Editorial: The Cruelest Month 
• October 7, 2025

“I want federal employees to be traumatized, I want to put them in trauma, I want them to not want to come to work.”  —Russell Vought, OMB director  “When you shut it […]

Open Minded: Gianna Biscontini Wants You to Tune in to Your Truest Self
• August 11, 2025

Gianna Biscontini did not set out to disrupt what she describes as the “mental health care industry.” But a walk in California’s Muir Woods opened her eyes to what therapy […]

Opinion: A Con on Every Corner
• April 17, 2025

Once upon a time, before it was cleaned up and Disney-fied, Times Square was a dirty and slightly menacing place whose tawdry appeal drew mostly tourists, attracted by the grittiness […]

Opinion: Can This Democracy Be Saved?
• April 7, 2025

Like so much about that man, Saturday’s protests were unprecedented. Who would have imagined that this newly installed administration (has it only been 10 weeks?) could provoke such fierce and […]

Glass Houses: Jessica and Ezra Glass
• March 12, 2025

Jessica and Ezra Glass are taking Georgetown’s traditional charms into new territory. It’s Georgetown’s side streets and unexplored corners that occupy the mental real estate and imaginations of Jessica and […]

Opinion: Veepstakes, ‘a Cheeseburger Away’
• October 2, 2024

In one memorable phrase uttered on “Morning Joe,” The Atlantic’s David Frum captured the nightmare that awaits us if the Republican ticket takes the White House. Needless to say, he […]

Opinion: The Debate … Code Blue 
• July 1, 2024

My takeaway from Thursday’s debate? Former President Donald Trump really doesn’t like immigrants. They are his personal bête noire, an animating force. The son—and husband—of immigrants, he is obsessed with […]

Opinion: The Debate, Mere Preview, or Premonition?
• June 27, 2024

Remember how you felt when The Former Guy’s jet departed Washington airspace early on the day of President Biden’s inauguration? Putting aside the sore-loser disrespect to tradition, it was a […]

Weddings & Wegovy: Should You Say ‘I Do’ to the New Weight-loss Drugs?  
• February 15, 2024

Blame it on the algorithm. Before you book a venue, say yes to the dress or sign up for your gift registry, an uninvited guest will crash your joyous moment […]

Retail Therapy for the Gray Days Ahead
• December 27, 2023

I don’t shop. I like to say I am looking for visual stimulation. Happily, there are now two new options in Georgetown within a few storefronts of each other with […]