a spinner.
The Away Carry-On Flex
($255) is also a standard nearly
22-inch carry-on. But for your
return trip, it expands to add an
extra 21/4 inches of space for your
souvenirs. Note that the
manufacturer recommends that
you check the bag if you’re using
the flex feature, which you may
not want to do. I prefer to think
of it as an enormous luggage
cube. You pack with it
“unflexed,” then compress it and
close the second zipper. It works
with lots of clothes, but I
wouldn’t try it with electronics
or fragile items. I’ve always liked
Away’s wheels, and this year, the
company has improved the 360degree spinner wheels to offer
an even smoother ride. (It was
out of stock at the time of
publication — those supply
chain issues I was talking about
— but Away expects to have it by
early next year.)

On the Monos Carry-On Pro
($275-$305), the standout
feature is a built-in front
compartment. Traditionally,
hard-sided carry-on luggage
doesn’t have any exterior
compartments. That means you
have to carry your laptop and
travel documents in a separate
bag, or, if you invest in wearable
luggage like the Scottevest (nine
to 42 pockets, $129-$224), you
can try to slide it into one of
your many pockets. Monos also
has a set of innovative cubes
that you can use to squeeze your
belongings into a smaller space,
but I’ll have more about those in
a few weeks.

“It means increased
costs and less
inventory at the
retail level.”
Michele Marini
Pittenger, president of the
Travel Goods Association,
speaking about pandemic
supply chain issues affecting
carry-on bag availability

Samsara’s Smart Carry-On
($299) reminds me of the
second-generation smart
luggage I wrote about a few
years ago. The curved design
makes it stand out, so even if
you choose the black model,
you’ll always know which carryon belongs to you. The Samsara
also contains a USB-C port that’s
cleverly built into the luggage,
so you can charge your
electronic devices. There’s even
a light, so you can access the bag
in the dark without having to
fumble around. The top of the
bag doubles as a desk, so you
can work on a laptop while
you’re waiting to depart. But the
wheels are a real standout on
this bag; they’re smooth and
allow you to make turns
effortlessly. If you want even
more gadgets, you can preorder
the Samsara Next-Gen ($279),
which comes with its own WiFi
hotspot and integrates with the
Samsara app.
The Travelpro Platinum Elite
Compact Carry-On Expandable
Hardside Spinner ($349.99)
combines some of the best
features found in all the new
bags. It has smooth, selfaligning spinner wheels, like the
Samsara. It expands like the
Away bag. It has external USB
ports with a dedicated power
bank pocket. It’s also one of the
sharpest-looking of the new
bags. Sure, you’re paying a little
extra for the Travelpro name.
But then again, it’s the brand
that helped make wheeled
luggage mainstream. When I
became a travel writer, I went
out and bought a Travelpro bag.
I used it until the wheels came
off, and I had zero regrets.
I live out of my luggage. For
the first time in recent memory,
I wouldn’t hesitate to take any
of these new carry-ons on the
road with me. They roll better,
they’re sturdier and they cost
less than the pre-pandemic
versions. You may need to look a
little harder to find one this
year, but the search will be
worth it.
Elliott is a consumer advocate,
journalist and co-founder of the
advocacy group Travelers United.
Email him at chris@elliott.org.

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Artifacts, aromas and architecture on Croatian peninsula
BY

A NNA M AZUREK

The smell of truffles lingered in
the air as I wandered up the steep
cobbled streets toward the ramparts that lined the edges of Motovun, a fortified medieval hill
town on the Istria peninsula in
northwestern Croatia. The view
was stunning; the green, rolling
hills were dotted with vineyards,
olive groves and forests, the
source of the truffles.
It was the second day of my
September visit to Istria — my
first international trip in 17
months — and it had already
exceeded my expectations. I was
fully vaccinated and eager to celebrate my 40th birthday abroad
by joining a friend who lives in
Croatia to explore the country
known for its picturesque coastline and ancient walled cities.
Our first stop in Motovun was
the restaurant across the street
from our Airbnb: the inviting
stone terrace of Konoba Mondo. I
ordered a delicious penne with
Sicilian pistachio and Istrian prsut, an air-cured ham. After one
bite, my friend exclaimed that the
creamy polenta with Parmesan
cheese and black truffles that she
ordered was the best meal of her
life.
“Istria cuisine is very much like
Italian but heavier,” says Konoba
Mondo owner Klaudio Ivasi ,
who uses his grandmother’s recipes and still lives about 65 feet
down the street, in his childhood
home. He says the key ingredients
are homemade pasta, polenta,
Mediterranean spices such as laurel and rosemary, and the famous
truffles, which are sourced from
the forests around Motovun and
the nearby towns of Buzet and
Livade.
The regional cuisine also features some unique local pasta
such as fusi, a flat, square noodle
rolled up to almost resemble
penne, and pljukanci, which are
short, thick, twisted noodles. Pasta dishes are often served with
prsut, boskarin (beef from local
longhorn cattle), wild asparagus
and seafood in coastal areas. Another integral part of the cuisine
is wine, which is most often made
with Teran (red) or Malvazija
(white) grapes.
Because Motovun is tiny, we
spent our days exploring the peninsula’s interior and narrow,
winding roads by car. Although
every hill appeared to be topped
with a medieval town or an abandoned castle, I never tired of
either. We wandered the ruins of
Pietrapelosa castle; the streets of
Hum, the self-proclaimed smallest town in the world; and Dvigrad, Istria’s largest complex of
medieval ruins, which were destroyed by multiple sieges and the
plague. In between sights, we
snuck in an olive oil and wine
tasting at Ipsa, a family-owned
business with a shaded patio
overlooking the vineyards, and
learned about Istria’s complex
identity.
When I arrived at sunrise to

If you go
WHERE TO EAT
Konoba Mondo
Barbican ul. 1, Motovun
011-385-52-681-791
konoba-mondo.com
A locally owned restaurant in
central Motovun with a large
patio that serves a variety of
pasta, meat and truffle-inspired
dishes. The owner grew up about
65 feet down the street and
uses his grandmother’s recipes.
Open daily noon to 3 p.m. and 6
to 10 p.m.; closed Tuesday.
Entrees about $12 to $26.
La Puntulina
Ul. Sv. Kriza 38, Rovinj-Rovigno
011-385-52-813-186
puntulina.eu
La Puntulina is a Michelin Guidelisted restaurant on the water.
The terrace, which spreads
across the rocks, is a popular
sunset spot. Reservations are
recommended. Open daily
1 p.m. to midnight; closed
Wednesday. About $17 to about
$39.
Ipsa
Ipsi 10, Livade
011-385-91-2060-538
ipsa-maslinovaulja.com/en
Located in the small village of
Ipsi and surrounded by olive
groves, this family-owned estate
produces both wine and olive oil.
Open daily 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in
winter and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in
summer. Tastings free.
CLOCKWISE,
FROM TOP: An
amphitheater in
Pula stands as a
reminder of the
Roman Empire’s
influence in the
Istria peninsula;
a traditional Istrian
pasta, fusi, is
served with beef
from indigenous
longhorn cattle at a
restaurant in
Rovinj; Dvigrad is
home to Istria’s
largest complex of
medieval ruins.

photograph the city of Rovinj, for
example, the scene could have
been mistaken for Venice. I set up
my tripod and waited for the sun
to highlight the Italian bell tower
on a hill above a row of colorful
buildings lining the water. The
likeness to Venice (if I had removed the hill and added some

gondolas) was not a coincidence;
the Republic of Venice ruled this
coastal town for five centuries.
After the Venetian rule ended
in the 18th century, its influence
remained in the architecture and
culture. The winged lion of St.
Mark, the emblem for the Venetian Republic, was a common
sight in Rovinj and across the
peninsula. The cobbled streets
and laundry lines strung from
balconies made me nostalgic for
Venice, which I visited as a college
student in the early 2000s, on my
first trip to Europe — a trip that
would later ignite a life and career
of travel. Two decades later, I
wandered the streets of Rovinj in
the same state of awe at the elaborate architecture, clicking my
camera’s shutter at every corner.
Aside from architecture, the
other element Rovinj shares with
Venice is the crowds; the streets
were packed with tourists and
vendors selling paintings and
other trinkets. Every cafe was
overflowing at sunset. I had naively thought that, by traveling
after peak season, I would miss
the crowds. Because Croatia is
open to travelers who meet either
vaccination or testing requirements, this wasn’t the case. As an
added safety precaution, I dined
only outdoors and wore a mask
indoors and focused on outdoor

attractions.
In addition to the Venetians,
the Romans, Byzantines, Slavs
and Austrians ruled Istria at
times, as they did much of Croatia’s coast. The only exception was
after World War I, when Istria
became part of Italy while the
majority of modern-day Croatia
became part of Yugoslavia. It
joined Yugoslavia after World
War II.
For a deeper look into the region’s tangled history, I reached
out to Wollfy Krasi , assistant
professor for the Department of
Demography and Croatian Emigration at the University of Zagreb.
“Istria today undoubtedly has a
Croatian identity but also a
strong regional identity, which is
due to the fact that, although the
Croatian population was numerically predominant in Istria for
centuries, Istria was not part of
the Croatian state (as part of
communist Yugoslavia) until the
end of the World War II,” Krasi
wrote via email. “As for the most
famous cultural monuments,
they were created in the Roman,
Byzantine and Venetian periods,
although there are exceptions.”
The Italian heritage is an integral part of regional culture. Krasi points out that seven towns
and 12 municipalities in Istria

County are officially bilingual,
which means “not only bilingual
street signs or the presence of
schools where the language of
instruction is Italian, but also the
translation into Italian of all official documents of the local administration.”
I frequently spotted these bilingual street signs in small hill
towns such as Groznjan and in
Pula, Istria County’s largest city.
The road signs along major highways were also in both languages.
One of the most interesting examples of this heritage was in the
center of Pula, an important outpost of the Roman Empire known
for an amphitheater built during
the same time frame as the Colosseum in Rome. Forum Square,
which has served as the town’s
main square since the reign of the
Roman Empire, features the
crumbling Temple of Augustus,
built during the rule of Augustus
Caesar. The temple stands beside
the medieval town hall that flies
the flags of Istria, Croatia, the
European Union and Italy — a
visual representation of Istria’s
identity.
I spent my last night in Istria
pondering the complexities of the
region while hunting for the perfect dinner spot in Rovinj. My
friend had left earlier in the day to
return to the southern Croatian

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city of Split, and I managed to
snag a seat for one at the last
minute at La Puntulina, a Michelin Guide-listed restaurant. Its
photogenic
terrace,
which
spreads across the rocks along the
water’s edge, is the most coveted
dinner spot in town. The fusi
pasta with boskarin was one of
the best meals of my trip.
Although the historic influences are obvious, Istria, like the rest
of Croatia, has a distinctive culture apparent in everything, including the food, the wine and the
extremely friendly and welcoming people — such as the determined hostess who set up a makeshift table for me with a perfect
sunset view at La Puntulina. As
the sun slipped slowly into the
clear blue water, I sipped on a
chilled glass of Teran — a dry red
wine — happy to be traveling
again despite the crowds and already looking forward to a return
trip to Croatia.
travel@washpost.com
Mazurek is a writer based in Austin.
Her website is travellikeanna.com.
Find her on Instagram:
@annamazurekphoto.

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Where
rocks
are the
stars
BY

W ALTER N ICKLIN

As the plane begins its descent
to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, you look out the cabin
window and wonder why. Why is
the Hawaiian archipelago where
it is, smack in the middle of the
Pacific Ocean, almost 2,000 miles
from the nearest continent? How
did these islands happen? They
invite interrogation.
You probably know the answer
has something to do with volcanic
activity, but why here and not
somewhere else? And why does
only one of the eight major islands — the Big Island — still have
an active volcano now? And why
is that island so big, and the other
islands progressively smaller as
they line up in a northwesterly
direction?
Curiosity is the only credential
that’s required to become an amateur geologist. And once so credentialed, you grow to appreciate
the wondrous origins of all the
places you visit. Rocks take on the
quality of ghosts with “deep time”
memories to share. Any place on
Earth has layers upon layers of
such memories, but would-be
rockhounds might find Hawaii, as
well as the three travel destinations that follow, especially compelling.
The geologic origins of the Hawaiian Islands remained a mystery until 1963, when the concept
of a “hot spot” beneath the Earth’s
crust was postulated. And the
theory was soon accepted that in
the Earth’s mantle, below the
crust and above the core, are
places unusually hot compared
with the surrounding mantle.
These hot spots remain stationary while the crust above gradually moves.
As the Pacific tectonic plate
moves northwest, magma is
forced upward through the
seafloor to form one volcanic island after another. The plate
moves at a rate of approximately
two to three inches per year —
about how fast fingernails grow —
allowing time to form an island of
hardened magma. With even
more time, that island is eroded,
so the oldest Hawaiian islands
become the smallest. The Big Island, where volcanic activity is
happening now, welcomes visitors at a national park.
Where continents meet in
Iceland
But most volcanoes, as well as
earthquakes, occur where tectonic plates converge or pull apart.
The pressure at these plate
boundaries (or faults) builds
mountains and forms oceanic
trenches. If you want to see plate
tectonics up close and personal,
Iceland is the place to go. Here
you can see where the North
American and Eurasian tectonic
plates meet — creating what is
known as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
or Rift.
Running along the floor of the
Atlantic Ocean, the Mid-Atlantic
Ridge is part of the longest mountain range in the world. Only in
Iceland does it appear above sea
level, splitting the island in two.
The Westfjords and Reykjavik
rest on the North American plate,
for example, while the Vatnajokull glacier and the East Fjords
are on the Eurasian plate.
In Thingvellir National Park, a
UNESCO World Heritage site, you
can walk along the edges of the
two plates — your legs, in effect,
straddling Europe and America.
The park is technically getting
ever bigger — at the approximate
rate of one inch per year — as the
Eurasian and North American
plates move apart. Testimony to
this movement is the magma that
has risen to the surface as the
continents spread — to create the
park’s lava fields seen today.
Though no volcano has recently
erupted in Thingvellir, they are
not considered extinct. And
though generally too minor to be
felt, earthquakes continue.
Ravines formed by past earthquakes have filled with glacier
meltwater. The water, filtered by
volcanic basalt rock, is crystal
clear, and so pristine you can
drink it. One of these ravines,
Silfra, is known for its unique
opportunities for snorkeling and
scuba diving. Underwater, in
what’s called the Big Crack, Silfra’s narrowest section provides
the setting for many “dive between the continents” photos
posted on social media.
Arizona’s Grand Canyon
Far from the clash of tectonic
plates is the geologic wonder that
is the Grand Canyon. But its loca-

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pressed by mountains thought to
have once been as tall as the
Himalayas. Because these rock
remnants, together with basalt
from more recent lava flows, form
some of the river’s most daunting
rapids, the 19th-century explorer
John Wesley Powell often referred
to them as “ugly.”
The younger rock layers on top
are mostly sedimentary, evidence
of long-ago, shallow inland seas.
The mud became shale; beachlike
sands morphed into sandstone;
and calcified sea creatures became limestone.
Still, the Grand Canyon retains
intriguing mysteries — always inviting new, nuanced geologic interpretations. The science is never totally settled about how such a
relatively small river created such
a huge canyon, as much as 18
miles across at its widest point. As
in a good detective story, many
clues have disappeared with time.
Whodunit becomes “whatdunit.”

JOE KLAMAR/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

If you go

SHUTTERSTOCK

FROM TOP: Lava erupts from a Kilauea volcano fissure
on Hawaii’s Big Island in 2018; the Grand Canyon is
277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide and attains a depth of
about a mile; the Silfra ravine in Iceland is known for its
unique opportunities for snorkeling and scuba diving.

tion on the North American plate
helps explain its high elevation —
so high that the South Rim elevation of approximately 7,000 feet
can cause altitude sickness. As the
plate stretched, starting about 65
million years ago, it allowed the
upper level of the Earth’s mantle
to expand like a balloon, pushing
the crust upward to form the
American West’s high plateau.
The canyon itself, created by
erosion from the Colorado River,
is relatively new, dating from

about 6.5 million years ago. About
a mile deep, the canyon walls are
like a multilayered cake with each
strata revealing chapters of the
Earth’s past. The color and texture of each layer is slightly different, but there’s an overall reddish
hue because of the pervasive presence of the mineral iron.
At the very bottom of the canyon are its “Vishnu Basement
Rocks,” about 1.7 billion years old.
Yes, that’s billion. It’s a metamorphic rock called schist, com-

Hawaii Volcanoes National
Park
1 Crater Rim Dr., Hawaii
National Park
808-985-6011
nps.gov/havo
Extending from sea level to
13,677 feet and encompassing
about 523 square miles, Hawaii
Volcanoes National Park
includes the summits of two of
the world’s most active
volcanoes, Kilauea and Mauna
Loa. The park is a designated
international biosphere reserve
and UNESCO World Heritage
site. About 150 miles of hiking
trails through volcanic craters,
scalded deserts and
rainforests, with views of
petroglyphs. Open seven days a
week, 24 hours a day, including
holidays. Admission valid for
seven days; $30 per private
non-commerical vehicle, $15
per walk-in pedestrian, and free
for youth 15 and under.
Thingvellir National Park
806 Selfoss, Iceland
011-354-482-2660
thingvellir.is/en
A 45-minute drive from
Reykjavik, Thingvellir National
Park was founded in 1930 and
designated a UNESCO World
Heritage site in 2004 for its
historical, cultural and geologic
significance. One of Iceland’s
most popular tourist
destinations, the park lies in a
rift valley that marks the crest
of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and
the boundary between the
North American and Eurasian
tectonic plates. Open yearround, parking fees apply. Free
entry.
Grand Canyon National Park
20 South Entrance Rd., Grand

Canyon, Ariz.
928-638-7888
nps.gov/grca
Grand Canyon National Park
encompasses 277 square miles
of the Colorado River and
adjacent uplands. The park is
home to much of the immense
Grand Canyon — about a mile
deep and up to 18 miles wide.
Layered bands of colorful rock
reveal millions of years of
geologic history. The Grand
Canyon is unmatched in the
vistas it offers visitors from the
rim. North Rim open May 15 to
Oct. 15. South Rim open yearround. Admission valid for
seven days; $35 per private
non-commerical vehicles, $20
per walk-in pedestrian, and free
for youth 15 and under.
Acadia National Park
Hulls Cove Visitor Center, 25
Visitor Center Rd., Bar Harbor,
Maine
207-288-3338
nps.gov/acad
Acadia National Park, spreading
across Mount Desert Island
onto the mainland, protects the
natural beauty of the highest
rocky headlands along the
Atlantic coastline of the United
States. At about 3.5 million
visits a year, it’s one of the top
10 most-visited national parks
in the United States. Visitors
enjoy 27 miles of historic motor
roads, 158 miles of hiking trails
and 45 miles of carriage roads.
Carriage roads and trails are
open year-round, and the
scenic Park Loop Road is open
April 15 to Dec. 1. Park
entrance passes required May
to October. Admission valid for
seven days; $30 per private
non-commerical vehicle, $15
per walk-in pedestrian, and free
for youth 15 and under.
— W.N.

Coastal Maine
When now-retired University
of Virginia geology professor Ernest H. Ern was looking for a
place to spend his summers, he
picked the rocky coast of Maine —
not only for its natural beauty but,
more importantly, for its geology.
Other, equally beautiful places
around the world may be geologically interesting, but they are
“masked by the overburden,” he
explains. That is, forests, farming
and layers of soil hide the deeptime narrative. On the Maine
coast, ocean swells and especially
glaciers (as recently as 12,000
years ago) have stripped away the
overburden.
Pemaquid Point is especially
noteworthy for its “excellent exposures,” Ern says. “Rocks are
compressed, sheared, faulted —
and you see it all. It is like opening
up a geology textbook, and there
it all is, right before your eyes.”
Igneous, metamorphic, marine
sedimentary rocks — in all
shapes, sizes and textures, plus a
multitude of colors. There’s a local
park at the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, and a couple of hours up
the coast — “down east” — is
Acadia National Park, also rich in
exposed shoreline rock.
Most dramatically, the bold
shoreline is testimony to the collision of tectonic plates 260 million
to 325 million years ago creating
the supercontinent called Pangea.
Resting on top of the folded and
scoured bedrock are wondrously
named “erratics” — rounded
stones and boulders carried by
glaciers from somewhere else.
The ice sheet at Pemaquid measured as much as two miles thick.
More-subtle stories of Earth’s
geologic past are in evidence anywhere you travel. Even cities reflect the geologic forces that led to
their creation. Paris, for example,
wouldn’t be Paris without its local
limestone formed from a long-ago
inland sea. Known as Lutetian
(after the Roman name for Paris), the limestone forms the building blocks for much of the city’s
architecture. Its warm, effusive
cream color creates the “City of
Light.”
“Stones can speak,” in the
words of legendary German geologist Hans Cloos, “if an ear is
there to hear them.”
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Nicklin is a writer based in Virginia
and Maine. Find him on Twitter:
@RoadTripRedux.

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BY

K ATHRYN S TREETER

Years ago, when our kids were
in preschool, my husband and I
had what seemed like a crazy pipe
dream: Once a year, we would
take a multiday hike as a couple.
Turns out it was a crazy pipe
dream. At least at the time. But
last year, as empty nesters, we
resolved to finally make it happen, despite the additional challenges posed by the pandemic.
Several months ago, however,
we sensed an opening when
booking flights to the United
Kingdom, where our young adult
children live. We’ve grown familiar with the island country, a
relationship that started long ago
when we lived there as a family.
Though well aware of the country’s plentiful trails offering cozy
inns and warm beds along the
way, we had never had the chance
to hike one.
This time, however, my husband and I plotted to disappear
for four days to fulfill this old
hiking dream. We decided on the
legendary West Highland Way,
which extends from Milngavie to
Fort William in the Scottish
Highlands, and we committed to
walking the northern half of the
approximately 100-mile trail
known for its dramatic scenery.
This would be our first thruhike, stopping each night and
continuing in the same direction
the following morning. We were
also committed to carrying everything we needed on our backs
rather than using a baggage
transfer service. Having the right
equipment was critical, and REI
helped with my backpack fitting,
so I wasn’t overloaded. Planning
our dates and possible route, we
leaned heavily on the recommended itinerary to lock in lodging for nearly 45 miles of hiking.
So it was that on a fine day in
mid-September, with a bit of
nervous energy, we began, arriving in Tyndrum by train. We’d
read that, after Tyndrum, you
couldn’t buy provisions for 28
miles, and my husband snapped
up dozens of energy bars at a
nearby convenience store to add
to my stash of apricots and almonds.
Without any fanfare, we started the iconic trail marked with its
hallmark symbol resembling the
thistle, Scotland’s national flower, walking seven miles along the
relatively flat path toward the
Bridge of Orchy. The countryside
was hilly, and we occasionally
passed flocks of grazing sheep
who, alarmed, would look up and
stare suspiciously at us. A brief
encounter with a group of Highland cattle was the only time we
stopped. At the foot of a bridge, a
farmer vigorously waving his
arms yelled something about
moving his cows and told us to
stand back, explaining, “They’re
skittish!” while jabbing his
thumb for us to move away
toward a stone wall. The herd
thundered across the narrow
bridge we had crossed moments
earlier.
Our hotel sat glowing in the
sun along a sleepy stretch of A82,
a welcome sight with picnic tables scattered out front and people having drinks and soaking up
what was left of an exceptionally
nice day. Inveroran Hotel is
where the official itinerary suggests stopping, but because it was
fully booked, we ended up at the
Bridge of Orchy Hotel. Hikers

If you go
WHAT TO DO
West Highland Way
Carrochan, Carrochan Rd.,
Balloch
011-44-1389-722600
westhighlandway.org
This 96-mile trail officially starts
in Milngavie and ends in Fort
William, though it can be hiked
in either direction. No
registration required. Reserving
overnight lodging well in
advance is highly
recommended, because
options are limited. West
Highland Way offers passports
that can be stamped at
participating businesses. Free.
INFORMATION
visitscotland.com
— K.S.

PHOTOS BY KATHRYN STREETER FOR THE WASHINGTON POST

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Grazing Highland cattle and verdant hills are a familiar scene along the West Highland Way, a 96-mile
hiking route in Scotland that passes by luxury hotels and cozy inns; hikers stop for refreshments at the Bridge of Orchy Hotel, which
also offers sack lunches for the trail; the West Highland Way traverses the town and hotel’s namesake bridge.

milled about, stretching out hamstrings and doing quick kicks to
loosen up, while others sat serenely and sipped beers. We were
distracted by clouds of gnats, or
were they the infamous midges of
the area? With smug satisfaction,
I whipped out the repellent we
had brought as part of our preparedness plan.
At the hotel’s insistence, we
had made dinner and breakfast
reservations, something our other accommodations recommended, too. Because there are few
places to stay along the trail,
hotels have to plan and space out
diners. Feeling celebratory, we
split a bottle of wine at dinner to
toast our first successful day.
When I asked our server, Ramona
from Austria, whether we’d been
visited by midges on the patio
hours before, she hesitated, saying it’s the end of the season and
they would be gone in a matter of
days because of cooling temperatures. The identity of the bugs
would remain unclear, but Ramona’s insight may explain why we
never had reason to use the spray

again.
Stuffed with a full Scottish
breakfast of bacon, sausage, eggs,
black pudding, potato scone, and
roasted mushrooms and tomatoes, we left by 9 a.m. with our
preordered sack lunches, yet another aspect of life on the trail
that we quickly internalized. The
approximately 13 miles to Kingshouse Hotel, an isolated cluster
of structures about 12 miles east
of Glencoe, traversed old military
and “drove roads” — routes once
used by Highlanders to drive
cattle and sheep to market — into
the vast, boggy wilderness of
Rannoch Moor, as seen in the
“Outlander” series. We chatted
with a woman from Oxford walking solo who was exuberant over
the stunning scenery. She said we
should strive to be the slowest,
not the fastest, hikers to appreciate the wild beauty. And we did,
stopping often to take photos and
revel in the haunting unspoiled
expanse.
Wispy clouds hovered over
random giant boulders and small
hills that punctuated the eerie

landscape, so desolate and untamed. Intermittent drizzle added to the mystical setting, and we
stopped to throw on another
layer and secure rain covers over
our backpacks. Despite our hampered visibility, the path was easy
to follow, and thankfully there
was no need to make use of the
compass we’d brought.
We glimpsed the Glencoe ski
center in the distance as we
approached the Kingshouse Hotel. The lounge’s floor-to-ceiling
windows offered views of one of
Scotland’s
famous
Munros,
which my husband quipped resembled a giant Hershey’s Kiss.
The imposing Buachaille Etive
Mor, translated as “the Great
Herdsman of Etive,” anchors
Glen Etive on one side with the
lonely single-track road made
famous in the James Bond movie
“Skyfall.” On its other side lies
Glencoe, site of the 1692 massacre of Clan MacDonald, in which
the neighboring Clan Campbell,
acting under orders of the crown,
brutally slaughtered 38 fellow
Highlanders.

It was once a tiny remote
outpost for hikers, but today, the
luxurious hotel spoils you,
though it also offers a shabbychic bunkhouse and facilities for
those camping nearby. In the
hotel’s main bathroom, I bumped
into a woman mopping her face
and heading out to set up camp
for the night. (In Scotland, you’re
allowed to camp most anywhere,
even on the grounds of a hotel;
it’s called “wild camping.”)
We moved forward as a loose
community of hikers, and a comfortable rhythm ensued. During
the morning rush, we found ourselves at breakfast with fellow
hikers who would leave in a
trickle, eventually dotting the
trail. When things got steep was
where we all found ourselves
bunched up, as we did the following day ascending the Devil’s
Staircase on our nine-mile trek to
Kinlochleven. The climb slowed
everyone down, with many pausing to catch their breath. At the
top, we were surrounded by dozens of hikers. I smelled coffee and
noticed a cheery group of guys

clustered around a small pop-up
stove brewing some.
Friendly brief exchanges between hikers were the norm as
inevitably we would pass each
other. For instance, we walked
past a father-son duo speaking
rapid-fire German taking a break,
only to be overtaken when we
stopped.
These
exchanges
amounted to remarks about the
trail or conditions of the day or, in
many cases, a nod, grunt or quick
“cheerio” or “hiya.”
After the dam high above Kinlochleven, we descended through
the trees into the town on Loch
Leven. We had time for a quick
happy-hour drink at the Bothy
Bar on the lake while waiting to
check into our bed-and-breakfast. Stephen, who runs the immaculate Bank House with his
wife, Jayne, greeted us. The
guesthouse occupies the town’s
original bank and is one of the
few brick buildings in town.
We were up early for our final
and longest day. The forecast
promised steady drizzle, and we
reviewed our 15-mile route using
the apps Strava and Komoot.
Stephen floated about serving
breakfast in his apron emblazoned with, “A balanced diet is a
glass of wine in each hand,” and
assured us that, after the initial
climb, it would be easy going. He
was right, but so was the forecast;
it was the sloppiest day we experienced. Midday, we huddled hilariously against a mossy embankment for lunch. A hiker passing
us pointed in the direction of
Scotland’s highest peak, Ben Nevis, shrouded in clouds: “Is that
who I think it is?” This time
around, we hadn’t caught a
glimpse of the great mountain,
except for her base. Fields of
rosebay willow herb, statuesque
and hazy pink, put a pop of color
into the otherwise gray day.
As we entered Fort William,
signage for the trail vanished.
Using maps on our phones, we
found our way to where the trail
officially ends at the statue “Man
With Sore Feet.” In good spirits
but thoroughly soaked, we dimly
recognized a couple of other bedraggled hikers. We agreed to
snap obligatory photos of each
other by the statue before parting
ways and seeking shelter.
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Streeter is a writer based in
Washington. Her website is
kathrynstreeter.com. Find her on
Instagram: @kathrynstreeter.

Six tips to help enthusiasts gain an edge during ski and snowboard season
country was in the midst of pandemic shutdowns. Nonetheless,
the lift lines probably felt shorter,
in part because of reservation
systems that limited people on
the mountain to allow for social
distancing. More people were
also able to ski during the week,
as my family did, taking advantage of flexibility from working
and going to school from home.
This season, most schools are in
person Monday through Friday,
and fewer workers may have the
freedom to take laps on a Wednesday. The return of the “weekend
warrior” could mean more
crowds, so adjust your expectations accordingly.

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virus protocols and requirements. According to Isaac, five
resorts and one holding company
— Vail Resorts — will mandate
vaccines for employees. Some resorts may mandate vaccines for
indoor fast dining, she said, and
there may be more requirements
as vaccines become available to
children ages 5 and up. “As an
association, we are encouraging
people to learn about the benefits
of vaccination,” Isaac said, adding
that many mountain communities are small towns with limited
health-care facilities that risk being overrun should a massive
coronavirus outbreak occur. Expect indoor mask mandates, and
have a mask handy.
Set your expectations
If you did ski or snowboard last
year, you might have been pleasantly surprised by the lack of
crowds, despite the fact that
American resorts saw 59 million
visitor days — visits by individual
skiers — making it the fifth-best
season on record. According to
Isaac, a record 10.5 million people, roughly 3 percent of the U.S.
population, participated in resort-based winter sports during
the 2020-2021 season, which underscores exactly how popular
outdoor recreation was while the

Have fun
This part is easy. Look around
and take in the scenery. Find your
favorite run. Laugh. Stay warm.
Be as silly or as serious as you
want, and enjoy the cool air and
the wind as you fly downhill. Take
a lesson if you’re feeling rusty or
are new to the sport. Be gentle on
yourself. Reach out to your ski
buddy and make that trip happen
— something I do with my girlfriends every year, one of my
favorite traditions.
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A man waits to snowboard down the mountain on opening day at Breckenridge Ski Resort in Colorado last November. This year,
the resort will debut a new chairlift on the north side of Peak 7 — the Freedom SuperChair — in honor of its 60th anniversary.

Walker is a writer based in Boulder,
Colo. Find her on Twitter:
@racheljowalker.

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Upper Antelope, a canyon fantasyland in Arizona
CANYON FROM F1

slanting through this space was
bought for $6.5 million in 2014 —
to date said to be the most
expensive photograph ever sold.
As we gawked, our Navajo
guide, Cindy Begay of Roger
Ekis’s Antelope Canyon Tours,
told us to turn back to the
entrance to see how the terracotta-hued walls formed the outline of a candle flame — just one
of many whimsical shapes and
tricks of the eye that awaited.
When I planned our family’s
two-week road trip through the
geologic marvels of Utah, Arizona and Nevada, Antelope Canyon was at the top of my list of
must-sees. As a travel-obsessed
parent with a toddler in tow, I’m
always looking for activities that
provide a feeling of adventure
without being dangerous or too
physically challenging. Ever
since I had read that we could
safely and easily tour this spectacular slot canyon, I had
yearned to take my family there,
a desire that only deepened during the long pandemic months
stuck in our downtown D.C.
apartment.
I initially made reservations
for the trip in spring 2020,
naively assuming travel would be
possible by that August. Meanwhile, because of the pandemic,
the Navajo Nation closed both
Upper Antelope Canyon and its
more physically challenging
counterpart, Lower Antelope
Canyon, to tours for the rest of
that year. (Both canyons have
been part of the Navajo Nation’s
Lake Powell Tribal Park since
1997.)
The nation left open the possibility that the sites would reopen
in 2021, so after I had rescheduled for this August, it became
my nightly habit to feed the cats,
brush my teeth and check the
tour website for an update. On
July 8 at midnight, I saw the
glorious words “We are OPEN!”
— albeit at a limited capacity —
and immediately booked a tour
for me, Brian and our 3-year-old,
Everett.
Uncertainty returned with the
spread of the delta variant, and
the tour company emailed us in
early August cautioning that the
Navajo government might reduce the number of tourists
allowed in the canyon. Instead,
the government revised its mask
policy, so all visitors to Navajo
parks must always wear masks —
even for photos. No worries
there: We were elated to be going
and appreciative that our safety
was being taken seriously.
The morning of our tour, we
drove a convenient three minutes from our hotel, perched on a
rim overlooking the Colorado
River’s massive Glen Canyon
Dam, to the tour agency’s office
in downtown Page. Built in the
1960s during the construction of
the dam, Page is a welcoming
hub for visitors to Antelope Canyon and Lake Powell, the nation’s
second-largest artificial lake and
a popular boating spot within
the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
After we lugged our gigantic
car seat (families take note, the
tour is BYOCS) into the cab of a
four-wheel-drive pickup, the rest
of our small group piled onto
benches in the back of the truck,
and Begay began our drive to the
canyon. As Page faded into a
landscape of coppery mesas, she
turned onto a dirt “road” —
actually a wide, dry streambed —
masterfully navigating the vehicle through deep, bumpy ruts.
Then she parked in front of a
rock wall with a vertical slit, a
modest entrance that belies the
treasure within.
As we huddled inside the canyon’s cool sanctuary, Begay told
us that no one knows when
people found Upper Antelope
Canyon, in part because the
Navajo do not have a written
language that would have recorded such an event. The Navajo name for Upper Antelope
Canyon is Tse’ bighanilini, which
translates to, “The place where
water runs through rocks.” As
Begay explained: “My language
is a visual language, and when
the Navajo saw the water running through this canyon, that’s
exactly what they called it.”
Pronghorn antelope that once
roamed through the canyon inspired its English name, but
nowadays, great horned owls are
the main animal in residence,
nesting in the higher reaches of
the canyon. The aptly named
Cathedral room, a large, open
space with excellent acoustics
and shafts of light streaming
from the top, elicited “oohs” and
“aahs” from our group, confusing
Everett as to the native wildlife:
“There are monkeys. I hear it,
Mama!” he exclaimed.
Begay proved herself a whiz at
smartphone photography, drawing on her intimate knowledge of
the canyon and its most pictur-

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TOP: Upper Antelope
Canyon is located
near Page, Ariz.
Ancient sand dunes
hardened into the
Navajo sandstone
about 200 million
years ago, out of
which the 660-footlong gorge was
chiseled by millions of
years of wind and
water erosion.
MIDDLE: The sun
sets over Page, built
in the 1960s during
construction of the
Glen Canyon Dam.
BOTTOM: The
entrance to Upper
Antelope Canyon
glows at night.

WHERE TO STAY
Best Western View of Lake
Powell Hotel
716 Rimview Dr., Page
928-645-8868
bestwestern.com
On the edge of the Glen Canyon
Rim, this hotel offers scenic
panoramas of the desert —
particularly from the hot tub or
outdoor pool. Rooms from $92 per
night.
WHERE TO EAT
Dam Bar and Grille
644 N. Navajo Dr., Page
928-645-2161
damplaza.com/restaurants/dambar-and-grille
The “coldest beer in town” pairs
well with delicious battered cod
tacos. Entrees from about $16.

The canyon is
sacred to the
Navajo, some
of whom may
say a prayer
before they
walk inside or
give a little
offering of corn
pollen to the
holy people
they believe
exist here.
esque angles. Unlike other tours
I’ve taken, where you might not
want to bother the guide to take
multiple pictures, Begay frequently asked for our phones,
positioning us for impromptu
photo shoots. She also taught us
to take pictures in darker corners, which yielded rich and
resonant images popping with
unexpected colors, such as electric blue. In one of our favorite
images, Begay sat us in front of a
wall whose shadows created the
effect of angel wings sprouting
from our backs.
We used our imaginations to
see the shape of a bear, paws
outstretched, in a giant rock, and
the stony profile of George Washington. On her phone, Begay
showed us an older photo of
George, asking what was different. It turns out we were standing several feet lower than
George’s face in the image, a
striking example of the power
and dynamism of flash floods.
Big floods, she said, sweep the
fine red sand out; smaller floods
bring it back in.
Huge cedar logs wedged in the
upper walls of the canyon also

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attest to these strong, swift waters that helped form it, eroding
passageways and smoothing the
rock into eye-pleasing curves.
Geologists estimate huge windblown sand dunes hardened into
what is called Navajo sandstone
around 200 million years ago.
About halfway through the
quarter-mile walk, we entered
what Begay called the Darkroom,
the dimmest and deepest part of
the canyon, where the walls
spiraled 120 feet above us. “It’s
dark outside, I’m going to take a
nap,” Everett announced, plopping on the ground to play in the
sand.
As our group fell silent, Begay
explained that the canyon is
sacred to the Navajo, some of
whom may say a prayer before
they walk inside or give a little
offering of corn pollen to the holy
people they believe exist here.

