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Opinion: DC Is Hottest City in the World (Sorry, NYC)

(July 8) -- It's pretty stupid to brag about the weather in your hometown. You had nothing to do with it, no one cares, and everyone thinks you're a bore to prattle on about it. I mean, take Washington, D.C. Right now it's 90 degrees with high humidity. My head hurts and my thighs are sweating. (I'm told that outside my...

Our National Maul: Looking for a Plan to Save the Grass

WASHINGTON (Feb. 17) -- One year ago President Barack Obama took the oath of office on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. The crowd of half-frozen well wishers stretched nearly to the Washington Monument, four million feet inflicting even further damage on what is often called "the nation's front yard." Yet the National Park...

New York Vs. Washington: Who's Cleaning Up Their City Better?

(Feb. 10) – Whether it's the Empire State Building versus the Lincoln Memorial or Nathan's hot dogs versus Ben's Chili Bowl, New Yorkers and Washingtonians find ways to compete over virtually everything – culture, food, sports, arts, nightlife, cost of living, even self-importance. This week's snowstorm adds...

Washington Shuts Down as Another Snowstorm Approaches

WASHINGTON (Feb. 9) – The most powerful people in the country may or may not live inside and around the Beltway, but as the blizzard-battered capital awaited a second Snowmageddon, many were beginning to feel helpless. "Federal emergency should be declared," wrote resident Kate Dell on the Chevy Chase listserv in...

Opinion: Shutting a Door of Opportunity in D.C.

(Jan. 18) Back in 1947, Martin Luther King Jr., wrote in the Morehouse College campus newspaper, The Maroon Tiger, about his vision of a quality education. "The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically," he wrote. "Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true...