Against Caroline for New York Senate

The drop in postings was related to travel and career crises.  Now realizing that I should live on Bleeker Street instead of this swamp, expect a little more frequency again.
Other things I learned over the last several days:  College theatre is frequently terrible; there are now buses with free wireless; Washington Heights is actually pretty [...]

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More on the Redskins (more on the Jews later)

Our local (American) football club has a uniquely unpleasant history.  Consider this image of an elderly black fan dressed in faux-native garb.  What makes it so incongruous is not simply the appropriation of someone else’s culture; it’s the fact that the Redskins are historically the most racist franchise in football against blacks too.  Owner George [...]

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Old Congressmen never die…

…they just slink down into the dungeon.  With the Democratic House and Senate landslide, dozens of old Congresscritters are taking their pages and going home.  Sadly for them and their staff, they have to vacate their old offices as the new Members measure the drapes.  For the final month or two of their various criminal [...]

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Anthony Williams is Batman

Reliable Source reports on The Bowtied Crusader:
Tony Williams was on K Street yesterday afternoon when a thief grabbed a package from a UPS hand truck. The deliveryman, standing a few yards away, looked up and yelled, “Hey!” but the man kept walking.
Enter the former mayor, who asked the delivery guy if he was being robbed. [...]

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Approximating a summary

“Somewhere in the universe, a gear in the machinery shifted.”
-Eldridge Cleaver on Rosa Parks
I haven’t Cleaver’s way with words, so I hope you’ll forgive my reducing history to one man’s personal narrative of 12 hours of chaos.  At best, this will fade into the millions of personal sketches that comprise the people’s history hiding behind [...]

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Financial fail fallout

The Washington, DC Metro system is the only public transit system in America without a dedicated funding source.  Consequently, Metro goes ’round hat-in-hand trying to find contributions from the DC, Maryland, Virginia, and federal governments.  This please sir may I have another? approach has left the system short approximately $1 billion per year needed for [...]

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A short history of squirrels in Washington

(With all due apologies.)
Depending on your perspective, Washington, DC is either plagued or blessed by its ubiquitous squirrel community.  Today’s Post ran a fun little feature on the history of this national institution, tracing the local squirrel population back to its roots in the early 20th century.  Native to the area, the Eastern Gray Squirrel [...]

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Pimp my neighborhood

Things to do on a Sunday afternoon in Eastern Market:
-Hear the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation Band, outdoors, for free.
-Read the Sunday Washington Post that someone left on a table outside of Port City Java.
-Buy Street Sense since you already saved your $1.50 on the Post.
-Witness a street-corner argument between a Redskins fan and [...]

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More spotted politicians

Julian Bond popped up Saturday night over dinner.  Today, having lunch at Eastern Market, I caught Congressman Steve Cohen.  Sadly I don’t have a camera on my phone, so you’ll have to trust my judgement.  Cohen is a unique-looking character, and was also wearing an orange lapel pin, so I’m certain it was him.
In case [...]

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Bond…Julian Bond. Bananas!

So, over a massive plate of paella at Banana Cafe & Piano Bar in Eastern Market tonight, Mischa and I spotted Julian Bond, the chairman of the NAACP:

I know it’s an awful photo, but it’s the best I could do on my iphone without being obvious. Trust us, it was definitely him.
Personally, I think he [...]

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