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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 1926-2022
September 8, 2022
•With a simple message fastened to the Buckingham Palace gate stating that she died peacefully at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, the world was told that a sense of stability for […]
Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-2022): An Appreciation
September 1, 2022
•With the Aug. 30 death at age 91 of Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-2022) — the last leader of the Soviet Union before its dissolution at the end of the Cold War […]
Editorial: Reading, ’Riting, ’Rithmetic… and Religion
August 17, 2022
•The other day I was talking to a neighbor whose daughter, a rising high-school junior, was beginning to plan her college visits. Suddenly, it’s become very complicated, she told me. […]
Non-competes: Ensuring the District Remains a Competitive Place to Do Business
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At the Council, I have a responsibility to legislate in a way that will protect District residents, ensure all who are reading the law have a clear sense of their […]
Remembering David McCullough
August 11, 2022
•It is hard to say goodbye to my friend David McCullough, who died Aug. 7 at the age of 89. We met in 1989 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, at the centennial commemoration […]
Guest Opinion: Metro’s Revolving Death Spiral
August 8, 2022
•WMATA (Metro) once again finds itself on the precipice of yet another “death spiral.” This isn’t the first time the term was used to describe Metro. Former General Manager Richard […]
Re Dobbs vs. Jackson, Beware the Originalists
July 13, 2022
•With all their emphasis on the importance of the founders’ intentions in creating the U.S. Constitution as the foundation of federal law, the Constitutional “Originalists” and their enthusiastic cheerleaders might […]
Looking for a Few Good ANC Candidates
July 5, 2022
•It’s a fervent time for civic activity in America — and especially in Washington, D.C., and Georgetown. So many national issues are focused here and activists from throughout the country […]
In D.C., Bowser Wins; Progressives, Too
June 23, 2022
•The center held, more or less, as Mayor Muriel Bowser won the Democratic nomination and a chance to have a third term — besting her opponent Robert White by 10,000 […]
2022 Endorsements: Bowser, Mendelson, Schwalb
June 15, 2022
•While the Ward 2 election ballot may be thin, The Georgetowner shall weigh in on the June 21 Democratic primary, with early voting and mail-in ballots already happening. Let’s deal […]