News + Politics
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Setting the Course
Boston may have gotten the Democrats, and New York the Republicans, but Washington hosted a major political conference of its own last weekend as the...
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An Office of One's Own
Wednesday, Sept. 8, was a gray day in Washington. Among Mayor Anthony Williams's announcements at that day's routine press briefing were what flood preparations the...
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Politics of Interpretation
Same-sex marriage has taken center stage in the 2004 presidential election. The Republican effort to amend the Constitution to prevent same-sex marriage from taking root...
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Charmed, I'm Sure
It's that time of year: I make my annual trek to Somewhere in the Heartland -- the exact destination varies each year -- and I...
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A Changing Rehoboth
When I tell anyone not from the mid-Atlantic region that I vacation and plan to retire in Delaware, the response is usually, ''Why?'' My two...
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Rating the Runners
When imagining the workings of a political machine in the heart of Washington, D.C., one might conjure intrigue, power plays and ruthlessness. Instead, picture a...
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UPDATE: Arrest in R Street Murder
Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police announced Thursday evening that Kurt Williams, 19, has been charged with one count of felony murder while armed, in conjunction with...
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Murder Shakes 17th Street
A recent spike in robberies in the Dupont Circle-Logan Circle areas took a deadly turn in the early hours of Monday morning, when an unknown...
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UPDATE: Violence Continues in Dupont
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 25 -- As the emotional fallout from the murder of Adrien Alstad continues to grip Washington's gay community -- and all residents in...
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Fun in the Sun
One day in early June, I was sitting on one of the West Side piers, and summer felt like a conductor's hands poised in mid-air...
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Blind Ambition
I have this theory, and the theory is that people can be divided into two distinct groups: Those who are successful by the time they...
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Wheels in Motion
It's like an amusement park for yuppies, and we're on a ride that's bound to induce nausea. There are so many choices, so many shiny...
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Step Back from Stead Park
As a longtime Dupont Circle resident with a view of Stead Park from my living room, I would probably be a regular visitor to a...
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Greener Pastures
While most states have chosen to brand themselves, through their license plates, with innocuous mottos like ''Famous Potatoes,'' New Hampshire has selected the arguably more...
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From 'Coverboy' to Cover Story
Even a little PG-rated beefcake can be political ammo in Washington, D.C. Just ask Jonathan Tolman, a star of Metro Weekly's ''Coverboy Confidential'' feature in...
