Feb 14, 2013

Photo by Tracy Clayton It was just two days ago that we were found to be America’s least faithful city by a website that promotes and enables extramarital affairs. Now a polling agency has similarly found that we’re unfaithful—though this time in the plainly religious sense of the word. A Gallup survey finds that only 30 percent of D.C. residents...

Jan 11, 2013

The Caps may soon again take the ice, but the games they haven’t played have certainly cost D.C. in lost revenues from the sale of tickets, beers, merchandise and so on. But by how much? It’s tough to say exactly, but the office of D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi recently provided Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) with an estimate:...

Jan 8, 2013

Robert Griffin III twists his injured knee on a bad snap in the second quarter of the ‘Skins game yesterday against the Seattle Seahawks. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) After the ‘Skins’ Week 17 win against the Dallas Cowboys, fans were excited to do something they’ve only been able to do only twice in the last decade: watch their team in the...

Nov 5, 2012

  It’s almost over, or so we’re told. However, as if meant to be one last cosmic insult to our overburdened eyes and ears before Election Day, Barack Obama’s re-election campaign told Politico over the weekend that it doubled its advertising buy in Virginia for the final hours before the polls close. Good grief. It seems like it might...

Oct 17, 2012

Puppets can’t vote-well, they can’t really do much at all without human fists up their backsides-but they will be descending on Washington a few days before the November 6 presidential election. The so-called “Million Puppet March” is being organized as yet another response to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s statement...

Oct 11, 2012

WEDNESDAY One of the more technically proficient touring bands today, Torche blurs the lines between post-rock, hardcore and sludge metal and provide a searing show wherein you might kick yourself if you go and don’t bring earplugs but you’ll kick yourself even more for not attending. The crowd was intense at their last show at DC9, so they’ve...

Oct 7, 2012

Photo by Paul Frederiksen. Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) made a lot of soccer fans really excited today when he said on The Kojo Nnamdi Show that city and team officials are in “final negotiations” over a stadium at Buzzard Point. Evans also said that the team would pay for the stadium-unlike the Washington Nationals-and D.C. would pick up...