All posts by Will O'Bryan
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Arrest in King Homicide
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced today, Aug. 14, that an arrest has been made in the stabbing death of Delando King. At approximately 2:30...
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Fenty v. Gray
Elections are sometimes decided – unofficially – during the primaries. In the overwhelmingly Democratic District of Columbia, that's the rule for choosing the mayor, not...
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Going Gray
There's no question that the Vince Gray for Mayor campaign has been picking up steam. From straw polls to multiple unions to – most importantly...
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Fenty's Followers
Moving to the District in 1973 to write his dissertation, Jerry Clark has a long relationship with the District. His career has taken him to...
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American Mosque
Islam is no friend of mine. Actually, no religion is really a friend of mine. I don't claim any. And I could possibly even consider...
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The Promised Land
Ugandan politics took a sad walk onto the world stage at the end of 2009, when David Bahati, a member of Parliament, introduced a bill...
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Gut Check
Initially, I was going to use this opportunity to recount my July 4 exercise in acquiescence – filling out my juror application for federal court....
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Priming the Primaries
In one of the peculiarities of the District, the Democratic primary Sept. 14 is largely the local equivalent of what other jurisdictions nationwide will experience...
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Outraged
He's not much of a grandstander. In person, he's unassuming. He can laugh heartily, but he's otherwise fairly soft-spoken. His roots are in suburban New...
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Questionable Consumption
A couple of weeks ago, I went to Tampa, Fla., to spend a weekend with my mother and two of my teenaged San Diegan nephews...
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Animal Magnetism
Chip Wells presents a mild, polite demeanor. There's a Southern sensibility in the man that makes personal, yet common, questions – his age, for example...
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Mr. FUK!T
When it comes to the local LGBT community, it's fair to say Matt Bamford is a bit of a celebrity. After all, he's Mr. Capital...
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Family Feuding
Last Thursday morning, June 10, the humidity was already thick by 9 a.m. But that's D.C. No surprise there. Still, it was a beautiful morning,...
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Spiritual Cinema
Lately, all the buzz about Buddha in the District of Columbia has belonged to Buddha Bar, the überhip restaurant/lounge chain of the jetseteratti, welcoming Washington...
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Political Pavement [video]
As Eliza Doolittle's suitor Freddy sings in My Fair Lady, ''I have often walked down this street before....'' It's the one where Eliza lives and...
