Colbert I. King
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Colbert I. “Colby” King is a weekly columnist for The Post, specializing in urban and national affairs. His column appears on Saturdays.
King had a long career before joining The Post’s editorial board in 1990. He served at the U.S. Embassy in Bonn with the State Department and later helped draft home-rule legislation for the District of Columbia in the Senate. In 1979, King was named U.S. executive director to the World Bank. He was appointed deputy editorial page editor in 2000, and served in that capacity until 2007.
King is a three-time finalist in the American Society of Newspaper Editors’ Distinguished Writing Awards competition. He is a weekly panelist on Gordon Peterson’s ABC-7 show, “Inside Washington.” He is also a commentator on WTOP Radio, where he was awarded the 2005 Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association’s award for outstanding editorial commentary. King was awarded the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for commentary.
Articles by Colbert I. King
Sex, Drugs and Prosecution (May 5, 2007)
A Legacy in Peril at the World Bank (April 28, 2007)
From Clinton, Hip-Hop Hypocrisy (April 21, 2007)
Standing Up to Imus (April 14, 2007)
A World of Sorrow, a World Away (April 7, 2007)
Cleaning Up in the Name of D.C.'s Schools (March 31, 2007)
A History Lesson for Mayor Fenty (March 24, 2007)
Tattered Values and Broken Schools (March 17, 2007)
Appalachia Helps Where D.C. Fails (March 10, 2007)
Who Left D.C.'s Schools to Decay? (March 3, 2007)
If Fenty Gets the Schools, Does He Have a Plan? (February 24, 2007)
Cautionary Wisdom on the Schools Takeover (February 17, 2007)
Fixing the Schools? Parenting Is Paramount (February 10, 2007)
What Never Seems to Change for D.C. Schools (February 3, 2007)
Another Bite Out of D.C.'s Hide? (January 27, 2007)
In Virginia, More to 'Get Over' Than Slavery (January 20, 2007)
From Dr. King, a Reminder on Iraq (January 13, 2007)
School Struggle Out of an Old Playbook (January 6, 2007)
A Success Story in His Comfort Zone (December 30, 2006)
The Slaves in Our Midst (December 23, 2006)
Where the 'Angry Young Men' Are (December 16, 2006)
The Breakdown That Really Needs Fixing (December 9, 2006)
A Christmas Wish for Carver Terrace (December 2, 2006)
A Tale of Two Councils (November 25, 2006)
On the Eve of a Passage, a Host of Thanks (November 18, 2006)
Lawmakers Who Won't Be Missed (November 11, 2006)
Two Tales of War: Read 'Em and Weep (November 4, 2006)
The Grand Ayatollah Behind the Curtain (October 28, 2006)
The Real 'New Iraq' (October 21, 2006)
What Rosenbaum Case Investigators Weren't Told (October 14, 2006)
What's Wrong With Washington: Exhibit A (October 7, 2006)
Who's the Incompetent One Here? (September 30, 2006)
The War of the Hacks (September 23, 2006)
Ground Rules for the Fenty Transition (September 16, 2006)
A Ballad of the Ballot Follies in D.C. (September 9, 2006)
Who Let a Killer Into Erika Smith's World? (September 2, 2006)
Dragging a Mayoral Contest Into the Muck (August 26, 2006)
Justice for a Murdered Father and Daughter? (August 19, 2006)
Fenty's Early Test: Can He Take a Punch? (August 12, 2006)
The 'Crime Emergency' That Never Goes Away (August 5, 2006)
A Breakout on the Mayor's Watch (July 29, 2006)
Bush and the NAACP: Too Much Left Unsaid (July 22, 2006)
The Two Executions Of Willie Francis (July 19, 2006)
What They Didn't Do on Their Summer Vacation (July 15, 2006)