Some traditional Navajo may not
even enter.
Beyond the Navajo, “the canyon does touch people in different ways,” she said. “Last year, a
lady started singing ‘Amazing
Grace.’ It was so beautiful. The
canyon just settled, and she
sang.” Other visitors have walked
up to the wall, closed their eyes
and meditated or prayed. One
person broke into a chant.
Children generally have less
reverential experiences, tending
to cry inside the tight spaces.
“But he’s doing a good job,” she
said, glancing at little Everett,
who was dutifully wearing his
dinosaur mask.
As we wound through the last
stretch of canyon, which she
called Nature’s Hallway, Begay
showed us colorful formations
on the rock called Navajo, or
desert, varnish — the product of

thousands of years of rain causing minerals such as iron to
streak down the walls.
I wasn’t quite ready to return
to the real world and the stifling
100-degree heat. Before 2020,
visitors would get to see the
canyon in reverse by going back
the way they had come, squeezing past the people in the tour
group after them, but pandemic
regulations now require people
to walk around the canyon, up
several flights of metal stairs. As
we huffed uphill, though, I realized the hike allowed for more
time to get to know Begay, who
spoke some Navajo for us. One
visitor asked her whether other
spectacular slot canyons like Upper Antelope exist. A few, Begay
said, and she’s visited them, but
“there’s nothing like this.”
I could only agree. I had seen
dozens of jaw-dropping canyons

WHAT TO DO
Roger Ekis’s Antelope Canyon
Tours
22 S. Lake Powell Blvd., Page
855-574-9102
antelopecanyon.com
A Navajo guide interprets the
highlights of Upper Antelope
Canyon during this 1.5-hour tour,
the company’s most popular. The
total walking distance is less than
a mile. Tickets $77 per adult and
children 8 and over; $67 children
7 and under. An $8 fee added to
adult tickets goes to the Navajo
parks system. Advance
reservations required.
Lake Powell Boat Tours
100 Wahweap Blvd., Page
888-896-3829
lakepowell.com/marinas/boat-tours/
navajo-canyon-boat-tour
A relaxing cruise through Lake
Powell features views of the Glen
Canyon Dam, the second-highest
concrete arch dam in the United
States, as well as the impressive
Navajo Canyon, whose 600-foothigh rock walls are covered in
desert varnish. Tickets about $77
per adult; about $51 per child
ages 3 to 12. Unless you have an
annual pass, a $30 fee per vehicle
is required to enter the Glen
Canyon National Recreation Area.
INFORMATION
bit.ly/antelope-tours
— C.D.

on our tri-state road trip, but
Upper Antelope is something of a
unicorn: so rare, beautiful and
awe-inspiring that it has etched
itself forever in my memory.
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Dell’Amore is a National Geographic
editor based in the District. Find her
on Twitter: @cdellamore.

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Warehouses are hiring but
find workers aren’t applying
BY

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Warehouse jobs were supposed to be the future of the retail
industry, offering opportunities
for displaced employees and reshaping the American workforce.
Amazon, Target, Walmart and
other companies pledged to create hundreds of thousands of
these positions at competitive
wages — and increasingly with
perks like free college tuition
thrown in — so they could fill the
deluge of online orders that began with the coronavirus pandemic and continues unabated.
But the industry is facing an
unexpected problem: Far too few
people are willing to take on the
often-grueling work, according
to industry officials and economic data. It is the latest sign
that the job market is being
buffeted by unexpected trends

Few are opting in for
jobs in the sector meant
to be retail’s future
that are leading workers to reconsider the types of positions
they want — and upending industries across the economy.
“Every year we say, ‘Wow, this
is really difficult’ — and every
year, it gets more challenging,”
said Sabrina Wnorowski, vice
president of human resources at
Radial, which operates fulfillment centers for brands such as
Cole Haan, Aeropostale and the
Children’s Place. The company,
she said, is offering daily raffles
with prizes like PlayStations and
iPads, as well as pizza parties and
on-site food trucks in a bid to

attract 27,000 warehouse workers this year, up 30 percent from
2019.
“Given high unemployment,
you’d expect that it would be easy
to attract labor,” she said, “but it’s
been the opposite.”
The warehouse industry has
already cycled through millions
of workers, some of whom say
they’ve sworn off warehouse jobs
altogether. That, labor economists say, is creating new challenges for retailers scrambling to
fill crucial jobs unloading trucks,
picking orders and delivering
packages.
The warehouse and transportation industry had a record
490,000 openings in July, a gap
that experts predict will widen in
coming months.
The dearth of willing workers
is hitting companies just as
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“Apple does not care about its employees. It cares about money. Maybe that’s capitalism, and that’s just
the way corporations are. But I can’t live my life further accepting it and not saying something about it.”
Cher Scarlett, who works on Apple’s security team that develops software for the company’s internal use

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Cher Scarlett grew up poor and dropped
out of high school. As a teenager, she struggled with addiction, danced as a stripper and
tried to overdose on pills. Her ticket to a better
life was learning to code. Last year, she
became perhaps the least probable member of
Apple’s elite software engineering corps.
But the storied tech giant, Scarlett said,
turned out to be a place that blithely enables
discrimination against women and other
historically underrepresented groups, including disabled people. So, despite her plush new
salary and a newfound sense of financial
security, Scarlett, 36, said she decided to speak
out, becoming one of a tiny number out of tens

of thousands of Apple employees to publicly
criticize the company.
“Apple does not care about its employees. It
cares about money,” Scarlett said in an interview. “Maybe that’s capitalism, and that’s just
the way corporations are. But I can’t live my
life further accepting it and not saying something about it.”
Apple declined to comment on her specific
allegations or specific employee matters, and
said it is committed to a positive and inclusive
workplace.
Scarlett’s story as told to The Washington
Post is part of a growing chorus of tech
workers — many of them women — challenging the power centers of Silicon Valley, where
some of them allege companies are still run

like frat houses and discrimination against
women and racial minorities continues to
make headlines. In recent years, more than
20,000 Google employees staged a walkout to
protest sexual misconduct and inequality,
while Black women at Pinterest accused the
company of discrimination and retaliation.
Just last month, Amazon settled a wrongful
termination suit against two women it fired
after they publicly criticized the company’s
climate policies.
Last Tuesday, former Facebook employee
Frances Haugen became the highest-profile
tech whistleblower of all when she testified
before Congress that Facebook misled the
public about the harm caused by its products.
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working her way up in the software world, landing a job at Apple in 2020, amid a global pandemic.

The bumpy economic recovery
has policymakers, economists and
Americans at large grappling with
higher price hikes for groceries,
gas, cars, rent and just about everything else.
For months, officials at the Federal Reserve and White House
have argued that pandemic-era inflation is temporary, or “transitory,” and that prices will simmer
back down as the economy has
time to heal. The hope was that
inflation would have started cooling by now.
But the delta variant of the coronavirus and the persistent supply chain backlogs have kept prices elevated. There is no clear answer for when that will change,
leaving Americans to feel the
strain in their pocketbooks in the
meantime. So how did we get
here? Let’s break it own.
Policymakers were encouraged
when August prices eased slightly,
breaking an eight-month streak of
rising or steady inflation. But September reversed course, coming in
at 5.4 percent compared with the
year before, in large part due to the
delta variant stifling the recovery.
Economists caution against
drawing too much from one
month of data, good or bad. But
the overall picture increasingly
suggests that inflation is sticking
around longer than economic policymakers at the Fed and White
House expected just a few months
ago.
Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell told
lawmakers last month that the
supply-side constraints on the
economy have, “in some cases, gotten worse,” adding that “we need
those supply blockages to alleviate, to abate before inflation can
come down.” One Fed official is
even ditching the word “transitory” altogether, saying it gives the
public a false sense of hope that
this will pass in a short time frame.
Meanwhile, the Biden administration announced a 24/7 operaSEE INFLATION ON G3

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Lawmakers consider regulating Facebook’s algorithm
Reforming the platform’s
controversial software
won’t be an easy feat
BY

W ILL O REMUS

On Facebook, you decide
whom to befriend, which pages to
follow, which groups to join. But
once you’ve done that, it’s Facebook that decides which of their
posts you see each time you open
your feed — and which you don’t.
The software that makes those
decisions for each user, based on
a secret ranking formula devised
by Facebook that includes more
than 10,000 factors, is commonly
referred to as “the news feed
algorithm,” or sometimes just
“the algorithm.” On a social network with nearly 3 billion users,
that algorithm arguably has more
influence over what people read,
watch and share online than any
government or media mogul.
It’s the invisible hand that
helps to make sure you see your
close friend’s wedding photos at
the top of your feed, rather than a
forgotten high school classmate’s
post about what they had for
lunch today. But because Facebook’s primary goal is to grab and
hold your attention, critics say,
it’s also prone to feed you that
high school classmate’s post of a
meme that demonizes people you
disagree with, rather than, say, a
balanced news story — or an
engrossing conspiracy theory
rather than a dry, scientific debunking.
That type of highly personalized, attention-seeking algorithm
— and others much like it on apps
such as TikTok, YouTube, Twitter
and Facebook-owned Instagram
— is what Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen identified as
the crux of the threat that social
media poses to society.
“One of the consequences of
how Facebook is picking out that
content today is that it’s optimizing for content that gets engagement, or reaction,” Haugen said
on the CBS show “60 Minutes.”
“But its own research is showing
that content that is hateful, that is
divisive, that is polarizing — it’s
easier to inspire people to anger
than it is to other emotions.”
Amid a broader backlash
against Big Tech, Haugen’s testimony and disclosures have
brought fresh urgency to debates
over how to rein in social media
and Facebook in particular. And
as lawmakers and advocates cast
about for solutions, there’s growing interest in an approach that’s
relatively new on the policy
scene: regulating algorithms
themselves, or at least making
companies more responsible for
their effects. The big question is
whether that can be accomplished without ruining what
people still like about social media — or running afoul of the First
Amendment.
In the past year, at least five
bills have been introduced or
reintroduced in Congress that
focus explicitly on the software
programs that decide what people see on social media platforms.
Beyond the United States, efforts
to regulate such algorithms are
advancing in the European
Union, Britain and China.
“It’s heartening to see Congress
finally beginning to focus on the
heart of the problem,” Rep. Tom
Malinowski (D-N.J.), who co-authored a bill to regulate algorithms, said in a phone interview
last week. “The heart of the problem is not that there’s bad stuff
posted on the Internet. It’s that
social networks are designed to
make the bad stuff spread.”
That marks a shift from earlier
congressional hearings about
Facebook, which tended to focus
on what’s known as content moderation: social networks’ decisions to ban or allow certain types
of posts. Those arguments tended
toward stalemates, as lawmakers
on the left wanted tech giants to
crack down more aggressively on
hate speech, conspiracy theories
and falsehoods, while those on
the right wanted to tie the tech
giants’ hands to prevent what
they claim is a form of censorship.
Both were hemmed in by the First
Amendment, which constrains
the government’s power to regulate companies’ speech policies.
Some lawmakers and advocates are hopeful that swiveling
the spotlight to the underlying
design and incentives of social
networks, including their recommendation systems, will illuminate common ground between
the parties. These approaches
take to heart the distinction
between free speech, which is
enshrined in the Constitution,
and what researcher Renee
DiResta has called “free reach,”

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Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass) talks to the media before a hearing with Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. Markey co-introduced
legislation that would prohibit algorithms that discriminate on the basis of race, age, gender and other protective classes.

which is not.
Feed-ranking algorithms have
their benefits. At their best, they
show people posts that they’re
likely to find interesting, surprising or valuable, and that they
might not have encountered otherwise — while filtering out the
noise of humdrum updates or
tedious self-promotion. They allow posts from people lacking
large followings to nonetheless
reach wide audiences with important messages without going
through established media gatekeepers. Some researchers say
they’ve been instrumental to
some degree in fueling social
movements, including the Arab
Spring and Black Lives Matter.
Yet their dark sides have gradually drawn more attention.
Among the internal research
findings that Haugen publicized
were some that suggested Instagram’s algorithm exploits teen
girls’ insecurities to show them
posts related to extreme dieting
and even self-harm. (Experts say
more research is needed to fully
understand how Instagram affects mental health.) Another set
of documents argues that changes made to Facebook’s news feed
algorithm in 2018 and 2019, touted as encouraging “meaningful
social interactions” between users, had the side effect of systematically promoting posts that
sparked arguments and outrage.
That wasn’t Facebook’s intent,
Haugen said. The intent, she explained, was to nudge its users to
interact with one another more,
which chief executive Mark Zuckerberg saw as critical to keeping
the social network relevant as
younger users gravitated to rivals
such as Snapchat. Facebook offered a different rationale, saying
its intent was to boost users’
well-being amid concern over the
effects of passive “screen time.”
Both agree that the company’s
algorithm change included boosting posts that sparked comments,
as opposed to just likes or views.
When researchers began to uncover the alarming side effects,
those findings were downplayed
and ignored by higher-ups, Haugen said — perhaps, she alleges,
because the company had tied
some of its performance bonuses
to increasing the metrics associated with the change. Facebook
has declined to comment on that
particular allegation.
One way to regulate algorithms without directly regulating online speech would be to
amend Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which
shields websites and apps from
being sued for hosting or moderating content posted by users.
Several bills propose removing
that protection for certain categories of harmful content that
platforms promote via their algorithms, while keeping it in place
for content they merely host
without amplifying.
Forcing tech companies to be
more careful about what they
amplify might sound straightforward. But it poses a challenge to
tech companies because the ranking algorithms themselves, while
sophisticated, generally aren’t
smart enough yet to fully grasp
the message of every post. So the
threat of being sued for even a
couple of narrow types of illegal

“The heart of the problem is not that there’s bad
stuff posted on the Internet. It’s that social
networks are designed to make
the bad stuff spread.”
Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.), co-author for a bill to regulate algorithms

content could force platforms to
adjust their systems on a more
fundamental level. For instance,
they might find it prudent to
build in human oversight of what
gets amplified, or perhaps move
away from automatically personalized feeds altogether.
To some critics, that would be a
win. Roddy Lindsay, a former
Facebook data scientist who
worked on the company’s algorithms, argued in a New York
Times op-ed this week that Section 230 reform should go further. He proposes eliminating the
liability shield for any content
that social platforms amplify via
personalized recommendation
software. The idea echoes Haugen’s own suggestion. Both Lindsay and Haugen say companies
such as Facebook would respond
by abandoning their recommendation algorithms and reverting
to feeds that simply show users
every post from the people they
follow.
Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice
president for global affairs and
communications, argued against
that idea last Sunday on ABC’s
“This Week.”
“If we were just to sort of across
the board remove the algorithm,
the first thing that would happen
is that people would see more, not
less, hate speech; more, not less,
misinformation; more, not less,
harmful content,” Clegg said.
“Why? Because those algorithmic
systems precisely are designed
like a great, sort of giant spam
filter to identify and deprecate
and downgrade bad content.”
More than Facebook, social
video platforms such as TikTok

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and YouTube rely on algorithms
to elevate their users’ cleverest,
best-produced videos over the
mountains of amateurish efforts.
It’s hard to imagine TikTok without its “For You” page, which
draws heavily on a user’s viewing
history to serve up videos tailored
to their interests, including new
spins on memes they’ve seen in
the past.
The bill proposed by Malinowski and Rep. Anna G. Eshoo
(D-Calif.) would take a more cautious approach, removing Section
230 protection only when platforms’ opaque algorithms promote content related to civil
rights violations or international
terrorism.
“We tried to design a remedy
that’s narrowly tailored to the
problem,” Malinowski said.
“We’re not trying to kill the Internet. We’re not trying to end Facebook or YouTube.”
Along similar lines, Sen. Amy
Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced
a bill in July to remove the liability shield when platforms promote medical misinformation
during a public health emergency.
From the other side of the aisle,
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced a bill in June that would
remove tech companies’ liability
shield when they either promote
or “censor” certain political viewpoints. While that bill has gained
little traction, it reflects Republicans’ interest in limiting platforms’ content-moderation power along with their algorithms.
Any proposal to change Section 230 stirs controversy in tech
policy circles. When Congress last

amended it, in 2018, the goal was
to curb online sex trafficking, but
sex workers and researchers said
the practical effect was to push
online service providers toward
heavy-handed crackdowns on an
already vulnerable group.
“I’m generally concerned
about reforms to Section 230,”
said Allie Funk, a senior research
analyst at the nonprofit Freedom
House and co-author of its recent
annual report on global Internet
freedom. “What we’ve seen
around the world is when we
tweak protections against intermediary liability, you often have
companies erring on the side of
censorship and removing political, social and religious speech,
particularly of those in marginalized communities.”
Funk argued that social media’s ills would be better addressed through a combination of
stronger consumer privacy protections, competition policies
that limit dominant platforms’
market power and transparency
requirements.
Evan Greer, director of the
nonprofit advocacy group Fight
for the Future, worries that the
Eshoo-Malinowski bill and others
like it would force social networks such as Facebook to retreat
to amplifying only sanitized content from whitelisted corporate
partners. She argues that the
underlying problem with social
media companies is their business model, which relies on aggressive profiling of users to target them with content and ads.
The solution to manipulative algorithms, she said, is to pass a
data privacy law “strong enough
to effectively kill this business
model.”
Other ideas to regulate algorithms would leave Section 230
intact. A bipartisan bill called the
Filter Bubble Transparency Act,
which Haugen endorsed in her
testimony, would require the
largest social platforms to better
explain their algorithms to consumers and to offer everyone the
option of a feed that isn’t manipulated by ranking software.
“The more transparency con-

sumers have with respect to how
social media and other Internet
platforms prioritize content on
their services, the better,” Sen.
John Thune (R-S.D.), one of the
co-authors, said when the bill was
reintroduced in June.
A pair of Democratic lawmakers, Rep. Doris Matsui (Calif.) and
Sen. Edward J. Markey (Mass.),
introduced the Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act in May. It would
prohibit algorithms that discriminate on the basis of race, age,
gender and other protected classes, not just on social media but in
arenas such as housing and job
ads. It would also require online
platforms to submit descriptions
of their algorithms for Federal
Trade Commission review and to
publish public reports on their
content-moderation practices.
Daphne Keller, who directs the
Program on Platform Regulation
at Stanford University’s Cyber
Policy Center, has thrown cold
water on the idea of regulating
what types of speech that platforms can amplify, arguing that
bills such as Eshoo and Malinowski’s would probably violate
the First Amendment.
“Every time a court has looked
at an attempt to limit the distribution of particular kinds of
speech, they’ve said, ‘This is exactly the same as if we had
banned that speech outright. We
recognize no distinction,’ ” Keller
said.
Proposals to limit algorithmic
amplification altogether, such as
Lindsay’s, might fare better than
those that target specific categories of content, Keller added, but
then social media companies
might argue that their algorithms
are protected under their First
Amendment right to set editorial
policy.
That isn’t an issue in China,
where regulators are launching a
three-year campaign to regulate
algorithms for fairness, transparency and alignment with the government’s socialist ideals.
In Europe, the proposed Digital Services Act includes transparency provisions that would
require platforms to disclose information about their algorithms
and content-moderation practices to regulators and independent
researchers.
One of the more creative approaches to the algorithm issue
focuses on giving social media
users the power to choose their
own ranking system. Scholars
Francis Fukuyama of Stanford
and Barak Richman of Duke University propose requiring dominant networks such as Facebook
to allow outside software developers to build and offer “middleware” — third-party programs
that do the work of ranking users’
feeds and filtering content they
don’t want to see. That would
leave Facebook’s basic business
model intact but diffuse its power
over discourse, while giving people the power to opt for algorithms that don’t necessarily optimize for the growth and engagement metrics to which Facebook
seems wedded.
Facebook, for its part, notes
that it already offers users of its
main app the option to revert to a
mostly
reverse-chronological
news feed. Clegg also announced
last Sunday that the company will
reduce the amount of politics in
users’ feeds in favor of more
content from their friends. And
the company has said it would
welcome some forms of tech regulation, potentially including privacy laws and Section 230 changes — just not the kind that would
outlaw its business model or
ranking algorithms.
will.oremus@washpost.com

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tion at a key U.S. port this week
and is working with major importers to clear a path for cargo ahead
of the holiday season.
Policymakers often argue that
price increases are limited to pandemic-battered industries, like
hotels, airlines and used cars. But
federal data on Wednesday pointed to food and shelter costs rising
in September, together contributing to more than half of the
monthly increase of all items,
when seasonally adjusted.
Concerns about soaring home
prices and rising rent have economists particularly worried about
whether cost increases will last
longer, even after the pandemic
has mostly passed. The hot housing market has made it that much
more difficult for first-time buyers, or those without cash or solid
credit, to buy a home. Meanwhile,
rising rents in major metropolitan
areas are pushing out more people
who are now wondering if they
can afford to stay.
On top of it all, an energy crisis
has ricocheted through stressed
supply chains. According to AAA,
the national average for a gallon of
gas on Thursday was $3.29, up
from $3.17 one month ago, and
$2.18 one year ago.
Throughout the pandemic, new
and used cars have been a kind of
litmus test for the country’s supply
chain issues and related price
hikes. Used cars and trucks have
been a driving force behind the
surge in inflation this year and are
up a whopping 52 percent since
September 2019, before the pandemic.
The market relies heavily on
trade-ins and auto parts, which
are in low supply amid a global
microchip shortage. That pinch
has made it more expensive for
dealers to get any of their models,
much less repair them. All of those
problems are also hurting the supply of used cars, which depend on
trade-ins as well as rental car company inventories.
Meanwhile, the pandemic triggered a massive rental car short-

Cars and trucks show different pressures on prices

Inflation accelerates again in September

Percent change in consumer price index since September 2019,
seasonally adjusted

Year-over-year changes in overall consumer price index, seasonally adjusted

Rental companies sold cars
early in the pandemic, then saw
increased demand from travelers
through summer 2021

+80%

5.4%
5%

Recession
+66%
+52%
Used-vehicle
prices soared as
fewer new cars
were made

+40

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3

2

+10%
1

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New-vehicle prices began to rise in
spring 2021 as supply chain issues
snarled manufacturing
SEPT.
2019

0

JAN.
2020

SEPT.
2021

SEPT.
2021

JAN.
2021

Source: Labor Department
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Meat prices spike above other food categories

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What drove overall consumer inflation in 2021?
Price increases in food and shelter accounted for a growing share of inflation
in September, in contrast to energy and used vehicles earlier in the year

Percent change in consumer price index since September 2019,
seasonally adjusted
+44%
+40%

One-month change in
overall consumer
inflation

Food
Shelter

Meat, poultry, fish and eggs

Energy
Used vehicles
Fruits and
vegetables
le +TK%
+18%

+20

Cereals and baked goods

JAN.
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SEPT.
2019
Source: Labor Department

age after a slew of large companies
sold off hundreds of thousands of
models that sat idle at the start of
the pandemic as Americans
stopped traveling. Back in May,
more than 1 of every 3 rental cars
that had been in service before the
pandemic was no longer available.

Other

+15%
+12%

Dairy and related

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Yet as more people got vaccinated and started itching for spring
and summer trips, customer demand boomed. Companies could
not get their hands on cars fast
enough, driving up prices as people scrambled for reservations and
companies rushed to restock lots.

FEB.
+0.4%

MAR.
+0.6%

APR.
+0.8%

MAY
+0.6%

JUN.
+0.9%

JUL.
+0.5%

AUG.
+0.3%

SEPT.
+0.4%

Energy costs had a slight negative impact on overall inflation in April and May
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New cars are now also seeing
rising prices thanks to the ongoing
microchip shortage. Pandemic-related shutdowns have pinched factories around the world. For instance, auto production in North
America has been slowed by shutdowns in Malaysia and Vietnam.

Families across the nation are
also facing higher prices at the
grocery store, which have people
stretching their wallets for dairy,
fruits and vegetables, baked goods
and meats.
Prices for meat, poultry, fish
and eggs have surged above other

grocery categories. The White
House has pointed to broad consolidation in the meat industry,
saying large companies bear some
responsibility for pushing prices
higher.
Industry groups disagree, arguing that the same supply-side issues rampant in the rest of the
economy apply to proteins: It costs
more to transport and package
materials, while labor shortages
have held back meat production.
Meanwhile, food categories
with less of a surge are still seeing
prices tick up while supply chains
lag behind. The September consumer price index showed that
apples were up 3.8 percent compared with August. Peanut butter
was up 3.0 percent, and potatoes
were up 2.4 percent.
Where do we go from here?
Looming in the background is
another challenge for policymakers, which is how to keep inflation
expectations in check. There is an
inherent psychological aspect to
inflation: If consumers or businesses expect the cost of goods and
services to keep rising, they might
change their behavior now. For
instance, vacationers might rush
to book hotel rooms. Or businesses may stock up on advance orders, pushing prices higher and
making those very expectations
self-fulfilling.
Fed leaders say they are not worried and would respond if they
started to see concerning signs
bubble up. But some measures suggest anxiety is high. One survey of
consumer inflation expectations
tracked by the New York Fed hit a
record high in September. Consumer confidence took a tumble in
August as the delta variant spread,
according to a closely-tracked University of Michigan survey.
“There is little doubt that the
pandemic’s resurgence due to the
delta variant has been met with a
mixture of reason and emotion,”
the survey results said.
alyssa.fowers@washpost.com
rachel.siegel@washpost.com
Laura Reiley contributed to this report.

What changes should I make
to my budget to beat inflation?
This is a time when you should
review how you spend your
paycheck. Even if you’ve cut until
it hurts, look for additional trims.
l Obvious places to cut are
eating out or streaming services.
When was the last time you
looked at your mobile plan?
l Use apps and the Internet to
find lower prices where they are
available, including for gasoline.
“When prices aren’t changing
all that much, people may be
inclined to invest less of their time
shopping, thinking that it might
not make all that much of a
difference,” Hamrick said. “Think
of shopping right now as investing
time to find better deals.”
Supply chain disruptions may
continue to push consumer prices
up, so you might want to get an
early start on your holiday
shopping, Hamrick said.
Hamrick makes this great
point: Is this a year when
something more personal, such as
baked goods or a customized
photo album, could be
substituted at a lower price?
Put off unnecessary purchases

until supply issues are resolved
and prices go down.
“Whether it’s an updated
iPhone or another piece of
clothing to mostly hang in the
closet, most Americans simply
consume more than they need to,”
Hamrick said.
Is there anything I can do to
reduce my food costs?
In an inflationary environment,
substitutions can be your
financial friend.
Food and shelter costs rose in
September — and, put together,
accounted for more than half of
the monthly increase of all items
measured in the consumer price
index when seasonally adjusted,
according to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. Prices for meats,
poultry, fish and eggs rose
2.2 percent over the month, and
beef prices rose 4.8 percent.
Food prices have largely been
rising because of weather-related
shortages, transportation issues
and lack of staffing. Meat and fish
prices are going up faster than
vegetable prices, so take that into
consideration in your at-home
meal planning.
Hamrick said he went
shopping recently to make crab
cakes for his son, visiting from Los
Angeles. A 50 percent price hike
for crabmeat changed the menu.
“I bought chicken thighs and
cooked them at a fraction of the
price,” Hamrick said. “Now’s the
time to try to spend time when
possible preparing meals at
home, using lower-cost items as
much as possible.”
Should I change how I invest
for retirement?
Inflation doesn’t really change
what you should have been doing
all along, which is diversifying,
said Carolyn McClanahan, a
certified financial planner who
founded the fee-only Life
Planning Partners, based in
Jacksonville, Fla.
“Through thick and thin, the
best way to prepare for any
economic environment is to have a
diversified portfolio,” McClanahan
said. “If you aren’t already
practicing diversification, now is
the time to make that change.”
If you’re an ultraconservative
saver who has shied away from
stocks because you’re scared of
the stock market, you might want
to consider that inflation is also a
risk. If you don’t at least keep pace
with inflation, you’re losing the
purchasing power of your money.
“Where interest rates are right
now, investors need to take on
slightly more risk to get a return

that may beat inflation,” said Ben
Bakkum, quantitative investing
associate at the digital adviser
firm Betterment.
Is there anything I can do to
take advantage of a rise in
inflation?
If you have some cash that you
don’t think you’ll need for a while,
consider purchasing bonds,
McClanahan recommends.
Series I Savings Bonds, which
are issued by the Treasury
Department, allow investors to
earn a combination of a fixed
interest rate and the rate of
inflation, adjusted semiannually.
The composite rate for I bonds
issued from May through October
is 3.54 percent.
To buy and own an electronic I
bond, you must establish a
TreasuryDirect account. Go to
treasurydirect.gov.
Is there any good news about
rising inflation?
If you receive Social Security or
Supplemental Security Income
benefits, you’ll see your payments
go up because of rising consumer
prices. The Social Security
Administration announced a
5.9 percent benefit increase for
2022.
And, if inflation relents next
year, which some believe is
possible as supply chains
normalize, Social Security
recipients will continue to get the
higher payments anyway,
Hamrick said.
Additionally, one of the few
potentially beneficial effects of
rising inflation will be that the
Federal Reserve may well lift
benchmark rates sooner rather
than later, and more than
previously believed, he said.
That’s welcome news for savers.
“Previously miserly returns on
savings should begin to rise,”
Hamrick said.
It’s hard not to panic about
inflation when your paycheck
doesn’t go as far as you need. Still,
keep things in perspective. It’s not
the 1970s, when prices
skyrocketed.
“Recent headlines about
increasing inflation have been
alarming, but inflation itself is
not abnormal if it’s not out of
control,” Bakkum said.
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Inflation hit a 13-year high in
September, with consumer prices
up 5.4 percent compared with a
year ago, according to the Bureau
of Labor Statistics.
“Inflation has been a
surprising and unwelcome guest
seeming to persist at an elevated
level at a time when we’re all
hoping to put the devastating
economic impacts of the
pandemic behind,” said Mark
Hamrick, senior economic
analyst for Bankrate. “Like the
pandemic-caused downturn
itself, it exacerbates wealth and
income inequality. The wealthy
can adjust. Those on lower
incomes, not so much. It is as if
some people just can’t catch a
much-needed break.”
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up compared with what we were
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Record numbers of Americans are quitting jobs. Here’s how they are getting by.
In discussing the
surge of workers
quitting or
retiring during the
coronavirus
pandemic, one
Work
question that I
Advice
keep hearing, and
that I asked last
KARLA L.
week, is: How are
MILLER
people who
abruptly quit or
retired from their jobs getting by
financially?
Most of the departing workers
I heard from had also asked
themselves that question, but
they had decided that they could
more easily give up their
paychecks than their well-being.
Some retirees said that
although the pandemic nudged
them into retirement faster than
they expected, it also brought
relief from the expenses incurred
in pursuing their careers.
“I [no longer] need to buy
clothes or shoes for work, fill the
gas tank three times a week, pay
for parking, etc.,” wrote Sandy
Marasco in an email. After being
laid off from her pharmaceutical

industry job in Cambridge, Mass.,
early during the pandemic,
Marasco used her severance
package to pay off her mortgage.
She then lived off her savings
and state unemployment benefits
through 18 months of
unsuccessful job-searching
before realizing that her earlier
goal of working full-time until age
70 no longer appealed to her.
Marasco now gets by on Social
Security and a 401(k) retirement
plan.
Kathleen Corcoran had
concerns about giving up the
“golden handcuffs” of a full-time
job in the high-cost D.C. metro
area when she retired from her
communications career. But no
full-time salary could allow her to
buy what she really wanted: time.
Giving up income is stressful,
but “then you realize some of that
money is going for things to destress you” from work, Corcoran
told me in a phone interview.
“Once I sat down and looked at
the numbers, I realized [retiring]
was doable — and what I was
getting in return was time to
pursue things I really wanted to

pursue,” such as seeing friends,
writing, reading and
volunteering. She now teaches
part-time, a job she finds
“rewarding in a way that goes
beyond a paycheck.”
A former office manager in
Laurel, Md., who asked that her
name be withheld because of
tension with her former boss, has
no regrets about retiring early,
even though it meant getting less
in Social Security: “If I had waited
until 70, I would have received
$300 more per month.” But, she
said, she weighed her sanity
against that financial loss and
“decided to take the leap. I’m so
happy that I did.”
Of course, retirement is still a
long way off for many people.
Some have been reassessing what
they want from their jobs versus
what they need.
Jason S. of New York City, who
asked for partial anonymity out of
respect for relatives in
government who share his
surname, was laid off from one
contract position and terminated
from the next after he had
protested being called into the

office for a job he’d been told
would be 100 percent remote.
Although his wife works and
they have six months of savings,
Jason’s being out of work is taking
a big bite out of their finances, “so
this is not sustainable even in the
medium term,” he told me in an
email. His job-search priorities
are shifting: “Taking a lesserpaying job with health insurance
over a no-benefits [contract job]
would be a no-brainer for me
now.”
And some people have been
able to weather income loss
thanks to careers that
conditioned them to prepare for
the worst. Marlen Garcia, of
Chicago, told me via email how at
age 26 she was denied a $5,000
raise with her promotion at a
newspaper because of company
pay policy, and how she saw other
journalists lose jobs and
opportunities “on the whims of
bosses.”
Garcia told her husband, “We
have to be in a position where I
can leave my job one day if that
happens to me.” They bought a
small house and “ate a lot of

bologna” so they could afford to
pay extra toward the principal
each month. When the mortgage
was paid off 16 years later, it
allowed Garcia the flexibility to
take freelance and part-time
work when full-time jobs were
unavailable.
One common theme among
the people who shared their
stories with me: They don’t take
their relative fortune for granted.
“I have been very lucky and am
thankful for that,” Marasco wrote.
“I also do what I can for those less
fortunate.” Marasco opted not to
collect the federal government’s
expanded pandemic
unemployment benefits.
Garcia recognizes that luck
and the economy were important
in shoring up her finances. “I had
less than $5,000 in loans when I
finished college in 1993.
[Graduates today] have tens of
thousands of dollars in debt.
Rents are crazy. Too many homes
are unaffordable. I don’t see how
they can do it.”
Even before the pandemic,
rising costs of living — rather,
costs of surviving — have left

most low- and middle-income
workers unable to build a sizable
savings cushion or anchor
themselves with real estate and
other investments. For those with
student loans, medical debt and
dependents, the footing was
already treacherous. Enter the
pandemic, and the ground is
crumbling.
I know for every success story I
heard, there are many more
invisible struggles — people with
no pensions, partners or
pandemic relief to help them get
by. I can only assume they’re
consumed with making ends
meet.
Reader query: Employers
everywhere are saying it’s
impossible to find workers. Job
seekers are telling me no one’s
responding to their applications
— or the work and pay are
different from what was
advertised. What’s your
experience? Also, if you are or
work for an employer that has
been retaining workers by
doing things right, I’d like to
hear about it at
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they’re preparing for a fraught
holiday season. Supply chain hiccups, shipping delays and out-ofstock products are expected to
cut into retailers’ sales and profits, and analysts say staffing
shortages make the outlook even
more uncertain.
The number of seasonal postings advertising “urgent” or “immediate” vacancies on the jobs
site Indeed has grown tenfold
from a year ago, according to
company economist AnnElizabeth Konkel. Many more employers also are advertising hiring
incentives like signing bonuses
and cash, she said.
Gap is touting around-theclock telehealth appointments
and 50 percent discounts on its
clothing. Aldi has bumped up the
average starting pay at warehouses to $19 an hour. Walmart is
promising extra pay for supply
chain employees who show up to
all scheduled shifts. And Sleep
Number is offering sign-on bonuses of as much as $1,000 at
distribution centers in Ohio and
California, plus free mattresses
for all new hires.
The country’s largest retailers
are going a step further: Walmart, Target and Amazon announced this summer that they
would begin offering free college
tuition and textbooks to employees.
“There is a lot more urgency
this year,” Konkel said. “But on
the flip side, when we look at job
seeker interest, we’re really not
seeing a rebound.”
In interviews with more than a
dozen current and former warehouse workers across the country, nearly all described being
overwhelmed amid staff shortages, with few prospects for moving
up.
Many spoke of 60-hour workweeks and requests to take on
even more shifts during the peak
holiday season. Some longtime
employees — particularly those
who worked through the early
days of the pandemic — say
they’re resentful of newcomers
who are being wooed with large
signing bonuses and higher wages. But even those incentives,
they say, haven’t been enough to
keep workers from leaving.
“People quit every single day,”
said David, who works at an
Amazon fulfillment center in
Washington state and asked to be
identified by his first name because he fears retribution at
work.
“The job is brutal: 10 hours on
your feet,” he said. “Half the
people quit after their first day.”
A spokeswoman for Amazon
declined to comment on the
worker’s claim or on the company’s overall turnover rate. (Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The
Washington Post.)
Labor experts say the nation’s
1.5 million warehouse jobs have
been reshaped by the industry’s
biggest player: Amazon, which
has 950,000 U.S. workers,
making it the country’s secondlargest private employer.
Amazon, according to experts,
has had a mixed impact on local
job markets. The company has
created hundreds of thousands of
fulfillment jobs, often at better
pay than what’s offered in the
local community.
At the same time, critics say, it
also has dragged down working
conditions and wages for the
warehouse industry, where starting pay has generally been higher
than in other sectors, including
retail and hospitality.
In counties with an Amazon
warehouse, turnover is often

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double the national industry
rate, according to the National
Employment Law Project.
“Once Amazon gets to town,
turnover skyrockets and wages
decline,” said Irene Tung, senior
researcher and policy analyst for
the National Employment Law
Project. “Amazon is the standardbearer, and it is dragging down
working conditions for everybody.”
The company, which pays a
starting hourly rate of $15, often
requires employees to work 10hour shifts with rigid quotas. A
recent Washington Post analysis
of Occupational Safety and
Health Administration data
found that rates of serious injury

at Amazon are nearly double
those of other U.S. warehouses.
And this summer, officials in
Washington state concluded that
there was a “direct connection”
between injuries at Amazon
warehouses and its “employee
monitoring and discipline systems.”
“Employers have to wake up to
the fact that these jobs are not
sustainable,” Tung said. “People
can’t stay, because they get injured or because their bodies just
give out.”
Barbara Agrait, an Amazon
spokeswoman, said the company
has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in injury-prevention, including a staff of nearly

8,000 safety personnel and ongoing training tools and technology.
“The safety and well-being of
our employees is always a top
priority,” she said in a statement.
“When setting [employee] expectations, we take into account
things like time in role, experience and their safety and well-being.”
She also noted that many employees look to Amazon for shortterm work “to make some extra
income when they need it.”
A “large percentage” of workers, she said, are “rehires,”
though she declined to share
specifics.
The company, which is hoping

to hire 125,000 warehouse and
logistics workers before the holidays, is offering $3,000 bonuses
and starting hourly wages of as
much as $22. It also recently
dropped marijuana testing requirements.
“Coming out of covid, there’s
been a major shift in the willingness of workers to take on jobs,”
said David Niekerk, a former vice
president of human resources for
global operations at Amazon.
“The volume of workers [warehouses] are looking to hire are
pretty staggering at a time when
the whole country seems to be
having trouble staffing.”
Walmart is looking for 20,000
logistics workers ahead of the
holidays, while UPS, Kohl’s and
Target are planning to hire about
100,000 apiece. But labor experts
say actually finding those employees will be tough in a labor
market where there are already
more job openings than unemployed Americans.
“Employers came into this holiday season already deep into a
labor shortage,” said Andrew
Challenger, senior vice president
at staffing firm Challenger Gray
& Christmas. “It’s slamming every industry, but particularly positions in retail, transportation
and warehousing — those are by
far the hardest jobs to fill right
now.”
Four months into his job at a
warehouse in El Paso, Ricardo is
already thinking of quitting. He
makes $10 an hour preparing
orders for customer pickup and
delivery, and says he’s exhausted.
“I feel like I’m doing the work
of six people,” said Ricardo, who
asked to be identified by his first
name because he fears losing his
job. “You know when you’re
worked to the bone, and you just
want to go home, eat and sleep?
It’s like that all the time.”

