I just found out that thanks to Senator Robert Byrd, this September 16 has been declared “Constitution Day,” and, The act mandates that all publicly-funded educational institutions provide educational programming on the history of the American Constitution on that day. In May 2005, the United States Department of Education announced the enactment of this law […]
DC Blogger Meetup Wednesday
An unprecedented 16 people have RSVP’d for this Wednesday’s blogger meetup at Pharaoh’s Bar and Grill in Adams Morgan. Pharaoh’s is pretty cool (check out the DCist profile), so you should RSVP.
“Busboys and Poets”
This was posted on Joe Trippi’s blog: One of the gentlemen who also came was Anas (Andy) Shallal who is an Iraqi-American peace activist from Washington, DC. I talked to him briefly after he addressed the crowd of supporters under the tent. It took a while to pull him away from the crowd as everyone […]
Summer Tour Post 3
Michigan was very relaxing, but I’m back in D.C. See all 42 trip photos.
$300 Million
The Post recently asked me – and eight other Washingtonians – what they would do with the city’s projected budget surplus. Here’s what I told them: The city should invest in a free wireless Internet system for downtown. It would make living and working in D.C. easier and, from an economic development point of view, […]
John Roberts on Civil Rights
According to his record, John Roberts would vote to end affirmative action if appointed to the Supreme Court.
Is Borf Back?
Sure looks like his handwriting.