Editorial: Groping for Greenland
• February 10, 2026

In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson consummated the Louisiana Purchase, adding upwards of 800,000 square miles (no one knew for sure) to the 27-year-old United States of America.  Sixty-four years later, in 1867, Secretary of State William Seward brought off his “folly,” obtaining from czarist Russia what eventually became […]

Guest Column: One Morning in Georgetown Before the Invasion of Ukraine  
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By David Tafuri     Early one morning — just a few days before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022 — my phone rang as I lay asleep in bed. I answered and heard the voice of […]

Opinion: Resident Only Parking, a Modest Proposal 
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By Daniel Chao, Topher Mathews and Paul Maysak   Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E is exploring a change to how parking is managed in Georgetown that we think will make the lives of residents a little easier. It’s called […]

Editorial: The Winter of Our Discontent
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Have we completely lost our bearings?   Something is rotten in the state of these United States.   A few months from our 250th anniversary, the U.S. has become an unrecognizable dystopia, leaving us and the world agape at the “ambient […]

Editorial: Pound (and Euro and Canadian Dollar) Foolish 
• January 13, 2026

Good news for Georgetowners who dislike sharing the neighborhood’s streets, parks, historic sites, shops and restaurants with foreign tourists: there are going to be fewer of them.  Of course, it’s bad news for the historic sites, shops and restaurants — and even worse for our hotels.   International tourism is, oddly enough, an […]

Editorial: A Double Anniversary
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1789 was a milestone year for the nation and for Georgetown. That year, the U.S. Constitution was adopted and Georgetown University — the oldest Catholic institution of higher learning in the country — was […]

Editorial: Cold as ICE
• January 12, 2026

On Wednesday, Jan. 7, a 37-year-old woman was shot three times while in her car on a snow-dusted street in Minneapolis. Her name was Renee Nicole Good. She was a poet and the mother of three children, including a 6-year-old boy.  She wasn’t killed by some random “bad guy” or by an undocumented “drug-peddling […]

Editorial: Our Top 10 Mayoral Attributes  
• December 9, 2025

Georgetown and D.C. have been abuzz with news these past few weeks, promising epic changes in how our community and the District as a whole will be governed — and viewed by the world — as we prepare to celebrate the 250th anniversary of our historic republic.     Driven by historic elections, 2026 may […]

Editorial: Georgetown’s Design Review Takes a Hit  
• November 11, 2025

Were any Georgetowners pleased when the Biden-appointed, volunteer members of the Commission of Fine Arts were “terminated, effective immediately,” by the Trump administration? (Created in 1910, the CFA also has […]

Editorial: Life Lessons from … John Candy 
• November 10, 2025

’Tis the season! To give, to appreciate what we have, to be grateful. These days, that’s easier said than done, isn’t it?    If you have a chance this Thanksgiving, check […]