Analysts note that warehouse
and delivery workers are under
increased pressure this year, given widespread product shortages
and shipping delays that are
complicating an already stressful
environment.
“Workers are exhausted, and
they’re working very physical
jobs,” said Ellen Reese, chair of
labor studies at the University of
California at Riverside. “Add in
the long hours and quick pace of
the holiday season, and that can
lead to a lot of additional risks.”
In Colorado, uniform company
UniFirst has for months been
posting job openings promising
life insurance, employee discounts and weekends off. But so
far, hardly anyone is interested.
“We are overwhelmed, understaffed and without applicants,”
said a driver for the company,
who spoke on the condition of
anonymity because he fears losing his job. “The only applicants
we’ve been getting are middleaged men in their 50s and 60s.
When we do get anyone younger
than 30, they’re usually here no
more than a month.”
While competitors have raised
wages, starting pay at the facility
remains $15 an hour, he said.
UniFirst spokesman Adam
Soreff said the company provides
competitive pay and benefits. But
“like many companies in today’s
market, we are operating in a
difficult and challenging environment.”
The employee said he is trying
to keep pace by clocking 14-hour
shifts, five days a week. But after
18 years in the industry, he’s
considering leaving it altogether.
“Morale is low,” he said. “Nearly every day, I’ll sit in my car for
10 minutes in the employee parking lot and say to myself, ‘Just get
through another day.’ ”
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“This is an industry with a
pronounced racism and misogyny problem,” said Meredith Whittaker, a former Google employee
who helped lead the walkout
there.
Whittaker, as well as Timnit
Gebru, who was fired from
Google after she raised questions
about the ethics of its artificial
intelligence ambitions, has spoken with Scarlett about her efforts. Gebru said the way the tech
industry is covered by the media,
which to her deifies tech leaders,
helps shield tech companies from
scrutiny. “There’s just no accountability,” she said.
The activists have chalked up
some victories. In January,
Google employees formed a
union, a rarity in an industry that
generally pays well and rewards
employees with stock options
worth hundreds of thousands of
dollars. Meanwhile, California
courts had begun whittling away
at the power of nondisclosure
agreements, an essential element
of a top-secret culture that publicly punishes dissenters.
Large companies, though, still
have the upper hand. Most tech
employees fear speaking about
the companies they work for, lest
they be discovered by myriad
corporate surveillance techniques that have only gotten
more sophisticated with new
technology. Nowhere is that more
true than at Apple, whose CEO
Tim Cook, in the wake of employees speaking out about working
conditions, sent a companywide
memo about the company’s efforts to ferret out leakers.
That began to change this summer, with the rise of the #AppleToo movement. In largely anonymous testimonials, more than
500 employees — many working
at Apple’s more than 500 global
retail stores — have accused the
company of erecting “an opaque,
intimidating fortress” that tolerates “racism, sexism, discrimination, retaliation, bullying, sexual
and other forms of harassment.”
Scarlett has become the face of
the #AppleToo movement, a role
that evolved from her brutally
honest presence on Twitter,
where she goes by @cherthedev
and has amassed 46,000 followers.
On Twitter, Scarlett has openly
discussed the messy details of her
life, and her feisty presence on
the platform has quickly made
her a magnet for Apple colleagues having difficulties with
the company. She took to Twitter
to encourage women to come
forward with stories of sexual
harassment at her former employer, Activision Blizzard, and
called out an alleged pay gap at
Starbucks. “I began to recognize
this power of this platform that I
have,” she said.
Scarlett, who said her mental
health has suffered as a result of
the harassment she has received
from some of her colleagues at
Apple, is now on paid medical
leave and has retained a lawyer
who is representing her in negotiations with Apple’s lawyers.
“I’m not a corporate shill, but
I’m also not throw-away-my-job
idiotic,” she said. “I have to feel
good about what I’m putting into
the world, whether that’s in my
job or on social media, whatever.
I have to feel good about it. And if
I don’t, I have to remedy it
immediately.”
“We are and have always been
deeply committed to creating and
maintaining a positive and inclusive workplace. We take all concerns seriously and we thoroughly investigate whenever a concern is raised and, out of respect
for the privacy of any individuals
involved, we do not discuss specific employee matters,” said Apple spokesman Josh Rosenstock
in a statement.
Scarlett has support from
some of her colleagues, most of
whom she said will not speak to
reporters, for fear of harming
their careers.
“She’s doing it because she
believes in doing the right thing
for people and making sure the
company we work for is doing the
right thing,” said Janneke Parrish, a program manager on the
Apple Maps team who has helped
organize the #AppleToo initiative.
Parrish has talked to Scarlett
about her troubled past and how
it drives her desire to fight what
she sees as injustice. “It is an
incredible story,” Parrish said.
“She’s a deeply inspiring figure.”
In a series of interviews with
The Post, Scarlett described
growing up in Kirkland Wash.,
and being a junior astronaut who
wanted to become a scientist and
go to space. An avid gamer who
created a website for her “guild”
in the role-playing game “EverQuest,” Scarlett said she studied
for the SAT and got a near perfect
score.
But her family was poor, she
said. Her mother worked for a
construction company and her
father and stepfather came in
and out of her life, she said.
Though her memory is fuzzy, she
said she was sexually abused as a
young child by a family friend. In

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Cher Scarlett said she is risking her career at Apple in an effort to bring attention to what she sees as illegal pay
discrimination. Apple says it is committed to a positive and inclusive workplace.

high school, she began experimenting with drugs and began
stripping at 18 to pay for a cocaine habit.
Scarlett said she was forced to
perform sex acts on camera at 19.
Days later, she said she attempted
suicide. She provided information to federal investigators in
2018, which led to the arrest of
the perpetrator, and began going
by Scarlett, which is not her real
name, out of concern for her
safety. She is in the process of
legally changing it.
She got pregnant at 21, and the
decision to have the baby forced
her to clean up her act, she said.
In 2007, she was pregnant and
living in Kirkland, Wash., when
she noticed an ad for a web
developer position at Luxuryrealestate.com in Seattle. Scarlett had
taught herself how to code and
dabbled in web development on
an early blogging platform called
LiveJournal, she said. She could
only afford a dial-up connection,
so she built the journals and
other websites from scratch with
more efficient code, instead of
using slow, balky programs like
Adobe Flash.
“It wasn’t even on purpose,”
she recalled. “It was like I can’t
use websites. They take too long
to load.”
So Scarlett built a website specifically for the real estate position, calling herself a “front end
developer,” a term that describes
someone who specializes in the
code that powers how websites
look. She got the job and soon
gave birth to a daughter, Lexi,
whom she is raising as a single
mother in Kirkland today.
Later that year, she quit to
freelance, tumbling back into
making self-destructive decisions. In 2009, she said she tried
heroin for the first time and
began passing bad checks. She
says she never got caught, but is
still in debt from financial decisions she made at the time. She
spent two years in this fog before
pulling herself out of the spiral
and starting to freelance again.
Then, one day in 2011, a recruiter from USA Today reached
out about a web development

opening. The company flew her
to Tysons in Virginia for an interview and put her up in a hotel,
where she was asked to show a
credit card or put down a $100
deposit. She had $23 in her pocket. The hotel let her check in, but
only after emptying the minibar,
she said.
She got the job, along with a
five-figure signing bonus — an
experience she described as surreal. “How do you just all of a
sudden have the thing you need?”
she said. “It felt very dissociated
and detached from reality, like in
someone else’s life.”
In 2015, Scarlett was recruited
by Activision-Blizzard, maker of
the hugely popular game “Call of
Duty,” to work at the company’s
Los Angeles offices. Last month,
the company confirmed that it is
under investigation by the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission for its handling of allegations of sexual harassment and
gender-based discrimination.
At Activision Blizzard, Scarlett
said the reality of being a woman
in an industry dominated by men
began to sink in. In 2016, she said
she went to human resources to
ask why men doing similar work
at the company received higher
salaries and signing bonuses
while she did not, she said. Nothing happened.
“I was starting to know my
value, what I bring to a company,”
she said. “I was kind of starting to
put together this puzzle that I
don’t think at the time I necessarily realized I was putting togeth-

er, but I really was finding myself.”
Jesiah McCann, Scarlett’s manager at USA Today, said she was a
talented developer. Chris Giroir,
Scarlett’s manager at Activision
Blizzard, called Scarlett an “incredibly driven” employee and a
great colleague who “shows passion with every project she works
on and she doesn’t stop until she
gets it right.”
Scarlett went on to work at
World Wide Technology, a technology services provider based in
St. Louis, then became a lead
software engineer at Starbucks,
where she joined a successful
campaign to address a longstanding gender pay gap.
For the first time, Scarlett also
began going to therapy, she said.
Since she was a kid, various
psychiatrists and psychologists
had diagnosed her with bipolar
disorder, but she did not believe
the diagnoses. Now, she began
addressing it and learning how to
cope with it.
When Scarlett left Starbucks,
she wrote a blog post criticizing
the company for paying lower
salaries to workers in geographies with predominantly Black
and underrepresented groups. It
was then that she began to build
an online reputation as an activist for workers rights.
In 2019, she left Starbucks for
Webflow, a website design company, and wrote a Medium post
advocating better pay equity for
underrepresented groups.
In November that same year,

“She’s doing it because she
believes in doing the right thing
for people and making sure the
company we work for is doing
the right thing.”
Janneke Parrish, program manager on the Apple
Maps team who helped organize
the #AppleToo initiative

Scarlett connected on Twitter
with Devon Lindsey, an engineer
at Apple, who said Scarlett was
underpaid and wanted to help
find her a position at Apple.
Lindsey followed through in
February 2020, recommending
Scarlett for a job on the Apple
security team, which builds software products for internal use at
the company. Lindsey declined to
comment for this story. The job
offered a $170,000 salary —
$23,000 more than Scarlett was
then making — and the promise
of $128,000 in Apple stock over
four years. There was also a
$10,000 signing bonus.
When Scarlett got the job, she
said, she cried.
“It was just so unreal to me,”
she said. “I could actually see
myself paying off all this debt and
being able to retire someday.”
Because she was hired during
the pandemic, Scarlett never visited the Apple campus in Cupertino, Calif. Still, she liked her manager and her team. For the first
year, she said, everything about
Apple was “smooth sailing.”
“It just felt really good. The
team was supportive,” she said,
even when she had to take an
occasional mental health break.
Then some time later in 2020
Apple hired Antonio Garcia Martinez, a former Facebook advertising executive who had written
a best-selling memoir, “Chaos
Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and
Random Failure in Silicon Valley.”
In the book, Martinez referred to
women in the Bay Area as “soft
and weak, cosseted and naive.”
Apple, a company that devotes
considerable marketing effort to
branding itself as a leader in
diversity and inclusion, faced internal and external criticism for
hiring someone who appeared to
conflict with its stated corporate
values.
Several employees reached out
to Scarlett for guidance on how to
respond to the hire. Scarlett said
she raised the issue with human
resources but did not hear back
immediately. She ended up helping write a letter condemning the
hire. She said she told the authors
of the letter to be more assertive.

“This man just wrote that we’re
weak and cosseted,” she recalled
saying. “So let’s not be.”
Scarlett said she crossed out a
series of “wants” and made them
“demands,” and alerted her manager that the letter was coming.
She heard nothing back, she said.
So on May 12, she turned to
Twitter.
“I have been gutted, as many
other folks at Apple were, with
the hiring of Antonio Garcia Martinez,” Scarlett wrote. “I believe in
the strength of community we
have at Apple, & that the culture
we’ve built can weather this. I
also believe in leadership to do
the right thing, whatever that is.”
When the post drew media
attention, Scarlett said her managers got in touch, as did Apple’s
communications
department.
But they seemed more interested
in tamping down bad publicity
than in addressing the concerns
of Scarlett and other employees,
she said.
Garcia Martinez left the company days after the uproar over
his hiring. “At Apple, we have
always strived to create an inclusive, welcoming workplace where
everyone is respected and accepted. Behavior that demeans or
discriminates against people for
who they are has no place here,” a
company statement said at the
time.
Martinez declined to comment.
Recognizing the power of Scarlett’s platform, she said colleagues began asking her to help
with everything from harassment
to pay equity to the company’s
strict back-to-office policy. (“Remote work enables disabled
folks. Remote work enables caregivers. Remote work enables
folks from poverty,” she tweeted
on June 2.) Scarlett said she also
heard stories from Apple employees with disabilities, who said the
company discriminated against
them or dismissed their concerns.
Meanwhile, stories of sexual
harassment began surfacing at
Activision Blizzard, so Scarlett
used Twitter to funnel victims to
a group of women preparing a
lawsuit against the company.
“There is no place anywhere at
our company for discrimination,
harassment, or unequal treatment of any kind. We appreciate
the courage of Ms. Scarlett and
other current and former employees who have bravely come
forward and shared their experiences,” said Activision Blizzard
spokesman Rich George in a
statement. “We will fully investigate claims brought to our attention and are committed to the
elimination of harassment and
discrimination in the workplace.”
George said the company has
prioritized equal pay for equal
work. “It has been our practice
for a number of years to specifically take into account our pay
equity objectives when making
compensation decisions. It is our
promise to not let up on this
work, and to continue to work
towards the removal of any unconscious bias and ensuring
equal pay for equal work.”
Scarlett also began researching Apple salaries around the
country and said she noticed
anecdotal evidence of a wage gap.
Some employees had tried to do a
voluntary wage survey in a company Slack channel, but Apple’s
human resources department
had put a stop to it, Scarlett said.
“I’m pretty sure that’s illegal,”
Scarlett told her colleagues in
Slack messages. Federal law prohibits employers from barring
their workers from discussing
wages. Apple did not comment
on the allegation that it shut
down the wage survey, or whether it believes the alleged actions
violate labor law.
So on Aug. 7, Scarlett launched
a wage survey of her own, outside
company channels, and filed a
complaint with the National Labor Relations Board.
“I realized that I had once
again pulled back the curtain,
and it was all lies,” she said.
Scarlett said her public stance
angered some Apple employees,
who accused her on the company’s internal Slack channel, without evidence, of leaking confidential information to the press. She
said she has never spoken to
anyone outside the company
about the work she did at Apple,
or leaked confidential information.
On Aug. 17, she hired a lawyer
to represent her. On Sept. 21, she
requested paid medical leave
through the company’s Human
Resources department, because
of what she said are mental
health issues caused by the accusations.
Despite debt, both financial
and emotional, leftover from a
previous life, Scarlett said she is
not worried because, for the first
time in her life, she can see a
positive future for herself and her
daughter, who is living with her
in the Seattle area.
“I’ve gone through much
worse,” she said. “I know my
rights — and I know I can find
another job.”
reed.albergotti@washpost.com

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THE WASHINGTON POST

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. SUNDAY,

OCTOBER 17 , 2021

markets
STOCK MARKET PERFORMANCE
S&P 500

Stoxx 600

MSCI World

FUTURES

Stocks rise for second straight week as pandemic fears ease

MSCI Asia Pacific

BY

Crude Oil

ducer prices rising at a more moderate pace and a
surprisingly large jump in retail sales all suggested that
economic conditions are improving.
Corporate earnings continue this week, with third-quarter results due from American Express, Johnson & Johnson, IBM, AT&T and Tesla.
The Treasury will sell 13-week and 26-week bills on Oct.
18. They yielded 0.05 percent and 0.06 percent in when-issued trading, respectively. The government will also auction 20-year bonds, in addition to four-week and eightweek bills. Treasury plans to sell $19 billion in five-year
inflation-protected securities on Oct. 21.

K AMARON L EACH

U.S. equities advanced for second straight week, fueled
by a strong start to earnings season and data that suggested
that the pandemic was fading as an economic head wind.
The S&P 500 gained 1.8 percent in the five-day span to
close at 4,471, just 1.4 percent below its record high in early
September. The Dow rose 1.6 percent on the week, its most
since June. And the Nasdaq climbed 2.2 percent.
The benchmark index was lifted by advances in real
estate and materials stocks.
Economic data releases buoyed investor sentiment. A
drop in requests for state unemployment benefits, pro-

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Copper
Crude Oil
Gold
Natural Gas
Orange Juice
Silver
Sugar
Soybeans
Wheat
Corn

Editor’s note: Our weekly composite stock listing includes companies based in Washington or with a strong presence here.
The rest of the table shows firms as ranked by market capitalization. And we’ve added year-to-date data because readers told
us it would be useful.

TREASURY PERFORMANCE OVER PAST THREE MONTHS

r
U.S. (Dow Jones)
U.S. (S&P 500)
U.S. (Nasdaq)
Brazil (Bovespa)
Canada (S&P/TSX)
Mexico (Bolsa)

35,294.76
4,471.37
14,897.34
114,648.00
20,928.10
52,798.38

1.6
1.8
2.2
3.7
2.5
3.2

1.57%

1.12%

0.39%

U.S. DOLLAR INDEX

0.05%

CROSS CURRENCY RATES
US $

EU €

Japan ¥

Britain £

Canada $

Mexico $

1

1

EU €

Eurozone (Stoxx 600
France (CAC 40)
Germany (DAX)
U.K. (FTSE 100)

469.39
6,727.52
15,587.36
7,234.03

2.6
2.6
2.5
2.0

Japan ¥
Britain £
Brazil R$

Austraslia (ASX 200)
China (CSI 300)
Hong Kong (Hang Se
Japan (Nikkei)

7,361.98
4,932.11
25,330.96
29,068.63

0.6
0.0
5.7
3.6

Percent Change

1

Canada $

Week

Month

Year

-0.1

1.5

0.1

Mexico $

20.3348

23.5844

0.1780

27.9426

10.6
3.7
0.6
-2.8
-3.8
2.8
-2.4
-2.0
0.0
-0.9

INTEREST RATES

Brazil R$

1

US $

4.73
82.28
1768.30
5.41
1.24
23.35
19.80
12.18
7.34
5.26

3.7290

16.4432

Money market fund
6-Month CDs
1-Year CDs
5-Year CDs
New car loan
Home-equity loan

0.07
0.14
0.28
0.41
3.56
6.46

Bank Prime
Federal Funds
LIBOR 3-Month
30-Year fixed
15-Year fixed
1-Year ARM

3.25
0.25
0.12
3.20
2.43
2.79

WEEKL Y STO C KS C O MPO SI TE PRICES
52 Week
Hi Lo Stock
38.03 24.07
29.07 18.98
57.64 33.37
895.93357.38
33.88 25.01
129.70103.13
121.53 79.11
345.52212.45
104.53 71.19
673.88420.78
122.49 72.50
179.57100.66
327.89245.75
219.94121.50
87.49 55.87
319.32138.43
737.45322.87
62.35 45.99
140.00 86.51
2936.411514.62
2925.081508.48
52.59 35.83
3773.082881.00
3.95 2.13
19.79 11.71
19.70 11.53
94.21 74.80
179.67 89.11
58.86 29.12
303.72197.50
u285.94155.33
276.69200.47
77.69 55.33
178.84115.64
79.67 51.45
406.00269.01
u308.61179.52
157.26107.32
146.00 56.87
170.47 92.56
69.30 45.68
55.99 40.03
4.42 2.38
61.34 46.48
420.23176.42
344.39233.32
217.15144.59
u1738.781085.85
u233.48131.38
53.00 39.91
82.07 46.90
68.05 37.88
u29.67 14.74
354.82126.38
6.99 2.58
4.86 2.81
5.70 3.12
4.38 1.84
9.27 5.35
u45.10 23.12
u106.88 59.02
u56.65 33.19
68.02 40.28
u11 5.07
29.60 17.56
88.32 73.12
267.37226.15
426.56219.20
445000297817
295.08197.81
464.00 75.35
468.55223.25
959.89587.90
136.89 49.40
278.57141.58
2540.001589.00
100.26 74.32
46.29 32.99
69.75 56.66
41.14 31.60
510.70344.42
u58.14 29.09
3.90 1.13
u101.66 43.17
221.82146.89
131.83 84.91
53.99 33.57
52.44 29.49
90.61 55.36
u281.45198.46
168.61105.93
121.11 72.07
128.41 98.69
u41.76 15.17
83.07 58.79
177.95 70.78
147.73 84.70
58.89 32.01
246.69149.63
75.59 57.16
54.75 9.04
825.62572.46
113.11 65.16
12.39 7.85
58.40 38.18
1958.551172.29
u138.93 82.59
187.90116.50
61.09 38.03
272.81160.37
u416.85311.69
60.27 35.28
80.29 40.49
95.28 74.31

Div P/E

ABB Ltd .76e
AES Corp .60
AFLAC
1.32
ASML Hld3.18e
AT&T Inc 2.08
AbbottLab 1.80
AbbVie 5.20
Accenture 3.88f
ActivsBliz .47f
AdobeInc
AMD
Agilent
.78
AirProd 6.00
Airbnb A n
Alcon
Alibaba
AlignTech
AlliantEg s 1.61
Allstate 3.24f
Alphabet C
Alphabet A
Altria
3.60f
Amazon
Ambev
.05e
AMovilL .17e
AmMovl A
AEP
2.96
AmExp
1.72
AmIntlGrp 1.28
AmTower 5.24f
Ameriprise4.52
Amgen
7.04
Amphenl s
AnalogDev 2.76
ABInBev 1.10e
Anthem 4.52
Aon plc 2.04
Apple Inc s .88
ApldMatl .96
Aptiv
.22
ArchDan 1.48
Argan
1.00
ArlingAst 1.02
AstraZen 1.37e
Atlassian
Autodesk
AutoData 3.72f
AutoZone
AvalonBay 6.36
BCE g
3.68e
BHP BillLt 6.02e
BHPBil plc 6.02e
BP PLC 1.29f
Baidu
BcBilVArg .27e
BcoBrades .03
BcoBrad .03a
BcoSantSA.04e
BcoSBrasil .29e
BkofAm
.84
BkMont g 4.24e
BkNYMel 1.36f
BkNova g 2.72
Barclay .15e
BarrickGld 2.82e
Baxter
1.12
BectDck 3.16
BeiGene
BerkHa A
BerkH B
BioNTech
Biogen
BlackRock 16.52
Blackstone 2.80e
Boeing
BookingHl
BoozAllnH 1.48
BostonSci
BrMySq 1.96
BritATob 2.69e
BroadcInc 14.40
BrkfdAs g .52f
CASI Phr h
CBRE Grp
CME Grp 3.60
CNOOC 10.06e
CRH
.88e
CSX s
.37
CVS Health 2.00
CACI
Cadence
CIBC g 4.72e
CdnNR 1.81e
CdnNRs 1.50
CdnPRw gs .60
CapOne 2.40f
CarMax
CarrGlb
.48
Caterpillar 4.44
Centene
CentrusEn
ChartCm
Chevron 5.36f
ChinaLife .12e
ChinaPet 3.73e
Chipotle
ChoiceHtls .90
ChubbLtd 3.12e
CienaCorp
Cigna
4.00
Cintas
3.80
Cisco
1.45
Citigroup 2.04
CoStar s

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244.75160.63
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49.98 31.16
470.49307.00
51.85 25.75
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204.62146.15
277.09212.80
333.96211.22
159.92 69.73
400.34221.73
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202.35129.16
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168.30124.65
135.69 60.42
78.14 19.07
203.02117.23
314.76179.49
239.35173.50
86.95 67.85
256.09110.13
71.38 44.33
87.27 55.23
108.38 85.56
77.84 45.36
u28.02 13.36
93.07 31.22
648.72305.83
59.85 27.84
23.65 19.64
171.32101.52
231.25181.25
15.91 8.50
123.27 70.92
150.30110.15
275.87129.21
127.20 49.35
105.99 63.65
u42.69 26.97
25.69 16.01
u110.51 66.91
279.59135.98
885.26586.73
27.50 12.11
15.32 10.53
347.82216.25
50.99 38.36
64.93 31.11
384.33244.61
56.39 42.57
319.90216.34
u125 67.01
233.66176.29
155.96114.34
127.34 92.81
16.46 7.33
322.00106.75
46.10 16.50
20.93 9.36
2.80 .97
u162.04101.95
u206.46129.17
115.32 52.88
64.65 53.96

Div P/E

CocaCola 1.68
CognizTch .96
Coinbase n
Colfax
ColgPalm 1.80
comScore
Comcast 1.00
CmtyFinCp .60
ConocoPhil 1.84f
ConstellA 3.04
Copart
Corning
.96
Corteva .56f
Costco
3.16
Coupang n
CrowdStr
CrwnCstle 5.32
Cummins 5.80
Danaher
.84
Datadog
Deere
4.20f
DexCom
DiDi Glb n
Diageo 3.51e
DiamRk
DigitalRlt 4.64
Discover 2.00f
DiscIncA
Disney
DocuSign
DollarGen 1.68
DomEngy 2.52
DoorDash n
Dow Inc 2.80
DuPont 1.20
DukeEngy 3.94f
eBay
.72
ENI
1.29e
EOG Rescs 1.65a
EPAM Sys
EagleBncp1.40f
EastGvP 1.06f
Eaton
2.92f
Ecolab
1.92
Ecopetrol 86.00e
EdwLfSci
ElectArts
EliLilly
3.40
EmergBio
EmersonEl 2.02
Enbridge 2.67
EntProdPt 1.80
ePlus
Equifax 1.56
Equinix 11.48
Equinor .72f
Ericsson .07e
EsteeLdr 2.12
Exelon
1.53
ExxonMbl 3.48
Facebook
Fastenal 1.12
FedExCp 3.00
FedRlty 4.28f
Ferrari
FidNatInfo 1.56f
Fiserv
FordM
Fortinet
FrptMcM .30
GP Strat
GSE Sys
Gallaghr 1.92
GenDynam 4.76
GenElec rs .32
GenMills 2.04

Sales
YTD
100s High Low Last Chg. %Chg.

29 804978 54.88 53.79 54.48 -.36 -.70
23 161049 78.96 74.68 78.83 -3.12 -3.80
... 275769281.72244.56280.61 -47.67 -14.50
77 51647 51.05 47.14 50.62+12.38+32.40
24 186105 76.99 75.09 76.25 -9.26 -10.80
dd 10746 3.85 3.54 3.68 +1.19+47.80
26 1244931 54.54 51.51 54.02 +1.62 +3.10
14
255 37.88 37.05 37.27+10.79+40.70
cc 412817 75.52 71.46 74.14+34.15+85.40
33 51449222.39218.00218.95 -.10
37 34834146.23137.98144.99+17.74+13.90
36 183867 38.26 36.23 37.95 +1.95 +5.40
... 89977 43.93 41.37 43.51 +4.79+12.40
43 74285453.94444.07452.39+75.61+20.10
... 293766 28.15 26.03 27.59 -22.86 -45.30
... 163548276.89241.65273.11+61.29+28.90
69 101097171.95166.31168.85 +9.66 +6.10
19 43918241.50227.24238.28+11.18 +4.90
40 153318303.70293.54301.38+79.24+35.70
... 149916159.92138.39154.48+56.04+56.90
19 81476344.04320.50332.76+63.71+23.70
cc 22767561.17521.08544.47+174.75+47.30
... 721599 8.85 8.18 8.26 -5.88 -41.60
... 17853199.91192.86199.27+40.46+25.50
... 123751 9.38 8.63 9.29 +1.04+12.60
82 72771149.99139.31147.54 +8.03 +5.80
8 78620130.61121.03129.27+38.74+42.80
13 287333 26.10 24.48 24.83 -5.26 -17.50
... 463447178.89170.94176.46 -4.72 -2.60
... 95483268.19250.12260.47+38.17+17.20
20 73890214.64207.59212.80 +2.50 +1.20
75 155368 74.35 71.85 73.10 -2.10 -2.80
... 76711217.55194.54214.07+71.32+50.00
11 279846 59.78 56.65 58.96 +3.46 +6.20
17 109339 72.89 68.56 72.07 +.96 +1.40
57 120984101.99 99.05100.35 +8.79 +9.60
18 256770 75.75 74.20 74.90+24.65+49.10
dd 37381 28.50 27.24 28.35 +7.75+37.60
cc 231044 93.07 88.03 89.62+39.75+79.70
cc 9042619.33575.21618.99+260.64+72.70
14 4053 59.49 56.96 57.88+16.58+40.10
cc 35796 21.88 20.91 21.69 -.96 -4.20
45 78144162.45151.35161.45+41.31+34.40
60 65692222.22211.29220.21 +3.85 +1.80
7 25202 15.91 15.42 15.69 +2.78+21.50
49 92301113.00107.70112.16+20.93+22.90
47 149060140.61132.95134.75 -8.85 -6.20
35 121255239.30231.98237.88+69.04+40.90
9 12552 53.98 50.66 50.69 -38.91 -43.40
27 225062 96.56 90.36 95.73+15.36+19.10
18 211517 42.78 41.04 42.56+10.57 +33
14 296654 24.42 23.46 24.25 +4.66+23.80
18 1699110.58104.23109.29+21.34+24.30
45 21001264.26251.67263.95+71.11+36.90
cc 19957784.49744.79781.39+67.21 +9.40
... 150962 27.50 26.24 27.25+10.83+66.00
dd 337319 12.24 11.82 12.18 +.23 +1.90
41 44582322.54307.82320.82+54.63+20.50
20 249060 50.66 47.50 49.81 +7.59+18.00
... 959173 63.07 60.21 62.59+21.37+51.80
24 999015330.52317.37324.76+51.60+18.90
36 209713 56.14 52.18 55.74 +6.91+14.20
12 170801229.50219.36229.12 -30.50 -11.70
82 19206125.09120.93124.03+38.91+45.70
... 16961224.43212.55224.42 -5.10 -2.20
cc 178889125.11114.34124.80 -16.66 -11.80
86 149370110.16102.68109.80 -4.06 -3.60
18 3303228 16.03 14.97 15.70 +6.91+78.60
cc 34937318.88302.85315.29+166.76+112.30
20 1348741 39.01 34.44 38.64+12.62+48.50
37 9106 20.86 20.83 20.85 +8.99+75.80
... 1169 1.55 1.41 1.52 +.20+15.20
36 52918164.08155.43162.88+39.17+31.70
18 48504208.93200.93208.06+59.24+39.80
... 319713105.90101.18104.41
16 199770 62.77 61.16 62.16 +3.36 +5.70

52 Week
Hi Lo Stock
64.30 30.95
4.76 2.56
73.34 56.56
12.05 6.97
23.49 15.78
15.26 8.17
42.68 33.26
220.81148.69
4.40 1.78
420.76185.52
685.00376.20
263.92121.91
84.70 54.35
36.00 17.25
32.43 19.03
u145.25 83.62
u345.69246.59
33.42 23.23
236.86156.85
18.52 10.04
817.33283.87
475.44370.22
102.23 63.59
19.96 10.47
706.95404.88
u14.87 6.63
265.34150.66
242.07192.29
555.77288.01
24.14 14.05
68.49 43.61
u129.67 92.41
152.84105.92
157.08 99.54
582.96312.05
1087.01321.88
54.65 25.30
5.57 3.26
108.29 61.65
171.51 95.24
179.92133.65
76.83 40.92
33.85 20.89
67.81 33.65
374.60190.21
141.07 57.13
37.11 26.67
155.45128.02
19.29 11.45
44.95 29.21
u238.40158.09
673.80333.31
113.75 79.15
10.73 2.44
317.03214.14
30.00 8.32
2.83 1.30
396.99319.81
u216.56146.72
29.03 16.12
437.32269.28
118.02 66.72
31.40 16.47
667.07336.03
36.48 18.16
25.47 6.00
101.35 61.93
22.25 13.13
u67 26.77
u159.98 88.92
u162.26102.11
67.19 35.30
401.50281.20
174.68107.05
96.05 64.30

Div P/E

GenMotors
Genworth
GileadSci 2.84
GladstnCap .84
GladstnCm 1.50
GladstInv .90a
GlaxoSKln 2.09e
GlobPay 1.00f
GlycoMim
GoldmanS8.00f
GrahamH s6.04
HCA Hldg 1.92
HDFC Bk
HP Inc
.78
HSBC
2.00e
Hilton
.60
HomeDp 6.60
Honda
.84e
HonwllIntl 3.92f
HostHotls
HubSpot
Humana 2.80
ICF Intl
.56
ICICI Bk .19e
IdexxLab
ING
.14e
IQVIA Hldg
ITW
4.88f
Illumina
Infosys
.27
Intel
1.39
Intelsat
IntcntlExc 1.20
IBM
6.56
IntFlav 3.16f
Intuit
2.72f
IntSurg
IridiumCm
ItauUnH
JD.com
JPMorgCh4.00f
JohnJn
4.24
JohnContl 1.08
K12
KKR
.58
KLA Cp 4.20f
KaiserAlu 2.88
KeurDrPep .75
KimbClk 4.56
KindMorg 1.08f
KraftHnz 1.60
L3Harris 4.08
LamResrch 6.00f
LeidosHld 1.44f
Lightbrdg
Linde
4.24
Liquidity
LloydBkg .07e
LockhdM 11.20f
Lowes
3.20
LucidGrp n
lululemn g
LyonBas A 4.20
MPLX LP 2.75
MSCI Inc 4.16f
MacroGen
Macys
ManTech 1.28
Manulife g 1.12
MarathPt 2.32
MarIntA
MarshM 2.14
MarvellTch .24
MasterCrd 1.76
Match
Maximus 1.12

Sales
YTD
100s High Low Last Chg. %Chg.

9 848519 59.35 57.08 58.00+16.36+39.30
5 170399 4.52 4.10 4.34 +.56+14.80
cc 342060 68.73 67.20 67.63 +9.37+16.10
6 5931 11.49 11.27 11.43 +2.57+29.00
dd 6400 22.04 21.05 21.74 +3.74+20.80
... 4759 14.83 14.11 14.71 +4.62+45.80
16 239614 39.26 38.24 39.01 +2.21 +6.00
75 89150160.64148.69160.58 -54.84 -25.50
... 26297 2.05 1.91 1.98 -1.78 -47.30
10 162088407.27378.63406.07+142.36+54.00
7
643608.01570.50572.65+39.27 +7.40
23 55047248.55236.99246.88+82.42+50.10
cc 120535 76.42 72.39 75.76 +3.50 +4.80
10 590555 28.62 26.11 28.28 +3.69+15.00
... 140345 30.06 28.73 29.97 +4.06+15.70
... 92644145.45140.71144.52+33.26+29.90
25 165278350.95334.60350.41+84.79+31.90
... 37075 30.89 30.06 30.79 +2.54 +9.00
31 79448221.45212.94220.72 +8.02 +3.80
... 288984 16.88 15.99 16.78
... 47681817.33671.40790.89+394.45+99.50
23 67449444.57409.07441.00+30.73 +7.50
30 2824 99.85 95.26 98.04+23.71+31.90
... 209381 19.50 18.74 19.45 +4.59+30.90
cc 15641641.65612.19635.15+135.28+27.10
... 126859 15.15 14.46 15.10 +5.66 +60
80 28290250.31237.57248.85+69.68+38.90
27 47661224.53212.75223.47+19.59 +9.60
96 40250415.20400.10409.93+39.93+10.80
36 726516 23.40 21.81 23.38 +6.43+37.90
11 1242950 54.49 51.87 54.46 +4.64 +9.30
...
.38
26 112854129.81126.63129.39+14.10+12.20
24 170495144.85139.66144.61+18.73+14.90
cc 59666149.20138.11147.58+38.74+35.60
70 61620553.28524.14552.16+172.31+45.40
44 72502333.45321.88331.50-486.60 -59.50
dd 36905 39.89 36.34 39.23 -.10 -.20
7 1069268 4.53 4.25 4.51 -.51 -10.10
16 466566 81.61 77.77 81.42 -6.48 -7.40
11 833301171.29160.06166.61+39.54+31.10
24 360150161.85157.34161.30 +3.92 +2.50
50 162949 72.36 67.96 71.30+24.71+53.00
21
33.29 +9.45+39.60
8 101111 67.50 64.84 66.21+25.72+63.50
28 39888332.39317.99329.10+70.19+27.10
65 4157119.31106.56117.00+18.10+18.30
31 404304 36.53 34.88 35.31 +3.31+10.30
23 58164134.09131.45133.33 -1.50 -1.10
25 853811 18.61 17.57 18.46 +4.79+35.00
21 219577 37.54 36.32 36.98 +2.32 +6.70
33 56899240.94232.47239.07+50.05+26.50
28 65652568.51542.28564.47+92.20+19.50
20 28978101.18 96.72100.29 -4.83 -4.60
... 8778 6.47 4.70 6.28 +2.05+48.50
56 60625309.54294.21308.24+44.73+17.00
cc 5163 21.20 19.78 20.47 +4.56+28.70
... 311190 2.69 2.54 2.68 +.72+36.70
14 53217366.24353.45365.62+10.64 +3.00
23 157546219.99207.84219.16+58.65+36.50
... 1015887 24.22 22.11 24.08 -2.75 -10.20
64 49171410.68383.24403.51+55.48+15.90
8 76142100.28 94.56 99.10 +7.44 +8.10
12 83653 31.38 29.58 31.12 +9.47+43.70
79 10390620.17592.24616.08+169.55+38.00
... 16923 21.78 19.74 19.74 -3.12 -13.60
15 724133 24.30 22.04 24.04+12.79+113.70
27 4884 83.34 78.80 81.76 -7.18 -8.10
9 251295 20.36 19.39 20.18 +2.36+13.20
... 300550 67.92 63.70 66.80+25.44+61.50
... 123521161.42154.07160.04+28.12+21.30
32 133598162.63155.60 162 +45+38.50
... 319847 66.28 62.50 65.65+18.11+38.10
55 182873356.61336.98356.00 -.94 -.30
82 100382161.58155.46160.02 +8.83 +5.80
25 10212 88.13 83.03 86.26+13.07+17.90

last declaration. n: New issue within the past 52 weeks.
The high-low range begins with the start of trading and
does not cover entire 52 weeks. p: initial dividend, annual rate unknown; yield not shown. pf: Preferred stock.
Dividends paid to preferred shareholders take precedence over those on common stock. q: Closed-end fund,
or ETF, that doesn’t have a PE. r: Indicates a cash dividend declared or paid in preceding 12 months, plus a
stock dividend. s: Stock split or stock dividend amounting to 25 percent or more in past 52 weeks. The highlow range is adjusted from the old stock. Dividend calculation begins with the date of split or stock dividend.
t: Paid in stock in preceding 12 months, estimated cash
value on ex-dividend or ex-distribution date, except
Nasdaq listings, where payments are in stock. u: New
52-week high (includes intraday trading). un: Units. v:
Trading halted on primary market. vj: Company in bankruptcy proceedings or receivership, or securities assumed by such companies. wi: When and if issued.
Stock may be authorized but not yet issued; it may be a
new issue; or it may have been split. The right to buy a
set number of shares at a specific price and until a certain date. x: Ex-dividend, meaning the seller of the
stock, not the buyer, receives the latest declared dividend. xw: Without warrants. y: Stock is ex-dividend and
few shares traded, so sales total is given in full, not in
hundreds. z: Sales
in full, not in hundreds.
g total is given
,
52 Week
Hi Lo Stock
101.67 77.85
249.95202.73
135.89 98.94
2020.001192.14
85.60 15.32
67.68 35.90
1626.62985.05
96.96 49.30
305.84199.62
1315.00159.54
6.30 3.86
3.21 2.39
497.49 65.49
65.60 52.51
518.34219.51
99.89 75.45
388.81253.17
105.95 46.55
u246.97156.30
5332.083868.01
228.72126.80
u202.50119.76
u6.40 2.77
68.49 55.89
134.33 77.98
646.84463.41
75.31 53.03
87.69 68.33
174.38118.80
9.79 3.21
295.14196.15
u396.58282.88
98.52 77.04
331.68 76.59
107.24 63.22
u72.16 37.79
230.43115.67
u629.40424.03
294.00199.08
u304.22185.20
39.31 28.08
97.35 55.14
92.84 58.77
204.93106.85
182.97123.52
45.00 9.18
514.11219.34
324.68200.03
u119.38 79.63
310.16174.81
26.42 11.68
u159.63128.32
54.50 27.68
12.07 6.16
12.38 6.15
51.86 33.36
106.51 68.93
61.23 42.47
94.34 43.27
212.60 74.12
196.64 76.58
11.10 3.95
224.56124.94
139.60 93.08
147.23121.54
107.59 84.89
111.91 60.39
44.99 23.99
332.95212.22
167.94121.05
30.77 19.52
17.51 7.75
91.38 51.92
686.62441.00
u128.72 86.18

Div P/E

McCorm s 1.36
McDnlds 5.16
Medtrnic 2.52
MercadoL
Merck
2.60
MetLife 1.92
MettlerT
MicronT
Microsoft 2.48f
MicroStr
MitsuUFJ
MizuhoFn
Moderna
Mondelez 1.40f
MngDB A
MonstrBv
Moodys 2.48
MorgStan 2.80f
MotrlaSolu2.84
NVR
NXP Semi 2.25
Nasdaq 2.16
NatWestGp
NatGrid 3.09e
NetEase
Netflix
NewmntCp2.20
NextEraEn 1.54
NikeB
1.10
NokiaCp .19e
NorflkSo 4.36f
NorthropG 6.28
Novartis 3.04e
Novavx
NovoNord1.78e
Nutrien 1.47
Nvidia s
OReillyAu
Okta
OldDomFrt .80
OmegaHlt 2.68
Oracle
1.28
OtisWrlW .96
PNC
5.00
PPG
2.36f
Palantir
PaloAltNet
ParkerHan 4.12
Paychex 2.64
PayPal
Pebblebrk .04
PepsiCo 4.30
PetChina 2.52e
PetrbrsA
Petrobras
Pfizer
1.56
PhilipMor 5.00f
PhilipsNV .80e
Phillips66 3.68f
Pinduoduo
PioNtrl 3.02f
Precigen
PriceTR 4.32
ProLogis 2.52
ProctGam 3.48
ProgsvCp .40e
Prudentl 4.60
Prud UK 1.49e
PubStrg 8.00
Qualcom 2.72
RELX plc .54e
RLJ LodgT .04
RaythTch 2.04
Regenrn
RepubSvc 1.84f

Sales
YTD
100s High Low Last Chg. %Chg.

