Policing Our Changing City
• May 24, 2017

Now that the District of Columbia Council has made it official, approving Peter Newsham’s appointment as police chief, he — and also we the people — can start thinking in […]

Trump’s First 100 Days. Check.
• May 3, 2017

Somewhere, some place in this country, people — Democrats, Republicans, agnostics and iconoclasts and regular folks alike — are breathing a sigh of relief. We got through the first 100 […]

Surplus Should Support Georgetown Projects
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Let’s play Connect the Dots. Three facts: •This March, according to the D.C. Office of Budget and Planning, Georgetown’s property assessments and taxes increased by one of the highest percentages […]

Bad for Property Values: Our Retail Blahs
• April 13, 2017

The following letter to the community was submitted to The Georgetowner by Michael Brennan, Jr., vice president of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty. Georgetown’s shopping and dining scenes have lost their […]

LED Zeppelin?
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“And if you feel that you can’t go on, in the light you will find the road,” say the lyrics to a classic rock song. To which some neighbors reply, […]

Less Parking Is Not the Answer
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One of the most enduring issues confronting Georgetown since its early days is again inspiring new proposals by various neighborhood players: parking. And one of the items discussed at the […]

All About Politics: Trump, the Supreme Court, Elections to Come
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There’s resistance to Trump and what to make of him, writes our columnist, who looks to future court nominations and elections.

Capitol Hill Watch: Short-Sighted Schumer on SCOTUS
• April 10, 2017

Today saw the return of the “nuclear option.” Here’s what brought us to this point — and is the option really “nuclear”?

A Sense of Community in the Hullabaloo?
• April 6, 2017

A lot of our daily political and media diet these days is damning or ridiculous — often both.

On the Home Front: Georgetown Basketball, D.C. Statehood
• April 5, 2017

After 13 seasons, coach John Thompson III of Georgetown University is gone. He had some good seasons, but in college basketball your worth and value seem to be determined by […]