Wisdom From The Founding Rationalists

What Thomas Jefferson and John Adams might tell Mitt Romney.

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How Big a Stretch?

They watch him. They listen to him talk. Is he the kind of person they think he is? The kind of black man? The stakes are oh so high. It's the presidency he's after, the breaking down of a historic barrier.

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World Renown Violinist Plays for Forty Minutes and Goes Virtually Unnoticed in Metro Station

Leonard Slatkin, music director of the National Symphony Orchestra, was asked the same question. What did he think would occur, hypothetically, if one of the world's great violinists had performed incognito before a traveling rush-hour audience of 1,000-odd people?

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Republicans Continue to Thwart US Citizens' Right to Vote

The House today put off action on the D.C. voting rights bill after Republicans tried to tie the legislation to a drastic weakening of the city's gun laws.

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The Wild Wild West...Coming to the Nation's Capital

A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the District's longtime ban on keeping handguns in homes is unconstitutional.

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An Answer for Hugo Chávez

Each stop on President Bush's upcoming swing through Latin America has its own mini-agenda: ethanol and the Doha round with Brazil; a Trade Framework Agreement in Uruguay; Plan Colombia and drug enforcement in Bogotá; immigration and security with Mexico and Guatemala.

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Get Your Hamburger at Johnny Redskins

The private equity firm run by Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder agreed today to acquire Johnny Rockets, the restaurant chain known for its 1950s-themed diners and wait staff that dance and sing to oldies tunes every half hour.

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The Racial Politics of Speaking Well

It is amazing that this still requires clarification, but here it is. Black people get a little testy when white people call them "articulate."

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Bill Gates Innovates

Gates caught completely off guard during an interview he assumes is going to be a puff piece publicity bit. Great stuff.

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The Watchful Eyes of Convenient Technology

Like many Americans, Bernard uses modern gadgets to make life easier, and along the way creates a data trail that others can access and preserve, sometimes permanently.

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Bacteria Pong

Every college student who's ever been involved in a beer pong game knows that it isn't sanitary. But do you really want to know what kinds of bacteria are swimming around those slimy ping-pong balls and Solo cups? Seniors Aaron Heffner and Ben Morrissey did.

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Steven Seagal in New Film..er...I Mean New Blues Album

Steven Seagal's new CD Songs from the Crystal Cave was released yesterday.

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Redskins Coaches Happy with Campbell's Progress

Gibbs for the first time has talked with real enthusiasm about what dimensions Campbell gives the team, volunteering positive evaluation.

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Defense finding itself, albeit late - Examiner.com

It worked the way it was supposed to all along. Sean Taylor coming up hard in run support … Cornelius Griffin plugging the middle … Andre Carter harassing the passer ... and the Redskins' defense shutting down an opponent.

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Bait Cars Help Reel In Thieves

Aside from being a high-tech way to nab thieves, bait cars provide a rare look at the initial moments of a common crime. Most of the time, it's not that exciting, officers said, because most interceptions take place within about two minutes and most arrests within four.

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Virginia Commercial Space Industry Poised for Takeoff

It will be the culmination of a decade-long effort to start a regional, state-backed space launch industry and one that its creators believe could someday send tourists from the shores of Virginia to outer space.

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Georgetown Students Create a Religion to Avoid Housing Restrictions

It's about God, America and the bonds of friendship. Or, maybe, it's just about beer.

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Dateline Expose Incites Texas DA to Commit Suicide

Perverted Justice and the phenomenon of "Catching a Predator" results in a 56 year old man killing himself before he was apprehended by local authorities. The man had not gone to the the decoy's house, but police believed he would have.

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Sought-After Sponge Bob Traps Three-Year-Old in Vending Machine

Three-year-old Robert Moore went fishing for a stuffed replica of Sponge Bob and ended up trapped in a vending machine.

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Traditional or Charter Education?

The District has emerged as one of the nation's most important laboratories for school choice and one of the first to confront a central tenet of free-market theory: Will traditional public schools improve with competition? Or will charters take over?

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Ocean City Strives For Safer Beach Week

The "Play it Safe" organization attempts to dissuade recent high school graduates from exploring the excitement of alcohol by tempting them with the old fashioned and wholesome fun of free pizza and karaoke!

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Senate Votes English as 'National Language'

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A Solitary Stand at the Precipice

An old man turns down millions of dollars to developers to hold on to his house, and potentially open a Pizza Parlor.

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What's Happening to Boys?

Real life "Failure to Launch"

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New to the Stable: Two Champion Clones

A Texas company said yesterday that it had cloned two champion cutting horses for $150,000 apiece, had established multiple clone pregnancies and would create as many as 30 more cloned horses over the next year, signaling the arrival of a commercial horse-cloning industry in the U

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