Phil, you need to learn a little HTML
I know, I resisted it for a time because I was just being lazy. It's very easy and just takes a few seconds. To post a link to a story, all you have to do is add the following to your text:
title</a
For example, your link to theWashington Post article is that simple.
Linking directly to an image is just as easy.
: img src= URL : with < and > replacing the colons.
This only works if you're talking about directly linking to a JPEG or other graphics file on someone's server.
In case this didn't work because your browser is trying to intrepret the symbols, go here. It's easy. Give it a try.