From the Publisher's Desk . . .
P.L. Wolff
NICE PEOPLE WILL CALL IT CHUTZPAH; WE CALL IT SCANDALOUS
[from November 2007 issue]
WE NEED TO BITE THE BULLET AND FIX METRO’S MONEY WOES NOW
[from October 2007 issue]
SENATOR LEVIN: STOP FUSSING ABOUT DC TAXIS & LEAVE THE DRIVING TO US!
[from September 2007 issue]
THE GOOD AND THE BAD CAN BE FOUND WORKING FOR US
[from August 2007 issue]
RUMINATIONS ON SOME DC GOVERNMENT PLUSSES AND MINUSES
[from July 2007 issue]
NOW THAT THE MAYOR HAS GOT THE SCHOOLS, WHAT NEXT?
[from June 2007 issue]
MAYOR AND COUNCIL NEED TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THE TAXPAYERS
[from May 2007 issue]
IS THROWING GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD COMING BACK INTO STYLE?
[from April 2007 issue]
BUS FUMES SEEM TO BE IMPAIRING BUS DRIVER JUDGMENT--II
[from March 2007 issue]
SLOW DOWN THE RUN-AWAY SCHOOLS TAKEOVER
TRAIN BEFORE IT DERAILS GOOD INTENTIONS
[from February 2007 issue]
WE NEED TO CHANGE THE CULTURE OF SYSTEMIC BUREAUCRATIC INCOMPETENCE
[from January 2007 issue]
WE NEED TO CHANGE THE CULTURE OF HEARTLESS DC BUREAUCRACY
[from December 2006 issue]
NOW THAT HIS MANDATE IS OFFICIAL,
WHERE WILL FENTY DIRECT HIS ENERGY
[from November 2006 issue]
THE VOTERS STILL HAVE A JOB TO DO IN NOVEMBER
TO ENSURE A STRONG TEAM TO LEAD THE DISTRICT
[from October 2006 issue]
OUR PICKS FOR THE TOP SPOTS
[from September 2006 issue]
CITY COUNCIL PRIMARY RACES DESERVE ATTENTION
[from August 2006 issue]
ARE OUR POLITICIANS FINALLY GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT VICIOUS CRIME?
[from July 2006 issue]
CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO ENACT LIMITS ON DC’S EMINENT DOMAIN POWERS
[from June 2006 issue]
BATTER UP FOR BETTER OR WORSE--WE FEAR IT WILL BE FOR WORSE
[from April 2006 issue]
WHERE WILL ALL THE MONEY REALLY COME FROM?
[from March 2006 issue]
MORE THOUGHTS ABOUT GETTING BACK TO BASICS
[from February 2006 issue]
LET’S GET BACK TO BASICS
[from January 2006 issue]
IS DUPONT CIRCLE “WASHED UP” BUSINESS-WISE?
[from December 2005 issue]
WILL THE EMERGING RAUCUS POLITICAL YEAR
ACTUALLY SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST?
[from November 2005 issue]
REDSKINS FOOTBALL ORGANIZATION HAS NOW GONE TOO FAR!
[from October 2005 issue]
LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM KATRINA
[from September 2005 issue]
DC TERRORISM AVOIDANCE QUESTIONS CONTINUE
[from August 2005 issue]
LET’S BAN THE PENCHANT TO BAN ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER
[from July 2005 issue]
SPECIAL LEGAL PROTECTIVE MEASURES
FOR ANC COMMISSIONERS A BAD IDEA
[from June 2005 issue]
CITY COUNCIL’S BUDGET ACTION ON THE RIGHT TRACK
[from May 2005 issue]
A TERRORIST TARGET?
[from April 2005 issue]
IS ANYONE ACTUALLY MANAGING THE BUREAUCRACY?
[from March 2005 issue]
GIVE US BACK OUR MONEY!
[from February 2005 issue]
MEAN-SPIRITED FEDS HAVE NOW GONE TOO FAR
[from January 2005 issue]
STADIUM DEAL IS STILL A BUM DEAL
[from December 2004 issue]
STADIUM DEAL A BUM DEAL
[from November 2004 issue]
TURNING OUT TO VOTE STILL IMPORTANT
[from October 2004 issue]
ARE WE YET PREPARED?
[from August 2004 issue]
MR. MAYOR: DON’T MESS WITH STEAD PARK!
