De-Trumping America: A few lessons from my ride with Muhammad
The Uber driver—let’s call him Muhammad—was from Afghanistan. “So,” I asked, “how do you feel about Donald Trump?” I wasn’t
Category: Washington area life
A Fake Newser in King Donald’s Court
Late last night I fell asleep reading the Failing New York Times on my iPad here in Alexandria, Virginia. To
A Trump-era etiquette guide: How progressives can get along with Trumpists and respect themselves in the morning
George Roper, my good friend from high school, is dead now. When alive, he was often as right-wing as
‘Gatsby: My Story’: A book review
Nick Carraway and your English lit professor got it all wrong. A madman’s gunshots did not kill the hero of
Greener pastures for Rashad Young, Alexandria’s $266.5K city manager: D.C., beware
Rashad Young, hired at $245K and now paid $266,508 a year, is leaving as Alexandria’s city manager to become city
Carlos the Bat: Up Close and Personal
I named him Carlos, after a Miami–Dade politician with a bat-crazy miserliness toward public libraries. Our winged friend paid us
Voter drives at shopping centers vs. billionaire-bought ‘civic life’
At a Virginia shopping center, Obama voter-registration volunteers had to set up their tent at a somewhat out-of-the-way location on
Friends of Quinn and the national digital library issue
If you’re here to learn more about Quinn Bradlee’s activities, check out the LibraryCity site. A long essay there mentions
Sell Washington Post to Michael Bloomberg? Not so crazy an idea
The New York Times, whether on global warming, the newest iPad or corruption in Mongolia, outdoes the Washington Post all too
David Rothman at Large 