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ANALYSIS/OPINION: Well, D.C. statehood is back on the docket. It’s certainly a hot-button issue, as it has been for years. But even with all the contention still surrounding it, there’s one thing we can all agree on: The name proposed to give the would-be 51st state the “State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth” is ridiculous.  I say that with confidence, and for at least three reasons. First, there’s no single entity called “Washington, D.C.” There’s just a city called Washington that’s located within another entity called the District of Columbia. The two happen to share the same borders. If Alexandria were part of the District of Columbia (as, indeed, it was until 1846) then residents of Alexandria would live in Alexandria, D.C. Calling an autonomous D.C. the “State of Washington, D.C.” makes no more sense than calling an independent Pittsburgh the “State of Pittsburgh, Pa.” Will future D.C. residents live in a state but not in a city? The mind

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