[from July 2004 issue]
WAS THE 40th PRESIDENT REALLY DC’s FRIEND?
[from June 2004 issue]
THE MAYOR’S SCHOOL “PLAN” IS POINTLESS
[from May 2004 issue]
JIM--PLEASE DON’T DO IT!
[from April 2004 issue]
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE BUT NARY A DROP TO DRINK!
[from March 2004 issue]
THE MAYOR MUST CONCENTRATE ON CRIME ABOVE ALL ELSE
[from February 2004 issue]
MONEY-GRUBBIN’ GUVM’NT JUST WON’T GIVE UP!
[from January 2004 issue]
CITY’S TOP BUREAUCRATS ADDING TO THE CRIME MESS
[from December 2003 issue]
CITY’S ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LAW NEEDS REFORM
[from November 2003 issue]
CITY’S POOR & VULNERABLE STILL GETTING A RAW DEAL
[from October 2003 issue]
ONCE AGAIN WE ASK, ARE WE REALLY PREPARED?
[from September 2003 issue]
CITY COUNCIL DESERVES PRAISE
[from August 2003 issue]
MASTER BUSINESS LICENSE OPPOSITION WAS HEARD
[from July 2003 issue]
REPEAL THE MASTER BUSINESS LICENSE LAW: PART TWO
[from June 2003 issue]
REPEAL THE MASTER BUSINESS LICENSE LAW--NOW!
[from May 2003 issue]
MAYBE IT'S TIME TO THINK THE UNTHINKABLE:
TAXPAYER REVOLT!
[from April 2003 issue]
PROPOSED PLAN TO MOVE MAIN LIBRARY READS POORLY
[from March 2003 issue]
PROPOSED PLAN TO MOVE MAIN LIBRARY READS POORLY
[from March 2003 issue]
IF 100,000 NEW PEOPLE MOVE INTO DC WILL THEY BE SAFE?
[from February 2003 issue]
WILL 100,000 NEW PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO MOVE INTO DC?
[from January 2003 issue]
MUSINGS AT YEAR-END
[from December 2002 issue]
A DECISIVE VICTORY? WE DON'T THINK SO
[from November 2002 issue]
WHO AND WHAT WE HOPE PREVAILS ON NOVEMBER 5
[from October 2002 issue]
THE MAYOR IS STILL NOT OUT IN THE CLEAR
[from September 2002 issue]
MAYBE NOW THE VOTERS WILL TAKE THE PRIMARY SERIOUSLY
[from August 2002 issue]
BUS FUMES SEEM TO BE IMPAIRING BUS DRIVER JUDGMENT
[from July 2002 issue]
"OH, THE COMPUTER MADE ME DO IT!"
[from June 2002 issue]
MAYOR WILLIAMS A CLOSET REPUBLICAN
[from May 2002 issue]
SKYROCKETING ASSESSMENTS = TAX WINDFALL FOR THE CITY
[from April 2002 issue]
IS ALL REALLY WELL WITH DC FINANCES?
NOT BY A LONG SHOT!
[from March 2002 issue]
IS ALL REALLY WELL WITH DC FINANCES?
[from February 2002 issue]
THE MISSING INGREDIENT FROM PUBLIC SAFETY: PRIORITIES
[from January 2002 issue]
THE MISSING INGREDIENT FROM PUBLIC SAFETY: SAFETY
[from December 2001 issue]
IN TIME OF WAR LEADERSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING NEEDED
[from November 2001 issue]
WORDS FAIL
[from September 2001 issue]
HAS ANYONE NOTICED THE BUSH SLAP IN THE FACE?
[from August 2001 issue]
THERE REALLY IS A LIGHT SHINING AT THE TOP OF THE HILL
[from July 2001 issue]
TERM LIMITS ARE NOT THE WAY TO UN-ELECT POLITICIANS
[from June 2001 issue]
MESSAGE TO MRS. MORELLA: "CUT IT OUT"!
[from May 2001 issue]
INNER-CITY QUALITY OF LIFE MUCH IMPROVED
AND DESERVING OF RECOGNITION AND APPLAUSE
[from April 2001 issue]
ONCE AGAIN, THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN
WILL GET DUMPED ON BY THE BIG BOYS
[from March 2001 issue]
CITY LEADERS SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES
[from February 2001 issue]
SCORECARD, SCHMORECARD--WE'RE BEING SCHNOOKERED!
