The Seattle Times has decided to no longer use the pejorative name of the Washington, DC football team in its sports coverage.
Why is this important? The Evergreen State is awfully far away from the District of Columbia. But, goodness, here's a thought: The new owner of The Washington Post is the CEO of a little company based in Seattle. We can feel the ripples spreading in the pond right now.
We cats would advise inside-the-Beltway journalists to pay attention. Dan Snyder's team's name is not aligned with the arc of history, which bends toward you-know-what. As the newspaper of Katharine Graham, Ben Bradlee, Watergate, the Pentagon Papers — and now, Jeff Bezos — the Post would do well to get in front of this one.
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