Covering Zuck in a Suit on the Hill

April 12, 2018

Some media focused on the threat of future regulation of Facebook. “Mark hints at future fees,” some ominously noted. Others warned about or recommended “comprehensive” legislation.

Mary Jo Kopechne Portrayed in ‘Chappaquiddick’

April 9, 2018

Kopechne’s story actually makes two stops in Georgetown, not seen in the film. She lived on the 1200 block of 35th Street and then more famously at 2712 Olive St. NW, a home once owned by the Washington Post’s Kathleen Parker.

Live from Brooklyn … It’s ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’

April 2, 2018

On Easter Sunday, April 1, the audience yelled when John Legend as Jesus himself showed off his upper range, when a roaring trio of guitars did their thing, when Brandon Victor Dixon as Judas blasted the title song out into Brooklyn and beyond. 

‘Enough Is Enough,’ Say the Kids

March 26, 2018

On Saturday, March 24, they all came together — 800,000, 500,000 or 250,000 strong, depending on the reports you believe — for the March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C.

Georgetown U. Panel Reflects on School Shootings


Moderated by Mo Elleithee, executive director of the university’s Institute of Politics and Public Service, the panel included current student Sarah Clements, whose mother, a teacher, survived the Sandy Hook shooting.

Painful Memories of School Shootings Will Remain

March 20, 2018

Years from now, when Americans once again analyze and try to account for yet another school shooting, the events at Great Mills High School in Maryland on March 20 about […]

Mayor: Metro Will Be Fully Funded

March 19, 2018

Mayor Muriel Bowser declared the District’s commitment on March 15, in the first moments of her State of the District address at the University of the District of Columbia. 

March Madness on the Basketball Court, and in Trump’s


The term applies as well to the most recent week or so of the further, chaotic adventures of President Donald Trump as to the NCAA College Basketball Tournament.

Trump Takes Over CPAC (photos)

February 26, 2018

With the exception of Ted Cruz, none of the other 2016 presidential contenders bothered to show up at this year’s event, held Feb. 22 to 24 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.

Love and the Olympics

February 8, 2018

They are the most beautiful young people in the world: dedicated, focused, trained athletes who have devoted their lives to the sport they love and what they can achieve in it.