28 55261 80.50 77.85 79.63 -15.97 -16.70
26 127919249.14239.90242.25+27.67+12.90
48 279010128.32121.96127.75+10.61 +9.10
... 188391572.861452.391563.09-112.13 -6.70
36 620296 81.64 77.98 78.33 -3.47 -4.20
13 181388 66.50 63.12 65.57+18.62+39.70
47 40651421.851334.861417.75+278.07+24.40
13 993915 70.36 65.67 67.68 -7.50 -10.00
41 1425301304.45292.35304.21+81.79+36.80
... 22947761.98701.94749.85+361.30+93.00
... 63438 5.96 5.75 5.86 +1.43+32.30
1 17432 2.85 2.71 2.74 +.19 +7.50
... 605497341.55298.10324.21+219.74+210.30
23 356595 60.74 59.34 60.15 +1.68 +2.90
... 29619506.00443.00491.81+132.77+37.00
32 133737 89.25 84.94 85.58 -6.90 -7.50
33 21618373.14358.39371.18+80.94+27.90
13 524629103.22 96.68102.14+33.61+49.00
42 33832248.40235.26239.83+69.77 +41
17
5035058.744806.074966.53+886.67+21.70
... 124114191.73182.34189.81+30.80+19.40
48 39881203.42195.15203.02+70.28+52.90
... 49399 6.48 6.15 6.47 +1.95+43.10
... 10837 61.86 60.03 61.61 +2.58 +4.40
34 183663 98.41 94.32 95.56 -.21 -.20
cc 165210639.42621.99628.29+87.56+16.20
16 342206 57.94 54.01 57.03 -2.86 -4.80
51 443404 82.45 77.57 81.67 +4.52 +5.90
41 347336158.46150.05158.01+16.54+11.70
... 662627 5.98 5.76 5.90 +1.99+50.90
26 60767277.17258.89275.58+37.97+16.00
14 35304396.72383.58395.36+90.64+29.70
21 71144 83.34 81.98 83.33 -11.10 -11.80
cc 150846174.64159.55161.95+50.44+45.20
26 41239102.74 97.13102.34+32.49+46.50
65 77443 72.21 69.80 71.24+23.08+47.90
78 975309219.31205.11218.62+88.07+67.50
24 14613633.12601.73628.99+176.42 +39
... 81039261.30225.10255.02 +.76 +.30
54 22250304.79282.38302.51+107.33 +55
31 150736 31.62 29.04 31.27 -5.05 -13.90
98 500062 97.35 94.20 95.33+30.64+47.40
... 98701 84.69 81.08 84.10+16.55+24.50
10 104995204.93195.38199.13+50.13+33.60
32 71461161.65151.00160.30+16.08+11.10
... 1288527 24.71 23.26 24.00 +.45 +1.90
... 51952514.11488.10507.85+152.46+42.90
25 24259301.65283.00297.95+25.54 +9.40
35 79242119.48116.10119.15+25.97+27.90
cc 296507269.72253.78268.35+34.15+14.60
... 48823 23.43 21.83 22.67 +3.87+20.60
27 210489159.66155.66158.81+10.51 +7.10
... 8614 54.50 51.16 51.82+21.10+68.70
6 338391 10.93 10.38 10.81 -.25 -2.30
4 1055852 11.19 10.58 11.09 -.14 -1.20
18 1128369 42.62 40.94 41.49 +4.68+12.70
18 199467 99.73 94.85 98.37+15.58+18.80
... 43431 44.77 43.01 44.57 -9.60 -17.70
... 132256 84.51 80.56 81.22+11.28+16.10
... 300791100.29 92.31 94.01 -83.66 -47.10
... 125263196.64186.50190.09+76.20+66.90
dd 43914 4.79 4.54 4.65 -5.55 -54.40
17 90899201.36188.03199.76+48.37+32.00
75 135636139.08127.28136.98+37.32+37.40
26 336735144.87141.03144.42 +5.28 +3.80
8 131299 92.43 89.35 91.25 -7.63 -7.70
16 81291111.91105.47110.59+32.52+41.70
... 14502 41.37 39.53 40.82 +3.89+10.50
48 32479327.04298.20319.42+88.49+38.30
19 486526130.48122.17130.20 -22.14 -14.50
... 26582 30.25 29.07 30.15 +5.49+22.30
... 29950 15.35 14.33 14.89 +.74 +5.20
62 189450 91.38 88.32 90.92+19.41+27.10
18 38355565.11541.58553.24+70.13+14.50
36 50200129.62124.84127.73+31.43+32.60

EXCHANGE TRADED PORTFOLIOS
52-week
High Low Stock
159.70 89.39 ArkInnova
46.42 35.35 DBXHvChiA
127.74 27.26 DxSCBer rs
63.00 19.95 DirSPBr rs
15.06
7.50 DxGlMBr
15.22
3.94 DrxTcBr
49.53 16.01 DxSOXBl s
31.92
9.09 DirxChiBull
108.44 31.08 DrxSCBull
126.09 46.38 DrxSPBull
28.98 16.34 EtfUSGblJ
29.39 10.51 GbXUran
111.07 22.79 iPt ShFt rs
37.30 31.94 iShGold rs
42.05 26.56 iShBrazil
38.77 26.17 iShCanada
51.59 35.54 iShEMU
36.49 26.06 iShGerm
28.17 21.42 iSh HK
96.30 64.46 iSh SKor
27.98 19.83 iShSilver
130.65 123.51 iShTIPS
54.53 37.46 iShChinaLC
456.08 323.72 iSCorSP500
34.25 19.25 iShGClnEn

Div

Last

Chg.

1.17e
.29e

115.80
38.80
28.09
20.55
10.89
4.14
41.84
11.56
89.95
119.39
23.58
27.52
22.79
33.66
33.26
38.99
49.76
33.63
24.47
80.37
21.58
128.56
40.70
447.68
22.93

+5.20
-.03
-1.42
-1.21
-1.67
-.35
+2.51
+.59
+4.02
+6.11
-.40
+3.91
-2.00
+.24
+.78
+1.28
+1.43
+.90
+.17
+2.42
+.63
+.78
+.75
+8.06
+1.59

.38e
.41e

.67e
.48e
.86e
.60e
.61e
.65e
1.69e
.87e
4.38e
.33e

52 Week
Hi Lo Stock
301.34174.84
95.97 55.39
327.20230.69
490.76196.52
499.21362.90
134.22 84.68
30.18 27.50
106.40 67.78
u48.77 21.79
u48.45 23.07
103.87 60.50
456.63303.50
159.46104.64
369.56232.88
47.38 30.16
u692.21263.34
u290.64201.51
u48.22 23.80
54.26 44.76
47.83 24.09
36.87 13.70
u78.95 37.01
103.95 72.44
359.84155.10
144.93114.66
681.10448.27
13.12 6.02
310.43218.06
1650.00875.00
u139.90 59.35
83.34 26.69
429.00184.71
118.50 72.45
67.54 56.69
83.29 45.88
387.44201.68
289.23151.10
126.32 85.45
101.29 68.58
281.16196.09
7.95 5.40
u55.90 38.53
25.73 10.67
34.29 17.20
340.66211.20
86.73 53.85
150.20107.56
u53.65 38.80
153.54 94.16
76.16 50.06
142.20 83.16
d19.97 14.03
267.06150.80
22.09 11.60
900.40379.11
200.92141.33
616.93433.52
120.31 77.10
208.95156.13
73.85 42.90
u51.32 28.65
187.45129.28
97.28 46.71
207.06123.08
688.03453.76
163.29109.62
114.61 64.26
62.69 40.05
457.30254.82
80.75 38.93
59.74 28.45
u17.20 11.20
15.38 2.42
64.05 32.90
26.45 12.26
63.89 51.98
231.26171.50
219.59154.76
63.00 36.57
216.90102.25
433.50299.60
174.94 76.00
53.44 27.50
23.18 10.39
84.95 35.44
21.86 9.99
343.96235.74
234.56184.60
u211.74159.79
61.95 50.86
280.99176.36
252.67179.23
20.36 13.20
153.66126.28
57.05 33.36
u128.43 57.37
27.05 16.95
133.48 97.02
u158.07106.11
51.41 20.76
89.80 51.66
20.82 12.28
u29.46 18.26
u9.80 4.76
282.77201.62
76.44 57.23
u166.24111.23
74.49 18.50
135.77 92.22
210.10141.41
588.84250.11
u294.44120.34

Div P/E

ResMed 1.68f
RioTinto 9.70e
RockwlAut 4.28
Roku
Roper
2.25
RossStrs 1.14
RBCda pfT 1.69
RoyalBk g3.92e
RoyDShllB 1.92e
RoyDShllA 1.92e
Roblox n
S&P Glbl 3.08
SAP SE 1.31e
SBA Com 2.32
STMicro .24f
SVB FnGp
Salesforce
SndySpr 1.28f
Sanofi 1.37e
SaulCntr 2.20
Schlmbrg .50
Schwab
.72
SciApplic 1.48
Sea Ltd
SempraEn 4.40
ServcNow
SevernBcp .20
Shrwin s 2.20
Shopify
SimonProp 6.00f
SnapInc A
Snowflake
SonyGp
SouthnCo 2.64
SthnCopper1.70e
Spotify
Square
Starbucks 1.96f
StratEdu 2.40
Stryker 2.52
SumitMitsu
SunLfFn g 1.76
Suncor g .66e
Supernus
Synopsys
Sysco
1.88
T-MobileUS
TC Energy2.76e
TE Connect2.00
TJX
1.04
TaiwSemi .73e
TakedaPh
Target
3.60
Tegna
.38
Tesla Inc
TexInst 4.60
ThermoFis 1.04
ThomsonR 1.62
3M Co
5.92
TorDBk 3.16
Total En 2.71e
Toyota
TradDsA rs
TraneTch 2.36
TransDigm 24.00
Travelers 3.52
Trex
TruistFn 1.92f
Twilio
Twitter
2U
UBS Grp .69e
US Silica
Uber Tch
UndrArm
Unilever 1.48e
UnionPac 4.28
UPS B
4.08
US Bancrp1.84f
UtdTherap
UtdhlthGp5.80f
UntySftw
VSE Corp .36
Vale SA 3.08e
ValeroE 3.92
VandaPhm
VeevaSys
Verisign
Verisk
1.16
VerizonCm 2.56f
VertxPh
Visa
1.28
Vodafone 1.04e
WalMart 2.20
WalgBoots 1.91f
WalkerDun2.00
WREIT .68m
WasteCon .74e
WsteMInc 2.30
WellsFargo.80f
Welltower 2.44e
WestpacBk 1.52e
WmsCos 1.64
Wipro
Workday
XcelEngy 1.83
Xilinx
1.52
Xpeng
YumBrnds 2.00
Zoetis
1.00
ZoomVid
Zscaler

Sales
YTD
100s High Low Last Chg. %Chg.

55 35500258.07251.04255.49+42.93+20.20
... 157960 71.35 68.04 70.43 -4.79 -6.40
24 22238316.30296.69314.20+63.39+25.30
cc 123230334.11319.14324.38 -7.64 -2.30
47 16964469.88450.56467.09+36.00 +8.40
29 70650109.73105.50108.71 -14.10 -11.50
...
9 28.56 28.56 28.56 -1.14 -3.80
14 34224105.77102.19105.49+23.43+28.60
34 172111 49.49 46.80 49.23+15.62+46.50
34 297860 48.99 46.63 48.71+13.57+38.60
... 241327 77.21 69.77 76.58 +7.08+10.20
46 58949446.48424.54443.92+115.19+35.00
25 33533146.37134.47146.03+15.64+12.00
cc 27694336.37322.68326.90+44.77+15.90
25 92681 42.56 40.64 42.52 +5.40+14.50
51 15953695.59647.85690.33+302.50 +78
62 262731292.87271.51291.66+69.13+31.10
15 6376 48.26 46.21 47.32+15.13 +47
18 53334 49.08 48.03 48.85 +.26 +.50
37 1062 47.49 45.77 45.89+14.21+44.90
47 668370 34.21 31.90 34.00+12.17+55.70
31 314623 81.00 74.92 80.90+27.86+52.50
25 9912 91.14 87.35 90.16 -4.48 -4.70
... 149560357.48315.58354.50+155.45+78.10
10 75840129.74122.76128.41 +1.00 +.80
cc 61219665.61612.14663.18+112.75+20.50
25
296 13.12 12.62 12.90 +5.76+80.70
37 50690297.24285.03296.39
cc 331191429.871351.001424.58+292.63+25.90
39 102573141.66131.02140.22+54.94+64.40
... 664874 78.74 73.50 77.34+27.27+54.50
... 119886338.36308.55333.57+52.17+18.50
13 28234112.96108.30112.50+11.40+11.30
21 166882 63.70 61.51 63.13 +1.70 +2.80
24 78972 66.90 58.33 66.21 +1.09 +1.70
... 41866249.61230.44247.40 -67.26 -21.40
cc 312794251.34232.00249.00+31.36+14.40
cc 266042113.56109.41111.45 +4.47 +4.20
28 6073 73.69 68.66 71.25 -24.08 -25.30
49 62079266.50256.05266.32+21.28 +8.70
... 54610 7.07 6.72 6.87 +.70+11.30
12 23962 56.03 54.16 55.87+11.41+25.70
30 310381 24.09 22.92 23.51 +6.73+40.10
17 29397 32.32 26.32 31.66 +6.50+25.80
66 28608306.66288.53306.26+47.02+18.10
... 84053 83.84 80.43 82.22 +7.96+10.70
44 384303121.60116.00117.56 -17.29 -12.80
33 69997 53.71 49.84 53.68+12.96+31.80
29 96520148.44140.21147.30+26.23+21.70
32 345972 64.97 62.72 64.35 -3.94 -5.80
29 509760114.95108.56114.86 +5.82 +5.30
... 179675 14.35 14.02 14.10 -4.10 -22.50
28 164893247.35228.34245.71+69.18+39.20
9 52146 20.18 19.49 19.64 +5.69+40.80
cc 812030843.21785.50843.03+137.36+19.50
27 191450196.23186.52194.45+30.32+18.50
27 50922586.74569.96582.39+116.61+25.00
10 21867117.62113.31116.46+34.57+42.20
18 117284183.00175.04181.94 +7.15 +4.10
11 48883 70.35 67.85 70.31+13.89+24.60
... 83811 51.75 49.71 51.57 +9.66 +23
9 11497177.57174.48176.27+21.70+14.00
cc 149908 79.17 70.11 78.46 -1.64 -2.00
32 58871176.98168.62174.00+28.84+19.90
cc 11166648.44622.09639.47+20.62 +3.30
14 59676158.74153.56155.64+15.27+10.90
62 56193104.97 90.59 93.38 +9.66+11.50
... 204695 61.97 58.46 61.34+13.41+28.00
... 69997362.29315.95353.31+14.81 +4.40
... 449895 63.78 60.79 62.77 +8.62+15.90
... 29613 34.52 33.00 33.82 -6.19 -15.50
... 95476 17.35 16.54 17.28 +3.15+22.30
... 44119 10.52 9.30 9.83 +2.81+40.00
... 815309 48.84 45.94 48.36 -2.64 -5.20
79 177937 20.78 19.93 20.51 +3.34+19.50
... 80403 53.25 52.18 52.96 -7.40 -12.30
26 134862225.70213.00225.16+16.94 +8.10
28 162009194.01180.63193.75+25.35+15.10
12 315424 63.00 58.60 60.23+13.64+29.30
18 18403195.70184.31187.07+35.28+23.20
28 180746433.50398.11428.07+77.39+22.10
... 85343143.17133.28141.00 -12.47 -8.10
...
882 49.29 46.51 48.02 +9.53+24.80
cc 1272254 15.10 14.26 14.78 -1.98 -11.80
... 149408 80.33 76.92 78.66+22.09+39.00
8 25088 18.82 17.91 18.41 +5.27+40.10
cc 36203311.51283.23309.44+37.19+13.70
47 20970214.70204.07214.47 -1.93 -.90
49 30026212.41206.16210.63 +3.04 +1.50
11 1585595 53.29 50.86 52.27 -6.48 -11.00
17 78597184.19178.21181.77 -54.57 -23.10
47 329843231.09218.63230.99+12.26 +5.60
cc 188450 15.48 15.17 15.32 -1.16 -7.00
40 326783141.10138.13140.55 -3.60 -2.50
19 571930 51.78 45.23 48.92 +9.04+22.70
16 6131130.35118.84126.34+34.32+37.30
... 19400 26.18 25.20 25.53 +3.90+18.00
54 26121132.22127.71129.70+27.13+26.50
42 65800159.53 152158.17+40.24+34.10
3 1723880 48.74 44.83 48.38+18.20+60.30
19 66808 84.85 81.71 84.11+19.49+30.20
... 3117 19.21 18.55 19.00 +4.10+27.50
31 475388 29.75 28.45 29.55 +9.50+47.40
35 130717 9.93 8.83 9.91 +4.26+75.40
... 78684273.55252.59270.99+31.38+13.10
23 362122 66.00 61.61 65.93 -.74 -1.10
85 88682167.49153.84167.15+25.38+17.90
... 412318 43.00 37.20 42.79 -.04 -.10
29 79080126.86121.51125.21+16.65+15.30
55 129601202.80195.77202.22+36.72+22.20
92 144051274.00252.00266.32 -71.00 -21.00
... 80508294.99262.02292.70+92.99+46.60

SMALLER LOCAL STOCKS
52-week
High Low Stock
118.45
58.29
138.52
105.41
27.91
116.09
163.19
121.60
86.46
82.29
88.16
50.46
234.53
97.55
39.64
78.39
111.44
78.61
116.74
78.34
22.41
64.70
382.78
74.12
65.70

113.20
44.41
127.91
77.34
26.07
106.70
133.19
112.78
85.94
60.97
83.27
33.38
151.39
64.95
36.11
60.93
76.33
51.54
71.10
57.71
13.03
51.51
266.97
57.90
45.01

iShUSAgBd
iShEMkts
iShiBoxIG
iSh ACWI
iShCorUSTr
iShEMBd
iSh20 yrT
iSh7-10yTB
iSh1-3yTB
iS Eafe
iShiBxHYB
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iShR2K
iShChina
iShUSPfd
iSUSAMinV
iShREst
iShHmCnst
iShCrSPS
iShCorEafe
InOpYCmd
Inv LowVol
Inv QQQ
iShJapan
iSTaiwn

Div

Last

Chg.

2.65e
.59e
3.87
1.43e
.33
4.55
3.05
1.54
.86
1.66e
5.09
.24e
1.77e
.61e
2.04
.87e
2.76e
.09e

114.57
51.94
133.22
103.63
26.44
109.93
145.03
114.59
85.95
79.98
87.22
50.50
225.16
70.43
38.96
75.71
107.17
69.15
112.00
76.02
22.59
62.81
368.94
69.04
61.88

+.44
+1.12
+1.41
+2.18
+.07
+1.08
+3.15
+.16
-.11
+2.00
+.46
+1.24
+3.58
+1.26
+.47
+1.29
+3.84
+2.03
+.59
+1.95
+.71
+.93
+7.78
+1.18
+.65

1.56e
1.16e

52-week
High Low Stock
69.87
104.94
90.96
80.28
152.88
134.21
58.85
17.10
21.01
16.97
22.60
84.92
25.78
356.60
183.53
454.05
174.79
53.39
27.58
46.68
72.90
99.24
47.85
63.91
89.21

53.18
43.39
18.63
32.12
56.78
49.31
5.66
11.44
14.47
7.99
15.66
29.40
7.16
261.41
157.13
322.60
110.07
37.92
25.74
38.29
37.87
49.39
23.32
60.31
61.54

iShCorEM
KrS ChIn
PrVixST rs
PrUPD30 s
PrUltPQ s
PUltSP500
PrUltShN
ProShtQQQ
ProShSP
PrUShSP
ProUShL20
PrUShD3 rs
PShtQQQ
SpdrDJIA
SpdrGold
S&P500ETF
SpdrBiot
Spd LgCap
SpdrShTHiY
SpdLgTr
SpdrS&P RB
SpdrRetl
SpdrMetM
SchUSTips
SP Matls

Div

Last

Chg.

.95e
1.26p

63.74
50.42
18.66
77.90
135.71
127.02
7.42
11.81
14.64
8.17
18.07
29.41
7.81
352.85
165.33
445.87
125.08
52.44
27.32
41.45
70.42
91.67
44.77
62.90
84.15

+1.42
+.33
-1.62
+3.43
+8.23
+6.60
+.21
-.25
-.27
-.32
-.82
-1.51
-.56
+5.32
+1.10
+8.01
+1.64
+.94
+.09
+.82
-.29
+.83
+2.32
+.40
+2.97

3.98e
4.13e
.44e
1.58
.74e
.49e
.24e
.98e

52-week
High Low Stock
137.05
73.25
186.46
57.59
39.40
106.81
160.13
48.81
70.07
22.10
56.85
41.81
32.62
276.69
60.29
88.50
234.65
417.44
111.06
65.28
56.66
70.70
70.36
53.49
67.51

100.31
61.49
141.74
26.98
23.25
74.64
109.57
33.71
58.27
8.22
24.75
28.83
19.39
173.06
37.31
84.22
165.02
296.37
75.46
49.09
43.59
49.17
67.09
39.13
50.69

SP HlthC
SP CnSt
SP Consum
SP Engy
SPDR Fncl
SP Inds
SP Tech
SpdrRESel
SP Util
US NGas
US Oil
VanEGold
VnEkRus
VnEkSemi
VanE JrGld
VangTotBd
VangTSM
VangSP500
VangREIT
VangAllW
VangEmg
VangEur
VanIntTTr
VangFTSE
VanTIntStk

Div

Last

Chg.

1.01e
1.28e
1.12e
2.04e
.46e
1.12e
.78e

127.97
70.81
189.01
57.33
39.51
102.89
155.91
46.20
65.68
18.84
57.15
32.52
32.64
262.58
43.58
85.28
230.73
409.93
106.38
62.74
51.80
68.20
67.15
51.87
65.18

+1.03
+.76
+6.38
+.76
+.49
+1.94
+3.95
+1.58
+.91
-.54
+1.68
+1.85
+.65
+7.83
+2.80
+.35
+4.34
+7.44
+3.57
+1.47
+1.01
+2.10
-.11
+1.35
+1.59

1.55e
.06e
.01e
.58e
2.06e
2.17e
3.81e
3.08e
1.34e
1.10e
1.71e
1.36
1.10e
1.57e

Stock
CoStar s
CogentC 3.22f
CmstkH
MarIntA
RGC Res .74
Sinclair .80
TESSCO
UBSI 1.40
UtdTherap

P/E
...
...
17
...
16
...
...
17
18

Sales
Weeks
100s
High
Low
47275
94.39
86.44
7036
74.75
71.86
400
4.64
4.40
123521 u161.42 154.07
328
22.51
21.95
25097
29.90
26.98
1628
5.45
5.14
17419
37.15
35.30
18403 195.70 184.31

Last
93.80
73.19
4.44
160.04
22.08
27.19
5.18
36.25
187.07

Chg.
+6.92
+.95
-.06
+2.95
-.46
-2.01
-.22
-.56
-8.31

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17 , 2021

.

THE WASHINGTON POST

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WEEKL Y MU TU A L FU NDS PRICES
Notes: b - Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets.
d - Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee.
f - front load (sales charges).
m - Multiple fees are charged, usually a marketing fee and either a sales or redemption fee.
NA - not available.
p - previous day’s net asset value.
s - fund split shares during the week.
x - fund paid a distribution during the week.

Wkly. YTD
Sell Chg. %Ret.

Wkly. YTD
Sell Chg. %Ret.

QlInTrmMnBdIns11.86 +.01
ShrtTrmBdInstl 9.83 -.01

A

Baron:

AB:
AllMktRlRet1 b10.64 +.29
AllMktTRA m 17.86 +.24
CncntrGrAdv61.70+1.14
DiscvGrA m 15.34 +.34
DiscvGrAdv 16.98 +.38
DiscvValAdv 27.19 +.31
DiscvValZ 26.20 +.30
DiversMunicipal14.79
EmMkts
34.82 +.72
GlbBdA m
8.50 +.02
GlbBdAdv
8.49 +.02
GlbBdI
8.49 +.01
GrA m
116.94+2.22
HiIncA m
8.00 +.02
HiIncAdv
8.01 +.01
LgCpGrA m 84.00-3.20
LgCpGrAdv 93.82-3.02
LgCpGrC m 56.80-3.71
LgCpGrI
93.17-3.03
MuniBdInfStr1 b10.98 +.03
MuniBdInfStrAdv11.05 +.03
MuniIncCAA m11.49
MuniIncCAAdv11.49
MuniIncIIVIA m11.53 +.01
MuniIncIIVIC m11.50 +.01
MuniIncNtnA m10.70 +.01
MuniIncNtnAdv10.70
ReltvValA m 7.02 +.09
SelUSLSAdv 15.72 +.16
SmCpGrA m 81.52+1.63
SmCpGrI
92.07+1.85
SstnlGlbThtcA m184.82+4.31
SstnlGlbThtcAdv198.72+4.64
SustIntlThtcAdv24.97 +.71
TxMgWtAprStrAdv21.57 +.44
WlthApprStrAdv21.96 +.44

+26.7
+10.7
+21.5
+9.6
+9.8
+29.7
+29.8
+1.0
+7.0
-1.0
-1.0
-1.0
+13.8
+4.5
+4.7
+19.0
+19.2
+18.3
+19.2
+5.9
+6.0
+1.5
+1.7
+1.6
+1.0
+1.5
+1.7
+22.7
+13.6
+9.6
+9.8
+16.0
+16.3
+7.5
+17.0
+17.3

AMG:
BostonCmGlbImpI44.59+1.61
GWKMnBdI 12.37 +.01
GWKSmCpCorI36.82 +.36
RRSmCpValI 15.88 +.13
TmsSqMidCpGrI23.64 +.70
TmsSqMidCpGrS22.48 +.67
YackFocI
21.86 +.38
YackFocN 21.90 +.38
YacktmanI 25.08 +.40

+13.9
-.2
+20.3
+16.3
+14.5
+14.3
+14.9
+14.7
+18.0

AQR:
DiversArbtrgI 12.27 +.03 +7.2
LgCpMomStyleI28.21 +.72 +19.2
MgdFtsStratI 8.12 +.11 +1.9

Acadian:
EmMktsInv d 24.33 +.21 +7.8

Access:
CptCmntyInvmIns8.90

-.5

Akre:
FocInstl d 66.96+1.92 +21.6
FocRetail m 64.97+1.86 +21.4

Alger:
CptlApprecA m38.52+1.26
CptlApprecI2 118.22+3.91
CptlApprecInsI48.93+1.62
SpectraA m 34.51+1.54

+16.9
+18.3
+17.1
+17.1

Alpine:
UltShrtMnIncIns10.04

+.1

Amana:
MutGrInv b 67.04+1.99 +19.3
MutIncInv b 62.77+1.36 +11.7

American Beacon:
IntlEqR5
LgCpValInv
LgCpValR5
SmCpValR5

20.40
27.60
30.66
31.20

+.44
+.37
+.41
+.20

+11.2
+24.4
+24.7
+24.4

American Century:
BalInv
22.51 +.35
CAHYMuniI 11.15
CAHYMuniInv 11.15
CAInTFBdBdI 12.17
CAInTFBdBdInv12.17 +.01
DiversBdI 11.10 +.03
DiversBdInv 11.10 +.03
EmMktsI 15.03 +.41
EmMktsInv 14.65 +.39
EqGrInv
37.70 +.51
EqIncA m 10.03 +.10
EqIncI
10.04 +.09
EqIncInv
10.03 +.10
EqIncR6
10.06 +.10
GlbGoldInv 11.91 +.71
GlbGrInv
15.68 +.34
GrI
57.26+1.63
GrInv
55.86+1.59
GrR6
57.33+1.64
HYMuniI
10.29 -.01
HeritageInv 28.84 +.85
IncandGrI 44.20 +.45
IncandGrInv 44.11 +.44
InflAdjBdInv 13.15 +.09
IntTrmTxFrBdI11.83
IntTrmTxFrBdInv11.82
IntlGrInv
16.83 +.59
IntlOppsInv 14.72 +.49
InvFcddynGrInv60.73+1.40
InvGinnieMaeInv10.43
InvOC2025I 16.24 +.16
InvOC2025Inv 16.22 +.16
InvOC2030I 14.51 +.17
InvOC2030Inv 14.50 +.17
InvOC2035I 18.43 +.24
InvOC2035Inv 18.38 +.23
InvOC2045Inv 20.00 +.31
InvOC:AgrInv 19.25 +.33
InvOC:CnsrvInv15.70 +.15
InvOCInRetI 14.40 +.14
InvOCInRetInv 14.40 +.14
InvOCModInv 18.22 +.26
InvOCVryCsrvInv13.46 +.08
LgCoValInv 12.45 +.08
MidCpValI 20.00 +.16
MidCpValInv 19.98 +.15
MidCpValR6 19.99 +.15
NTDiversBdG 11.23 +.03
NTEmMktsG15.02 +.41
NTEqGrG 13.33 +.18
NTGrG
24.76 +.71
NTHeritageG 17.45 +.52
NTIntlGrG 15.65 +.53
NTLgCoValG 13.32 +.09
NTMidCpValG 15.10 +.11
SelInv
120.12+2.90
ShtDrInfPrBdR511.29 +.02
SmCpGrInv 26.69 +.41
SmCpValI 11.48 +.12
SmCpValInv 11.35 +.12
SustEqInv 46.52+1.10
UltraI
94.11+2.19
UltraInv
89.94+2.10
UtlsInv
17.77 +.25
ValI
9.87 +.06
ValInv
9.84 +.05

+11.7
+2.9
+2.8
+.9
+.8
-.7
-.9
-.4
-.6
+19.1
+12.2
+12.6
+12.4
+12.7
-8.4
+14.7
+20.3
+20.1
+20.4
+4.5
+11.5
+19.5
+19.3
+5.1
+1.5
+1.3
+9.9
+9.1
+13.1
-1.2
+7.8
+7.6
+8.4
+8.3
+9.2
+9.0
+10.7
+12.3
+7.4
+7.3
+7.1
+10.2
+5.3
+14.4
+18.7
+18.6
+18.8
-.6
+.3
+19.8
+20.8
+12.4
+10.6
+15.2
+19.3
+19.0
+5.6
+8.6
+32.1
+31.9
+21.0
+18.6
+18.4
+4.6
+21.8
+21.5

Berkshire:
Foc d

45.23+2.82

Bernstein:
IntermDur 13.46 +.04
IntermDurInstl15.47 +.04
NewYorkMuni 14.24

BlackRock:
AdvtgIntlIns 19.03 +.47
AdvtgLCCorIns24.28 +.53
AdvtgLCCorInvA m23.21 +.51
AdvtgLgCpGrIns23.97 +.64
AdvtgLgCpGrInvA m22.64 +.60
AdvtgSmCpGrIns25.74 +.46
BalCptlInstl 28.97 +.42
BalCptlInvA m 28.83 +.43
BasValInstl 20.21 +.30
BasValInvA m 19.78 +.29
CAMuniOppsInstl12.99 +.01
CAMuniOppsInvA m12.98 +.01
CorBdInstl 9.86 +.04
CorBdK
9.89 +.04
CptlApprecInstl44.56+1.24
CptlApprecInvA m39.77+1.10
CptlApprecK 44.99+1.25
CrdtStrIncIns 10.31 -.01
EmMktsInstl 31.96 +.82
EqDivInstl 23.06 +.36
EqDivInvA m 22.97 +.36
EqDivR b 23.24 +.36
FltngRtIncInstl 9.96
FocGrInstl 7.90 +.24
FocGrInvA m 7.14 +.21
GlbAllcIncInstl 21.83 +.31
GlbAllcIncInvA m21.63 +.30
GlbAllcIncInvC m19.05 +.26
GlbLSCrdtInstl10.25
HYBdInstl 7.87 +.01
HYBdInvA m 7.87 +.01
HYBdK
7.88 +.01
HYMuniInstl 10.58 -.01
HthSciOpIns 79.85 +.65
HthSciOpInvA m75.39 +.61
HthSciOpInvC m64.28 +.51
InflProtBdInstl11.98 +.07
IntlInstl
24.28 +.86
IntlInvA m 23.67 +.83
LowDurBdInstl 9.69 -.02
LowDurBdInvA m9.69 -.01
LowDurBdK 9.68 -.02
MidCpGrEqInstl48.90+1.75
MidCpGrEqInvA m41.81+1.50
NYMuniOppsInstl11.45
NYMuniOppsInvA m11.46
NtnlMnInstl 11.34
NtnlMnInvA m11.35
ShrtTrmMuniIns10.15
StrGlbBdIncIns 6.22 +.03
StrIncOpA m10.29 +.01
StrIncOpIns 10.29 +.01
StratMuOpIns 11.83
StratMuOpInvA m11.83
TactOppsInstl 14.09
TechOppsInstl 68.55+2.38
TechOppsInvA m62.73+2.18
TtlRetInstl 11.92 +.04
TtlRetInvA m 11.92 +.04

Boston Partners:
SmCpValIIInstl32.88 +.49

Boston Trust:
AsstMgmt 64.42 +.88

Brandes:
IntlEqI

18.43 +.15

Brown Advisory:
EmMktsSelAdv d12.32 +.20
GrEqInstl d 38.77+1.01
GrEqInv d 38.12 +.99
SmCpFdmtlValIns d29.98 +.20
SmCpGrInv d 31.38 +.63

Brown Cap Mgmt:
SmCoInv b 131.03+4.05

696.69+8.85 +11.5 NYVentureA m33.40 +.29
NYVentureY 34.49 +.30
Buffalo:
OppC m
34.27 +.51
Discv
33.44 +.71 +11.4
Buffalo Growth Fund36.26 +.87 +17.7 Delaware Inv:
SmCp
23.14 +.38 +11.1 CorpBdInstl 6.36 +.02
DiversIncA m 9.18 +.02
C
SmCpValA m 75.99 +.87
SmidCpGrA m 42.70+1.49
CG Capital Markets:
TFUSAA m 12.33 -.02
CorFI
8.29 +.02 -1.8 TFUSAIntermA m12.44 -.02
EmMktsEqInvms17.33 +.48 +2.1 ValInstl
25.07 +.20
IntlEq
15.40 +.39 +11.2
LgCpEq
27.37 +.53 +18.5 Deutsche:
SmMidCpEq 24.30 +.43 +15.4 CROCIEqDivA m56.64 +.49
CmnctnsA m37.80 +.06
CGM:
CorEqS
36.17 +.60
Foc
45.37 +.53 +37.6 CptlGrA m 128.13+2.95
Mut
37.32 +.43 +28.9 CptlGrS
130.15+3.01
Rlty
29.19 +.82 +20.1 GNMAS
13.67
CIBC:
GlbIncBldrA m 10.94 +.17
4.84 +.01
AtDipEqInstl31.53 +.59 +19.4 HiIncA m
IntlGrS
49.11+1.61
Calamos:
MgdMuniBdA m9.28
CnvrtInstl 23.60 +.37 +6.5 MgdMuniBdS 9.29
EvolvingWldGrI22.96 +.64 +.8 SP500IdxS 43.90 +.79
GlbGrIncI 12.85 +.31 +13.3 SciandTechA m39.75+1.21
GrA m
44.09+1.14 +18.5 StratHYTxFrS 12.47 -.01
GrIncA m 47.04 +.81 +15.6
GrIncInstl 44.93 +.78 +15.9 Diamond Hill:
36.54 +.65
MktNetrlIncA m14.60 +.04 +3.9 LgCpA b
36.80 +.66
MktNetrlIncIns14.42 +.04 +4.2 LgCpI
LgCpY
36.86 +.66
Calvert:
LngShrtI
31.33 +.21
BalA m
43.45 +.48 +10.9 SmMidCpI 29.22 +.51
EqA m
80.07+1.47 +20.0
Dodge
&
Cox:
USLCCrRspnbIdxAm39.76 +.80 +18.6
Bal
117.54 +.81
Carillon:
GlbStk
16.25 +.19
EglMidCpGrA m100.92+2.80 +12.0 Inc
14.24 +.02
ReamsCore+BdI34.58
-2.4 IntlStk
49.33 +.87
ReamsUnconsBdI12.85 -.03 -.4 Stk
245.90+2.54
ScoutMdCpI 27.50 +.68 +16.4
Bruce

