Because It’s Monday in October
Photo: Washington Post
Yesterday, the Washington Post inexplicably and wonderfully assembled a slideshow of aging canines in a Web special called "Old Dogs Are the Best Dogs." Usually it's the tabloids that engage in this type of heartstrings blackmail, but we very much appreciate this broadsheet foray into the genre. [WP]

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