Rebecca J. Ritzel

Rebecca J. Ritzel is a freelance writer based in Alexandria, Va. She has a master’s degree in arts journalism from Syracuse University, and regularly contributes cultural coverage to The Washington Post and the News & Observer. She teaches writing at the University of Maryland.

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Rebecca J. Ritzel - March 29, 2010

(Washington, D.C.) — Lately, here in the nation’s capital, we’ve being seeing much of a certain leader from San Francisco. She’s usually pictured at a podium, ominously wielding a piece of carved wood, aiming for radical change, and threatening to whack anyone who doesn’t stay in step.