+6.6
+7.4
+7.7
+8.5
+9.9
+12.0
+13.2
+13.6
+13.8
+19.3
+11.6
+7.5
+17.6
-1.2
+11.6
+11.0
-4.5
+6.3
+17.1
+7.6
+16.4
+4.3
+12.6
+9.2
-.7
+19.2
-.1
+7.0
+14.4
-.5
-.2
+13.5
+11.2
+1.2
+1.1
-1.1
+20.0

HawaiianTxFrA m11.42

Chartwell:

13.36

Ariel:
ApprecInv b 53.02 +.95
Inv b
87.85+1.24

Artisan:
GlbOppsInstl 41.46+1.19
GlbOppsInv 40.62+1.16
IntlInstl
38.10 +.95
IntlInv
37.84 +.93
IntlSmMdInv 21.39 +.58
IntlValueInstl 46.01 +.60
IntlValueInv 45.80 +.60
MidCpInstl 63.90+1.82
MidCpInv 55.02+1.56
MidCpValueInv24.18 +.34
SmCpInvs 50.60+1.03

Ashmore:
EmMktsTtlRetIns6.78 +.02

Ave Maria:
MariaGr
49.54+1.16
MariaRisingDiv23.13 +.55

B
BBH:
10.33 -.01

BMO:
CorPlusBdI 12.19 +.02
IntermTxFrI 11.56 -.01
UltraShrtTxFrI 10.09

BNY Mellon:
AsstAllcM 15.18 +.23
BdM
12.96 +.04
DynValA f 48.54 +.64
EmMktsM 13.67 +.31
HYI
6.13
IncStkM
10.53 +.15
IntermBdM 12.83 -.01
IntlM
15.09 +.31
MdCpMltStratM24.78 +.51
NtnIntrmMnBdM14.08
NtnSTMnBdM 12.90 +.01
SmCpMltStratM26.47 +.47
StandishGlbFII22.56 +.01
WldwideGrA f 75.83+1.69

Baird:
AggrgateBdInstl11.43 +.04
CorPlusBdInstl11.80 +.03
IntermBdInstl 11.42 -.01

-.9
-1.1
+27.2
-3.5
+2.9
+1.8
+16.5
+13.6
+16.4
+18.8
+17.0
+17.2
-.9
+8.7
+3.2
+7.6
+1.2
+1.4
+20.1
+20.3
+4.3
+20.1
+20.4
+20.5
+17.9
+27.4
+18.3
+22.2
-.8
+12.9
+29.7

ImpactEqInv b 35.20 +.87 +15.3

DoubleLine:

CorFII
11.06 +.03
14.10 +.06 +6.2 CorFIN b
11.05 +.03
ClearBridge:
EmMktsFII 10.53 +.08
AggresivGrA m187.95+2.31 +7.0 LowDurBdI 9.94 -.01
AggresivGrI 219.71+2.71 +7.3 LowDurBdN b 9.93 -.01
AllCpValA m 15.55 +.18 +23.3 TtlRetBdI 10.48 +.01
ApprecA m 33.92 +.57 +17.5 TtlRetBdN b 10.47 +.01
ApprecI
33.73 +.57 +17.8 Dreyfus:
ApprecIS 33.87 +.58 +17.8 Apprec,IncInv 46.98+1.07
DivStrat1 31.94 +.51 +19.6 BstnCoSmMdCpGrI40.21 +.84
DivStratA m 31.92 +.51 +19.3 CAAMTFMnBdZ15.07 +.01
DivStratI 32.91 +.53 +19.6 InCorpd
17.08 +.40
IntlGrI
70.52+2.28 +3.8 InsSP500StkIdxI80.71+1.45
LgCpGrA m 70.04+1.93 +16.4 IntlStkI
26.24 +.71
LgCpGrC m 52.88+1.45 +15.8 IntrmMnBd 13.82
LgCpGrI
79.16+2.18 +16.7 MidCpIdxInvs 39.75 +.84
LgCpValA m 40.07 +.47 +21.5 MnBd
12.04
LgCpValI
39.98 +.47 +21.7 NYTxExBd 15.08
MidCpA m 45.23 +.77 +22.0 RsrchGr,IncZ23.03 +.71
MidCpIS
52.13 +.89 +22.3 SP500Idx 63.40+1.13
SmCpFI b 74.83 +.77 +17.8 SmCpStkIdxInvs36.11 +.14
SmCpGrA m 51.98+1.42 +12.4
SmCpGrI
57.12+1.57 +12.6 Driehaus:
SmCpGrIS 58.15+1.60 +12.7 EmMktsGrInv d49.98+1.21
SmCpI
79.33 +.82 +18.1 Dupree:
Clipper:
MtKntckyTFInc 7.94
Clipper
152.21+1.31 +19.8
E
Inc

-.1
-.3
+2.1
+.9
+.7
+.4
+.1
+19.9
+3.3
+.9
+18.9
+20.2
+7.3
+.3
+19.8
+1.2
+1.1
+16.1
+19.9
+22.6
+1.8
+1.0

Cohen & Steers:

GlbInfras,IncI 23.25 +.45 +11.5 Eaton Vance:
+19.4
+28.3
+7.9
+3.3
+2.8
+3.6
+28.2
+28.5
+28.4

-.3 ATxEx f

9.38

+3.7

Columbia:

Arbitrage:

+15.9
+16.1
+22.1

Dominion:

Causeway:

Colorado BondShares:

Aquila:

LtdDurN

Davis:

Bruce:

GlbRltys,IncI63.62+2.18
InstlRltys 54.84+1.82
IntlRltyI
12.60 +.35
PrfrdScInc,IncA m14.36 +.05
PrfrdScInc,IncC m14.27 +.05
PrfrdScInc,IncI 14.40 +.05
RlEsttSecIncA m19.43 +.63
Angel Oak:
RlEsttSecIncIns20.67 +.67
77.38+2.60
MltStratIncIns10.37 -.01 +3.9 Rltys

Instl

-.1 ThermostatA m19.12 +.06 +5.8
-.1 ThermostatIns18.84 +.06 +6.0
TtlRetBdA m 37.50 +.01
...
TtlRetBdIns 37.52 +.01 +.1
+12.8 TxExmptA m 13.57 -.01 +1.9
+12.6 TxExmptIns 13.57 -.02 +2.1
+9.5 USTrsIdxIns 11.56 +.03 -2.8
+.4
+15.9 Commerce:
20.64 +.03 -.6
+10.3 Bd
+10.1 Community Reinvest:
+17.2 QlfdInvm b 10.61 -.01 -1.3
+16.9
+12.4 Credit Suisse:
+14.1 CmdtyRetStratI6.14 +.13 +34.1
+13.8 Cullen:
+20.2 HiDivEqInstl d 17.62 +.25 +21.1
+19.9
D
+19.6
+14.5 DELAWARE:
+14.3
GrandIncA m 15.08 +.11 +17.1
IvyAsstStratA m26.22 +.41 +10.8
+3.4 IvyAsstStratI 26.65 +.41 +11.0
IvyBalA m 29.40 +.38 +12.8
IvyCorEqA m20.69 +.36 +22.3
-1.3
IvyEmMktsEqI 28.90 +.67 +1.7
-1.2
IvyGlbGrA m62.63+1.49 +15.3
+1.1
IvyGlbGrI 64.41+1.54 +15.5
IvyHiIncA m 7.13
+5.8
+11.2 IvyHiIncI
7.13
+6.0
+20.9 IvyIntlCorEqI 21.46 +.40 +14.2
+20.7 IvyLgCpGrA m 35.16 +.86 +21.5
+18.3 IvyLgCpGrI 37.78 +.93 +21.8
+18.1 IvyLtdTermBdI11.00 -.01
...
+5.9 IvyMidCapGrA m41.88 +.94 +14.0
+12.0 IvyMidCapGrI 46.52+1.05 +14.3
+11.8 IvyMuncplHiIncA m5.09
+2.9
+20.9 IvySci&TecA m99.70+2.59 +11.6
+20.7 IvySci&TecI114.18+2.97 +11.8
+3.3 OppA m
35.43 +.55 +24.2
+3.1 SelGrA m 18.13 +.33 +28.2
-1.4 TtlRetA m 17.58 +.20 +12.4
-1.4 lvySmCapGrA m23.05 +.46 +8.1
+18.8 lvySmCapGrInstl33.23 +.67 +8.3
+18.5 DFA:
+18.8
CAInTmMnBdIns10.76 +.01 -.4
...
CASTMnBdIns 10.26
...
+4.0
CntnntlSmCIns34.99+1.28 +17.3
+19.9
EMktCorEqI 25.60 +.48 +7.3
+19.7
EMktSCInstl 26.44 +.42 +15.1
+19.3
EmMktsII 25.51 +.49 +4.8
+3.7
EmMktsInstl 33.65 +.65 +4.7
+16.1
EmMktsSocialCor16.29 +.30 +5.4
+15.8
EmMktsValInstl32.16 +.57 +14.5
+5.6
FvYrGlbFIIns10.83 -.03 -.6
+5.4
GlbAllc2575Ins15.01 +.08 +4.7
+4.7
GlbAllc6040Ins22.46 +.25 +11.0
+3.2
GlbEqInstl 32.19 +.59 +18.5
+4.9
GlbRlEsttSec 13.05 +.40 +21.4
+4.6
InflProtSecIns 13.32 +.08 +4.5
+5.0
IntlCorEqIns 16.32 +.42 +14.0
+7.3
IntlLgCpGr 17.20 +.49 +11.5
+5.8
IntlRlEsttScIns 5.02 +.14 +10.6
+5.6
IntlSclCrEqInst15.59 +.40 +13.7
+5.0
IntlSmCoInstl 23.27 +.63 +15.3
+4.6
IntlSmCpValIns22.25 +.50 +17.0
+17.4
IntlSstnbtyCor113.38 +.36 +12.2
+17.2
IntlValIII
17.06 +.42 +20.8
+.2
IntlValInstl 19.93 +.50 +20.7
...
IntlVctrEqIns 14.53 +.35 +16.0
+.2
ItmGovtFIIns 12.80 +.01 -3.4
+15.1
ItmTExtnddQlIns11.51 +.05 -2.1
+14.9
ItmTMnBdIns 10.46
-.4
+4.0
LgCpIntlInstl27.54 +.69 +12.3
+3.8
OneYearFIInstl10.30
...
+1.1
RlEsttSecInstl 47.65+1.59 +27.7
+.9
STGovtInstl 10.45 -.02 -1.0
+.1
STMuniBdInstl10.16
...
-1.2
ShTrmExQtyI 10.96 -.01 -.2
+.8
SlvlyHdgGlFIIns9.80 -.01
...
+1.1
TMdUSMktwdVl38.76 +.25 +21.5
+4.0
TMdUSMktwdVlII35.94 +.28 +21.8
+3.9
TwYrGlbFIIns 9.93 -.01 -.1
+.6
USCorEq1Instl 35.49 +.55 +20.7
+9.0
USCorEqIIInstl 32.49 +.49 +21.6
+8.8
USLgCo
33.54 +.60 +20.3
-1.0
USLgCpGrInstl 31.81 +.68 +15.7
-1.2
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USLgCpValInstl45.66 +.43 +23.2
+26.5 USMicroCpInstl29.16 +.13 +28.2
USSmCpGrInstl27.23 +.32 +19.2
+14.4 USSmCpInstl 47.68 +.34 +25.0
USSmCpValInstl46.13 +.17 +35.0
USSocialCorEq224.22 +.39 +21.5
+13.9 USSstnbtyCor135.72 +.61 +20.5
USTrgtedValIns31.43 +.19 +34.5
+5.1 USVectorEqInstl25.74 +.28 +25.4
+16.7 WlexUSGovFIIns10.19 +.04 -4.9
+16.6 WlexUSTrgVlIns15.43 +.30 +16.0
+25.0 Davenport:
+8.6 Cor
34.46 +.70 +18.0
EqOpps
26.79 +.51 +20.5
20.01 +.37 +18.6
-1.7 ValInc

IntlValInstl 17.97 +.32 +10.7

American Funds:
2010TgtDtRtrA m12.53 +.10
2015TgtDtRtrA m13.41 +.12
2020TgtDtRtrA m14.81 +.14
2025TgtDtRtrA m16.70 +.19
2030TgtDtRtrA m18.47 +.25
2035TgtDtRtrA m20.00 +.33
2040TgtDtRtrA m21.02 +.38
2045TgtDtRtrA m21.58 +.41
2050TgtDtRtrA m21.31 +.42
AMCpA m 45.01 +.87
AmrcnBalA m 33.21 +.46
AmrcnHiIncA m10.54 +.02
AmrcnMutA m51.83 +.87
BdfAmrcA m13.45 +.05
CptWldGrIncA m65.53+1.36
CptlIncBldrA m68.73 +.95
CptlWldBdA m20.23 +.01
EuroPacGrA m 70.73+2.12
FdmtlInvsA m 78.26+1.56
GlbBalA m 39.75 +.49
GrfAmrcA m 78.62+1.83
HiIncMuniBdA m16.92 -.01
IncAmrcA m 26.00 +.32
IntlGrIncA m41.07+1.08
IntrmBdfAmrA m13.79
InvCAmrcA m 52.01 +.84
LtdTrmTEBdA m16.08
NewWldA m 94.08+2.15
NwPrspctvA m69.22+1.90
STBdAmrcA m 10.01 -.01
ShrtTrmTEBdA m10.28
SmCpWldA m 90.28+2.47
TheNewEcoA m66.16+1.35
TxExBdA m 13.57
TxExmptFdofCAA m18.26
USGovtSecA m14.13 +.02
WAMtInvsA m57.78+1.02

AsstInstl 131.21+3.59
AsstRetail b 125.10+3.41
DiscvInstl 38.10 +.64
EmMktsInstl 19.14 +.35
FifthAvenuGrIns59.64+2.57
GlbAdvantageIns57.65+2.29
GlbAdvantageRtl b56.53+2.24
GrInstl
127.51+3.32
GrRetail b 122.21+3.18
IntlGrInstl 36.50 +.87
OppInstl
48.05+1.61
OppRetail b 45.57+1.52
PtnrsInstl 194.33+10.29
PtnrsRetail b 188.09+9.95
RlEsttInstl 42.03+1.26
SmCpInstl 44.64+1.02
SmCpRetail b 42.10 +.96

Wkly. YTD
Sell Chg. %Ret.

+1.1 AMTFrIMBIns 10.50
AcornA m 13.27 +.43
17.58 +.57
+22.4 AcornIns
+30.0 AcornIntlIns 37.20+1.51
BalA m
54.14 +.58
BalIns
54.02 +.58
+13.0 ContrCoreA m 36.01 +.56
+12.8 ContrCoreIns 36.40 +.57
+9.5 ConvrtSecsA m29.41 +.48
+9.3 ConvrtSecsIns 29.47 +.49
+5.3 CptAllcAgrA m14.57 +.24
+15.4 CptAllcMdAgA m13.29 +.19
+15.2 CptAllcModA m11.97 +.13
+15.0 DiscpCoreA m 15.83 +.29
+14.8 DivIncA m 30.25 +.48
+23.9 DivIncC m 29.24 +.46
-1.5 DivIncIns 30.27 +.48
DivOppA m 40.10 +.37
-7.1 EmMktsIns 18.99 +.43
GlbEqValA m 13.70 +.26
GlbOppsA m 16.48 +.22
+16.0 GlbTechGrA m 67.78+1.98
+20.4
GlbTechGrIns 70.96+2.07
HYBdA m 12.11 +.02
HYMuniIns 11.00 -.01
IncBuilderA m 13.27 +.06
+1.2 LgCpGrA m 63.31+1.78
LgCpGrIns 67.05+1.88
-.9 LgCpGrOppA m24.39 +.70
+1.3 LgCpGrOppIns 27.44 +.79
+.4 LgCpIdxA b 65.08+1.17
LgCpIdxIns 65.64+1.18
LgCpValA m 17.28 +.19
+12.5 MidCapGrA m 31.42+1.17
-1.4 MidCapGrIns35.06+1.30
+27.6 MidCapIdxA b 18.69 +.40
+6.0 MidCapIdxIns 18.61 +.40
+3.6 STBdIns3 10.07 -.01
+25.4 SelGlbEqA m 20.53 +.53
-.6 SelLgCpGrIns 14.02 +.37
+6.9 SelM/CValA m13.89 +.21
+18.6 SelM/CValInstl13.94 +.21
+.7 SlgCmsInfoA m127.66+2.73
+.3 SlgGlbTechA m72.05+1.63
+12.1 SmCpGrIA m31.51 +.71
-1.3 SmCpGrIIns 34.32 +.77
+17.7 SmCpIdxA b 30.16 +.12
SmCpIdxIns 30.45 +.12
-1.5 StratIncA m 24.99 +.01
-1.1 StratIncIns 24.53 +.01
-1.2 StratMuniIncA m16.89 -.02

+1.1
+10.2
+10.5
+11.4
+11.7
+11.9
+19.1
+19.3
+6.3
+6.5
+13.9
+10.9
+8.1
+22.4
+18.5
+17.7
+18.7
+19.0
+1.2
+16.5
+5.9
+15.9
+16.1
+3.7
+4.9
+5.3
+22.5
+22.7
+17.0
+17.2
+20.0
+20.2
+18.4
+16.5
+16.7
+19.9
+20.1
+1.0
+17.9
+12.4
+21.8
+22.0
+22.4
+22.3
+5.5
+5.7
+22.4
+22.7
+1.7
+1.9
+1.5

AtlntCptSMIDCA m38.61 +.99
AtlntCptSMIDCI44.09+1.12
DivBldrA m 19.57 +.29
FltngRtA m 9.13
FltngRtAdvtgA m10.59 -.01
FltngRtHiIncI 8.74
FltngRtInstl 8.83
GlbMcrAbRtI 8.68 -.02
IncofBostonA m5.60
IncofBostonI 5.60
LgCpValA m 24.99 +.37
LgCpValI
25.10 +.37
MrylndMuniIncA m9.09
NtnlMnIncA m 10.29
NtnlMnIncI 10.29
ShrtDrGovtIncA m8.03 +.01
ShrtDrStratIncA m7.23
TxMgdEqAstAlcA m31.08 +.53
TxMgdGr10 1994.63+38.23
TxMgdGr11A m89.74+1.72
TxMgdGr12A m40.30 +.77
VrgnMnIncA m 8.01
WldwideHlthSciA m14.69 +.18

+17.1
+17.3
+16.3
+3.7
+4.7
+4.2
+3.9
+2.0
+4.4
+4.7
+19.9
+20.1
+.8
+.5
+.7
+.1
+1.5
+15.8
+19.1
+18.8
+18.7
...
+12.8

Edgewood:
GrInstl

64.05+1.12 +23.7

Elfun:
Trusts
TxExInc

85.73+1.60 +19.8
11.45
+.6

F
FAM:
EqIncInv
ValInv

49.19+1.21 +16.2
98.24+2.49 +18.0

FMI:
LgCpInv

21.74 +.39 +11.5

FPA:
Crescent d 40.65 +.49 +16.1
NewInc
10.03 +.02 +1.1

Fairholme Funds:
Fund d

27.49 +.33

-5.6

BdInstl
9.78 +.04
EqInc,IncA f 27.32 +.32
GvtUltShrDrIns 9.95
InsHYBdIns 9.95
IntlEqIns 33.59+1.07
IntlLeadersIns 44.34+1.29
KaufLCA f 38.64 +.96
KaufLCIns 40.10+1.00
KaufmannA m 7.58 +.20
KaufmannR b 7.60 +.20
KaufmannSmCpA m68.29+1.79
MDTSmCpCorInstl29.47 +.42
MnStkAdvtgA f15.04 +.09
MnUltraShrtA 10.04
MnUltraShrtIns10.04
ShIntTtRtBdIns10.62 -.02
ShrtIntrmDrMnA f10.32
ShrtIntrmDrMnIn10.32
ShrtTrmIncA f 8.67 -.01
ShrtTrmIncIns 8.66 -.01
StratValDivA f 5.67 +.05

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...
+3.9
+11.2
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+12.3
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+26.3
+8.6
+.1
+.2
-.1
-.2
...
+.2
+.4
+16.1

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Wkly. YTD
Sell Chg. %Ret.

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Vangua d dx Fd To n n
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Vangua d Adm a We nAdm n
Ame an Fund A Ba A p
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P MCO Fund n
n ome
Ame an Fund A n oFdA p
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+1 8
+1 8
+2 0
+2 5
+1 8
+2 4
+2 2
+0 4
+1 3
+1 4
+1 0
+0 1
NA
+1 2
+1 6

+1 0
+1 0
+1 0
+0 1
+1 0
+0 4
08
10
+0 1
+0 4
+3 5
07
NA
+1 1
+1 3

+20 4
+20 4
+19 7
+9 4
+20 4
+16 4
+19 1
18
+13 9
+11 6
+29 7
+0 6
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+12 6
+19 2

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S en e & Te hno ogy
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Lg Cap Va ue
M d Cap G ow h
M d Cap Va ue
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Sma Cap Va ue
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+2 24
+1 56
+6 11
+2 58
+2 56
+0 88
+0 02
+0 20
+2 43
+1 40
+2 53
+1 62
+1 95
+0 57
+0 09

+0 41
+1 09
+2 35
+6 36
0 56
0 38
1 16
0 89
0 49
0 67
+2 81
0 80
+3 59
+0 02
+4 85
0 76

+10 68
+3 07
+18 49
9 47
+11 13
+16 14
0 87
+1 73
+5 14
+18 24
+21 18
+12 89
+25 69
+12 15
+30 57
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CATxExIncA m 8.27 -.01
CnvrtSecA m 34.33 +.54
DiversIncA m 6.37 -.01
DynAstAlcBalA m18.27 +.22
DynAstAlcGrA m21.49 +.32
FcsIntlEqA m 21.36 +.55
GlbHCA m 66.65 +.20
GrOppsA m 60.97+1.50
HighYieldA m 5.97 +.01
IncA m
6.91 +.02
IncY
7.05 +.02
IntlEqA m 29.40 +.53
LrgCpValA m 32.14 +.41
LrgCpValY 32.15 +.42
MortgageSecsA m11.90 +.02
NYTEIncA m 8.85
ShrtDurBdA m 10.22 -.01
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SmCpGrA m 77.73+1.68
SustFutureA m28.29 +.69
SustLeadersA m133.59+3.02
TEIncA m
8.82
TxFrHYA m 13.16 -.02

RiverNorth:
dblelnStrIncI10.53 +.03 +3.5

Royce:
OppInvm d 20.02
PEMutInvm d 12.04
PremInvm d 15.00
SpecEqInvm d 21.00
TtlRetInvm d 11.33

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StratValDivC m 5.68
StratValDivIns 5.71
StrtgcIncIS 9.47
TtlRetBdInstl 11.32
UltraShrtBdA 9.21
UltraShrtBdIns 9.21

+.05 +15.4 BalancedC m27.56 +.41 +13.2
+.05 +16.4 BalancedI 28.52 +.43 +14.1
+.02 +3.8 BalancedM m 28.25 +.42 +13.6
+.03 +.1 BiotechnologyA m33.55 +.32 -.8
-.01 +.4 BiotechnologyI36.06 +.34 -.6
-.01 +.5 CapitalDevA m19.67 +.37 +22.7
CapitalDevO 20.59 +.39 +23.0
Fidelity:
500IdxInsPrm155.21+2.80 +20.4 DiverIntlA m32.30 +.91 +11.1
AllSectorEq 13.23 +.27 +20.9 DiverIntlI 32.98 +.93 +11.3
AsstMgr20% 14.83 +.11 +3.5 DiversifiedStkO39.00 +.76 +21.8
AsstMgr30% 12.87 +.12 +5.2 EmergingMktsI36.97 +.74 +1.5
AsstMgr40% 14.00 +.16 +6.9 EquityGrowthA m18.71 +.52 +18.1
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AsstMgr60% 16.36 +.26 +10.3 EquityGrowthM m18.15 +.51 +17.9
AsstMgr70% 29.22 +.52 +12.2 EquityIncomeA m33.69 +.47 +18.4
AsstMgr85% 26.99 +.56 +14.9 EquityIncomeM m34.71 +.48 +18.2
+4.8
BCGrowth 180.80+4.61 +19.1 FltngRtHiIncA m9.51
+5.0
BCGrowth 16.62 +.40 +19.5 FltngRtHiIncI 9.49
BCGrowthK181.40+4.64 +19.2 Freedom2020A m14.35 +.21 +7.9
Balanced 29.68 +.45 +14.2 Freedom2020I 14.50 +.21 +8.1
BalancedK 29.68 +.45 +14.3 Freedom2025A m14.94 +.23 +9.0
BlueChipVal 23.32 +.29 +18.8 Freedom2025I 15.13 +.24 +9.2
CALtdTrmTFBd10.79 +.01 +.2 Freedom2030A m16.42 +.28 +10.2
CAMuniInc 13.31
+.8 Freedom2030I 16.55 +.28 +10.4
Canada
66.94+1.81 +24.8 Freedom2030M m16.27 +.28 +10.0
Cap&Inc
11.38 +.06 +10.3 Freedom2035A m16.59 +.33 +12.8
ChinaRegion 51.22+1.09 -8.0 Freedom2035I 16.78 +.34 +13.0
CmdtyStrat 4.31 +.08 +34.0 Freedom2040A m18.25 +.41 +14.7
CnsrvIncMnBdIns10.05
+.1 Freedom2040I 18.44 +.41 +14.8
Contrafund 19.52 +.42 +19.1 Freedom2045A m14.37 +.32 +14.6
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ConvertibleSecs43.74 +.82 +10.2 Freedom2050A m14.38 +.32 +14.6
CorpBd
12.50 +.06 -1.4 Freedom2050I 14.53 +.32 +14.8
CptlApprec 49.40+1.31 +18.4 GrowthOppsA m163.17+4.47 +15.0
CptlApprecK 49.57+1.31 +18.4 GrowthOppsC m134.88+3.67 +14.3
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DivGro
35.34 +.75 +20.9 GrowthOppsM m160.84+4.39 +14.8
DivGroK
35.29 +.74 +20.9 HealthCareA m69.21+1.19 +8.8
DiversIntl 53.03+1.51 +11.2 HealthCareC m53.03 +.90 +8.1
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EmMkts
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EmMktsDbt 9.18 +.02 -.4 HighIncAdvtgI 12.09 +.05 +10.3
EmMktsK 48.09+1.40 +5.3 IntermMuniIncI10.80
+.6
EmergMketsOpps25.25 +.61 +1.2 IntlCapitalAppA m30.08+1.03 +9.2
EmergingAsia 66.02+1.01 -3.4 IntlDiscvI 59.16+1.67 +11.7
EqDividendInc 29.71 +.41 +18.3 IntlGrI
20.99 +.68 +13.1
EqDividendIncK29.70 +.41 +18.4 IntlSmallCapI 35.05 +.61 +13.7
EqIncome 72.49 +.80 +19.4 InvestmentGrBdI8.39 +.03 -1.2
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Europe
45.88 +.97 +8.3 LimitedTermBdI11.75 -.02 -.8
ExMktIdxInPr 91.28+2.31 +16.1 MidCapIIA m26.16 +.53 +20.4
Fidelity
73.48+1.50 +22.8 NewInsA m 42.60 +.94 +19.3
FltngRtHiInc 9.50
+5.1 NewInsC m 34.66 +.76 +18.5
FocusedStock 37.39 +.75 +20.1 NewInsI
44.03 +.97 +19.5
FourinOneIdx 62.65+1.15 +13.9 NewInsM m 40.42 +.88 +19.0
Frdm 2005 13.22 +.11 +3.8 NewInsZ
44.16 +.97 +19.6
Frdm 2010 16.59 +.18 +5.4 RlEstIncI 13.56 +.14 +15.9
Frdm 2015 13.84 +.17 +6.9 SCGrthI
33.65 +.75 +13.0
Frdm 2020 17.76 +.25 +8.4 SCValueI 22.09 +.29 +36.2
Frdm 2025 16.28 +.25 +9.4 SeriesGrOpps 18.99 +.52 +16.3
Frdm 2030 20.48 +.34 +10.7 SeriesSmallCap16.96 +.25 +27.4
Frdm 2035 17.98 +.35 +13.4 SmallCapA m 34.24 +.51 +26.4
Frdm 2040 12.93 +.28 +15.3 SmallCapI 38.71 +.57 +26.6
Frdm 2045 14.81 +.32 +15.3 SmallCapM m 30.80 +.45 +26.1
Frdm 2050 14.93 +.32 +15.3 StgInc
12.92 +.04 +3.4
Frdm 2055 17.18 +.37 +15.3 StgIncA m 12.74 +.04 +3.1
Frdm Inc
12.23 +.10 +3.2 StgIncI
12.92 +.03 +3.3
FrdmIdx2055Inv20.06 +.40 +13.0 StgIncM m 12.73 +.03 +3.1
GNMA
11.65
-.6 StockSelAllCpK67.97+1.42 +19.3
GlbCmdtyStk 16.68 +.52 +25.0 StockSlrMidCpA m47.42+1.10 +20.9
GlbexUSIdxInsPr15.81 +.37 +8.5 StockSlrMidCpM m47.76+1.11 +20.7
GlobalexUSIdx 15.57 +.37 +8.6 StratDiv&IncA m18.11 +.28 +13.8
GovernmentInc10.63 +.03 -2.2 StratDiv&IncI 18.19 +.28 +14.1
GrDiscv
55.68+1.55 +18.3 TechnologyA m105.00+3.01 +17.4
GrStrategies69.60+1.95 +16.6 TechnologyM m97.48+2.79 +17.2
GroCo
39.27+1.06 +19.5 TotalBondA m 11.10 +.02 -.6
GroCo
27.39 +.73 +20.3 TotalBondI 11.08 +.03 -.4
GroCoK
39.40+1.07 +19.5 Fidelity Select:
Growth&Inc 51.12 +.92 +22.2
Banking
31.20 +.11 +40.2
Growth&IncK 51.07 +.92 +22.3
Biotechnology 21.88 +.27 -6.2
HighIncome 8.76 +.02 +3.5
Brkrg&InvmtMgmt130.34+3.37 +37.8
IntermediateBd11.09 -.02 -1.1
Chemicals 17.51 +.47 +21.7
IntlCptlApprec 30.28+1.04 +9.4
Computers 112.00+2.23 +11.0
IntlDiscv
59.31+1.67 +11.7
Const&Hsg 96.50+3.48 +35.6
IntlEnhIdx 11.41 +.28 +11.1
ConsumerDiscret72.45+2.06 +14.0
IntlGr
20.29 +.66 +14.1
ConsumerStaples97.21 +.93 +6.6
IntlGr
21.04 +.68 +13.1
Defense&Aero 18.01
+9.6
IntlIdxInstlPrm50.36+1.21 +10.7
Energy
37.16 +.74 +60.8
IntlSmCp 23.93 +.81 +16.6
Envir&AltEngy 35.64+1.37 +20.6
IntlSmCp 34.82 +.60 +13.7
FinancialSvcs 13.80 +.17 +35.8
IntlSmCpOpps 28.52+1.01 +15.7
Gold
26.67+1.53 -9.7
IntlVal
11.63 +.29 +15.3
HealthCare 33.47 +.58 +9.1
IntrmMuniInc 10.79
+.7
HealthCareSvcs129.64+3.04 +8.1
InvmGradeBd 11.67 +.04 -.5
ITServices 99.47+2.43 +9.9
InvmGradeBd 8.38 +.03 -1.2
Leisure
20.35 +.13 +19.2
JapanSmlrCo 17.86 -.06 +.5
Materials 101.98+4.07 +22.0
LargeCapStock42.50 +.79 +23.4
MedTech&Devcs83.73 +.85 +20.6
LargeCapValIdx15.93 +.21 +20.7
Multimedia 97.22 +.10 +22.0
LgCpCorEnhIdx23.22 +.42 +22.3
Pharmaceuticals24.92 +.09 +8.8
LgCpGrEnhIdx 33.67 +.87 +20.7
Retailing 24.75 +.73 +14.6
LgCpValEnhIdx17.34 +.23 +23.2
Semicon
19.67 +.43 +26.0
LowPrStk 54.06 +.77 +20.7
Swre&ITSvcs 32.12+1.07 +20.3
LowPrStkK 54.00 +.78 +20.8
Technology 29.63 +.93 +16.7
LtdTrmMuniInc10.80
+.4
Utilities
98.16+1.90 +7.0
LvrgdCoStk 47.60 +.91 +21.8
MAMunicipalInc12.50
+.5 First Eagle:
68.26+1.22 +11.0
Magellan 14.75 +.38 +18.4 GlbA m
23.21 +.85 -7.1
MagellanK 14.74 +.38 +18.4 GoldA m
MegaCapStock19.22 +.31 +23.6 OverseasA m 26.66 +.51 +3.9
MichiganMuniInc12.66 +.01 +.8 USValA m 22.18 +.35 +17.4
22.65 +.35 +17.7
MidCapStock 42.90 +.84 +24.3 USValI
MidCapStockK 42.94 +.85 +24.4 Franklin Templeton:
MidCapValue 29.32 +.54 +28.0 AlbmTxFrIncA1 m10.95
+.5
MidCpEnhIdx 20.71 +.48 +20.7 BiotechDiscvA m151.07+1.25 -11.9
MinnesotaMnInc12.02
+.1 CAHYMuniA1 m11.35
+2.4
MortgageSecs 11.44 +.01 -.7 CAHYMuniAdv11.38
+2.6
MrylndMuniInc11.71
+1.1 CAIntTrTFIncA1 m12.02
+.1
MuniInc
13.59
+1.9 CAIntTrTFIncAdv12.06
+.3
NJMunicipalInc12.56
+1.6 CATxFrIncA1 m 7.70
+.5
NYMuniInc 13.63
+1.6 CATxFrIncAdv 7.69
+.8
NasdCmpIdx 187.87+4.00 +16.1 CATxFrIncC m7.69
+.2
NewMillennium45.22 +.80 +23.6 CnsrvAllcA m 15.68 +.17 +5.9
NewMktsInc 14.51 +.03 -.9 CnvrtSecA m 30.82 +.56 +9.6
OTCPortfolio19.60 +.42 +21.7 CnvrtSecAdv30.82 +.56 +9.8
OTCPortfolioK 19.99 +.42 +21.7 CorfolioAllcA m24.45 +.54 +14.6
OhioMunilInc 12.44 +.01 +.9 DevMktsA m 24.94 +.46 -1.8
Overseas 68.72+2.16 +15.6 DynaTechA m162.67+6.30 +16.4
OverseasK 68.61+2.16 +15.7 DynaTechAdv168.95+6.55 +16.6
PacificBasin 46.17+1.33 +5.3 DynaTechC m132.45+5.11 +15.7
PennsylvnMnInc11.54
+1.3 DynaTechR6 171.01+6.63 +16.7
Puritan
26.60 +.39 +14.4 EqIncA m 32.32 +.58 +20.1
PuritanK
26.57 +.38 +14.5 FdrIntTrTFIncA1 m12.21
+.3
RealEstInv 49.33+1.45 +27.4 FdrIntTrTFIncAd12.24
+.3
RlEsttInc 11.70 +.08 +13.6 FdrTFIncA1 m 12.21 -.01 +1.3
RlEsttInc 13.61 +.13 +15.8 FdrTFIncAdv 12.23
+1.4
SCGrth
33.54 +.74 +13.0 FltngRtDlyAcsA m7.90
+7.9
SCValue
22.09 +.29 +36.2 FndngsAlA m 14.46 +.19 +8.1
ShTrmBd
8.66 -.02 -.3 FrgnA m
7.91 +.15 +10.8
SmCpDiscv 30.30 +.32 +29.8 FrgnAdv
7.78 +.15 +11.0
SmCpDiscv 14.54 +.15 +30.0 FrgnR6
7.78 +.15 +11.1
SmCpEnhIdx 18.30 +.26 +20.0 GlbBdA x
8.99 -.01 -4.4
SmCpOpps 14.70 +.25 +19.6 GlbBdAdv x 8.95 -.01 -4.1
SmallCapStock22.55 +.31 +18.8 GlbBdR6 x 8.94 -.02 -4.1
StkSelorAllCp 67.75+1.41 +19.2 GlbSmlrCoA m 12.24 +.27 +14.9
StkSelorSmCp 37.25 +.57 +21.8 GlbTtlRetAdv x 9.10 -.01 -3.1
StkSlrLgCpVal 26.82 +.40 +22.3 GldPrcMtlsA m23.83+1.66 -5.1
StratDivInc 18.25 +.28 +14.2 Gr,IncA m 25.18 +.43 +6.6
TaxFreeBond 12.13
+1.7 GrA m
157.84+3.97 +16.5
TelecomandUtls27.37 +.16 +1.4 GrAdv
158.63+3.99 +16.8
TotalBond 11.10 +.03 -.3 GrAllcA m 21.68 +.38 +12.0
Trend
172.31+4.87 +16.5 GrC m
140.33+3.51 +15.9
TtlMktIdxInsPrm128.67+2.49 +19.6 GrOppsA m 62.74+2.10 +17.1
USBdIdxInsPrm12.02 +.04 -1.9 GrOppsAdv 69.24+2.32 +17.4
ValDiscv
37.62 +.55 +19.0 GrOppsR6 70.44+2.36 +17.4
Value
15.69 +.31 +31.0 GrR6
158.57+4.00 +16.9
ValueK
15.71 +.30 +31.0 HYTxFrIncA1 m10.40 -.01 +3.4
ValueStrategies53.52+1.13 +28.3 HYTxFrIncAdv 10.45 -.01 +3.5
Worldwide 39.63 +.91 +15.7 HiIncA1 m 1.89
+4.3
Fidelity Advisor:
IncA1 m
2.52 +.02 +13.9
BalancedA m 27.84 +.42 +13.9 IncAdv
2.49 +.01 +13.7

+.02
+.15
+.25
-.03
+.09

+26.4
+17.6
+10.4
+15.3
+22.3

Russell:

n

InvEmergMktsS22.23 +.51
InvGbRlEstSecS37.68+1.28
InvIntlDvdMktS44.60+1.02
InvInvmGrdBdS22.02 +.03
InvStratBdS 11.05 +.01
InvTEBdS 23.88 +.01
InvTxMgdUSLgCpS67.28+1.22
InvTxMgdUSMSCpS41.09 +.50
InvUSSmCpEqS38.76 +.48

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Wkly. YTD
Sell Chg. %Ret.

