East Side Solution: One-Way Streets?
• November 22, 2017

By Don Crockett I have lived in Georgetown since 1973 and have seen many negative changes in the ease of driving on many of our narrow streets , which were […]

Bigger But Not Better
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By Alison Schafer Many of us who live in Georgetown live in small houses. I do. And last winter, D.C. regulated house sizes to protect people like me from being […]

New Code of Conduct Must Not Muzzle ANCs
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The District Council has proposed a new comprehensive code of ethics that “makes changes to the District government’s ethics laws regarding employee conduct, including but not limited to lobbying, financial […]

A Monster Is Finally Dead
• November 20, 2017

Sometimes, monsters really do die. They are not deathless,  they stop visiting in the night, unbidden, they are, at long last, bidden to disappear into the future as past. They […]

The Age of Trump: Right Here, Right Now
• November 18, 2017

Historians like to sum up their sphere of interest in terms of ages as in “the Age of Napoleon” or “the Age of Revolution” or “The Age of Roosevelt.” Will […]

All About Politics: Virginia Governor’s Race
• November 13, 2017

Virginia voters came out in big numbers on Nov. 7 not to vote for Ralph Northam, a Democrat and the lieutenant governor, but to vote against Donald Trump.

The Heroes in Our Midst
• November 8, 2017

On this Nov. 11, Veterans Day, we do honor. We do not necessarily celebrate victories, but remember valor, and remember the tragedies and triumphs of wars which brought about our […]

Construction Issues and Answers
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To walk, ride or drive through Georgetown these days is to confront seemingly endless rounds of construction, infrastructure rehabilitation and street work, a landscape of dumpsters, cones and service trucks. […]

All About Politics: Virginia’s Governor’s Race
• October 26, 2017

The national Democratic Party wants to continue its winning streak in the Commonwealth. The big problem for Virginia Democrats is the composition of the electorate in these off-off-year elections.

The West Heating Plant: It’s Time
• October 25, 2017

By Lisa Palmer As the ANC Commissioner representing residents where the West Heating Plant is located, I have worked with Georgetown residents, city officials and developers to finalize a plan […]