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Carl Bernstein: From D.C. Juvie to Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist
January 27, 2022
•Carl Bernstein — The Washington Post Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist who with Bob Woodward exposed the Watergate scandal that brought down President Nixon in 1973 — grew up in Tenleytown and Silver Spring. When […]
January 6, One Year On: The World Is Watching
January 6, 2022
•On this day, one year past, the sovereign people of the world’s oldest constitutional republic pause to reflect on the horrific events of January 6, 2021, the single most traumatic […]
Hark! What Craziness Crosses Our Transom?
December 27, 2021
•A rich assortment of unsolicited potential content comes across a newspaper’s transom each day — much of it well-intentioned, but silly. Of course, the news business couldn’t survive a day […]
“In a World Full of Grinches, Be a Griswold”
December 13, 2021
•“In a world full of grinches, be a Griswold.” That’s a recently discovered T-Shirt quote that really resonates as this year draws to a close. Reflecting on The Grinch on Mount Crumpet, […]
2021 Georgetowners of the Year
December 8, 2021
•The naming of Georgetowners of the Year has been a tradition of The Georgetowner newspaper for decades. This year’s group, selected by the editorial board, includes a church, a congregation and pastor, a […]
All About Eve: The Message of Dobbs. v. Jackson Women’s Health Org.
December 6, 2021
•The story of Genesis is eons old and you would think by this time that the statute of limitations had run out on Eve’s theft of the apple and […]
Silver City: With Grands and Kids, Celebrating Thanksgiving Can Be Tricky
November 24, 2021
•Starting Wednesday, Nov. 24, and for the next five days or so, most everyone in the United States is about to navigate the most unique American holiday of all: Thanksgiving. […]
Decisions on Decking the Streets
November 10, 2021
•While we are planning to deck the halls during the Yuletide, it’s time to take away some decks set up for sidewalk expansion to help businesses during the pandemic. The […]
To Help Local Business, Journalism and Democracy, Support the Journalism Sustainability Act
November 1, 2021
•In the nation’s capital, we’re frequently deluged with news and information — so much so that we often seek solace in nature, especially during the pandemic. We all know, however, […]
A Salute to Gen. Colin Powell (1937-2021)
October 18, 2021
•We salute a truly great American, Gen. Colin Powell (1937-2021) who died today at age 84, due to Covid-19 complications (though fully vaccinated) and having suffered multiple myeloma, a form […]