The Goodspeed Update

Metropolitan Income: Donuts or Pie Slices?
Looks like slices.

Trailing behind Kweisi Mfume and Ben Cardin in the Maryland Democratic Party Senate race, underdog Allen Lichtman is scrambling to get voters’ attention before the September 12th primary. Campaigning under the tagline “Too much government intruding in our private lives, Too Little government meeting our needs,” Lichtman’s platform includes withdrawing troops from Iraq and policies […]

That’s exactly what I’ve been asked by three separate friends in the last week. Although I do know we Mainers are relatively rare in the Washington area, I was struck by the coincidence. So, for the record, here’s some ideas.

Walk out on the Maine State Pier. From here you can get a good view of […]

The National Archives will eliminate evening and Saturday hours for their DC-area facilities under a proposed rule published in the Federal Register yesterday. Currently the public researcher reading rooms are open until 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, and open from 8:45 until 4:45 on Saturday. Under the proposed schedule the facilities would be […]

It was hard to miss the Post’s sprawling feature on District developer Jim Abdo in yesterday’s paper. The article, ostensibly regarding a new development deal he’s pursuing in Northeast on New York Avenue, lingers luxuriously on the finer details of his Northwest home. ( … “once home of the former ambassador from Ghana” … “assessed […]

I just returned from visiting my girlfriend Libby in Michigan and parents in Maine. In Michigan Libby and I stayed at the Inn on Ferry Street, ate a Coney dog, saw a Tigers game, browsed the shelves in John King Books North, and spent time in Ferndale and Royal Oak. I noticed construction has begun […]

Vacuum - Edward Vielmetti : Google Ann Arbor press conference raw notes.
Ann Arbor blogger attended Google announcement press conference.

Arbor Update: Google comes to Ann Arbor
Google has decided to locate a major office in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Ann Arbor News: Where will Google land?
Article about where Google’s 1,000 Ann Arbor jobs might end up.