The capital of the United States is a peculiar place. An unusually high portion of the people who live in the city and its environs either work for the government, contracts with the government, services the government or exists in order to influence the government. There are opinion makers aplenty. Thought leaders, talking heads and think-tankers, too. It’s positively lousy with journalists.
Having so many ambitious, opinionated and well-educated people gathered in one place can be a fine thing, but it also makes Washington uniquely susceptible to certain problems. When half the city is trying to figure out what other people think, and the other half of the city is trying to convince other people of what they should think, Washington can get very interested in itself.
