Law in the Public Interest: D.C.’s New Attorney General, Brian Schwalb 

April 12, 2023

The Office of the DC Attorney General (OAG) is unique. Unlike many other cities, the District’s residents elect their AGs. And the position as the city’s “chief legal officer” is […]

‘Sex on the Beach’ Cocktail

July 7, 2022

The summer of 2022 has been a flashback to the heydays of the 1980s. Tom Cruise has  topped the box office as Maverick, the titular character in the “Top Gun” […]

Crime: July 4 Parade Shooting in Chicago, K St. Homicide, D.C. Crime Rate Under Fire

July 5, 2022

National Headlines from this Fourth of July weekend are dominated by news of Chicago’s Highland Park Independence Day parade mass shooting, leaving 6 dead and dozens injured, ages 8 to […]

Reflections on My Last School’s Shooting

April 25, 2022

Named in honor of one of history’s greatest free-thinkers – Albert Einstein – the glass-enclosed causeway or “bridge” between the upper and middle school programs at Edmund Burke School, was designed to […]

1,100 Body Bags Line National Mall For Action to Curb Gun Violence (photos)

March 27, 2022

Over 1100 black “body bags” fanned out over a section of grass on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on March 24 in a plea for sanity. Each represented roughly […]

RFK Portrait on View at National Portrait Gallery (video)

June 6, 2018

A portrait created by Roy Lichtenstein in 1968 went on view at the National Portrait Gallery on June 6, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the senator’s assassination, and will be on display through July 8.

All About Politics: Gun Control in Virginia, Alabama Senate Race

October 5, 2017

In the wake of the Las Vegas mass shooting, gun control has emerged as an issue in the Virginia governor’s race. Meanwhile, in Alabama, Democrat Doug Jones has an uphill fight for the Senate.