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Aug 28, 2008
A couple of thousand miles from the yammering politicians in Denver, a world away from the TV news version of an America polarized into red and blue boxes, the Valley West neighborhood pool in Fairfax County in these …
Tagged: hillary clinton, john mccain, barack obama, george w bush, the, party, in, virginia, united states, jim webb, john kerry, al gore, denver, counts, not, george allen, mark warner, that, candidate, u s senate, tom davis, fairfax, fairfax county, it s, northern virginia, the washington post company, u s republican party, gerald connolly, n va, janet s oleszek, ken cuccinelli, west springfield, dave albo, american astronautical society, jim kirkpatrick, sara sistla, matthew lopez
Aug 28, 2008
A s the two parties and the nation prepare for the Olympics of politics, let's pause to see how a master performs one of the most daring events. Watch closely now as Ike Leggett, the highest elected official in …
Tagged: john mccain, barack obama, virginia, maryland, on, principles, a, to, extend, baltimore, compromise, position, montgomery, martin o malley, montgomery county maryland, prince george s county, isiah leggett, needn t, luiz simmons
Aug 20, 2008
Next week, when President C.D. "Dan" Mote welcomes freshmen to the University of Maryland, he will inform them that the college police will enforce underage drinking laws "with terrific ferocity." And then he will turn …
Tagged: legal, test, reality, age, the, drinking, on, is, campus, university of maryland, college park, john mccardell, the washington post company, middlebury college, mothers against drunk driving, bill bronrott, amethyst initiative, flunking
Jul 30, 2008
T hree mayors have sought to remake Ward 8, home to many of Washington's poorest, most crime-ridden neighborhoods. One, Marion Barry, got nowhere but is widely beloved, hailed on the street as a champion of the needy …
Tagged: washington dc, watches, his, mayor, adrian fenty, marion barry, over, anthony williams, ward, eternal, the washington post company, southeast washington dc, d c s
Jul 26, 2008
Just for fun, I asked a bunch of D.C. Council members why it has been so hard to decide between the company that has run the D.C. Lottery for the past 25 years and an upstart challenger that, according to independent …
Tagged: politics, washington dc, in, united states, north america, company, a, adrian fenty, lottery, marion barry, choosing, d c, council, jim graham, must, aside, put, council of the district of columbia, linda cropp, warren williams jr, alaka williams, butch williams, ann walker marchant, leonard manning, byron boothe, peyton manning sr