Mayor Muriel Bowser, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan set off on a two-day trade mission to Canada on Monday to promote tourism, trade and diplomatic relations.
We don’t know about trade and diplomatic relations, but there…
The national news, it is exhausting.
We cannot look away, nor should we, nor could we. Even if we tried, it would seep through our cellphones and conversations and computers.
As we wrote last week, associating with or promoting Nazi ideology…
If you’re so important, well, so am I.
My security detail is bigger than your detail. My security barrier is bigger … Oh, never mind. You get the point. The image of having “security” is epidemic in the nation’s capital.
For…
Jay Wu moved to Washington a couple of years ago after graduating from Swarthmore College with a major in linguistics.
According to the Linguistic Society of America, the field helps the understanding of “how language influences the way in which…
As if our current-day national politics and world tensions are not enough (point to most anywhere on earth), along comes the Vietnam War, reprised, reconsidered, roaring back in an 18-hour PBS series. It reminds us that this war is…
Happy Halloween 2017.
Never mind that our national politics are scary, the stock market explosion is getting scary, and the world itself is scarier with warfare and nuclear threats than at any time in recent history.
Let’s not let reality get…
“Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams.” — Mary Ellen Kelly
“An object at rest tends to stay at rest, especially if you’re…
It was a simple campaign clarion call.
Marion Barry, former street activist, former school board member and D.C. Council member, was running for mayor. And “Take a Stand” posters flooded the District.
Barry ran a progressive, upstart campaign against incumbent Mayor…
A lot is going on.
First, the fun stuff.
Opening day for the Nationals is Monday against the Miami Marlins.
Your Notebook took in a Nats spring training game last week in West Palm Beach, checking in with local fans at the…
Turkey, tinsel and traffic. The holiday season is here.
Our news media love to report the AAA estimates for holiday travel. This year the auto lobby group estimated that nearly 51 million Americans would be traveling 50 miles or more…
