News Bytes
• September 9, 2025

  ‘Beautiful Day’ for Some Biking    Yup, “I Heard It Through the Grapevine.” Through Oct. 4, put your pedal to the metal on Light Lane — a public art installation that […]

May 2024 News Bytes
• May 8, 2024

Architects Walk   The Citizens Association of Georgetown held its second annual Architects Walk Through Georgetown on April 6. The sell-out event was attended by approximately 100 CAG members. Seven leading […]

June Downtowner News Briefs    
• June 14, 2023

 D.C. Council Passes Emergency Bill to Cap Rent Increases   Despite high inflation numbers, the D.C. Council passed an emergency bill earlier this month to stabilize rental housing in the city […]

Re Dobbs vs. Jackson, Beware the Originalists   
• July 13, 2022

With all their emphasis on the importance of the founders’ intentions in creating the U.S. Constitution as the foundation of federal law, the Constitutional “Originalists” and their enthusiastic cheerleaders might […]

Washington, D.C.: Memorable Images from 2021 (photos by Jeff Malet)
• December 31, 2021

2021 saw a partial resumption of activities in the District suggesting better times ahead. It was also a year marked by political turmoil. Click on the photo icons below for […]

Holding Court: Eliminating the Filibuster to Protect our Rights
• July 8, 2021

At every turn Republicans in the Senate have weaponized the filibuster to obstruct critical proposals to secure our right to vote, expand access to healthcare, protect workers, and defend civil […]

Life at the Climax of a Decade
• December 18, 2019

The almost light speed by which we receive the news of events and change is one of the key themes of the decade soon to come to an end.

Walking the Red Carpet at Correspondents’ Dinner (photos)
• April 29, 2019

The guest list to this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on Saturday, April 27, at the Washington Hilton was certainly paired down from years past. Chief among the missing […]

Overheard at Lunch: D.C. Gossip Girl
• September 13, 2017

Proposal Eyewitness Gets Plaque at Martin’s It was spring of 1953. Marion “Joe” Smoak was nursing a martini at Martin’s Tavern on Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown and history hit him […]

Downtowner DC
• August 23, 2017

Capital One Arena Replaces Verizon Center The Verizon Center, a sports and entertainment arena originally known as the MCI Center, became the Capital One Arena on Aug. 9. Monumental Sports […]