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 […]

Editorial: An Ode to Joy on the Campaign Trail 
• August 14, 2024

It’s amazing what a little hope can do — not to mention “ope,” as Tim Walz and his fellow Minnesotans would say. In just a few short weeks, the political […]

Opinion: Thank you, President Biden!
• July 22, 2024

One could say a lot has happened in the last decade—er, 10 days (it sure seems like a decade of American history has passed in the last week!). Eight days […]

Opinion: Georgetown BID Letter to WMATA on Proposed Bus Route Changes 
• July 17, 2024

RE: Georgetown Comments on the Proposed 2025 Better Bus Network Redesign To Board Chair Paul C. Smedberg and Members of the Board,  Georgetown is the region’s largest employment and commercial […]