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The Gene Pool

gene weingarten, Gene Weingarten, Pat Myers

Humor. Outrageous discussions, surprising observations, live chats, polls, and the weekly Invitational humor contest (formerly The Washington Post's Style Invitational). Significant misanthropy tempered by a warm heart.

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Latest Issues

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For Shame

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Authors

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  • gene weingarten

    A human

  • Gene Weingarten

    Two-time Pulitzer prizewinning feature writer. Intellectual vulgarian. College dropout. Harvard alumnus (long story). Author of six books. Secretly shy smart-ass. Your employee.

  • Pat Myers

    Judge and editor of The Style Invitational, The Washington Post's weekly humor/wordplay contest, from 2003 till it was canceled in 200 since 1993, judged and edited by the Empress, Pat Myers, since she deposed the Czar in 2003.

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