On top of having to oversee a massive snow removal operation, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty now also to worry about his political standing in the midst of the region’s largest winter storm in decades. Yesterday on Hardball , MSNBC’s Chris Matthews took Fenty to task for the city’s response...

Even as a dedicated pedestrian, I get an instinctual rush of frustration at the news that the District is eliminating free parking on Saturday . It’s a wrongheaded reaction that is easy to internalize, given the car-centric nature of our government, media, and broader society. But why should higher...

Photo by jkangpolo Good morning, Washington. Something rather like winter has suddenly and prematurely arrived in the District, blocking out the sun, fogging up our windows, chilling our previously pleasant walks to the Metro, and ruining our shoes. Not to mention seemingly knocking out power to a large...

When Michael Moore went looking for funding for his newest film, he claims he told the studio that it would be a kind of sequel to Fahrenheit 9/11 , the director’s most financially successful film to date. They handed over the cash, and he turned around and made a film that has little to do with...

Rep. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) was named 2009’s most beautiful person on Capitol Hill by The Hill newspaper this week. Oh right, we meant to link to The Hill newspaper’s 50 Most Beautiful 2009 feature , aka the annual “Hill Hotties” list, which hit the stands earlier this week....

Photo by Maryland Route 5 ICYMI: The motorist who was shot and killed by U.S. Capitol police on Wednesday has been identified as Kellen Anthony White, 27, of Prince George’s County. The Post has a source who says Anthony had “a lengthy record” of arrests. The Arlington Cinema ‘N’...

The District of Columbia’s May unemployment rate was 10.7 percent, the D.C. Department of Employment Services announced today. That figure is up 0.8 percent from the April rate, and 4.1 percent higher than the same month in 2008. This is the first time D.C.’s unemployment rate has gone above...

Photo by Jess J There’s been a lot said about the Obamas so far, mostly positive (at least, if you go by the polls.) You hear he’s presidential, he’s nice, people overseas like him, he’s getting a lot done. The couple have romantic nights, Sasha and Malia are cute, everybody...

Written by DCist contributor Andrej Krasnansky Tom Stoppard set his 2006 play, Rock ‘n’ Roll , in the dual locations of Cambridge and Prague during the time of the Soviet takeover of Czechoslovakia (1968-1987). His protagonist is Czech-born Jan, living in England at a time of turmoil in...

If you’ve watched Fox News or Washington DCMichelle Malkin recently, you’re probably well-aware of the tea party protests that will take place across the country tomorrow. The protests will call upon a key event in American history to express anger in some sectors at what is seen as out-of-control...