A question for the writer of the Jan. 23 Metro headline “Episcopalian bishop has a history with Trump”: Would you top a story with “Californian governor meets with first responders”? Or “Virginian senator celebrates reelection”? Like “Californian” and “Virginian,” “Episcopalian” is almost always a noun denoting a person — in this case, a member of the Episcopal Church.

To The Post’s credit, the [words in the title of the] article was correct: “the Episcopal bishop of Washington.”

— Maurice Fliess, letter to editor, The Washington Post, January 31 2025

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A distinction worth noting. And why do Republicans always refer to the DEMOCRAT party? They do it with a malign intent. To lessen (so they believe) by nomenclature the party’s stature.

— posted by Roger W. Smith

   January 31, 2025