Not Just Another Abuse Scandal (July 8, 2006)
D.C. Emergency Services Fails Another Test (July 1, 2006)
The Dysfunction Williams Didn't Tackle (June 24, 2006)
A King in Our Household (June 17, 2006)
Has Our Mayor Gone FIGMO? (June 10, 2006)
A Calculus of Race and Death? (June 3, 2006)
Don't the Fallen Deserve at Least a Moment? (May 27, 2006)
Did Someone Fail a Dying Man? (May 20, 2006)
Gays, God and Bishop Owens (May 13, 2006)
The Rosenbaum Case: Whose Story Is True? (May 6, 2006)
The Hue and Cry at Darrell's Over the Nats (April 29, 2006)
The Coming D.C. Shake-Up (April 22, 2006)
How Many More Monica Yins? (April 15, 2006)
Glossing Over Mistreatment in the Magbie Case (April 8, 2006)
Finger-Pointing Over 'John Doe' (April 1, 2006)
Monica Yin's First Responders (March 25, 2006)
Rosenbaum's Undiagnosed (Critical) Condition (March 18, 2006)
Fred Malek, a Dog and the SEC (March 11, 2006)
Dancing Around the Facts of the Rosenbaum Case (March 4, 2006)
The Death of David Rosenbaum (February 25, 2006)
Some Are Less 'Newsworthy' Than Others (February 18, 2006)
A Fitting Funeral for Mrs. King (February 11, 2006)
Fred Malek, Then and Now (February 4, 2006)
How the Game Gets Played in D.C. (Part 2) (January 28, 2006)
How the Game Gets Played in D.C. (January 21, 2006)
What Would Dr. King Think? (January 14, 2006)
What Is Tony Williams's Word Worth? (January 7, 2006)
Old Blessings for a New Year (December 31, 2005)
12 Days of Christmas (December 24, 2005)
From the Hill, Lessons in High-Stepping Hypocrisy (December 17, 2005)
Holiday Spirit: From the Heart, Not the Mall (December 10, 2005)
The Duke of D.C., Unhorsed (December 3, 2005)
A Searing Portrait of Abuse (November 26, 2005)
Celebrating the Pride of a Pioneer (November 19, 2005)
Five to Watch in the D.C. Mayor's Race (November 12, 2005)
Credentials Are Fine, but Values Matter, Too (November 5, 2005)
'Judicial Activism' to Be Thankful For (October 29, 2005)
The Dangerous Business of Leaking Secrets (October 22, 2005)
We (Still) Need More Than a March (October 15, 2005)
The Right, on Fire Over Miers (October 8, 2005)
'Top-Floor' Treatment in D.C. (October 1, 2005)
The NSO: Inclusiveness in C Major (September 24, 2005)
Justice for a 'Death of Neglect' (September 17, 2005)
Rebuilding the Gulf and Goodwill (September 10, 2005)
A Time for Action, Not Outrage (September 3, 2005)
Rallying the Troops and Avoiding Reality (August 27, 2005)
Muslim Converts, Meet the FBI (August 20, 2005)
Making an Investment in Unity (August 13, 2005)
A Shameful Hypocrisy (August 6, 2005)
You Can't Fight Terrorism With Racism (July 30, 2005)
Democrats Are on the Wrong Battlefield (July 23, 2005)
Homegrown Hatred (July 16, 2005)
We Are (Still) Not Ready (July 9, 2005)
Let's Proudly Hail the Rights of All (July 2, 2005)
Taking On the Lenders and the Feds (June 25, 2005)
The Filibuster: A Tool for Good and Bad (June 18, 2005)
Courage and Cowardice (June 11, 2005)
Deep Throat's Other Legacy (June 4, 2005)
Death Sentence, D.C. Style (May 28, 2005)
A Witness Pays the Price in Prison (May 21, 2005)
Someone to Protect Besides the VIPs (May 14, 2005)
No Holiday From Tragedy (May 7, 2005)
Justice Delayed . . . and Delayed and Delayed (April 30, 2005)
Hijacking Christianity . . . (April 23, 2005)
The Right Tony Williams Question (April 16, 2005)
Not So United After All (April 9, 2005)
A Tainted Easter Message (March 26, 2005)
Wolfowitz's Tough Tasks (March 19, 2005)
My City in a Different Light (March 12, 2005)
An Affront to the First Amendment (March 5, 2005)
