VIPs, Locals Merge at Conservative Confab
• February 27, 2025

More than 5,000 conservatives from Georgetown, Washington, the good ol’ U.S.A. and overseas gathered at the annual conference of conservatives — CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference — held at […]

Editorial: Fight for the Right to Turn Right on Red
• February 11, 2025

These are contentious times, especially in Washington, D.C., and Georgetown, home to politically experienced and civic-minded residents. Yet, you’d think one issue could unite the local government and its citizens: […]

Editorial: World’s Richest Man Dismantles Our Government  
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On one side: the richest man in the world, a modern-day Rockefeller of sorts. On the other: more than three million people, individuals from every walk of life, of all […]

Editorial: A Tragic Spotlight on Reagan Airport  
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Washington, D.C., is a unique city for many reasons, one being its prominence as a government and military hub. The growing, conflicting demands on close-in airspace were tragically brought home […]

60th Inaugural: A Day That Was All Trump
• January 21, 2025

President Donald Trump was sworn in yesterday as the 47th President of the United States at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol a minute and a half past noon. The […]

Editorial: Meta Pulls the Plug on Fact-Checking  
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Last week, Meta, the company that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, announced that it would end its eight-year fact-checking partnership with independent American journalists to identify misinformation on its platforms.    […]

Editorial: Heath Care: Change, Yes; Murder, No  
• January 14, 2025

 On Dec. 4, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot to death in cold blood outside a Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan. Even before the arrest of his self-confessed assassin, five […]

President Jimmy Carter: American Faith and Truth
• January 9, 2025

President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29, returned to the nation’s capital Jan. 7 and arrived at the U.S. Capitol to lie in state after his coffin was transferred from […]

Opinion: 50 Years of Home Rule  
• December 11, 2024

 This year marks the 50th anniversary of the District of Columbia’s Home Rule Act — a milestone for the residents of Washington, D.C., who fought for the right to self-governance […]

Editorial: A Season of Change
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Musing upon the changes before us in the new year, we can hear Ecclesiastes (or is it the Byrds?) in the distance, reminding us: “To every thing there is a […]