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Trust on a street corner, approaching midnight.(OPINION)

Inroads: A Journal of Opinion

| June 22, 2008 | Poschmann, Finn | COPYRIGHT 2008 Inroads, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

A few blocks north and slightly to the east of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., there is a post office. Around a quarter to midnight on April 15 this year, I happened to be walking by (don't ask why). One thing, then another, grabbed my attention. The first was that traffic was heavy as I neared the intersection of 1st NE and Massachusetts Ave. Since the downtown office core of Washington goes into a deep, fitful sleep at night, traffic is an oddity.

The second thing I noticed (hardly a feat of observation) was a handful of men and women weaving among the cars that stopped at the light with the seemingly slow ease and fleet steps of squeegee kids. Unlike ...

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