Even though it was just eight inches long, I was furious that a news organization that I admired could be so sloppy. I decided to call the paper on my dial-up phone and was so irksome in my desire to correct the record that I managed to get then Metro editor Larry Kramer on the line. I told him that I was disappointed in their inaccuracies. He challenged me to come down and say that to his face and asked me if I thought I could do better. I would, and I could. I took the bus from campus to the Post’s headquarters on 15th Street NW. When I appeared, Larry and I continued to debate the crappy
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