Beltway

Enjoying Washington During The Cherry Blossom Festival

Area Daily | Posted 05.05.2012

Area Daily

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.

Beltway To Be Squeezed Into One Lane Near Tysons

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...

Roller Derby: It's Va. v. Md. This Saturday Night

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...

D.C. Traffic Is Just Terrible, Studies Confirm ... Again

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 ...

Women Business Owners Get the Shaft, Again

Jerry Chautin | Posted 11.27.2011

Jerry Chautin

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.

The War on Automobiles

Chuck Thies | Posted 11.14.2011

Chuck Thies

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.

Man Allegedly Had Drunken Sex At 85 MPH, Got Busted

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...

FCC Commissioner's Comcast Dash Triggers Wave of Disgust

Timothy Karr | Posted 07.14.2011

Timothy Karr

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.

The Optimism Gap: Are Washington and the Public on the Same Track?

Scott Bittle | Posted 07.13.2011

Scott Bittle

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?

One More Washington Regulator Cashes in at Your Expense

Timothy Karr | Posted 07.11.2011

Timothy Karr

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.

At Social Security Rally, Working Americans Burst Beltway Bubble

Daniel Marans | Posted 05.30.2011

Daniel Marans

The deterioration of wages and benefits in the private sector is one reason why Social Security has never been more important.

Today's Business Headline "Futures Turn Higher Following OPEC News"... Really!?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

Raymond J. Learsy

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.

Wisconsin's Tunisia Moment

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Kuttner

The Republicans' miscalculation in Wisconsin was to declare war on the one bastion of organized economic representation of regular people -- the labor movement.

The New York Times' Versailles Manifesto

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

David Sirota

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.

Election Day Update From the Field: Don't Suppress Us With Your Punditry: Let Our People Vote!

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.25.2011

Christine Pelosi

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.

OPEC At 50 Showing The Way To Rebuild America's Economy "As High As An Elephant's Eye"

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

Raymond J. Learsy

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.

Pull, Pull, Pull to the Left: On Rove's Revisionism and Obama's "Failing" Presidency

Peter Daou | Posted 05.25.2011

Peter Daou

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.

Rediscovering the Obama Narrative

Dan Carol | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Carol

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.

Virginia is for Drivers

Tamar Abrams | Posted 11.17.2011

Tamar Abrams

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 ...

Capitol Snow Diaries III: "Safeway Is Decimated!"

Danielle Crittenden | Posted 11.17.2011

Danielle Crittenden

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.

Sacred Cows and Our National Debt

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 05.25.2011

Max Fraad Wolff

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.

End the Filibuster and Pass a Lot of Stuff

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Joseph A. Palermo

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.

The Forgotten Side Of Healthcare Reform: You And Me

Thomas Goetz | Posted 11.17.2011

Thomas Goetz

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.

The Untouchables Are Killing Health Care Reform

Robert J. S. Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert J. S. Ross

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?

Gov't Studies Say Progressives Were Right, Beltway Was Wrong

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

David Sirota

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.