Editorial: Making Your Own Family ‘Blue Zone’ 
• November 13, 2024

If you watched the Netflix documentary “Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones,” you were no doubt amazed to learn from author Dan Buettner about five unique communities — […]

Editorial: Is Unity Possible?  Keep the Faith! 
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  “Campaigns are contests of competing visions,” said President Joe Biden last week. “The country chooses one or the other. We accept the choice the country made. I’ve said many times […]

Guest Opinion: Initiative 83 Will Let All Voters Be Heard in D.C. Elections
• October 28, 2024

By Lisa Rice As a Ward 7 elected official and native Washingtonian, I’m passionate about solving the problems facing the District. We can take a key step forward by voting […]

Editorial: The Georgetowner Endorses …   
• October 9, 2024

If you’re voting in Georgetown/Ward 2, this year’s general election ballot is short and sweet — and almost feels like a repeat. Regarding the top of the ballot, there’s former […]

Opinion: It Is Time for America to Heal Its Divisions 
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By Fred Ryan Study after study confirms what we all already feel: America is deeply divided. Toxic partisanship rises as institutional trust craters. We trust our neighbors little and our […]

Editorial: Ranked-Choice Voting Is on the Ballot. What to Do? 
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Ranked-choice voting — in which every voter has the option to rank up to five candidates for each office according to his or her preference — is on the Nov. […]

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 […]

Editorial: Make Affordability a Top Priority 
• September 11, 2024

Members of the soon-to-graduate Class of 2025 who wish to live in an apartment in the city may have a rough go of things. While their parents and grandparents may […]

Opinion: How 9/11 Transformed Immigration in America  
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When Americans think of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, they think of the thousands of innocents who died in the […]

Editorial: The Key to Civilization Is Civility  
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Twenty-three years later, we remember the fear and horror of 9/11, but do we recall the days that followed? On Sept. 12, and for weeks afterward, we showed more kindness […]