Wkly. YTD
Sell Chg. %Ret.

+1.0
+6.6
-4.5
+11.0
+13.8
+12.1
+11.9
+16.6
+4.1
-3.1
-2.9
+10.4
+23.1
+23.4
-1.4
+1.4
+.7
+.9
+13.2
+12.7
+18.7
+1.3
+3.9

R

Rydex:

Wkly. YTD
Sell Chg. %Ret.

+10.7
+10.5
+13.0
+12.8
+14.4
+18.6
+20.1
+19.0
+14.1
+3.4
+27.8
+10.9
+7.8
+14.0
+5.6
+16.2
+20.0

ProFunds:

m

T

Wk y YTD
hg % hg
00
00
00
00
00
01

LfTm2030Ins 17.29 +.27
LfTm2030J m 17.21 +.26
LfTm2040Ins 19.04 +.35
LfTm2040J d 18.82 +.34
LfTm2050Ins 19.71 +.38
LgCpGrIIns 24.22 +.60
LgCpValIIIIns 20.77 +.31
MdCpA m 41.75+1.10
MdCpGrIIIIns 17.52 +.49
PrefSecIns 10.50 +.02
RlEsttSecIns32.94+1.17
SAMgBA m 18.76 +.26
SAMgCnsBA m13.86 +.15
SAMgCnsGA m21.90 +.37
SAMgmtFlxIncA m13.53 +.13
SAMgmtStrGrA m24.20 +.44
SmCpIns
32.52 +.30

m

IncC m
2.56 +.02
IncR6
2.51 +.02
InsFrgnSmlrCAdv25.68 +.62
IntlGrA m 22.46 +.72
LwDrTtlRetA m 9.57
MgdIncA x 13.71 +.06
MichiganTFIncA1 m11.80
MnstTxFrIncA1 m12.62 +.01
ModAllcA m 17.37 +.25
MrylndTFIncA1 m11.03
MrylndTFIncC m11.26
MsrTxFrIncA1 m11.86 +.01
MtlUSValA m 40.13 +.63
MutA m
29.20 +.34
MutBeaconA m18.54 +.18
MutBeaconZ18.78 +.18
MutC m
29.00 +.34
MutEuropeanA m21.60 +.39
MutFinclSvcsA m26.65 +.22
MutGlbDiscvA m33.26 +.52
MutGlbDiscvZ 34.10 +.53
MutQuestA m 14.59 +.13
MutQuestZ 14.86 +.13
MutZ
29.61 +.35
NCTxFrIncA1 m11.65
NJTFIncA1 m 11.51
NYTxFrIncA1 m11.25
OhioTxFrIncA1 m12.95
OregonTxFrIncA1 m11.79 +.01
PETxFrIncA1 m 9.95
RisingDivsA m94.49+2.37
RisingDivsAdv 94.38+2.36
RisingDivsC m 92.64+2.31
RisingDivsR6 94.37+2.36
SmCpGrA m 29.00 +.52
SmCpGrAdv 32.26 +.57
SmCpGrR6 32.97 +.59
SmCpValA m 61.76 +.58
SmCpValAdv 65.67 +.61
SmMidCpGrA m53.01+1.59
SmMidCpGrAdv60.69+1.83
StratIncA m 9.48 +.02
TtlRetA m 9.98 +.03
TtlRetR6 10.05 +.03
USGovtSecA1 m5.89 +.01
USGovtSecAdv 5.91
UtlsA1 m 20.84 +.33
UtlsAdv
21.04 +.33
VirginiaTFIncA1 m11.15
VirginiaTFIncC m11.35
WldA m
15.49 +.27

+13.6
+14.6
+11.8
+4.5
+1.2
+11.5
+.2
-.3
+9.0
+.5
+.1
+.7
+25.4
+18.6
+14.4
+14.6
+17.9
+15.3
+27.4
+19.2
+19.5
+11.5
+11.7
+18.9
+.3
+1.3
+.7
-.1
+.2
+.8
+18.4
+18.7
+17.7
+18.7
+6.0
+6.2
+6.3
+22.7
+22.9
+13.2
+13.4
+2.2
-.7
-.6
-1.5
-1.3
+7.8
+7.9
-.2
-.7
+9.6

Frost Funds:
TtlRetBdInstl 10.32 +.02 +2.7

G
GMO:
EmCtyDbtIII m25.71
EmCtyDbtIV m25.67
EmMktsVI 36.41
IntlEqIV
24.92
QualIII
30.18
QualIV
30.26
QualVI
30.19

+.11
+.12
+.50
+.49
+.43
+.43
+.43

-.1
...
+4.5
+12.0
+20.1
+20.1
+20.2

ABCAAA d 10.81 +.01
AsstAAA m 62.29 +.81
GrAAA m 99.49+2.78
SmCpGrAAA m51.05 +.60
SmCpGrI d 53.13 +.63
UtlsA m
7.95 +.11

+3.3
+15.2
+16.3
+18.6
+18.8
+11.1

Gabelli:

Gateway:
Am

39.91 +.38 +9.0

George Putnam:
BalA m

24.84 +.37 +11.2

Glenmede:
SmCpEqAdv 36.85 +.24 +23.7

Goldman Sachs:
AsiaEqA m 35.83 +.59
CorFIInstl 10.92 +.03
CptlGrA m 33.89 +.45
DynMuniIncA m16.71 -.01
DynMuniIncInstl16.70 -.01
EMEqInstl 31.27 +.69
HYMuniA m 10.60 -.02
HYMuniInstl 10.61 -.01
IncBldrA m 26.98 +.22
IntlEqInsIns 15.31 +.40
LgCpGrInsIns 49.17 +.81
MidCpValA m 45.45 +.64
ShrtDurTxFrIns10.80
SmCpValInstl 68.20 +.68

-8.6
-1.8
+18.7
+2.0
+2.3
+3.5
+4.0
+4.3
+8.2
+11.3
+22.0
+23.2
+.4
+22.7

GuideMark:
LgCpCorSvc 29.82 +.57 +19.4

GuideStone Funds:
AggresivAllcInv14.74 +.31
BalAllcInv 13.62 +.16
EqIdxInstl 48.29 +.88
EqIdxInv
48.27 +.88
GrAllcInv 14.58 +.26
GrEqInstl 34.84 +.86
GrEqInv
34.38 +.84
IntlEqInstl 16.09 +.40
LowDurBdInstl13.59 -.02
MediumDurBdIns15.14 +.04
SmCpEqInstl22.33 +.27
ValEqInstl 22.64 +.35

+12.5
+5.6
+19.3
+19.1
+9.5
+15.2
+15.0
+8.6
+.1
-1.8
+19.9
+18.4

H
Harbor:
BdInstl
12.10 +.04
CptlApprecInstl120.17+4.24
CptlApprecInv b112.98+3.98
IntlGrInstl 23.10 +.79
IntlInstl
48.92+1.11
IntlInv b
48.36+1.10
LgCpValInstl22.95 +.34
SmCpGrInstl19.46 +.46
SmCpValInstl 44.45 +.55

-.6
+15.3
+15.0
+3.6
+11.0
+10.7
+19.8
+8.2
+13.0

Harding Loevner:
EmMktsAdv 67.83+1.23
...
IntlEqInstl 30.26 +.76 +5.8

Hartford:
BalHLSIA 34.65 +.38
BalIncA m 16.62 +.14
BalIncC m 16.35 +.13
BalIncI
16.62 +.13
CapAppHLSIA 55.58+1.20
ChecksandBalsA m11.23 +.14
CorEqA m 47.93 +.65
CorEqC m 43.31 +.59
CorEqY
48.70 +.67
CptlApprecA m48.40 +.90
CptlApprecI 48.76 +.91
DiscpEqHLSIA 20.23 +.28
DivandGrA m 33.66 +.51
DivandGrHLSIA26.45 +.41
DivandGrI 33.46 +.51
DivandGrY 34.66 +.53
EqIncA m 23.53 +.31
EqIncI
23.36 +.30
FltngRtA m 8.41 -.01
FltngRtI
8.38
GrAllcA m 15.54 +.22
GrOppsA m 61.45+1.38
GrOppsI
66.58+1.50
GrOppsY
73.62+1.66
HCA m
43.62 +.55
IntlOppsA m 21.19 +.54
IntlOppsHLSIA20.99 +.54
IntlOppsI 21.09 +.54
IntlOppsY 22.33 +.57
MidCpA m 36.71 +.86
MidCpHLSIA 40.42 +.94
MidCpI
38.46 +.90
MidCpY
46.79+1.09
MultiAssetIncA m21.67 +.19
MuniOppsA m 9.07
MuniOppsI 9.07 -.01
SchrEMEqI 20.44 +.37
SchrInStkI 18.34 +.60
ShrtDurA m 10.02 -.01
ShrtDurI
9.98 -.02
SmCoA m 29.43 +.55
SmCoHLSIA 24.58 +.46
SmCpGrHLSIA 37.31 +.65
StkHLSIA 107.80+1.73
StratIncI
9.23 +.02
TtlRetBdA m 10.92 +.03
TtlRetBdHLSIA11.26 +.03
UltrShrtBdHLSIA10.01 -.01
WldBdI
10.59

+14.8
+8.1
+7.4
+8.3
+13.1
+11.2
+16.7
+16.1
+17.0
+12.6
+12.8
+18.0
+23.1
+23.8
+23.3
+23.3
+19.4
+19.6
+3.7
+4.0
+11.2
+11.0
+11.2
+11.2
+6.5
+7.8
+8.3
+8.2
+8.1
+8.1
+8.4
+8.3
+8.3
+5.2
+1.1
+1.2
+.5
+11.4
+.4
+.5
+1.2
+1.6
+6.0
+16.6
+.6
-1.3
-1.2
-.1
-.2

Wkly. YTD
Sell Chg. %Ret.
JapanInstl 49.52 +.98

Homestead:
ShrtTrmBd 5.25 -.01
Val
56.07 +.80

Hotchkis & Wiley:
DiversValA m 26.30 +.37
HYI
11.54 +.01

I-J-K
INVESCO:
AMTFreeMnsA m7.85
AMTFreeNYMnsAm12.11 -.01
ActvAllcA m 16.45 +.31
AmericanValA m43.05 +.67
BalRkAllcA m 12.17 +.22
BalRkAllcY 12.42 +.22
CAMnA m
9.17
ChtrA m
21.32 +.46
ComStkA m 31.11 +.38
ComstockSelA m35.32 +.37
CoreBondA m 6.83 +.01
CoreBondY 6.79 +.01
CorpBdA m 7.82 +.03
CptlAprcA m86.70+2.51
DevMktsA m 54.15+1.27
DevMktsY 53.41+1.25
DiscvA m 126.34+3.97
DiscvMCGrA m35.19+1.09
DiscvY
150.16+4.73
DivIncA m 26.00 +.23
DiversDivA m 22.65 +.17
DiversDivInv b 22.64 +.16
EMAllCapA m 42.65 +.75
EqWtSP500A m82.65+1.36
EqWtSP500C m78.33+1.27
EqWtSP500Y 83.69+1.37
EqandIncA m 12.64 +.12
FdmtlAltsA m 27.22 +.07
FltngRtA m 7.35 -.01
GlbA m
132.79+3.90
GlbAllcA m 23.68 +.32
GlbCorEqA m 16.74 +.47
GlbGrA m 37.28 +.85
GlbOppsA m 79.86+2.72
GlbOppsY 81.88+2.79
GlbStrIncA m 3.61
GlbY
133.71+3.93
GoldSpecMnralA m26.48+1.83
GrandIncA m 28.72 +.38
HCA m
47.86 +.62
HCInv b
47.87 +.62
HYA m
3.98 +.01
HYMuniA m 10.32 -.01
HYMuniC m 10.29 -.01
IntermTrmMnIncAm11.47
IntlBdA m 5.23 -.01
IntlBdY
5.23 -.01
IntlDiversA m 23.77 +.77
IntlGrA m 33.75 +.94
IntlGrA m 52.57+1.98
IntlGrY
52.31+1.97
IntlSmMidCoA m62.20+2.59
IntlSmMidCoY 61.82+2.57
LtdTrmMnIncA m11.49 +.01
LtdTrmNYMnA m3.04
MLPIncA m 4.43 +.16
MLPIncC m 3.84 +.14
MLPIncY
4.69 +.18
MLPSel40Y 6.41 +.24
MainStrtAllCpA m28.01 +.50
MnStrA m 64.49+1.39
MnStrMidCpA m32.44 +.63
MnStrY
64.07+1.39
MuncplOppsA m8.08
MuncplOppsC m8.04 -.01
MuniIncA m 13.74 -.01
ORNYMuncplA m17.53 -.01
ORNYMuncplY 17.54 -.01
PennsylvaniaMnA m11.56
QualIncA m 11.50
RisingDivsA m26.71 +.51
RlEsttA m 22.78 +.66
SP500IdxA m 47.92 +.86
SelRskGrInvA m17.63 +.33
SelRskHiGrInvA m16.93 +.35
SelRskModInvA m13.00 +.20
ShTBdA m 8.60 -.01
SmCpEqA m 17.44 +.27
SmCpGrA m 52.57+1.54
SmCpGrR5 62.77+1.85
SmCpValA m 21.55 +.12
SrFltngRtA m 7.15
SummitP b 33.63 +.83
TechA m
76.90+2.82
TechInv b 76.67+2.81

+49.7
+20.9
+20.9
+17.9
+21.1
+4.8
+4.1
+2.3
+4.9
+5.1
+3.2
-1.1
+17.3
+26.7
+19.9
+11.6
+12.8
+8.8
+.3
+16.5
+10.0
+10.3
+36.1
+8.3
+14.2
+13.3
+13.5

JPMorgan:
CPBondA m 8.53 +.03
CPBondI
8.52 +.02
CPBondR6 8.53 +.03
CoreBondA m 11.96 +.03
CoreBondI 11.95 +.03
CoreBondR6 11.97 +.03
EmMktsEqA m41.20 +.95
EmMktsEqI 42.27 +.98
EmMktsEqL 42.64 +.99
EqIncA m 23.05 +.42
EqIncI
23.48 +.42
EquityIndexA m67.92+1.22
EquityIndexI 68.02+1.23
GovernmentBondI10.93 +.01
GrowthAdvtgA m35.22+1.00
GrowthAdvtgI 36.87+1.06
HighYieldI 7.30 +.01
HighYieldR6 7.30 +.01
IntermTxFrBdI 11.17
IntlEqI
21.83 +.67
InvCnsrvGrA m13.96 +.12
InvCnsrvGrC m13.88 +.11
InvCnsrvGrI 14.05 +.11
InvGrIncA m 20.35 +.29
InvestorBalA m17.24 +.20
InvestorBalC m16.92 +.20
InvestorGrowthA m25.68 +.48
InvestorGrowthI26.38 +.49
LCapGrA m 66.71+1.49
LCapGrI
68.17+1.52
LargeCapValueI19.98 +.23
LtdDurBdR6 10.14 -.01
MCapValA m 45.02 +.70
MCapValI 45.68 +.70
MCapValL 46.41 +.72
MidCapEquityI 65.14+1.38
MidCapGrowthA m47.15+1.37
MidCapGrowthI57.15+1.66
MortgBackedScI11.43 -.01
MortgBackedScR611.43
ScapEqA m 65.95 +.81
ScapEqI
77.99 +.96
ScapEqR5 78.34 +.97
ShDurBdA m11.08 -.02
ShDurBdI 11.10 -.01
ShDurBdR6 11.10 -.01
SmallCapGrowthAm24.98 +.63
SmallCapGrowthI28.54 +.71
SmallCapGrowthL29.72 +.75
SmallCapValueR635.07 +.44
SmtRetr2020A m19.03 +.17
SmtRetr2020R519.14 +.17
SmtRetr2030A m22.13 +.34
SmtRetr2030R522.28 +.35
SmtRetr2040A m26.16 +.53
SmtRetr2040R526.34 +.54
SmtRetrIncR5 18.01 +.17
TaxAwareEqI 48.91 +.99
USEquityA m 22.66 +.48
USEquityI 22.74 +.47
USEquityL 22.79 +.48
USEquityR5 22.80 +.48
USLCpCrPlsI 28.89 +.56
USRsrchEnhEqI38.36 +.73
USRsrchEnhEqR638.31 +.74
USValueA m 66.65+1.01
ValueAdvtgA m44.29 +.49
ValueAdvtgI 44.58 +.50
ValueAdvtgL44.65 +.49

-.4
-.2
...
-1.1
-.9
-.8
-4.6
-4.5
-4.4
+19.2
+19.4
+19.1
+19.3
-1.7
+15.9
+16.2
+6.2
+6.4
+.5
+7.9
+4.9
+4.5
+5.1
+10.5
+8.1
+7.7
+13.5
+13.7
+12.3
+12.5
+19.8
+.3
+24.9
+25.2
+25.3
+17.5
+10.3
+10.5
+.3
+.4
+12.8
+13.0
+13.2
+.2
+.3
+.3
-1.9
-1.7
-1.6
+30.8
+4.3
+4.5
+7.7
+8.0
+11.7
+12.0
+4.5
+19.3
+18.3
+18.5
+18.7
+18.7
+19.1
+20.4
+20.4
+21.7
+24.5
+24.8
+24.9

Janus Henderson:

BalancedC m44.81 +.54
BalancedS b 45.34 +.55
BalancedT 45.44 +.56
ContrarianT 32.68 +.61
EnterpriseT178.29+3.51
FlexibleBondT 11.08
FortyA m 58.11+1.33
FortyS
b
55.14+1.26
Heartland:
GlbTechInnovtT62.94+2.09
ValInv m
51.19 +.55 +18.3 GlobalEqIncA m 6.75 +.10
Hennessy:
GlobalLifeSciT 74.14 +.39
FocInv b
78.82+2.26 +28.1 GlobalResearchT113.77+2.46

Wkly. YTD
Sell Chg. %Ret.

-.5 GlobalSelectT 20.55 +.44
GrowthAndIncT76.99+1.27
-.6 MidCapValueT 18.00 +.13
+19.8 OverseasT 45.06+1.06
ResearchT 74.42+1.79
SmallCapValueT24.95 +.11
+32.4 VITEntrprsInstl98.14+1.92
+5.9 VITFortyInstl 60.62+1.40
VITGlRsrchInstl70.73+1.53
VITRsrchInstl 54.29+1.30
VentureT 110.40+1.95
+2.5 Jensen:
+3.0 QualGrI
64.88+1.41
+11.9 QualGrJ b 64.90+1.41
+23.4
+8.7 John Hancock:
26.84 +.26
+8.9 BalA m
26.81 +.26
+2.3 BalI
16.34 +.04
+20.7 BdA m
16.34 +.04
+29.7 BdI
BdR6
16.37
+.04
+27.8
-1.6 ClassicValI 40.57 +.96
CptlAprc1
b
23.77
+.84
-1.2
+.4 CptlAprcNAV 23.89 +.84
DiscpValA
m26.51
+.35
+18.1
-.3 DiscpValI 25.61 +.33
-.1 DiscpValMCA m27.55 +.45
+15.2 DiscpValMCI 28.85 +.47
+15.6 DiscpValMCR6 28.87 +.48
+15.4 DiscpValR6 25.68 +.34
+14.7 FdmtlLgCpCorA m75.15+1.82
+15.1 FdmtlLgCpCorI79.07+1.92
6.64 +.02
+15.2 IncA m
6.62 +.01
-.7 IncI
+23.0 IntlGrA m 40.19 +.95
40.38 +.95
+22.4 IntlGrI
+23.3 InvmGradeBdA m10.88 +.03
MidCpStk1
b28.22
+.82
+16.3
+1.4 MlMg2025Lftm1 b12.10 +.21
+5.7 MlMg2030Lftm1 b12.77 +.24
+14.9 MlMg2035Lftm1 b13.53 +.27
+9.3 MlMg2040Lftm1 b13.93 +.29
+14.6 MlMg2045Lftm1 b13.79 +.28
MltIdx2025Prs1 b13.18 +.12
+9.4
MltIdx2030Prs1 b14.64 +.20
+2.1
MltIdx2035Prs1 b15.72 +.27
+2.3
MltIdx2040Prs1 b16.26 +.31
-3.0 MltIdx2045Prs1 b16.69 +.33
+15.1 MltIdx2050Prs1 b14.95 +.30
-5.5 MltIdxIncPrs1 b11.97 +.06
+25.5 MltMgLsAgr1 b18.58 +.40
+6.3 MltMgLsAgrA m18.63 +.39
+6.3 MltMgLsBl1 m16.90 +.25
+3.5 MltMgLsBlA b 16.76 +.25
+4.7 MltMgLsCns1 b13.84 +.08
+4.2 MltMgLsCnsA m13.87 +.08
+1.8 MltmgLsMd1 b14.87 +.16
-8.6 MltmgLsMdA m14.97 +.16
-8.4 MltmgrLsGr1 b17.91 +.33
+6.1 MltmgrLsGrA m17.96 +.33
+4.3 RegionalBankA m33.58 -.14
+11.4 StratIncOppsI 11.25 +.01
+11.6 USGlbLdrsGrA m73.81+1.63
+12.2 USGlbLdrsGrI 81.75+1.80
+12.4 sBlueChipGr1 b65.55+1.65
+.4
L
+1.3
+56.5
LKCM:
+55.5
39.80 +.76
+56.9 EqInstl d

+10.9
+11.3
+11.6
+21.9
+14.3
-1.4
+20.4
+20.2
+17.6
+7.9
+4.4
+16.7

LSV:

ValEq

Laudus:

+17.3
+20.0
+14.4
+14.4
+15.9
+17.5
+14.1
+20.6
+16.9
+16.0
+9.1
+17.9
+17.7
+10.7
+10.9
-.6
-.4
-.3
+29.0
+15.7
+15.7
+23.2
+23.5
+23.5
+23.7
+23.9
+23.6
+24.6
+24.8
-.1
...
+8.8
+9.0
-1.2
+7.9
+10.0
+11.3
+12.7
+13.8
+14.4
+3.9
+6.5
+9.2
+10.8
+11.7
+12.0
+2.1
+15.6
+15.3
+10.1
+10.4
+3.3
+3.0
+7.0
+6.8
+13.2
+12.9
+38.8
+1.2
+17.5
+17.7
+17.0

Wkly. YTD
Sell Chg. %Ret.
MuniIncA m 9.15
MuniLtdMatA m8.37
NewDiscvA m 39.45 +.88
NewDiscvI 46.15+1.03
RsrchA m 60.97+1.11
RsrchI
62.85+1.15
RsrchIntlA m 24.49 +.64
RsrchIntlI 25.44 +.66
TechA m
74.67+2.06
TtlRetA m 22.63 +.26
TtlRetBdA m 11.30 +.04
TtlRetBdI 11.30 +.03
TtlRetI
22.63 +.27
UtlsA m
23.87 +.42
ValA m
53.21 +.72
ValC m
52.60 +.71
ValI
53.53 +.72
VirginiaMuniBdA m11.43

Madison:
TFVirginiaY 11.74

-.7

MainStay:
EpchGlbEqYldI 20.09 +.24
IncBldrA m 21.66 +.25
MAPA m
54.42 +.63
MKCnvrtA m 25.12 +.28
MKSP500IdxA m58.03+1.04
MKSTMuniI 9.70
MKTtlRetBdI 11.19 +.03
MKTxFrBdA m 10.62
MacKHYCorpBdA m5.66 +.01
WnslowLgCpGrA m14.39 +.40
BalInv
GrInv

118.18+1.17 +13.5
165.15+3.11 +21.7

Marsico:
Foc b

26.64 +.57 +16.0

MassMutual:
PrmCorBdI 11.32 +.04
SP500IdxI 22.29 +.40
SP500IdxR4 b 21.48 +.38
SelBlChpGrR5 34.76 +.70
SelSmCpGrEqI 21.49 +.49
SelTtlRetBdI10.20 +.02
SelectMdCpGrI31.98 +.54
SelectMdCpGrR531.54 +.53

AsiaDivInv 22.75 +.59 +1.3
AsiaGrInv 37.93 +.84 -3.8
AsiaInnovtrInv25.89 +.65 -3.0
AsianGrIncInv 18.14 +.34 +1.2
ChinaInv
26.08 +.40 -3.4
IndiaInv
33.09 +.64 +25.9
PacTigerInv 34.61+1.04 -.9

Merger:
Inv m

17.38 -.04

M
MFS:

-.3

Meridian:
ContrarianLgcy d50.22+1.12 +20.5
GrLegacy d 56.19 +.96 +17.1

Metropolitan West:

HYBdInstl 10.69
IntermBdInstl 10.72
LowDurBdI 8.88
TtlRetBdI 10.93
TtlRetBdM b10.94
+18.0 TtlRetBdPlan 10.25
UnconsBdI 11.93

-.01 +3.2
-.02 -.8
-.01 +.4
+.02 -1.3
+.03 -1.3
+.02 -1.2
-.01 +1.3

47.54 +.59 +8.7
+.2
+4.3
+4.5
+13.3
+15.6
+15.8
+4.5
+14.3
+14.6
+10.6
+10.8
-.5
+12.8

+13.5
+11.7
+8.8
+18.2
+9.7
+20.0

Natixis:

Lord Abbett:

USValEqInstl 22.07 +.33

+.6
+20.4
+19.8
+16.0
+9.9
-1.2
+13.0
+12.9

Matthews:

IntlMktMtrsSel30.56+1.01 +8.6 Morgan Stanley:
USLgCpGr 34.53 +.95 +17.0 GlbFIOppsI 5.78 +.01
InsDiscyA m 34.55+1.96
Lazard:
InsDiscyI 45.18+2.56
EMEqInstl 19.26 +.37 +8.7 InsInGlbFrnchI 35.36 +.75
GlbLtdInfrsIns 15.99 +.12 +11.3 InsInGrA m 98.58+5.37
IntlEqInstl 21.52 +.53 +8.2 InsInGrI 105.91+5.77
IntlStratEqIns 18.33 +.41 +9.1 InsInIntEqI d16.93 +.33
IntlStratEqOpen b18.46 +.41 +8.8 InsIncIncptA m21.36 +.51
USEqConcntrIns21.54 +.37 +20.7 InsIncIncptI d 29.19 +.69
InsightA m 89.38+4.81
Longleaf Partners:
101.88+5.49
Intl
17.39 +.31 +.1 InsightI
LnglfPtnrs 26.27 +.32 +20.9 InstlCrPlsFIIns11.49 +.04
SmCap
26.74 +.19 +12.1 Motley Fool:
GlbOppInv 36.29 +.92
Loomis Sayles:
BdInstl
13.71 +.03 +3.2
N
BdRetail b 13.63 +.03 +2.9
CorPlusBdA m 13.55 +.02 -1.6 Nationwide:
FI
13.55 +.05 +2.6 InDeAgrsSvc b 10.97 +.23
GrY
26.56 +.39 +14.8 InDeMdlyAgrsSvc b11.03 +.19
InvmGradeBdA m11.47 +.02 +.2 InDeModSvc b 10.71 +.15
32.48 +.57
InvmGradeBdY11.48 +.02 +.4 InstlSvc
9.31 +.24
SmCpGrInstl37.65 +.63 +7.6 IntlIdxR6
StratIncA m 14.27 +.04 +3.6 MidCpMktIdxIns20.45 +.44

Lyrical:

+12.7
+7.5
+19.8
+9.1
+19.0
+.4
-.5
+.8
+4.5
+19.9

Mairs & Power:

32.00 +.28 +25.0 Miller:
OppI

AffiliatedA m 18.16 +.38
AlphaStratA m30.05 +.60
BdDebA m 8.47 +.03
BdDebC m 8.50 +.04
BdDebF b
8.46 +.04
BdDebI
8.43 +.04
CalibRtdDivGrA m20.80 +.39
CorFIA m 11.11 +.03
DevelopingGrA m31.37 +.74
DevelopingGrF b33.63 +.79
DevelopingGrI 40.08 +.95
FdmtlEqA m 14.88 +.27
FltngRtA m 8.44
FltngRtC m 8.44
FltngRtF b 8.43
FltngRtI
8.44
GrOppsA m 31.90 +.78
HYA m
7.56 +.02
HYF b
7.55 +.02
HYI
7.59 +.02
HYMuniBdA m12.85 -.01
HYMuniBdF b 12.86 -.01
IncA m
2.99 +.01
IncF b
2.99 +.01
IntermTxFrA m11.31
IntermTxFrF b 11.30 -.01
MidCpStkA m 35.93 +.60
MltAsstBalOppA m14.28 +.21
MltAsstIncA m17.69 +.20
NtnlTxFrIncA m12.02 -.01
NtnlTxFrIncF b12.01 -.01
ShrtDurIncA m 4.18
ShrtDurIncC m 4.21
ShrtDurIncF b4.18
ShrtDurIncI 4.18
ShrtDurTxFrA m15.84
ShrtDurTxFrF b15.84
TtlRetA m 10.53 +.03
TtlRetF b 10.53 +.03
ValOppsA m 23.48 +.51

+2.1
+.6
+9.1
+9.3
+19.2
+19.5
+10.7
+10.8
+14.4
+11.9
-1.1
-1.0
+12.1
+5.8
+19.8
+19.1
+20.0
+.9

+20.4
+14.8
+3.4
+3.0
+3.6
+3.7
+17.1
-1.0
+2.7
+2.7
+2.8
+23.3
+4.8
+4.3
+4.9
+5.0
+9.5
+5.7
+5.8
+5.9
+4.6
+4.7
+1.1
+1.2
+1.3
+1.3
+23.8
+9.7
+7.1
+2.1
+2.1
+1.2
+.6
+1.2
+1.3
+.3
+.4
-.4
-.2
+22.5

IUSEqOppsA m46.39 +.65 +23.2

Neuberger Berman:
CorBdInstl 10.63 +.03
EmMktsEqInstl23.07 +.45
EqIncInstl 14.95 +.28
FocInv
34.76+1.03
GenesisInstl 79.05+1.27
GenesisInv 79.04+1.27
GenesisR6 79.02+1.27
GenesisTrust 78.92+1.26
GuardianInv 28.87 +.54
HiIncBdInstl 8.73 +.01
IntlEqInstl 16.79 +.44
IntrnsValInstl 23.86 +.28
LgCpValInstl46.08 +.40
LgCpValInv 46.08 +.40
LgShInstl 18.01 +.17
MdCpGrInv 22.77 +.77
RlEsttInstl 17.75 +.59
StratIncInstl11.43 +.04
SustEqInst 49.08 +.80

-1.0
-.6
+14.5
+16.8
+12.4
+12.3
+12.5
+12.2
+22.6
+3.7
+12.7
+22.3
+26.8
+26.6
+8.4
+14.2
+27.4
+3.0
+16.3

New Covenant:
Gr

61.56+1.20 +19.2

Nicholas:
III
37.17 +.80 +17.8
LtdEditionInstl37.43 +.68 +13.2
Nicholas
86.32+1.89 +19.9

Northern:

ActvMIntlEq d 13.97 +.39
BdIdx
10.81 +.03
CAIntermTxEx 10.91 +.01
EmMktsEqIdx d14.10 +.33
FI
10.59 +.03
GlbRlEsttIdx d 11.70 +.39
HYFI d
6.81 +.01
HYMuni
9.05 -.02
IntermTxEx 10.81
IntlEqIdx d 14.87 +.38
MidCpIdx 25.16 +.53
ShrtBd
18.99 -.02
ShrtIntermTxEx10.41
+24.7 SmCpIdx
17.67 +.26
SmCpVal 24.06 +.18
StkIdx
50.05 +.90
TxEx
10.96
+15.9
Nuveen:
+22.2
+6.5 AlAmrMuniBdA m12.16 -.01
+6.7 CAMuniBdA m 11.58 +.01
+19.7 CAMuniBdI 11.59
-1.7 HYMuniBdA m18.25 +.01
HYMuniBdI 18.25 +.01
-1.5
IntermDrMnBdA m9.59 +.01
+14.3
IntermDrMnBdI 9.62 +.01
+7.1
LtdTrmMnBdA m11.35
-2.1 LtdTrmMnBdI 11.31 +.01
+18.5 MrylndMnBdA m11.03
+13.2 NAMnBdI 11.34 +.01
+12.5 NYMnBdA m11.25
+17.8 NYMnBdI 11.25 -.01
+18.7 RlEsttSecI 23.57 +.85
+2.8 ShrtTrmMnBdI10.17 +.01
+11.2 VirginiaMnBdA m11.52
+7.2
O
+7.7
+6.5
Oak
Associates:
+6.8
+4.9 RedOakTechSel43.61 +.76
... Oakmark:
+18.4 EqAndIncInv 37.15 +.48
+18.7 GlbInv
38.45 +.80
+21.7 GlbSelInv 25.61 +.61
+21.9 IntlInv
29.35 +.72
+10.2 IntlSmCpInv 20.40 +.48
+10.5 Inv
121.62+1.69
+23.9 SelInv
64.99 +.95
+24.1 Oberweis:
+9.8
+9.2 ChinaOpps m 16.37 +.22
+10.0 IntlOppsInstl d18.28 +.62

AgrsGrAllcA f 32.49 +.69
BlnRsrCorEqI 36.88 +.70
CnsrvAllcA m 18.56 +.19
CnsrvAllcI 18.75 +.19
CorEqA m 48.86 +.88
CorpBdA m 15.21 +.07
CorpBdI
15.19 +.06
GlbEqA m 60.31+1.24
GlbTtlRetA m 19.97 +.23
GovtSecA m 10.08 +.01
GrA m
177.61+4.37
GrAllcA m 27.29 +.48
GrAllcC m 26.63 +.46
GrC m
135.52+3.32
GrI
191.28+4.72
HiIncA m
3.43
InstlIntlEq 34.07 +.83
IntlDvrsfctnA m25.35 +.60
IntlGrA m 45.74+1.23
IntlNwDscA m 39.12 +.93
IntlNwDscI 40.47 +.97
IntlValA m 54.28+1.26
LtdMatA m 6.05 -.01
MAInvsGrStkA m43.68 +.88
MAInvsGrStkI 45.32 +.92
MAInvsTrustA m43.10 +.75
MAInvsTrustI 41.64 +.72
MidCpGrA m31.09 +.67
MidCpGrI 33.29 +.73
MidCpValA m 31.65 +.53
MidCpValI 32.55 +.55
ModAllcA m 22.23 +.31
ModAllcC m 21.76 +.30
ModAllcI
22.58 +.31
MrylndMuniBdA m11.11
+1.8 Old Westbury:
MuniHiIncA f 8.62 -.01 +4.0 AllCpCor
26.63 +.58

+13.4
-1.5
-.1
-.4
-.3
+16.8
+4.6
+3.7
-.1
+9.7
+20.1
...
-.1
+15.9
+21.9
+19.4
+.1
+2.1
+.6
+.7
+7.3
+7.4
+1.1
+1.2
+.7
+.8
+1.3
+.5
+1.7
+1.8
+27.6
+.3
+.4

+16.1
+21.3
+20.3
+22.1
+12.5
+20.7
+35.0
+35.2
-5.3
+7.8
+20.8

Wkly.
Sell Chg.
FI
11.26 -.02
GlbSmMdCpStrat19.71 +.46
LgCpStrats 19.70 +.44
MnBd
12.36 +.01

Optimum:
FxdIncInstl 9.84 +.02
IntlInstl
16.03 +.43
LgCpGrInstl 28.56 +.79
LgCpValInstl21.81 +.29
SmMidCpGrIns21.31 +.31
SmMidCpValIns16.91 +.22

Osterweis:
StrInc

11.55 +.02

P
PGIM Investments:

+3.0
+19.0
+13.3
-.8
-1.4
+1.3
+18.1
+19.0
+23.4

Wkly. YTD
Sell Chg. %Ret.
EMIncIns
7.92 +.05 -3.6
RltvVlLgCpIns 14.96 +.22 +23.2
SelEqsI
43.59+1.34 +23.1
TtlRetBdI 10.14 +.03 -1.2
TtlRetBdN b 10.45 +.03 -1.4
BdIdxIns
11.21 +.03
BdIns
10.74 +.03
BdPlusIns 10.91 +.02
EqIdxIns
33.20 +.64
EqIdxRet 33.66 +.64
EqIdxRetail b 33.77 +.65
GrIncIns
19.57 +.37
GrIncRet
20.00 +.37
GrIncRetail b 27.87 +.52
HYIns
9.59 +.01
InflLinkedBdIns12.44 +.03
IntlEqIdxIns 23.44 +.59
IntlEqIdxRet 23.96 +.60
IntlEqIns 14.55 +.34
Lfcycl2015Rtr 14.09 +.14
Lfcycl2020Rtr 15.08 +.16
Lfcycl2025Rtr 15.98 +.20
Lfcycl2030Rtr 16.76 +.24
Lfcycl2035Rtr 17.73 +.28
Lfcycl2040I 12.89 +.22
Lfcycl2040Rtr 18.55 +.32
Lfcycl2045Rtr 15.90 +.30
LfcyclId2010I 18.49 +.18
LfcyclId2020I 21.18 +.25
LfcyclId2025I 22.93 +.30
LfcyclId2035I 26.55 +.42
LfcyclId2040I 28.08 +.49
LfcyclId2045I 28.97 +.55
LgCpGrIdxIns 58.64+1.49
LgCpGrIdxRet 58.99+1.50
LgCpGrIns 26.30 +.56
LgCpGrRetail b26.17 +.57
LgCpValIdxIns 24.61 +.33
LgCpValIdxRet25.04 +.33
LgCpValIns 22.76 +.28
LgCpValRet 22.65 +.28
MdCpGrI
30.02 +.68
MdCpGrRtr 28.68 +.64
MdCpValI 21.13 +.42
MdCpValRtr 20.95 +.42
MgdAllcRtl b 14.77 +.20
QtSm-CpEqInstl22.83 +.34
RlEsttSecI 22.05 +.72
RlEsttSecRtr 23.08 +.76
SP500IdxI 49.61 +.89
SP500IdxRtr 49.19 +.88
SclChEqI
29.57 +.62
SclChEqRtl b26.02 +.55
SclChEqRtr 30.02 +.63
ShrtTrmBdI 10.44 -.01
SmCpBlndIdxI 28.14 +.40
SmCpBlndIdxRtr28.22 +.41

m

-1.8
-.9
-.4
+19.5
+19.2
+19.2
+19.2
+19.0
+19.0
+3.8
+4.4
+10.6
+10.4
+10.9
+6.5
+7.2
+8.3
+9.6
+11.0
+12.5
+12.3
+13.7
+5.6
+7.1
+8.2
+10.7
+12.1
+13.6
+18.8
+18.6
+15.6
+15.4
+20.6
+20.4
+21.7
+21.4
+8.7
+8.5
+25.3
+25.1
+8.7
+23.1
+26.3
+26.0
+20.4
+20.1
+20.2
+19.9
+19.9
+.4
+15.6
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Third Avenue:
RlEsttValIns 28.19+1.01 +22.7
SmCpValIns 21.58 +.09 +22.5
ValIns
55.25+1.29 +28.5

