2025

I was born in 1986. Marion Barry had just started his third term as mayor. The space shuttle Challenger disaster had shocked the nation. The Washington football team made it to the NFC championship game as a wild card. And, while seatbelts…

The longer my interview went on with Robert “Bob” King about ranked choice voting, the more animated he seemed to become. He raised concerns about the potential negative effect of that system, which allows voters to choose multiple…

Last month, on Oct. 17, the DC Board of Elections placed a notice published in the DC Register at 11 a.m., informing readers they had until 4 p.m. that day to sign up if they wanted to testify at a public hearing on Oct. 22 about…

Sometimes the swirl of contradictions and ironies in government and politics can be interesting — fascinating even. Consider that this week the DC Hospital Association selected Adrian Jordan as a recipient of its Vincent C. Gray Health…