Occupy Could Sink Obama...

Franklin Foer, The New Republic This article is a contribution to ‘Liberalism and Occupy Wall Street,’ A TNR Symposium.Occupy Wall Street is a carnival. Both detractors and supporters say so. The most amusing part of the show is watching the rush to join it....

GOP’s Assault on ...

Lisa Jackson, LAT More here:  GOP’s Assault on the Environment Must Be...

Jayson Werth Headed Sou...

The two story lines I’m watching in Nats Land right now: The team’s dance with a .500 record, and Jayson Werth’ s journey to a sub-.200 batting average, beneath baseball’s fabled Mendoza Line. After last night’s 1-3 performance at the plate in Houston, Werth...

The Needle: Red Means S...

Red Light, Green Light : They’re not always visible to passengers, but Metro subway tunnels have signals, just like surface streets do, to tell train operators when it’s safe to proceed ahead. And it seems that like red lights on the streets, sometimes people run the train...

Today in D.C. History: ...

On May 12, 2009 , D.C.’s planning director, Harriet Tregoning , paved the way for the Third Church of Christ, Scientist to tear down its Brutalist house of worship at 16th and I streets NW , a major defeat for “historic preservation zealots,” as The Washington Post...

Guy Deposed During Dan ...

The Daily Oklahoman reported this month that Kieran Burke will be running Frontier City and White Water Bay , a pair of Oklahoma City theme parks. Burke’s the guy Dan Snyder waged war against beginning in 2004 on the way to taking over Six Flags. Frontier City and White Water Bay...

Abortion and the Sister...

William Saletan, Slate On Sept. 13, 1989, a month after Pennsylvania's health department conducted its next-to-last inspection of Kermit Gosnell's clinic, the Florida House Health Care Committee met to prepare for an upcoming special session on abortion. Gov. Bob Martinez,...

The Religious Left Goes...

Mark Tooley, The American Spectator Blogging recently for Jim Wallis's Sojourners, former CIA staffer Ray McGovern described how he was ostensibly roughed up by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's security detail during a recent speech at George Washington University. A few...

Today in D.C. History: ...

On Feb. 5, 1997 , a Metropolitan Police Department officer, Brian Gibson , was shot and killed outside the Ibex Club at Georgia and Missouri avenues in Brightwood. Police quickly arrested 23-year-old Marthell Nathaniel Dean , who had just been escorted out of the club, which was hosting...

The Needle: Streetcar D...

A Tweetcar Named Desire : The long awaited streetcars, the savior of D.C. transit policy, have finally arrived— on Twitter , if not in real life. Many months (at least) before the first cars start running anywhere, District Department of Transportation officials rolled out a new...