February 2, 2009 7:56AM 

# Washington’s View of the World 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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Remember that [Saul Steinberg cover](http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/72-the-world-as-seen-from-new-yorks-9th-avenue/) for the *New Yorker* that showed Manhattan’s view of America — just a vague grouping of place names between the Hudson River and the Pacific Ocean?

On Sunday we got a glimpse of how the *Washington Post* views the sprawling diversity of America. In an [article on Cobb Island](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/30/AR2009013001681.html), a waterfront community about 90 minutes from Washington, the *Post* commented:

> Cobb Island has always attracted a variety of people, from government workers to politicians.

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