The Washington Post, November 5th, 1995
My bike was stolen. The Republicans stole it. Follow the sad syllogism: A year ago, the Republicans swept both houses of Congress. Democrat Tom Foley, the speaker of the house, lost his congressional seat and became an ordinary Joe. The Capitol Police stopped patrolling the alley behind his Capitol Hill house. The alley behind his house is also the alley behind my house. I kept my bike in the back yard. My bike was stolen. The story of the theft, and of the events that followed, contain other valuable civics lessons for the urban dweller. I naively thought our six-foot fence provided all the s...
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