Jack Evans Report
• April 5, 2017

There was a fair amount of uneasiness in the region when Donald Trump won the presidency last November. In particular, while he promised on the campaign trail to invest $1 […]

‘Missing Teens,’ Missing the Point
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We are living in a time when our concepts of news, information, fact and fiction are being undermined by rapidly advancing communications technology. The culprits are usually one form of […]

All About Politics: Statehood Con, Ryan’s Blarney, JTIII
• March 27, 2017

Times are tough for D.C. statehood, affordable health care and Georgetown basketball.

Nothing Quite Like St. Patrick’s Day
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To many of us, the Irish — always visible and deep in our national memory — are about words and music.

Support for the Arts in the Time of Budget Cuts
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The theme of defunding or making cuts in federal programs that support the arts and artists has been a steady drumbeat for the conservative right over the years.

How Can We, the People, Unite?
• March 2, 2017

You will find all kinds of references to you, the people, we the people, us, again we, the moment belongs to you, your country, the people, we are one nation. There […]

$500,000 to Protect Convicted Immigrants?
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On Monday, Jan. 23, the D.C. government began allocating $500,000 of taxpayer money for lawyers to prevent immigrants convicted of serious felonies from being legally deported. The special fund also […]

Trump and White House Staff Heralded at CPAC
• February 27, 2017

What to do with their newly gained power and the role of education, particularly on liberal campuses, were among the topics for conservatives at their annual gathering. President Trump will speak there tomorrow.

Trump Change
• February 22, 2017

***“There are a lot of really, really rich people coming to Washington, which will bring a new confluence of money and power,” longtime Washington Post writer Sally Quinn told The […]

On MLK Day, Tweets Notwithstanding, ‘We Cannot Walk Alone’
• January 16, 2017

History is always with us, especially on a historic day, in the middle of historic times. We—the nation of all of us—are celebrating again the birthday of Rev. Martin Luther […]