The Race Issue Rises Ag...

Glenn Thrush & Donovan Slack, Politico Brewer's posture with Obama recently drew fire, as did remarks made by Gingrich. | AP Photos See the original post here: The Race Issue Rises...

DC Establishment Needs ...

Gov. Rick Perry, Washington Times By Gov. Rick Perry -The Washington Times Thursday, November 3, 2011 Login to VoteView resultsWashington is broken and must be completely overhauled to get America working again.The tinkering technocrats think Washington can be fixed with a pair of...

Andy Rooney, a Cranky V...

Severo & Keepnews, NYT Andy Rooney, whose prickly wit was long a mainstay of CBS News and whose homespun commentary on “60 Minutes,” delivered every week from 1978 until 2011, made him a household name, died on Friday in New York City. Follow @NYTNational for...

Gary Mays Gets a Song...

Folk heroes deserve folk songs! And Gary Mays deserves folk hero status more than anybody I’ve ever met. So now we have ” The Amazing Gary Mays ,” a tune based on the amazing life story of Mays, my hero and friend and one of the greatest athletes this city ever...

Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. No, Really, Not in My Back Yard: If good fences make good neighbors, it follows that shit fences could make for shit neighbors. A member of the Cleveland Park email list writes the...

Petworth 4th, 2K11: Sou...

Here’s a few unedited minutes of what it sounded like from my porch last night, my annual tribute to the glorious lawlessness that takes over my neighborhood on my country’s birthday. Explosions coming in such high volume make for some wonderful white noise. Here is the...

Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Solar Panels Don’t Speak to God: From one enthusiastic member of the Takoma email list came this notice: “Trinity Episcopal Church, at the corner of Piney Branch and...

Metro Bad News Roundup:...

The Metro system, once a reliable point of pride for D.C.’s boosters, has had a rough few years: Safety problems, escalator outages, and rising prices have made the subway a regular subject of local griping. At times, it can be hard to keep up with the torrent of unflattering...

Arnold Schwarzeneggerâ€...

Arnold Schwarzenegger ‘s not real popular inside his own home right now. But he’s still got a place in the White House. Well, in the Whi te House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy, at least. He’s had that spot for years, actually. Among the anti-drug...

Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Burning Up: Over the past week, a flurry of letters between the Bloomingdale Civic Association and the would-be manager of the supposedly forthcoming Engine Company 12 have been...