Sin of the Month: Left-Wing Zealotry

Sin of the Month: Left-Wing Zealotry

I admit it: in the words of a recent letter from a disgruntled reader, I am a left-wing zealot.

Ten years ago when I started writing for the Voice, I had no interest in politics whatsoever. At that time, I wrote about small, harmless sins such as "Bad Hair," and if someone were to talk to me about the workings of Congress, I yawned and prayed for her to finish. I regarded the Washington Post as a magazine called "Style" with a boring front section attached to it, and I read the headlines only when I had finished the important articles like book reviews and celebrity gossip.