July 8, 2010
Water
If you Google the search term “water main break,” you get close to 6 million hits. In the Washington D.C. area, the suburb of Potomac is dealing with a huge water main break that has spewed water 50 feet in...
July 7, 2010
Blood and Iron
The nature of national identity came to my mind as I watched the World Cup yesterday. South Africa is hosting the soccer tournament, the first time an African nation has been given that honor. Much was made about the quixotic...
July 6, 2010
Fireworks
We had an all-American Fourth of July this year on Capitol Hill. My brother came in with his wife and kids, so we were excited to soak in some of the patriotic flavor of the holiday. We started with a...
July 2, 2010
Hot Air
There is a lot of hot air blowing in Washington DC, but most of it is happening in the cold, cold air inside the well air-conditioned House and Senate chambers. While modern air-conditioning didn’t come to the Capitol building until...
July 1, 2010
Desperation
To paraphrase Pink Floyd, “desperation is the Obama way.” The President and his Democratic colleagues are desperate to find any angle to try to change the course of the coming election. Yesterday, Mr. Obama sharply criticized House Minority Leader John...
June 30, 2010
Spies Among Us
The Washington Post today reports on the breaking news that the FBI has broken up a Russian spy ring in the U.S.: “Details that emerged Tuesday about the alleged spies’ lives added to the mystery of a network that prosecutors...