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Alexandra Petri

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Washington, D.C.

Happy National Hug Day, I guess

Let’s shake on it.

January 21, 2014

ComPost Live with Alexandra Petri

The Compost, written by Alexandra Petri, offers a lighter take on the news and political in(s)anity of the day.

January 21, 2014

In defense of hipsters

I was into hipster-defending before it was cool.

January 21, 2014

Fox News host complains no one knows history, then proves it

See: Muphry’s Law.

January 17, 2014

President Obama’s NSA speech: What’s that about Paul Revere’s surveillance and Union balloons?

I’m not exactly sure what these examples prove.

January 17, 2014

Can anyone stop this Hillary Clinton Time magazine cover?

Or better yet, keep the cover and change the story.

January 16, 2014

What the 2014 Oscar nominees say about you

Is it even possible to Google ‘her’?

January 16, 2014

Nope, Richard Black, just because ‘she’s in a nightie’ does not mean you have consent

This has been your weekly reminder.

January 15, 2014

Daily Show’s Samantha Bee performs terrifying, impressive take on ‘The Five’

It’s . . . something.

January 15, 2014

The Passive Voice apologizes

Taking the fall, once again.

January 14, 2014

How to avoid scandals (an updated list)

Handy steps to save your bacon!

January 14, 2014

ComPost Live with Alexandra Petri

The Compost, written by Alexandra Petri, offers a lighter take on the news and political in(s)anity of the day.

January 21, 2014

Enter the Concern Troll

The Times piece on Lisa Adams and those Dreadful Things that Other People say.

January 13, 2014

Spanish-language Healthcare.gov and the bane of computer translation

That’s a problem.

January 13, 2014

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler explain every complicated issue in a single Golden Globes monologue joke

Well done, Best Friends of the Internet.

January 13, 2014

Shia LaBeouf has retired!

Good riddance.

January 11, 2014

Gmail’s new feature -- e-mails from strangers!

Don’t be creepy.

January 10, 2014

Sit on Satan’s lap in proposed Oklahoma City statue

Although some Satanists disapprove.

January 10, 2014

Three amazing moments from the Traffic Studies Gone Wild Christie apology conference

The governor has a lot of feelings.

January 9, 2014

Chris Christie and the best traffic safety study ever

Well, I guess we learned something.

January 9, 2014
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ABOUT ALEXANDRA

Alexandra Petri writes the ComPost blog, offering a lighter take on the news and opinions of the day. She joined The Post as an intern in 2010, after graduating from Harvard College.