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Editorial: Making Your Own Family ‘Blue Zone’
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Where Is Honor to Be Found?
August 16, 2023
•The founders of our great nation knew our Constitutional Republic could only survive if our citizens were honorable. But now we search in vain for traces of character in our […]
Looking for a First Home? Try Georgetown.
July 12, 2023
•You know what they say — location, location, location. While that phrase is of course hackneyed, it’s 1,000 percent true for Georgetown. If you’re a longtime renter looking to buy […]
Safe at Home? D.C. Fears
July 11, 2023
•Washington, D.C., once again is generating headlines in a bad way. But do we feel what the victims of crime feel? So far, we’ve been hearing the news rather than […]
Editorial: Georgetown Old & New, Restaurant & Retail Resilience
June 14, 2023
•If there’s anything Georgetown, the oldest neighborhood in the nation’s capital, knows how to do is re-invent itself, partially every now and then. Today, the resilient town is undergoing a […]
Editorial: When Will PNC Bank’s Iconic Gold Dome Be Refurbished?
June 12, 2023
•“Spring Cleaning Should Be for Everyone,” we editorialized last month, praising the Georgetown BID’s various efforts to spruce up Georgetown’s commercial district by removing graffiti, repairing sidewalks, mounting flower baskets, […]
Editorial: Help! Bring Back Downtown.
May 15, 2023
•In January, Mayor Muriel Bowser and then-Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development John Falcicchio presented “DC’s Comeback Plan” to business and non-profit leaders amid much fanfare. It all sounded […]
Editorial: Let’s Take Positive Steps This Earth Day, April 22
April 20, 2023
•Our April, 2023 print edition lead editorial concerning Earth Day: April 22 marks Earth Day, dedicated to celebrating, protecting and restoring our natural environment here on our life-rich planet, so […]
Georgetown Cool… and Safe?
February 8, 2023
•Georgetown is having a moment … again. Over its 272 or so years, it has reinvented itself without losing its charm or erasing its history. We, along with other Georgetowners, […]
Don’t Price Gouge Georgetown’s Iconic Shops Out of Business
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It’s been a rough couple of years for businesses with the pandemic shut-downs and restrictions. Remote work and remote buying hit Georgetown’s small single-owner in-person stores and eateries particularly hard […]
Use D.C.’s Red Flag Gun Law to Prevent Tragedy
January 11, 2023
•It is difficult to imagine anything more frightful or tragic than having one’s own child murdered at school by a gunman who signaled his intentions publicly before the deed. Increasingly […]