Thompson:
Bd

11.02 -.03 +5.7

Thornburg:

NASDAQ1002xStrHb441.78+18.41 +33.3
30.79 +.73
YTD NASDAQ100Inv73.17+1.56 +17.0 IntEqI
IntlEqA m 29.63 +.70
%Ret.
S
InvmIncBldrA m23.61 +.22
-1.7
InvmIncBldrC m23.58 +.22
+7.0 SEI:
LtdTrmIncA m 13.79 -.01
+14.9 CoreFxdIncF 11.48 +.03 -1.7 LtdTrmIncI 13.80 -.01
-.8 EmergMktsDbtF10.03 +.07 -3.7 LtdTrmMnA m 14.49
EmergingMktsEqF14.60 +.29 +1.3 LtdTrmMnI 14.49
+8.7
-1.6 HighYieldBdF 7.06
+1.0 Thrivent:
+9.3 IntermTermMuniF12.16
13.87 +.34 +9.6 DiversIncPlusA m8.00 +.04
+15.5 IntlEqF
LgCpStkA m 32.11 +.74
+22.0 IntlFxdIncF 10.35 +.02 -2.0
LgCpValS 29.52 +.40
+9.7 LargeCapGrowthF54.23+1.41 +17.9
MidCpStkA
m 35.24 +.66
LargeCapValueF28.15
+.32
+22.1
+25.3
S&P500IndexF 95.74+1.72 +19.3 MidCpStkS 40.69 +.76
ShortDurGovtF10.43 -.02 -.7 MnBdA m 11.53
+5.0 TaxMgdSm/MdCpF28.85 +.31 +19.6 OppIncPlusS 10.14 +.02
TxMgdLCpF 36.37 +.61 +20.2 SmCpStkA m 27.63 +.16
USMgdVolF 18.13 +.20 +14.4 Torray:
+11.3
+20.4
+5.3
+5.5
+19.1
+3.1
+3.3
+11.3
+11.6
+26.3
+8.1
+8.8
+18.8
+15.4
+15.7
+.6
+21.8
-.2
-1.9
-2.4
-1.6

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G
A m

TIAA-CREF:

m

+7.5
+7.2
+14.5
+13.9
-.9
-.6
-.4
-.1

G
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V
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+5.2
+17.8
+27.2
+23.3
+23.5
+1.0
+1.3
+22.1

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SSGA:

Torray
57.26 +.96 +21.0
SP500IdxN b 283.19+5.10 +20.3 Touchstone:
Schwab:
BalancedA m 26.17 +.26 +12.0
Bal
19.49 +.25 +10.6 FlexIncY
11.28
+2.8
CATFBd
12.13
+.3 FocedY
66.41+1.03 +23.6
CorEq
28.55 +.50 +17.4 GlblESGEqfdA m27.66 +.64 +11.4
DivEq
16.82 +.23 +21.1 LargeCpFocA m61.22 +.89 +22.2
FdmtlIntlLgCIdx10.62 +.23 +14.7 MidCpGrY 46.11+1.27 +15.2
FdmtlUSLgCIdx22.94 +.29 +24.6 MidCpY
48.57 +.83 +9.7
FdmtlUSSmCIdx19.21 +.19 +27.8 SdCptlSelGrA m21.44 +.67 +16.6
HC
29.44 +.27 +12.3 SdCptlSelGrY 23.79 +.74 +16.8
IntlIdx
24.32 +.61 +9.7 SdCptlSelGrZ b21.46 +.66 +16.5
MktTrackAllEq23.54 +.44 +18.0 SmallComA m 6.78 +.07 +20.0
MktTrackBal21.32 +.27 +10.0
MktTrackGr 27.49 +.42 +14.3 Transamerica:
SP500Idx 69.12+1.25 +19.5 AsAlCnsrvA m 12.06 +.14 +5.2
Schwab1000Idx99.84+1.98 +18.7 AsAlGrA m 16.62 +.43 +15.7
SmCpEq
23.51 +.18 +26.5 AsAlModA m 13.21 +.20 +7.7
SmCpIdx
39.41 +.57 +16.0 AsAlModGrA m14.58 +.29 +11.2
TFBd
12.09
+.3 CptlGrA m 60.35+3.33 +14.3
Trgt2020 16.03 +.17 +6.2 MltMgdBalA m35.32 +.45 +11.5
Trgt2030 18.69 +.27 +9.9 Trust For Credit Uni:
PIMCO:
Trgt2040 20.28 +.36 +12.5
AlAstA m 13.04 +.22 +14.0 TrsInflPrtScIdx12.58 +.08 +4.7 UnsShrtDrTCU 9.78 -.01 -.9
+.2
AlAstAllAthIns 8.67 +.16 +14.7 TtlStkMktIdx 79.47+1.54 +18.9 UnsUlShDrTCU 9.43
Tweedy, Browne:
AlAstI2
13.07 +.22 +14.3
AlAstInstl 13.04 +.22 +14.4 Segall Bryant & Hami:
GlbVal
30.99 +.44 +12.9
CmdPlsStrI2 7.99 +.25 +46.3 PlusBdRtl 10.97 +.03 -.7 GlbVlIICyUnHdg16.90 +.28 +8.8
CmdPlsStrIs 8.08 +.25 +46.7 Selected:
U
CmdtyRlRtStrI26.64 +.15 +39.2 AmrcnD
45.78 +.41 +20.1
CmdtyRlRtStrIns6.68 +.15 +39.5 AmrcnS b 45.63 +.41 +19.8 U.S. Global Investor:
DiversIncI2 11.13 +.03
...
WldPrecMnral b4.72 +.34 -10.3
DiversIncInstl 11.13 +.03 +.1 Sequoia:
DynamicBdI 10.73 -.03 +.9 Sequoia 201.50+2.82 +21.5 UBS PACE:
IntlEqInvmsP 19.16 +.48 +10.7
EMBdI2
10.38 +.03 -1.7 Sit:
EMBdInstl 10.38 +.03 -1.6 MinnesotaTFInc10.69
+1.5 LgCoGrEqInvmsP31.28 +.77 +15.8
LgCoValEqInvmsP25.89 +.35 +23.3
EMCcy&S/TInmtI7.97 +.05 -2.1
Smead Funds:
StrFIInvmsP 14.12 +.05 -.6
EmergLclBdInstl6.34 +.05 -6.0
70.11 +.56 +38.8
ExtendedDrInstl7.86 +.26 -7.6 ValI1
USAA:
GNMA&GovtSecI11.28 +.02
... Sound Shore:
AgrsGr
61.53+1.78 +14.3
GNMA&GovtSecI-211.28 +.02 -.1 ShoreInv
51.69 +.49 +22.6 CABd
11.51 -.01 +1.1
GlBdOppsUSDHI10.63 -.02 -.1 State Farm:
CptlGr
13.81 +.28 +16.3
HYA m
9.04 +.01 +2.8
CrnrstnMdlyAgrs30.01 +.41 +8.7
Bal
92.21+1.11
+10.9
HYI2
9.04 +.01 +3.0
116.49+2.27 +15.4 CrnrstnMod 17.15 +.20 +7.3
HYInstl
9.04 +.01 +3.1 Gr
10.16 -.02 -1.0 ExtendedMktIdx29.98 +.70 +18.0
HYMnBdA m 9.84 -.01 +4.0 Interim
39.24 +.93 +13.9
8.88
... Gr
HYMnBdI2 9.84 -.01 +4.1 MnBd
GrInc
27.15 +.55 +16.2
HYMnBdInstl 9.84 -.01 +4.2 Sterling Capital:
IBdUSDHA m 10.81 +.01 -1.7 StrtonSmCpVlIns86.23 +.91 +23.5 GrandTxtr 25.86 +.22 +10.1
HiInc
d
7.87 +.01 +4.5
IBdUSDHI 10.81 +.01 -1.4 TtlRetBdIns 11.02 +.03 -1.1
Inc
13.63 +.04 +.6
IBdUSDHI-2 10.81 +.01 -1.4
T
IncStk
20.53
+.31 +18.8
IBdUnhI
10.02 +.01 -5.6
IntermTrmBd 10.90 +.02 +1.0
IncA m
12.04 +.01 +2.3 T. Rowe Price:
30.22 +.85 +14.4
IncC m
12.04 +.01 +1.7 AfrcMdlEst 10.51 +.25 +29.6 Intl
IncI2
12.04 +.01 +2.5 All-Cap Opps 80.65+1.64 +18.0 NASDAQ100Idx41.88 +.90 +17.0
PrcMtlsMnral 18.89+1.13 -9.4
IncInstl
12.04 +.01 +2.6 BCGr
194.51+4.82 +17.5
IncR b
12.04 +.01 +2.1 BCGrAdv b 189.99+4.70 +17.3 SP500IdxMbr 61.12+1.18 +19.1
InflRspMlAstIns9.31 +.11 +12.7 BCGrR b 181.13+4.47 +17.0 SP500IdxRwd 61.15+1.17 +19.2
SciTech
35.80+1.11 +.3
InvtGrdCdtBdA m10.84 +.04 -1.4 Bal
29.99 +.42 +11.1 ShrtTrmBd 9.30 -.01 +1.3
InvtGrdCdtBdI 10.84 +.04 -1.1 CATFBd
11.89
+1.7 SmCpStk 21.78 +.32 +18.4
InvtGrdCdtBdI-210.84 +.04 -1.2 Comm&TeInv 208.68+4.95 +15.6
SustWld
32.17 +.73 +13.8
L/TCreditBdI12.80 +.17 -1.8 CptlAprc
39.22 +.50 +15.0
+1.5
LngDrTtlRetIns10.47 +.17 -2.6 CptlAprcAdv b 38.67 +.50 +14.7 TEIntermTrm 13.84
TELngTrm 13.80
+2.2
LngTrmUSGvtIns5.54 +.10 -6.0 CptlOpp
44.03 +.77 +20.1
TEShrtTrm 10.64
+1.1
LowDrA m 9.87 -.02 -.4 DivGr
70.18+1.25 +17.7
LowDrAdmin b 9.87 -.02 -.4 DivMdCpGr 52.34+1.61 +13.7 TrgtRet2030 14.32 +.19 +9.6
LowDrI2
9.87 -.02 -.3 EMBd
11.09 +.03 -.9 TrgtRet2040 14.68 +.25 +12.3
LowDrInstl 9.87 -.02 -.2 EMStk
52.44 +.97 -4.3 TrgtRet2050 15.25 +.28 +13.7
LowDurIncA m 8.67
+1.8 EmergEurope 19.37 +.25 +32.4 TrgtRetInc 12.17 +.08 +5.2
11.62 +.01 +1.1
LowDurIncI2 8.67
+2.0 EqIdx500 118.15+2.12 +20.2 VIBd
19.08 +.29 +21.0
LowDurIncInstl 8.67
+2.1 EqInc
37.42 +.39 +21.3 Val
MnBdA m 10.43 -.01 +1.1 ErpnStk
27.89 +.95 +13.7 Undiscovered Manager:
MnBdI2
10.43 -.01 +1.2 ExtendedEqMktId43.08+1.08 +16.1 BehavioralValL83.60 +.65 +30.2
MnBdInstl 10.43 -.01 +1.3 FinclSvcs 37.23 +.48 +38.4
V
ModDrInstl 10.42 -.02 -.7 GNMA
9.27 -.01 -1.5
MortgOpps&BdI10.91 +.03 +2.0 GlbGrStk 48.59+1.15 +14.4 VALIC Co I:
RAEFdmAdPLUSIns8.57 -.08 +1.0 GlbMltSectBdInv11.77 +.02 +.6
DivVal
13.37 +.21 +19.0
RAEPLUSA m 6.19 +.05 +20.4 GlbStk
74.91+2.19 +13.8 EmergEcos 10.23 +.25 +4.0
RAEPLUSI 6.74 +.06 +20.8 GlbTech
33.31+1.89 +21.9 Gr
24.83 +.71 +17.7
RAEPLUSII 6.55 +.12 +12.8 GrStk
115.34+2.93 +19.0 GrInc
28.08 +.54 +19.2
RlEstRlRtStrIns9.35 +.35 +37.7 GrStkAdv b112.03+2.84 +18.7
InflProt
12.39 +.09 +3.8
RlRetA m 12.32 +.06 +4.3 GrStkR b 107.32+2.72 +18.5
IntlEqsIdx
8.41 +.20 +10.4
RlRetAdmin b 12.32 +.06 +4.4 HY
6.66
+4.2
IntlGr
19.51 +.72 +13.4
RlRetI2
12.32 +.06 +4.6 HlthSci
109.53+1.29 +10.8
IntlVal
11.23 +.27 +10.8
RlRetInstl 12.32 +.06 +4.7 InflProtBd 13.68 +.08 +4.3
22.64 +.46 +18.4
47.63 +.88 -4.5 LgCptlGr
ShrtAsstInvmIns9.98 -.01 +.1 InsEMEq
MidCpIdx 31.53 +.67 +19.9
ShrtTrmA m 9.81
+.1 InsFltngRt 9.77 -.01 +4.0
+4.0 MidCpStrGr 24.80 +.64 +15.6
ShrtTrmI2 9.81
+.2 InsFltngRtF 9.77
42.18+1.31 +12.5
8.84
+4.3 SciTech
ShrtTrmIns 9.81
+.3 InsHY
SmCpIdx
23.51 +.35 +15.3
StksPLUSAbRtA m13.49 +.22 +19.0 InsLgCpCorGr 76.71+1.91 +17.7
StkIdx
56.24+1.01 +20.1
StksPLUSAbRtIns13.84 +.23 +19.4 InsMdCpEqGr 81.56+1.17 +12.5
StksPLUSIUSDHI28.79 +.19 +15.2 InsSmCpStk 35.71 +.58 +16.6 VY:
IntlBd
9.22
+.02
-6.1
TRPGrEqI 118.00+3.05 +19.0
StksPLUSIUSDHIn8.91 +.20 +15.3
99.08+2.83 +9.2 Value Line:
StksPLUSIns13.52 +.24 +19.1 IntlDiscv
StksPLUSLngDrIn8.39 +.28 +15.6 IntlEqIdx 16.78 +.42 +10.4 AstAllcInv b 47.46 +.77 +7.7
22.06 +.42 +4.8
StksPLUSSmIns11.16 +.15 +15.9 IntlStk
19.15 +.38 -4.9 CptlApprctInv b14.21 +.22 +10.2
TotRetESGIns9.42 +.02 -.9 Japan
TtlRetA m 10.33 +.02 -1.2 LatinAmerica 21.39 +.45 -6.9 VanEck:
73.80+1.71 +20.6 EMY
21.02 +.53 -1.5
TtlRetAdm b10.33 +.02 -1.2 LrgCpGrI
TtlRetI2
10.33 +.02 -1.0 LrgCpVaI 28.79 +.32 +21.9 Vanguard:
TtlRetIIIns 9.63 +.03 -1.3 MdCpGr 126.92+1.79 +12.2 500IdxAdmrl 412.98+7.44 +20.4
TtlRetIns 10.33 +.02 -1.0 MdCpGrAdv b121.72+1.71 +12.0 500IdxInv 413.00+7.43 +20.3
36.21 +.61 +22.4
TtlRetR b 10.33 +.02 -1.4 MdCpVal
MrylndTFBd 11.11 -.01 +1.9 BalIdxAdmrl 48.39 +.64 +10.8
PRIMECAP Odyssey:
NewAsia 25.02 +.49 -.4 BalIdxIns 48.39 +.64 +10.7
+.3
AgrsGr
58.97+1.28 +9.9 NewEra
40.24+1.08 +23.2 CAITTxExAdm 12.19
+.2
Gr
50.00 +.80 +17.9 NewHorizons 96.74+3.14 +17.6 CAITTxExInv12.19
+.9
Stk
42.52 +.58 +21.0 NewInc
9.74 +.02 -.7 CALtrmTEAdm12.68
+.8
OverseasStk13.40 +.30 +11.2 CALtrmTEInv 12.68
Pacific Funds:
CnsDscIdxAdmrl167.30+4.95 +18.3
PersonalStrBal28.99
+.38
+9.9
OptmzGrA m 16.85 +.28 +13.1
CnsStpIdxAdmrl90.66
+.89
+7.4
OptmzModA m15.40 +.22 +10.1 PersonalStrGr 46.13 +.78 +13.1 CptlOppAdmrl210.77+3.74 +18.7
PersonalStrInc22.74 +.20 +6.8
Parametric:
QMUSBdEnhIdx11.40 +.03 -1.4 CptlOppInv 91.25+1.62 +18.7
TxMgEMktIs54.22 +.81 +8.6 QMUSSmCpGrEq52.27 +.82 +9.5 DevMIdxAdmrl16.65 +.44 +11.1
RlEstt
21.00 +.75 +33.6 DevMIdxIns 16.68 +.44 +11.2
Parnassus:
38.20 +.62 +16.4
15.04 +.14 +7.2 DivGrInv
CorEqInv
63.63+1.28 +18.9 Rtr2005
Rtr2010
19.78
+.19 +7.8 DiversEqInv 55.13+1.24 +19.0
Parnassus 66.56+1.82 +8.3
Rtr2015
16.23 +.17 +8.5 EMSelStkInv 27.69 +.67 +4.6
Pax:
Rtr2020
24.88 +.28 +9.4 EMStkIdxInAdm42.92 +.80 +4.6
SustAlloInv b 29.29 +.42 +11.9 Rtr2020Adv b 24.60 +.27 +9.1 EMStkIdxInPl108.56+2.03 +4.6
Rtr2020R b 24.28 +.27 +8.9 EMStkIdxIns32.64 +.61 +4.6
Payden:
21.42 +.28 +10.6 EngyAdmrl 75.01+1.25 +27.7
EqInc
20.95 +.31 +17.8 Rtr2025
HiIncInv
6.90 +.02 +5.8 Rtr2025Adv b 21.25 +.28 +10.4 EngyIdxAdmrl 40.51 +.56 +61.2
39.96 +.66 +27.6
Rtr2025R
b
20.94
+.27 +10.2 EngyInv
LowDr
10.14 -.02 +.3
31.90 +.48 +12.1 EqIncAdmrl 93.54+1.14 +20.1
LtdMat
9.52
+.3 Rtr2030
44.64 +.55 +20.1
Rtr2030Adv b 31.51 +.48 +11.9 EqIncInv
Pear Tree:
Rtr2030R b 31.12 +.46 +11.7 EuStkIdxAd 85.18+2.59 +14.6
PlrsFgnVlInstl 24.54 +.50 +9.9 Rtr2035
24.12 +.41 +13.6 EuStkIdxInstl 36.32+1.10 +14.6
Rtr2035Adv b 23.92 +.40 +13.3 ExplorerAdmrl138.04+2.49 +15.3
Performance:
Rtr2035R
b
23.56
+.40 +13.1 ExplorerInv 148.27+2.67 +15.2
MnBdInstl x 25.57 -.06 +.7
34.93 +.63 +14.8 ExplorerValInv46.93 +.68 +25.1
StrBd x
22.85 -.04 +1.4 Rtr2040
Rtr2040Adv
b
34.50
+.63
+14.6 ExtDrTrIdIns41.12+1.24 -9.2
Permanent:
Rtr2040R b 34.14 +.62 +14.3 ExtDrTrIdInsPls103.22+3.12 -9.2
I
50.26 +.69 +9.4 Rtr2045
24.28 +.46 +15.6 ExtMktIdxAdmrl143.85+3.65 +16.2
Pioneer:
Rtr2045Adv b 24.04 +.45 +15.4 ExtMktIdxIns143.84+3.65 +16.2
Am
41.84 +.89 +21.2 Rtr2045R b 23.67 +.45 +15.1 ExtMktIdxInsPls354.98+9.02 +16.2
AMTFreeMnA m15.44 +.01 -.2 Rtr2050
20.57 +.39 +15.7 ExtMktIdxInv143.94+3.65 +16.0
AMTFreeMnY 15.38 +.01 -.1 Rtr2050Adv b 20.30 +.39 +15.5 FAWexUSIAdmr38.95 +.94 +8.9
BdA m
10.09 +.02 +.4 Rtr2050R b 20.05 +.39 +15.3 FAWexUSIInPl130.76+3.15 +9.0
BdY
10.00 +.02 +.7 Rtr2055
21.07 +.40 +15.6 FAWexUSIIns123.47+2.97 +8.9
CorEqA m 26.86 +.50 +19.1 Rtr2055Adv b 20.85 +.40 +15.4 FSocialIdxIns 31.42 +.65 +19.7
DiscpGrA m 21.72 +.54 +17.2 RtrBal
16.88 +.14 +7.5 FinclsIdxAdmrl48.93 +.64 +36.1
-.7
EqIncA m 42.07 +.75 +18.5 SciandTech 61.55+1.65 +11.7 GNMAAdmrl10.60
-.7
HiIncMnA m 7.45
+4.4 ShrtTrmBd 4.81 -.01 +.1 GNMAInv 10.60
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When to take that career step backward
When you first started your career, you likely
envisioned your trajectory as a steady climb up
a steep but manageable mountain. But now
that you are at least a few years in, you have
realized your career has peaks and valleys—and
you might even find yourself at a crossroads
where it makes sense to take a metaphorical
step backward. Stepping back in your career—
whether in terms of salary or title—can be
scary, but sometimes it makes sense. Here are
seven times when you might want to say “yes”
to a career step backward.
1. When you have flexibility
The new job offer comes in, and it checks
every box except salary. Don’t consider this
an automatic “no” until you have had a
chance to examine your financial situation.
Do you have the flexibility you need to swing
the pay cut? If you have several dependents
and are living paycheck to paycheck, maybe
not—but if you are single and can cut your
expenses, perhaps. Consider it an investment
in your career.

2. When you are in a toxic environment
You think you have read every workplace
article on the internet. You’ve consulted with
trusted advisers. And still, you’re miserable at
work because of a narcissistic boss, or unreasonable workload, or perhaps an impossible
lack of resources. When you’ve exhausted the
possible solutions, it’s OK to admit a workplace
is toxic and get out to save your mental health,
even if it means taking a pay or prestige cut.
3. When it could pay off in the long run
Your current job has been a great experience—but you’ve plateaued. Perhaps you’ve
hit the top of your position’s salary range.
Maybe you’ve looked around and realized your
boss and your boss’s boss aren’t likely to go
anywhere, so there’s no room for career advancement. If you’re not comfortable with the
status quo, a career step backward in the short
term could position you for the growth you
need in the long run.
4. When you’re changing industries

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You’ve built a career in human resources,
but your volunteer work at the animal shelter
is so fulfilling you find yourself wanting to be
a veterinary technician. Congratulations to you
on figuring out your heart’s desire—but you
need to go in with eyes wide open. Your new
industry will likely have an entirely different value in the marketplace, and you’ll be entering
the field with little to no experience. Neither
of these are reasons you shouldn’t follow your
heart. Again, consider the loss of salary an investment in your career and your happiness.

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5. When work-life balance is out of whack

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Sr. Business Analyst is sought
by American Assoc. of Motor
Vehicle Administrators to perform the business & technical
analysis required to establish
a technology & impact
assessment. Req: Bachelor’s
degree & 6 yrs exp. Req travel
to various unanticipated locations throughout the U.S.
Send resume to 4401 Wilson
Blvd, Ste. 700, Arlington, VA
22203
Operations Research Analyst: Assemble & analyz operational data to id problems &
dev & recomm solutions for
e-commerce mrktplace thru
amazon; dev, impl, & recomm
imprvemnts on operational
strategies for e-commerce
buz practice; prep mgmt
reports,
eval
problms,
recomm solutions for e-commerce buz. M-F; FT. BS in
operations resrch, industrial
engineer, info systems. Sig
wrkng knwldge of market
analysis & online mrkting.
Apply: Eastland Food Corp.,
8305 Stayton Drive, Jessup,
MD 20794.

ANALYST-Sr. Audit Analyst
needed by Oath Holdings Inc.
in Dulles, VA to review controls for organizations comp
systems to ensure financial
data comes from reliable
source. Some domestic travel
rqd. To apply email resume to
immigration@yahooinc.com
& refer Job #AGSAHV

Assistant Manager (Annandale, VA) Asst Gen Mgr
w/supervising & coordinating
activities of workers engaged
in preparing & serving food.
HS diploma reqd. Res: Seoul
Gool Dae Gee (Honeypig BBQ)
7220-C Columbia Pike Annandale, VA 22003
Associate Director, Lead
Asset Management
Network Rail Consulting, Inc
seeks an Associate Director,
Lead Asset Management
respon for leading & directing
the development & delivery of
asset mgmnt policies, strategies & processes in relation
to the maintenance activities.
Req: Bach's (or higher) in
Mech Engg or reltd (will
accept foreign edu equiv) +
5 yrs of progressive post-baccalaureate exp in railroad
asset mgmnt. Exp must incl at
least 5 yrs of providing asset
mgmnt strategies; working in
consulting environment; utilizing engg standards &
processes; utilizing asset
mgmnt info sys; developing,
implementing & mnging systems & processes resulting in
safe, effective infrastructure
operations; designing & constructing railway renewals &
enhancement
projects
nationally or internationally.
Mail CV to LC Williams, Network Rail Consulting, Inc.,
1001 Connecticut Ave. NW,
Ste 925, Washington, DC
20036. [Ref job code ADLAS21]
Associate, Senior Level
sought by Weil Gotshal &
Manges LLP (Washington, DC)
to represent large multinat'l
companies in antitrust/competition matters. Reqs: JD or
foreign equiv + 4 yrs exp in
antitrust law involving representation of clients in multimillion- & multibillion-dollar
mergers
&
acquisitions,
divestitures, & structured
equity investments across a
broad range of industries,
incl: exp advising on competition matters (mergers, litigation, gov't investigations,
& counseling); conducting
industry due diligence; drafting advocacy presentations &
correspondence; working w/
e-discovery vendors for document production & review;
communicating & negotiating
w/ regulators; & prep'g clients
for interview/deposition w/
regulators. District of Columbia Bar member. Send CV to
J. Barto, WEIL, 2001 M St NW,
Ste 600, Washington, DC
20036.

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Associate, Equities (Arlington,
VA): Perform functions related to managing institutional
investment portfolios. Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Int’l Political Economy, or related field & 3 years
exp. CFA designation or
progress toward. Apply to
laurenf@strategicgroup.com,
Strategic Alpha Inc.
Attorney - Registered Funds
(Washington, DC). Advise US
funds & advisers in connection w/ compliance issues rltd
to the Investment Company
Act of 1940, the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, the
Securities Act of 1933 & the
Securities Exchange Act of
1934. Reqs Juris Doctor or
Master of Laws deg., or foreign equiv. Must have 5 yrs of
exp as attorney representing
public funds, fund sponsors,
investment advisers, investment banks & other fin'l institutions in connection Investment Co. Act matters & public
offerings. Exp must incl representing public funds listed on
an exchange & subject to the
Securities & Exchange Act of
1934, & securities offerings,
incl shelf takedown offerings.
Must be licensed to practice
law in the District of Columbia. Send resume to Lindsay
Rance, Simpson Thacher &
Bartlett LLP, 900 G Street NW,
Washington, DC 20001 or
Lindsay.Rance@stblaw.com.
Refer to Req. #303

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JOBS

Bioinformatics Analyst II
Rockville, MD. Design, dvlp &
maintain
bioinformatics
pipelines. Analyze & interpret
high-thru genomics data.
Data QC, imputation, population structure analysis, association analyses. Access,
extract & prepare data for
analysis. Mail resume to C.
Cutsail, Leidos Biomedical
Research, Inc., 8560 Progress
Dr., Suite 3400, Frederick, MD
21701.

Bioinformatics Scientist:
MS in Bioinfo. Use NGS, univariate & multivariate stats
data analysis, gene signature
id pipelines, databases, Unix/
LINUX Bash workflows, &
Python & R to perf comput
analysis of Illumina & sequenc
data of Whole Transcriptome.
Gaithersburg, MD. F/T. Medical Science & Computing,
LLC. Email CV to Jaymel.
obidike@MSCweb.com,
ref: 6457. No calls/recruiters.
No visa sponsorship.

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JOBS

Chemists (Chantilly, VA)–Resrch, devlp, & optimz analytcl
methds for bioequivalent &
pharma products. Req BS in
Chem, Pharmcy, or Biochem
+2 yrs exp in job offrd or as QC
Analyst in pharma industry.
Req skills & workg knwldge
of CAPA, OOS, FID-HS/ TCD,
Elemental analysis, HPLC/
UPLC, GC, IQ/OQ/PQ. Send rés
w/code PRR004 to HR, Granules Pharmaceuticals, 3701
Concorde Pky, Chantilly, VA
20151.
Construction Manager
(F/T, Multiple Openings) needed by Bozzuto & Associates,
Inc. to work on multi-million
dollar residential & mixed-use
construction
projects
in
Greenbelt, MD. Frequent
evening & weekend work.
Must have B.S. & M.S. deg.
in Civil Engg or Construction
Mgmt; Must have 48 mths
post graduation construction
mgmt exp. Reply by mail to
Collin Hoffman at Bozzuto &
Associates, Inc., 6406 Ivy Ln.,
Ste 700, Greenbelt, MD
20770.

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Datawiz Corporation. Computer Support Specialist. HS
& 2 yrs. exp. Job in NO.VA. Fax
res (703) 991-5998

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Newspaper Carriers
needed to deliver

The Washington Post
in
DC, MD and VA area
Great part-time
income opportunity!
Transportation required.
To apply, go to
deliverthepost.com
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JOBS

CDL CLASS B and non-CDL
for IMMEDIATE HIRE!
Potential
applicants
are
required to have a min of
2 years of verifiable driving
experience. Drivers must possess a Class B CDL and have
less than two accidents within the past 3 years. Applicants
must also have two or less
moving violations within the
past 3 years. NO WEEKENDS/Great Pay & Benefits/Sign-on Bonus. Previous
delivery experience preferred. Bilingual +. Starting
pay $19.50/hr, more w/experience. Call 240-492-2338 for
complete details or apply
online www.imperialdade.
com/home/careers.
EO
Employer-M/F/Veteran/ Disability. All qualified applicants
will receive consideration for
employment without regard
to race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any
other protected class.

Domestic
Mashea Mason Ashton in
McLean, VA seeks Nanny w/
HS diploma or foreign equiv.
Resumes
to
Aupairashton@gmail.com

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JOBS

ENGINEERING
Micron Technology, Inc. has
openings for Process Engineer in Manassas, VA. Maintain area processes by supporting manufacturing and
increasing equipment up
time. Mail resume to Amberley Johnson, 8000 S. Federal
Way, Boise, ID 83716. Please
reference Job #10878.4010.
ENGINEERING
RF ENG (Mult openings)
AWAT, Inc. Herndon, VA
REQ: BS in Electronic /Comm
Eng or related & 5 Years exp.
Duties: Telecom Sys design,
imp & enhancement of W/L
Telecom N/W’s; integration &
testing of 5G & LTE deployments; TRBL for tower & crew
Supt; verify RF parameters &
create scripts; create test
scenarios to eval & test cell
features; Anlys of drive / driverless tests; update SYS to
the optimized RF req; plan
initial national deployment in
several cities. Apply: Mail
resume to: ATTN HR, 462
Herndon Parkway, Suite 105,
Herndon, VA 20170.
ENGINEERING
Micron Technology, Inc. has
openings for Equipment
Engineer in Manassas, VA.
Responsible for improving
and sustaining OEE (Overall
Equipment Effectiveness) of
300mm
semiconductor
equipment through identification and rectification of top
unscheduled and scheduled
downtime detractors, cycle
time issues and product yield
issues. Mail resume to
Amberley Johnson, 8000 S
Federal Way, Boise, Idaho
83716. Please reference Job
# 10878.3587.4.

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General Jobs
Graphic Design/Multimedia
Specialist, Washington, DC.
Mng. Georgetown Ctr on
Educ. & Workforces Wordpress sites. Conceptualize
data visualizations w/vendors. Create infographics,
one-pagers, & minor publications. Design banners & social
media graphics. Mail resume
to S. Layton, Office of Global
Services, Georgetown University, Box 571013, Washington,
DC 20057-1013.

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6. When you’re starting your own business
On a bad day, we’ve all fantasized about being our own boss. Some of us have the entrepreneurial gumption to make it happen. It’s not
an easy road, though, and starting your own
business often comes with a pay cut. You may
need to invest in equipment, marketing and ofI JOBS
Instructional
Coordinator:
Develop instructional materials, coordinate educational
content. Lead team of content creators. Advice engineers in creation effective
education programs. Req. MA
degree in Education. Job location: Reston, Va. Canari
Media. Resume: Fax: 703880-7060
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JOBS

Lead International Market
Research Analyst (Washington DC). Resp for prep'g &
reviewing reports of findings
on U.S. trade mrkt, leading
mrkt research project, hiring
& training mrkt research analysts & evaluating their performance, Master's deg. in
bus., public affairs, mgmt or a
rltd, proficiency in MS Word,
Powerpoint, & Excel req'd.
Mail resume to KITA Washington Center LLC at 1660 L
St. NW, Ste #401, Washington
DC 20036

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Executive Assistant II –
Assist w/correspondence for
exec. Collect data & develop
reports for exec. Coordinate
schedules for exec. Min. Associates in Business, 2
months exp. in job offered or
receptionist. Exp. in Microsoft
Suite: Word & Outlook &
Google Suite; in customer svc
including in-person support,
answering phone, & responding emails; exp. scheduling
appts, including making, canceling & changing appts;
retrieving vm & returning
calls. Resumes to Job loc: JDM
Title LLC. Attn: J. Jimenez,
1577 Spring Hill Rd Ste 300A,
Vienna, VA 22182

Education
Biology Tutor for McLean C2
Education LLC (McLean, VA):
Resp for tutoring HS stdnts
in bio, incldng AP bio & GPA
Bio; dvlpng teaching & study
materials & prep'ing lessons
tailored to stdnts' needs;
wrkng closely w/ stdnts to
montr stdnts' perf & assess
their prog thrut tutoring sessions; & completing admin
tasks reltd to tracking stdnt
prog, incldng apptmnt scheduling, f/ups w/ parents & stdnts, & reporting on stdnt prog.
Master's in bio & 18 mths
of exp req. Mail resume to
McLean C2 Education LLC,
1340 Old Chain Bridge Rd, Ste
200, McLean, VA 22101.

Director of Enrollment
Operations
(St. Mary’s City, MD). Responsible for hiring, training,
supervision, motivation, support & assessment of business ops staff supporting
Enrollment
Management
units; Ensure technology is
effectively used in all phases
of recruitment & enrollment
process. Job reqs Master’s in
Education, Instruction
&
Media Technology or rltd & 1
yr exp with strategic planning
and operations. Mail resume,
cover ltr, and references to
ATTN: Anita Faye Graves, Sr.
HR Specialist, Office of HR, St.
Mary's College of MD, 47645
College Dr, St. Mary's City, MD
20686

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F JOBS
Financial Analyst:
Analyze current/past trends
in key performance indicators, evaluate financial health
of new and existing clients,
prepare plans of action for
investment using financial
analysis. Req. Bachelor’s
degree in Finance. 40 hrs/wk.
Resume to Benchmark Management Inc. to 10341-B
Democracy Lane, Suite 208,
Fairfax, VA 22030.

cer game missed, and another fight with your
partner. If this sounds familiar, your work-life
balance may be askew, and it may be time to
look for a new situation. Sometimes doing
what’s right for your mental health and your
family will come with a pay cut, less responsibility, or less long-term potential for growth. In
this case, you need to evaluate your priorities
and determine what matters most to you.

JOBS

Finance: EAB Global, Inc.:
Senior Analyst, Finance –
Washington, D.C. : Examine
revenue budget estimates for
completeness, accuracy, &
conformance w/ procedures
& regulations. Req Bach Deg
in Finance, Economics, Business, Mathematics, or a rel
field + 2 yrs of financial planning & analysis exp. 5%
domestic travel required for
business meetings. EAB Global, Inc. is an Affirmative Action
& Equal Opportunity Employer. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability.
Send resume identifying position (EAB 122) to: recruiting@
EAB.com. No calls.

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HVAC Sheet Metal Mech/
Helper. 5 years light commercial exp. Call 301-251-0470

Healthcare - General
Acupuncturist.
Full Time.
$102,315 / year. Master's
Degree and MD State License
Required. Develop treatment
plans. Insert needles to provide acupuncture treatment.
Identify and correct anatomical and proportional point
locations.
Collect medical
histories and general health
and lifestyle information from
patients. Mail resume to Dr.
Sha Ma, East West Acupuncture & Herbal Center 11120
New Hampshire Avenue,
Suite 409, Silver Spring MD
20904
Pediatrician (Position available at Warren Memorial
Hospital d/b/a Valley Health
WMH Pediatrics in Front
Royal, VA) Provide clinical
care services to patients.
Must have a Medical degree
or foreign equivalent. Must
have completed a residency
in Pediatrics. Must have a
full and unrestricted Virginia
Medical License at time of
employment.
Salary
$215,000.00 - $230,000.00
per year. Send resumes to
NHiett@
valleyhealthlink.com.

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JOBS

Identity & Access Management Security Engineer needed by Capital Consulting of
Wash., D.C. Requires Bachelor’s degree in Computer
Engr., or foreign equiv. 5 yrs.
exp. as an Identity & Access
Mgmt. engr., criminal background check & have no
felony convictions, & exp.
using: PKI, SSL, LDAP, NTLM,
SAML, WS-Fed, Radius, ADFS,
SiteMinder, & Oracle Directory. Duties: Implement, deploy,
& maintain Secure Authentication, Access Mgmt. System
& Identity as a Service (IDaaS)
technologies,
implement,
deploy, & maintain infrastructure that uses Security Assertion markup language (SAML)
& Single Sign On (SSO) technologies, & provide support
services to define & monitor security req’s, ID appropriate configuration for ea.
unique district environment,
& perform tasks associated
w/day-to-day operations &
maintenance on installed
cyber security systems &
applications. Work from home
benefit. Job req. travel to various unanticipated locations
throughout the U.S. To apply,
submit CV to: Capital Consulting LLC DBA Tharseo IT,
Attn: Michael Tenreiro, Director of Human Capital & Business Development, 1231B
Good Hope Rd. SE, Wash., DC
20020.

Retropolis
The past, rediscovered
wpost.com/retropolis
S0365 1cx.5

SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US)
LLP seeks
Associate Attorney
in Washington, DC to advise
firm clients and manage client
relationships on legal and regulatory developments affecting the telecommunications
industry. Apply at
https://www.
squirepattonboggs.com/
en/careers

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JOBS

Maid & Cleaner: Perform
cleaning duties, clean waiting area, restrooms, spa
rooms
and
equipment.
Sweep, scrub floor, wash and
sanitize float rooms/tanks.
Wash towels, bathrobes and
keep storage well-stocked.
Must be available: Wed-Sun,
12pm to 8pm. Apply by mail:
Soulex Float SPA, 1010 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC.

