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Editorial: DDOT’s Problem with the Public
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The Man Behind the Bridge: Francis Scott Key
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Celebrate Georgetown’s Women, Too
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Editorial: Thank You, Council Member Brooke Pinto
Why I’m Running for President
March 16, 2023
•By Charles T. Pinck Since our political system is incapable of solving big problems, I am running for President of the United States to solve small ones and make life […]
Editorial: Honoring The Women of Georgetown
March 8, 2023
•Today, March 8, we honor International Women’s Day. By presidential proclamation, the month of March is also designated every year as Women’s History Month. This time is set aside to […]
Editorial: Doing the Safety Dance
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The Criminal Code Brouhaha Is an Opportunity to Do Better The District’s new criminal code bill is in limbo, after D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson pulled the legislation out of […]
Georgetown Cool… and Safe?
February 8, 2023
•Georgetown is having a moment … again. Over its 272 or so years, it has reinvented itself without losing its charm or erasing its history. We, along with other Georgetowners, […]
Don’t Price Gouge Georgetown’s Iconic Shops Out of Business
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It’s been a rough couple of years for businesses with the pandemic shut-downs and restrictions. Remote work and remote buying hit Georgetown’s small single-owner in-person stores and eateries particularly hard […]
Use D.C.’s Red Flag Gun Law to Prevent Tragedy
January 11, 2023
•It is difficult to imagine anything more frightful or tragic than having one’s own child murdered at school by a gunman who signaled his intentions publicly before the deed. Increasingly […]
Georgetowners of the Year, 2022
December 7, 2022
•The naming of Georgetowners of the Year has been a tradition of The Georgetowner newspaper for decades. This year’s group — selected by the editorial board — includes a church and its pastor, […]
Veterans Day: Not To Be Taken Lightly
November 10, 2022
•Veterans Day – a U.S. federal holiday observed each year on November 11 – is designed to honor military veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. Following the First World War […]
Mayor Bowser: Please Veto the Non-Citizen Voting Bill
November 9, 2022
•On Oct. 19, the Council of the District of Columbia voted 12-1 to allow all non-citizens residing in Washington, D.C., for more than 30 days to vote in elections. That would include […]
The Spirit of Thanksgiving
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One of my favorite movies turns 35 this year. And it’s one of the few films out there that celebrates Thanksgiving. John Hughes’s 1987 “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” is the […]