Enjoying Washington During The Cherry Blossom Festival
f you haven't had sensory overload, start your day with a bloody mary or mimosa at Perry's, where the waitstaff is donned in drag.
f you haven't had sensory overload, start your day with a bloody mary or mimosa at Perry's, where the waitstaff is donned in drag.
WTOP | Posted 01.14.2012
The three left lanes of the southbound Capital Beltway will be closed overnight Monday for bridge construction associated with the Silver Line expansi...
The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 11.30.2011
Saturday night, NoVA Roller Derby has its inaugural bout against Maryland's Free State Roller Derby. It's the "Battle of the Beltway," taking place at...
The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 11.27.2011
WASHINGTON -- As you know, the D.C. area is already No. 1 for worst traffic congestion in the U.S., according to the Texas Transportation Institute's ...
Jerry Chautin | Posted 11.27.2011
In February, the SBA published its final rules to set aside $6.5 billion in federal government spending for Women-Owned Small Businesses or economically disadvantaged women-owned small businesses. But on September 9, the Washington Business Journal said to date, women-owned businesses only got $500,000.
Chuck Thies | Posted 11.14.2011
If you live in the Washington metropolitan area, owning an automobile is a practical adventure well worth experiencing. And it does not have to be an environmental train wreck.
The Washington Post | Tom Jackman | Posted 08.16.2011
A Fairfax County police checkpoint, 2006. (Rich Lipski/The Washington Post) Lawsuits after car crashes are beyond common. But in the Fairfax County co...
Timothy Karr | Posted 07.14.2011
Baker's move may become the tipping point for new rules to stop Washington's revolving door from tempting any bureaucrat to exchange a light regulatory hand for the promise of a high-salaried job.
Scott Bittle | Posted 07.13.2011
Part of leadership is conveying an air of optimism and confidence. But what does it mean when leaders are more optimistic than the people they're supposed to be leading?
Timothy Karr | Posted 07.11.2011
The head of the company that makes more political contributions than any other has graced our capital with his presence. It's little wonder that people are so nauseated by business as usual in Washington.
Daniel Marans | Posted 05.30.2011
The deterioration of wages and benefits in the private sector is one reason why Social Security has never been more important.
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011
Blazoned on the top of the CNBC News page was the headline, "US Futures Turn Higher Following OPEC News." The article goes on to advise that OPEC was considering raising production for the first time in two years.
Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011
The Republicans' miscalculation in Wisconsin was to declare war on the one bastion of organized economic representation of regular people -- the labor movement.
David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011
Today's "journalists," like Matt Bai of the New York Times, see no difference between themselves and those they serve. Indeed, when they hear the term "political elites" -- they now see themselves in the mirror.
Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.25.2011
We'll have the rest of our lives to discuss what our votes meant -- till the polls close, let's use the national microphone to get our votes cast.
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011
Why don't we learn from OPEC's success? We have a commodity easily as critical to the world's economy as oil. We have corn, we have wheat, we have soybeans -- all grain crops critical to the world's food supply.
Peter Daou | Posted 05.25.2011
Unfortunately, the President, his advisers, and many Democratic leaders and strategists are captives of the same Beltway mindset that tells us Iraq is a resounding success and Obama's problem is the liberal blogosphere.
Dan Carol | Posted 05.25.2011
Obamaism at its core is largely about bottom-up change rather than top-down dictates. That's because federal silo'ed programs and one-size-fits-all solutions don't work well anymore.
Tamar Abrams | Posted 11.17.2011
When you're a progressive Democrat living in the Commonwealth of Virginia, you have a lot of 'splainin' to do. The motto "Virginia is for Lovers" may ...
Danielle Crittenden | Posted 11.17.2011
By the time Snowmageddon II hit, the unusual good cheer and neighborliness of our-capital-under-seige had melted away -- and its usual nasty temperament reasserted itself, with extra viciousness.
Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 05.25.2011
In protecting their sacred cows Democrats and Republicans have both aggressively added to our national debt, piling up budget deficits when either party is in office. We need to take a second look at the sacred cows grazing our commons.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011
Harry Reid is getting rolled by a pugnacious Republican minority so bereft of ideas it has no choice but to filibuster every piece of legislation the Democrats put on the table.
Thomas Goetz | Posted 11.17.2011
I'm not here to offer a policy analysis that punditizes on how the Beltway Brethren can sort stuff out. I've got another idea that's equally important to real healthcare reform in this country. And it starts with you.
Robert J. S. Ross | Posted 05.25.2011
While many elderly people and their doctors would like to fix aspects of Medicare, there is no uproar to get rid of it -- it largely works. So why aren't we looking to this pretty good system as a model?
David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011
Remember when progressives protested the 2005 bankruptcy bill? A new report says that bill is playing a decisive role in the foreclosure surge that undermined our entire economy.
Area Daily | Posted 05.05.2012