Management
Consulting
Manager (Accenture LLP;
Arlington, VA): Accenture LLP
has multiple openings for the
position Management Consulting Manager in Arlington,
VA to adapt existing methods
and procedures to create
possible alternative solutions
to moderately complex problems. Reqs bach or foreign
equiv, +5 yrs of progressively
resp post-bacc IT exp. Positions are based in Arlington,
VA but require domestic travel up to 80% of an average
work week. Equal Opportunity
Employer – Minorities/
Women/Vets/Disabled.
For
complete job description, list
of requirements, & to apply,
go to https://www.
accenture.com/us-en/
careers/jobsearch
(Job #R00041056).

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Office Manager: The Hong
Kong Economic & Trade Office
in Washington, DC, needs an
Office Manager for admin
duties,
e.g.
personnel,
accounting, bldg. mgt. Salary
74K+ p.a. depending on relevant experience. See details
at: www.hketowashington.
gov.hk under About Us –
Recruitment.
Application
deadline Oct 29, 2021, by
email or by post.
Order Filler: Fill customers'
email, mail & telephone
orders from stored merchandise in accordance with specifications on sales slips/order
forms. Compute prices of
items,
complete
order
receipts & keep records of
out-going
orders.
F/T,
$23,962/yr, Resume to L&B
Universal, 3852 Dulles South
Ct. #G, Chantilly, VA 20151

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JOBS

Paralegal personal Injury for
auto tort law firm in Alex. VA.
Email confidential resume to
gas@geraldaschwartz.com.
No calls please.

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Professionals
Ent. Lvl to Sen. Lvl. Exec.
Admin. Asst., & Sales/Marketing Rep. are needed for our
Chantilly, VA office. May req.
traveling. Send resume, Cvr
Ltr., & Sal. Req. to Isoftech,
Inc., 4211 Pleasant Valley Rd,
Ste. 230, Chantilly, VA 20151
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JOBS

Researchers (Education Statistics) for American Institutes
for Research (AIR) to report
to our Arlington VA HQ but
may telecommute. Support
dvlpmnt, review & reporting
of survey & assessment
[asmt] data. Contrib to
research on large-scale asmt
methodology. Support review,
eval & improve large-scale
asmt ops. Written & oral presentation on research questions, findings, & potential
impacts. Contrib to research
& reporting teams incl advise
& guide Jr Analysts, & report
& inform Sr. Analysts. Communicate methods, results &
recs to clients & non-tech
audience. Work indep & w/
team & maintain effective
working relationship w/ proj
staff & clients. Contrib to R&D
efforts for new business pursuits. Dev & impl protocols
for collect, process & manage
data. Program & test online
surveys. Generate descriptive
stats, conduct basic stat test.
Prep & review data tables,
figures & data docs. Write
sections of reports, tech docs
& other written deliverables.
Proofread tech & nontech
docs. Work involves attention
to detail. Little domestic travel may be involved. May
undergo background checks.
Must have a Masters in Statistics, Econ, Educ Policy or
related social science field
and 2 yrs exp with survey and
experimental data. Requires
skills (2 yrs exp) in: logistic
regression,
classification/
regression trees, and random
forests; model building and
validation techniques; and
one of the following statistical software packages: R,
Stata, or SAS/WPS. Apply at
www.air.org [air.org]; ref. Job
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Sales & Operations Planning
Managers, in Rockville, MD to
direct the Op & Sales funct
to ensure ops readiness for
forecasted demand in order
to bridge the gap betw
Demand & Cap. Req. deg in
IndusEng/IndusTech/OpMgmt
/SupplyChainMgmt/rel +exp.
5% dom & 5% int travel/year
req. Send resumes to BioReliance Corp., 400 Summit
Drive, Burlington, MA 01803
(REQ: 231077).
Senior Associate, Internal
Audit (Mult. Pos.),
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, Washington, DC
Prvd Internal Audit performance improvement srvcs
incl quality assments. &
strategic assments. Req.
Bach’s deg or foreign equiv.
in IT, Fin, Acct, Bus Admin
or rel. + 2 yrs rel. work exp.
Travel up to 60% req. Apply
by mail, referencing Job Code
DC3114, Attn: HR SSC/Talent
Management, 4040 W. Boy
Scout Blvd, Tampa, FL 33607.
Senior Business Analyst
Capital One Services, LLC in
Northern VA; Mult pos avail:
Conduct
rsrch,
prepare
reports, & analyze econ data
to dvlp & shape bus strat. To
apply, visit https://
capitalone.wd1.myworkday
jobs.com/Capital_One and
search "Senior Business Analyst" or "R124183”
Senior Business Analysis
Associate – Capital One
Services, LLC in Northern VA;
Mult pos avail: Assist w/rsrch
& analysis of econ data to
dvlp & shape bus strat. To
apply, visit https://
capitalone.wd1.myworkday
jobs.com/Capital_One and
search "Senior Business
Analysis Associate" or
"R124233”
Shop Foreman – 18 mths exp
in job or as truck mechanic
req’d. Supervise daily operations of maintenance/repair
of trucks. Mail CV to Tenleytown Trash, 6318 Chillum
Place, NW, Wash, DC 20011.

Store Manager at grocery
store in Gaithersburg, MD.
Reqs 4 mos exp as store manager. Send resume to: India
Bazaar Inc., 383 Muddy
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Sales: Sr. Product Pricing Specialist/Herndon, VA: Coordinate all project pricing relating activities for Volkswagen
NAR Region (US, Mexico and
Canada) for certain carlines,
ensuring alignment with the
markets, and with the key
functions in WOB; preparation
of the Project Palette including price derivations for cars
& options, FOB pricing & fulfillment of the e-VPS system;
among other duties. BS + 5
yrs
experience;
hybrid
office/home-based.
Send
resume to J. Hinschlager,
Global Assignments Manager,
Volkswagen Group of America/VW Credit, 2200 Woodland Pointe Ave., Herndon, VA
20171.
Ref. SSPS-VA. No
phone calls please.
Sales: Sr. Part Sales Operations Specialist/Herndon, VA:
Responsible for Group Business
Review,
Aftersales
analysis and insight used by
the Executive Management
team including CEOs Office:
independently
research
opportunities for aftersales
profit growth: present proposal and business case to
management; among other
duties. BS +10 yrs experience; hybrid office/homebased.
Send resume to
J. Hinschlager, Global Assignments Manager, Volkswagen
Group of America/VW Credit,
2200 Woodland Pointe Ave.,
Herndon, VA 20171. Ref.
SPSOS-VA. No phone calls
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Tax: Deloitte Tax LLP seeks a
Tax Senior in McLean, VA to
work w/ clients to streamline
their programs while reviewing tax effectiveness, risks, &
costs. To apply visit https://
apply.deloitte.com/. Enter
XSFH22FT0921MCL1
in ‘Search jobs” field. EOE,
including disability/veterans.
Tax Senior Associate, US
Tax Economics & Statistics
(Multi Pos),
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, Washington, DC
Provide national, state, &
local statistical consulting
advice & its applicatn to Taxrelated services. Req. Bach’s
deg or foreign equiv. in Stats,
Econ, Math, Fin, Bus Admin
or rel. + 3 yrs rel. work exp.;
OR Master’s deg or foreign
equiv. in Stats, Econ, Math,
Fin, Bus Admin or rel. + 1
yrs rel. work exp. Travel up
to 20% req. Apply by mail,
referencing
Job
Code
DC3019, Attn: HR SSC/Talent
Management, 4040 W. Boy
Scout Blvd, Tampa, FL 33607.
Teacher, Elementary School,
Persian Cultural Center Inc.
in Vienna, VA seeks FT Farsi
lang & lit teacher.Send
Resume to 311-A Maple Ave
W Vienna, VA 22180.

Thai Food Preparer – Perform
food preparation duties for
Thai specialty entrees and
desserts; 40 hr/wk in Centreville, VA. Mail resume to
Mongkolsiri, LLC t/a Ocha Thai
Kitchen and Cafe, 5037 Westfields Blvd, Centreville, VA
20120.

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Traffic Plan seeks Flaggers
to set up and control traffic
around construction sites. A
valid driver’s license is a
must, good pay, and benefits.
If interested, please fill out an
application online at:
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Amazon.com Services LLC,
Amazon Dev Center U.S., Inc.
& Amazon Web Services, Inc.,
Amazon.com
companiesArlington, VA:
QualityAssurance Engineer IILead testing of large-scale
systs, create test plans, test
cases & drive continuous
improvements to QA processes. AMZ5602
Solutions Architect III - Act
as tech liaison between customers, AWS Sales & other
AWS teams to craft highly
scalable, flexible & resilient
cloud architectures. Domestic travel up to 40% required.
AMZ5649
Technical Program ManagerCoordinate & manage technical project & program dev’t
of large-scale, distributed SW
apps, systs, platforms, servs
or technologies. AMZ5860
Multiple job openings. Send
résumé, reference AMZ job
#(s) to: Amazon.com, P.O. Box
81226, Seattle, WA 98108.
EOE.
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC,
AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.
& AMAZON DEV CENTER U.S.,
INC., Amazon.com companies - Herndon, VA:
Technical Program
Manager II - Coordinate &
manage technical project &
program dev’t of large-scale,
distributed SW apps, systs,
platforms, servs or technologies. AMZ5720
Principal Security
Engineering - Design, dev &
deliver large SW systs for AWS
security ops. AMZ5419
System Development
Engineer II - Build tools that
automate
&
streamline
processes to make fleet operations
more
efficient.
AMZ5807
Software Development
Engineer II - Design SW apps,
tools, systs & servs. AMZ5847
& AMZ5663
Solutions Architect III - Act
as a tech liaison btwn customers, AWS Sales & other
AWS teams to craft highly
scalable, flexible & resilient
cloud architectures. Domestic travel required up to 50%.
AMZ5712
Multiple job openings. Send
résumé, reference AMZ job
#(s) to: Amazon.com, P.O. Box
81226, Seattle, WA 98108.
EOE.

Business Systems Analysts
(McLean, VA). Review reqmts,
analysis & functional dsgns.
Troubleshoot errors, bugs,
data-fixes. Utilize SQL queries
& PLSQL codes for database
mgmt. Master's deg. in Comp.
Sci, Engg, Info Sci, Info Systems or equiv & 1 yr exp.
May also req. travel to various
unanticipated client sites
nationally. Send resume to:
Technology ventures LLC,
7930 Jones Branch Dr, Ste
310, Mclean, VA 22102.

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BuySafe, Inc., is seeking 2
Software Engineer (FT) positions (40hw) at Arlington, VA
for competitive salary. Software Engineer’s: Analyze,
Design, Collaborate, Develop
& Test computer software
using C#, MVC, Razor, ASP.Net
Framework, ASP.Net Core,
JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5,
Bootstrap, jQuery, ReactJS,
NodeJS, SOAP, REST, SOQL,
GraphQL,
including
SQL
design, profiling, development, and optimization. Travel within same MSA is
required. Requirements: Masters in CompSci or Info Tech.
We offer comprehensive benefits. To apply send your
resume to Attn: HR, BuySafe,
Inc, PO Box 9289, Arlington,
VA 22219.
Computational Biologist: PhD
+ 3 yrs exp. Use data sci.
& machine learning tools, sw
version control sys., container
environments, cross-platform
computing, algorithm dvpt.,
large-scale data mgmt., cloud
& high-performance computing, comp. programming &
scripting to support computational analysis, integration &
modeling of diverse bioinformatics data sets. Bethesda,
MD. F/T. Medical Science &
Computing, LLC. Email CV to
kelly.kayhart@MSCweb.com,
ref: 6458. No calls/recruiters.
No visa sponsorship.
Computer/IT: CGI Technologies & Solutions Inc. seeks
DevOps Engineer in Fairfax,
VA (& various unanticipated
locations throughout US) to
manage the IT infrastructure
needed to support s/w code
in dedicated, multi-tenant or
hybrid cloud environments.
Job req Bach deg in Comp
Sci, Engg, IT or a related field
& 3 yrs of DevOps Continuous
Integration and Continuous
Deployment exp. Must be
willing to relocate to various
unanticipated work locations
throughout US. All offers of
emp are contingent upon successful comp of a background
check, which may incl drug
screen depending on work
assignment. Email resume to
recruiting@cgifederal.com &
ref job code 914.
Computer/IT: CGI Technologies & Solutions Inc. seeks
Software Developer in Fairfax, VA (& various unanticipated locations throughout US)
to research, design, develop,
&/or modify enterprise-wide
systems &/or apps s/w. Job
req Bach Deg in Comp Sci,
Engg, IT, or a related field
& 5 yrs of client facing IT
industry exp, incl 4 yrs working w/ & tuning machine
learning models incl Natural
language processing & Optical character recognition &
working with big data ecosystems. Up to 75% telework
permitted. Up to 25% travel
reqd. Must be willing to relocate to various unanticipated
work locations throughout
US. All offers of emp are contingent upon successful comp
of a background check, which
may incl drug screen depending on work assignment.
Email resume to recruiting@
cgifederal.com & ref job code
888.
Computer/IT: CGI Technologies & Solutions Inc. seeks
Software Developer in Fairfax, VA (& various unanticipated locations throughout US)
to research, design, develop,
&/or modify enterprise-wide
systems &/or apps s/w. Job
req Bach deg in Comp Sci,
Engg, Info Systems, IT, or
related field & 5 yrs of IT exp
incl 3 yrs designing, developing, & testing apps using
IBM Business Process Management. Must be willing to
relocate to various unanticipated
work
locations
throughout US. All offers of
emp are contingent upon successful comp of a background
check, which may incl drug
screen depending on work
assignment. Email resume to
recruiting@cgifederal.com &
ref job code 875.

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Computer/IT: CGI Technologies & Solutions Inc. seeks
Software Engineer in Fairfax,
VA (& various unanticipated
locations throughout US) to
design, develop, document,
test & debug apps s/w & systems that contain logical &
math solutions. Job req Bach
deg in Comp Sci, Info Mgmt,
Engg, IT or a rel field & 3 years
of Java s/w development exp.
5-10% domestic travel for
business meetings. Must be
willing to relocate to various
unanticipated work locations
throughout US. All offers of
emp are contingent upon successful comp of a background
check, which may incl drug
screen depending on work
assignment. Email resume to
recruiting@cgifederal.com &
ref job code 894.
Computer/IT: CGI Technologies & Solutions Inc. seeks
Software Developer in Fairfax, VA (& various unanticipated locations throughout
US) to research, design, dev,
&/or modify enterprise-wide
systs &/or applications software. Job req Bach deg in
Comp Sci, Engg, Info Systems,
IT or related field & 5 yrs
of exp gathering project reqs,
analyzing user needs, &
developing software solutions. Must be willing to relocate to various unanticipated
work locations throughout
US. All offers of emp are contingent upon successful comp
of a background check, which
may incl drug screen depending on work assignment.
Email resume to recruiting@
cgifederal.com & ref job code
972.
COMPUTER/IT
MicroStrategy, Inc. has the
following jobs available in
Tysons Corner, VA:
•Quality Engineer (Req.#
18-4353): Test & evaluate
options for improving performance of biz functions by
dvlpng & evaluating enhancements & modifications of
MicroStrategy’s proprietary
sftwr product. May be
assigned to various, unanticipated worksites throughout
U.S. Telecommuting is an
option. Some travel to
MicroStrategy, Inc.’s Tysons
Corner, VA office req’d. Req’s:
MS(or equiv.) OR BS(or
equiv.)+5 yrs. exp.
•Scrum Master (Req.# 161124): Organize & facilitate
Scrum ceremonies & backlog refinement under minimal supervision. Telecommuting permitted. Req’s: MS
(or equiv.) +1 yr. exp. OR BS
(or equiv.) +5 yrs. exp.
Please mail resume w/ ref. to:
(include Req. No.) at: ATTN:
Jennifer Frias, 1850 Towers
Crescent Plaza, Tysons Corner, VA 22182. MicroStrategy
is an Equal Opportunity &
Affirmative Action Employer.
Education, experience &
criminal background checks
will be conducted.
Computer/IT: CGI Technologies & Solutions Inc. seeks
Software Architect in Fairfax,
VA (& various unanticipated
locations throughout US) to
make high-level design choices and dictate technical standards, including software
coding standards, tools, and
platforms. Job req Bach
degree or equiv in Comp Sci,
Engg, Info Systems, IT or a
related field & 5 years of experience in software development, design, coding, and
testing. Must be willing to
relocate to various unanticipated
work
locations
throughout US. All offers of
emp are contingent upon successful comp of a background
check, which may incl drug
screen depending on work
assignment. Email resume to
recruiting@cgifederal.com &
ref job code 967.

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Computer/IT: CGI Technologies & Solutions Inc. seeks
Software Developer in Fairfax, VA (& various unanticipated locations throughout US)
to research, design, develop,
&/or modify enterprise-wide
systems &/or apps s/w. Job
req Bach deg in Comp Sci,
Comp Engg, Electrical/Electronic Engg, Info Systems, IT
or related field & 3 yrs of
UI s/w devel exp. Must be
willing to relocate to various
unanticipated work locations
throughout US. All offers of
emp are contingent upon successful comp of a background
check, which may incl drug
screen depending on work
assignment. Email resume to
recruiting@cgifederal.com &
ref job code 850.

Computer/IT: CGI Technologies & Solutions Inc. seeks
Software Developer in Fairfax, VA (& various unanticipated locations throughout
US) to research, design, dev,
&/or modify enterprise-wide
systs &/or apps s/w. Job req
Bach deg in Comp Sci, Engg,
Info Systems, IT or related
field & 5 yrs of s/w devel
exp using Java & J2EE. Must
be willing to relocate to various unanticipated work locations throughout US. All offers
of emp are contingent upon
successful comp of a background check, which may incl
drug screen depending on
work
assignment.
Email
resume to recruiting@
cgifederal.com & ref
job code 893.

Computer/IT: CGI Technologies & Solutions Inc. seeks
Software Developer in Fairfax, VA (& various unanticipated locations throughout US)
to research, design, develop,
&/or modify enterprise-wide
systems &/or apps s/w. Job
req Bach deg in Comp Sci,
Engg, IT, or a related field
& 5 yrs of exp w/ Spring,
Spring Boot, Hibernate, & JPA.
Must be willing to relocate
to various unanticipated work
locations throughout US. All
offers of emp are contingent
upon successful comp of a
background check, which
may incl drug screen depending on work assignment.
Email resume to recruiting@
cgifederal.com & ref job code
877.

Data Analyst –Rockville, MD.
Seeking candidate with a
Master’s degree in Business
Analytics, Data Analytics or
closely related field.
Mail CV to Attn: HR/Job #0929
fusionSpan LLC, 12300 Twinbrook Pkwy, Suite 440,
Rockville, MD 20852.

COMPUTER/IT
HealthEdge Software (Reston,
VA 20191) seeks f/t Manager,
Quality Assurance Engineers
to supervise & manage the
QA software development
U.S. team closely collaborating with India team. REQ’s: BS
in Comp Sci, Info Sys, Elec
Eng, or related (or foreign
equiv) + 6 yrs of exp in QA,
software testing life cycle, &
software development life
cycle. For full job description
& to apply, please go to:
https://www.
healthedge.com/about-us/
careers
View Our Current Openings
Req. # MANAG001730

COMPUTER/IT: EAB Global,
Inc.: Senior Software Development Engineer in Test
(SDET) – Washington, D.C. :
Develop, maintain, enhance,
& design automated tests &
common libraries to verify the
functionality, reliability, & performance of our s/w. Req
Bach Deg in Comp Sci or a
rel f’ld & 4 yrs of exp in Python
dev, writing automated tests,
& performance testing. Alternatively, Master’s Deg in
Comp Sci or a rel f’ld & 2 yrs
of exp in Python dev, writing
automated tests, & performance testing. EAB Global,
Inc. is an Affirmative Action &
Equal Opportunity Employer.
EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability.
Send resume identifying position (EAB 124) to: recruiting@
EAB.com. No calls.
Computer/IT: CGI Technologies & Solutions Inc. seeks
Software Architect in Fairfax,
VA (& various unanticipated
locations throughout US) to
make high-level design choices & dictate technical standards, incl s/w coding standards, tools, & platforms. Job
req Bach deg in Comp Sci,
Engg, Info Systems, IT or related field & 5 yrs of exp assessing & recommending architectures, technologies, & vendors to support app devel.
Must be willing to relocate
to various unanticipated work
locations throughout US. All
offers of emp are contingent
upon successful comp of a
background check, which
may incl drug screen depending on work assignment.
Email resume to recruiting@
cgifederal.com & ref job code
905.

Database Administrator III
wanted by health insurance
co. (Rockville, MD). Evaluate
systems to structure & access
databases. Manage database
dsgn, creation, & maintenance. Analyze database
reqmts & submit recommendations.
Perform
performance tuning, capacity planning, & backup/recovery
activities. Reqmts: Master's
deg. in Comp. Sci, Engg or
closely rltd field, & 2 yrs of
exp in the job offrd or as
Database Administrator, OR a
combo of Bachelor's deg., &
5 yrs of progressively resp
exp in the field & 2 yrs of
exp in the job offrd or as
Database Administrator or
any other suitable combo of
education, training, &/or exp.
1 yr of exp using Oracle 11g,
& Oracle Recovery Manager
(RMAN). Exp may be concurrent. Send resume to: HR,
MultiPlan, Inc., 2273 Research
Blvd, Ste 300, Rockville, MD
20850.
Digital & Technology Principal
IT Architect for The Boston
Consulting Group, Inc. in
Bethesda, Maryland to drive
novel solutions to enable
organizations to technically
transform. Req.
Master’s
degree or foreign equivalent
in Information Technology,
Business
Administration,
Computer Science, Business
Management, System Controls and Engineering or related field plus 6 years of exp in
software engineering, including 4 years in architecture
discipline. Up to 80% domestic/international travel.
Send resume to WDCDTP@
bcg.com.

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Gannett Satellite Information
Network, LLC is seeking a Site
Reliability
Engineer
in
McLean, VA, Understand &
establish service-lvl objctvs.
Work w/ product teams &
their business stakehldrs to
ensure we reach those goals
w/ systems that are performance tuned, automatd, &
designed to scale. Detrmn
best practice & cost savg
technqs that can be applied
across the country. Work w/
many diff groups to cultivate
an understndg of how systems are supposed to work.
Dvlp expertise on new tools,
technlgies, &methodologies
to make those systems
cheaper, faster, & more
resilient. Engage w/ teams
across our co to define success for our technlgy. Work
w/ consumers of our systems
to undrstnd expctatns around
user experience. Assist in
improvg onbrdg structure &
documntatn. Must have a
Bachelor’s degree or foreign
equiv in Comp Sci, Engnrg, or
a closely reltd field, plus 2
yrs of exp in comp sys mgmt
& integratn. Exp or educatn
must incl: Cloud computg
skills (AWS or GCP); Containerization/Kubernetes;
Golang/Python; SRE Principles (SLO/SLI/SLA); Automatg
app deploymt & testg; CI/CD
tools (Jenkins, Groovy); & VCL
or other CDN technlgy. To
apply, please mail res to
Jacquelyn Redington at Gannett, C/O Jacquelyn Redington, 7950 Jones Branch Dr.,
McLean VA 22102.

IT Professionals (Tysons, VA):
Software Engineers, Cloud
Application Developers, Software Developers, Software
Quality Assurance Engineers,
Software Solutions Architects, Mult positions. May
also req to travel various
unanticipated client sites
nationally. Mail resume to
CloudWave Inc., Attn: HRGC,
1775
Tysons
Blvd,
Flr
5th,Tysons, VA 22102.

IT Professionals:
Ent. Lvl to Sen. Lvl Sftwr Devs.
& Database Devs. are needed
for our Herndon, VA office.
May req. traveling. Send
resume, Cvr Ltr., & Sal. Req. to
Largeton, Inc. at 13800 Coppermine Rd, Herndon, VA
20171-6163.
Lead Quality Engineer (LQE)
Appian Corporation, McLean,
VA, seeks a thought leader to
ensure high quality and timely
delivery of Appian software to
customers, championing an
understanding of changes
from the customer perspective and ensuring quality is
an integral part of the team
decision process. Work with
product managers and other
engineers to understand
complex system interactions
and dependencies that can
cause quality issues and
ensure engineers account for
them in their design and testing, preventing defects and
verifying software quality.
Effectively and efficiently
determine root causes of
leaked defects, succinctly
describing root causes with
multiple complex causal factors. Participate in critical
release activities for all platforms. Develop and hone
Appian QE best practices.
Req: MS in Computer Engineering, Information Systems
or related + min. 2 year as
Quality, Test, Performance or
Software Engineer or in lieu
of the employer will accept
BS in Computer Engineering,
Information Systems or related + min. 7 years as Quality,
Test, Performance or Software Engineer. Reply to Box
Number M1000000745, The
Washington Post, Washington
DC 20071

Infrastructure Developer
wanted by health insurance
co. (Rockville, MD). Analyze
users' needs & dsgn ETL
processes; Integrate applics
w/ database using SQL &
PLSQL; Build system level
automation using scripting
tool such as PowerShell.
Maintain applics & systems.
Maintain & track multiple
projects using Jira. Manage
project sites & pages in Confluence & SharePoint. Identify
candidate h/ware systems &
components. Perform techn'l
review, & provide techn'l
leadership. Reqmts: Master's
deg. in Comp. Sci, Info Tech.,
or closely rltd field, & 2 yrs
of exp in the job offrd or
as System Administrator in
the health info tech. industry,
or bachelor's deg. & 5 yrs
of progressively resp exp in
the field, incl 2 yrs of exp
in the job offrd or as System
Administrator in the health
info tech. industry. Exp may
be concurrent. 2 yrs of exp
using SQL, PLSQL, SharePoint,
Confluence, Jira, & HIPAA &
ITIL Standards. Send resume
to: HR, MultiPlan, Inc., 2273
Research Blvd, 3rd Fl.,
Rockville, MD 20850

Lead Systems Developer
National Railroad Passenger
Corporation has an opening
for Lead Systems Developer
in Washington, DC to monitor,
administer, & provide oversight & incremental enhancement of Amtrak’s transportation platform & applications.
This position requires preemployment background verification, medical review, &
pre-employment drug screen.
Apply online at
https://bit.ly/3z9EpJU
Manager, Software Development Engineering @ Mastercard (Arlington, VA) F/T. Singlthredd ownr of 2-pizza team
of sftwr & tst automtn enggs
to plan, dsgn & dvlp SaaS
soltns. Bld & maintn full stack
applctns & srvcs. Reqs a Master's deg, or frgn equiv, in
Cmptr Science/ Eng, Elctronc/
Mchncl Eng, Tchnlgy Mngmnt,
Mngmnt Info Systms, Bsnss
admnstrtn, or rltd, & 5 yrs
of exp in job offrd, or as
a Sftwr Enggr, Tchncl Lead,
Prgrmmr Anlyst or rltd. Altrntivly, emplyr will accpt a Bachelor's deg, or frgn equiv, & 8
yrs of prgrssvly rspnsbl exp.
Exp must inclde 1 yr w/ each:
ANGULAR, AZURE, CSS, Git,
GitHub, HTML, HTML5, JAVA,
JAVASCRIPT, Jenkins, jQuery,
Maven, MS SQL Server, NodeJS, PCF, POSTGRESQL, Restful
API, SonarQube, Spring Boot,
Hibernate,
SQL
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Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) to work at our
Chevy Chase, MD loc. May
telecommute up to one day
a week and more frequently
as
necessary.
Perform
advanced-level Duck Creek
development, w/ core competencies in CBO, Author,
ManuScripts, etc., design,
implementation + maintenance activities, under minimal direction. Diagnose + correct both application + infrastructure issues. Manage app
security vulnerabilities +
maintain compliance w/
industry security standards.
Research + eval new software, frameworks + techniques to provide recommendations to division + training
to other devs. Doc + maintain
application req’ts + technical
specs. May work w/ C#, .NET
framework,
.Net
Core.,
ASP.NET, ASPNET MVC, ASPNET WEBAPI, REST, SQL Server, CosmosDb, Azure Redis,
Azure SQL or Azure Storage;
Complete
SDLC
with
VSTS(ADO), Git, Agile, and
Scrum, + JavaScript, Angular,
React, Knockout.js, or TypeScript. May undergo background checks incl. drug
screen and credit check.
Occasional weekend support.
Must have B.S. in Computer
Science or related field and
4 years exp in Duck Creek
development, CBO, Author
and ManuScripts. Apply at
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job
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Medical Imaging Deep
Learning Research Scientist:
MS + 3 yrs exp. Conduct R&D
using deep learning applied to
medical image data to dvlp
novel solutions to support
clinical
decision-making.
Bethesda, MD. F/T. Medical
Science & Computing, LLC.
Email CV to alexandra.afari@
MSCweb.com, ref: 6452. No
calls/recruiters. No visa sponsorship.
MULTIPLE POSITIONS
(Identity and Access Solutions
LLC has openings in Ashburn,
VA)
Software Engineer: Design
and dev. physical & logical
specifications
(planning
dataflow diagram (bubble
chart), drawing maps, data
dictionary (creating naming
conventions)) of the app. Req.
MS in Comp. Sci., Software
Engr., or related & 2 yrs exp.
2 yrs must incl. exp. with
(1) collecting, evaluating, &
documenting user specifications & reqs. for projects, (2)
implementing & documenting
physical & logical specifications of the sys., (3) designing,
writing, modifying, integrating, & testing s/w code in
Object Oriented Programming Language, & (4) collaborating with cross functional
teams to build s/w architecture that resolves complex
business problems.
Senior Consultant - Identity
and Access Management:
Design & dev. Identity Access
Management (IAM) solutions.
Will supervise 4-6 employees
(subordinates) – Technical
Oversight only. Req. a BS in
Comp. Sci., Comp. Engr., or
related & 5 yrs of prog. exp.
in the job offered, or in any
Info. Security or Info. Tech. (IT)
related position. 5 yrs must
incl. exp. with CyberArk. 2 yrs
must incl. exp. with Identity
Access Management (IAM). 6
months must incl. exp. with
Privileged Access Management (PAM).
All Positions: Will work in
unanticipated locations. Send
resume to Identity and
Access Solutions LLC 44335
Premier Plaza, Suite 220 Ashburn, VA 20147.
QOMPLX, Inc. seeks Sr SW
Devlp Eng in Test in Tysons,
VA to work w/current projc
& create test plans for large
sw systems. Email CV to:
hr@qomplx.com
Sci 3, Entrprs Data &
Analytics
Comcast Cable Comm, LLC,
Dulles, VA. Contrib to teams
resp for the program monitoring & mgmt of production
apps; Reqs: Bach in CS, Engin
or rltd; 2 yrs exp use Python,
public or private cloud platfrms, Javascript, Machine
Learning, Time-Series DB
(TSDB), & APIs to dvelp algorithms that identify anomalies
& app issues. Apply to:
john_moran2@comcast.com
Ref Job ID #0683.

Senior Manager, Software
Engineering – Capital One
Services, LLC in Northern VA;
Mult pos avail: Lead & direct
overall tech design, dvlpmnt,
modification, & implementation of comp apps using
existing & emerging tech
platforms. To apply, visit
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Appian Corporation, McLean,
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C# fluency to leverage knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns to
write software in a full-stack
web and mobile environment
and radiate best practices
and faster development.
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scalability and efficiency of
product by engineering reliability into software/systems
and contributing to software
performance analysis and
system tuning. Perform code
reviews that provide feedback on code quality, and
design and implementation.
Build automation to prevent
problem recurrence. Identify
opportunities for code refactoring and performance optimizations and champion
these efforts within team.
Mentor junior software engineers by sharing best practices and providing proficiency guidance. Req: Bachelor's
in Computer Science or related + min. 3 yrs. exp. in job
offered or as engineer/analyst in high-volume or critical
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Senior Software Engineers
Mainframe (Level 2), Chantilly, VA: Oversee & develop
AML suite of applications that
includes the heavy usage of
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CDD Solution, RCM, Visual
Modeler, RCM designer, LexisNexis Bridger, & Fortent monitor. Travel/Relocate to various
unantic locations. Some work
from home available. Send
res to: Apex 2000, Inc. 14104
Robert Paris Court, Chantilly,
VA, 20151.

Senior Software Engineer
comScore, Inc. seeks Senior
Software Engineer in Reston,
VA to design & build scalable,
high availability web services
& portals. Telecommuting
Permitted. Apply at https://
www.jobpostingtoday.com/
Ref: 34694.
Rab3Tech, LLC has openings
for the following positions to
work in McLean VA and/or
various client sites throughout the U.S. Must be willing to
travel and/or relocate: Software Engs following skill set:
Design, develop, maintain &
test software applications &
systems utilizing Java/J2EE
Technologies on UNIX & Windows. Analyze user needs &
develop software solutions
for project requirements.
Mail resume to 8000 Westpark Drive, Suite 430 McLean
VA 22012.
Software Developer (Fairfax,
VA) Develop client-server
Software applications to manager specifications, for client
side. Client-side programming of GUI of password manager and form filler to be done
in TypeScript, HTML and C++.
Master’s Degree or equivalent
in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related
field required. Must be proficient in C++ with templates,
MFC, HTML, CSS, JavaScript,
Typescript, JSON, JQuery,
Webpack, NodeJS, Client-side
and server-side applications,
Microsoft
Visual
Studio,
Microsoft Visual Studio Code.
Mail resume to Siber Systems,
Inc., Attn: HR, 3701 Pender
Drive, Suite 400, Fairfax, VA,
22030
Software Engineer – (Herndon, VA) – Rebuild application
software source code on VS
2017/2019 and identify and
fix for issues observed during
porting and upgrade; perform
requirement gathering, analysis and preparing design documents. Travel to various
unanticipated client sites.
Req.’s Master’s deg. (or foreign equi. degree) in Comp.
Sci., Electrical Engineering, or
rel. with knowledge of at least
6 of the following technologies: C++, Python, SQL, GUI,
Agile, Qt, Image Processing
& Network Security. Apply
HR, Veena Corp. d/b/a Omega
Hires, 13800 Coppermine
Road, Suite 140, Herndon,
VA-20171

Software Engineers
(Vienna, VA). Dsgn, dvlp, test
& implmt s/ware applics.
Dsgn, build & maintain database for inventory mgmt
using Windows SQL Server.
Master's deg. in Comp. Sci,
Engg, Info Systems or equiv
& 2 yrs of exp or Bachelor's
deg. in Comp. Sci, Engg, Info
Systems or equiv & 5 yrs of
exp. Send resume to Tenpearls LLC, Attn: HRGC, 8614
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test tools. Travel/reloc to various unanticipated locations.
Send res to iCloud Technologies Corp d/b/a ICT Corp, 100
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Sr. Production Support Engineer for Retail Services and
Systems, Inc. dba Total Wine &
more to report to our Bethesda, MD loc. but working at
multiple unanticipated locs in
USA. May telecommute as
necessary. Diagnose + triage
issues to ident + articulate
the cust + business impact
+ priority. Troubleshoot complex issues + coord w/ business + tech teams to drive
issues to resolution + meet
agreed SLAs. Doc incident
summaries + prov clear supp
data + analysis. Impl + config
tools + process req’d for automated monitoring, alerting +
reporting.
Impl
custom
queries, reports, alerts +
dashboards in Splunk + New
Relic. Perf tech analysis using
monitoring tools + querying to
troubleshoot issues, identify
root cause, + exec maintenance ops. Ident + doc SOPs
for maintenance tasks. Manage incidents in software
develpmnt lifecycle; escalate
approp issues + act as escalation supp. Determine test
plan + participate in testing
of prod fixes. Guide + coord
vendor activities + deliverables + ensure accuracy, HQ
+ adhere to standards. Commun issues status + rel info
to cross-funct teams at all
levels. Generate + monitor
reports on site health + perf.
Monitor email + ticket
updates of Jr analysts to
ensure accurate, prof, + efficient responses. Gen ticket
reports to track response +
resolution times to service
level targets. Mentor Jr. Support Analysts to guide understanding of dept + company
policies + best practices. Rep
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company leadership + third
party vendors when needed.
On-call rotation supp incl LOD
rotation as needed. Little
domestic travel may be
involved. May undergo background checks. Must have
Bachelor’s in Comp Sci, IT, rel
Eng or other rel field and 3
years rel exp in one of the
following; software development, IT, database administration, or technical support
or 8 years rel exp in one of
the following; software development, IT, database administration, or technical support.
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Sr. Software Developer
Multiple openings available
for following positions in
Reston, VA and unanticipated
client locations throughout
the US: SR. SOFTWARE
DEVELOPER: Coordinate with
the infrastructure team to
facilitate the development of
required environment for the
target state. Develop transforming existing applications
to business services, identify
the key pain areas and
hotspots in the application.
Provide data provenance to
enable application monitoring, using Spring Cloud
Sleuth, Actuator and AOP,
Develop a lightweight adapter
to replace existing Middleware Centric Applications,
Conduct Performance Monitoring Of The Applications
Using JMETER and AOP. Travel
and relocation possible to
unanticipated client locations
throughout the U.S. To apply
Please mail resume, salary
history and position applied
for to: Intelligent Business
Platforms LLC, Attn: HR Dept,
12020 Sunrise Valley Drive,
Suite 101, Reston, VA 20191.
Email:
careers@intellibus.com
TECH-Amazon Web Services,
Inc. seeks candidates for the
following (multiple positions
available) in Herndon, VA:
Professional Services III
(Job Code 150.9266.6).
Drive aws adoption in geographic locations and/or for
a named set of customers.
Domestic travel required up
to 50% of the time. Telecommuting benefits available.
Mail CV to: Amazon, PO Box
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Wal-Mart is seeking a Senior
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solutions that deliver bus.
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API web srvcs using Spring
Boot & Spring framework,
Java Security; Coding in
object-oriented prog’g language Java/J2EE, JAXB, JMS,
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SDLC phases. Employer will
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job req’mts & to apply, visit
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Proxicom, Inc. seeks Director,
Softw Eng’g in Reston, VA
to architect, lead creation of
overall e-Learning website
technl architecture, & support
team of softw eng’rs on eLearning consumer facing
website built on multiple
technology platforms, incl
Adobe Exp Mgr (AEM) &
Learning Mgmt Sys (LMS).
Req’mts: Bachelor’s or foreign equiv in IT & Mgmt, CS,
or rel field & 7 yrs progressively responsible exp in job
offered or rel occupation: performing app dvlpmt; working
w/ open source frameworks;
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TECH-SSA Tech, Inc., (Herndon, VA) seeks Prgmr Anlysts.
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TECH-SSA Tech, Inc. (Herndon, VA) seeks ETL Dvlprs.
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equiv + 2 yrs exp. as Prog.
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Herndon VA 20171. May be
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