[from January 2001 issue]
WHAT WE AS JOURNALISTS ARE ALL ABOUT
[from December 2000 issue]
DUPONT CIRCLE ANC ELECTION RESULTS OUGHT TO
BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AS HARBINGER OF CHANGE
[from November 2000 issue]
ANC ELECTIONS MORE CRITICAL THAN USUAL
[from October 2000 issue]
WHY WE WILL VOTE TO RE-ELECT EVANS
[from September 2000 issue]
SAME OLD DC BUREAUCRACY -- OR IS IT?
[from August 2000 issue]
REGULATORS' CAUTIONARY COMMENTS
SIGNIFICANT AND NEED TO BE HEEDED
[from July 2000 issue]
WHY CAN'T THE MAYOR HIRE TOP-FLIGHT MANAGERS?
[from June 2000 issue]
DID OUR NATION'S CAPITAL WITNESS
THE SUSPENSION OF THE CONSTITUTION?
[from May 2000 issue]
CITY'S TREATMENT OF ORDINARY CHILDREN
AN UNMITIGATED TRAVESTY AND MUST STOP
[from April 2000 issue]
DETERIORATING INFRASTRUCTURE & PUBLIC SAFETY
[from March 2000 issue]
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT RETURNING TO DC?
[from February 2000 issue]
THE MAYOR, THE COUNCIL, AND THE
SERIOUSLY FLAWED UDC APPOINTMENT
[from January 2000 issue]
MORE ON THE NEED FOR ANC DUE PROCESS;
EMOTIONS AND UNFOUNDED SUPPOSITIONS RULE
[from December 1999 issue]
BRINGING THE ANCs INTO THE DUE PROCESS FOLD;
COUNCILMEMBER CATANIA TO BE CONGRATULATED
[from November 1999 issue]
WHAT HAPPENED TO SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE?
[from October 1999 issue]
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS DECISION A TRAVESTY
[from September 1999 issue]
WHY SHOULD WE FOOT THE BILL SO THAT
OUT-OF-TOWNERS CAN YELL THEIR HEADS OFF?
BUT THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES AS WELL
[from August 1999 issue]
POLICE CHIEF RAMSEY HAS MUCH TO DO YET
PART TWO
[from July 1999 issue]
POLICE CHIEF RAMSEY HAS MUCH TO DO YET
[from June 1999 issue]
WHY WE ARE NOT FANS OF THE CABLE COMPANY
[from May 1999 issue]
THERE'S BAD NEWS AND GOOD NEWS AS
DC GOVERNMENT REFORM LURCHES ALONG
[from April 1999 issue]
MORE CIRCUSES IN THE GUISE
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT?
[from March 1999 issue]
CARRIE NATION IS DEAD; LONG LIVE CARRIE NATION!
(or, Is "Neo-Prohibition" far behind?)
[from February 1999 issue]
NOW THAT CITY LEADERS ARE CHANGING
THE WAY THEY ACT, WILL COMMUNITY
LEADERS ALSO RE-EVALUATE THEIR WAYS?
[from January 1999 issue]
ANOTHER NOTE TO TONY:
IT'S BEGINNING TO SOUND GOOD, BUT
REMEMBER THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO DELIVER THE LITTLE STUFF
[from December 1998 issue]
NOTE TO TONY AND THE GANG: WE'LL BE WATCHING YOU!
[from November 1998 issue]
OUR ELECTION PICKS FOR MAYOR, COUNCIL AT-LARGE AND OTHERS
[from October 1998 issue]
THE "OBVIOUS" DOES NOT GET OUR NOD FOR AT-LARGE
[from September 1998 issue]
TIME TO THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT WHO GETS OUR VOTE
[from August 1998 issue]
REFLECTIONS ON ONE-AND-A-HALF DECADES AT THE SAME DESK
[from July 1998 issue]
OH, WHAT A TANGLED WEB OF DECEIT THE CONVENTION CENTER WEAVES
[from June 1998 issue]
IS THE COUNCIL'S JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN WILLING TO COMPROMISE FUNDAMENTAL CIVIL RIGHTS?
[from May 1998 issue]
THE CHARDONNAY LADY REVISTED: SHE MAY BECOME A MONUMENT
[from April 1998 issue]
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, LAW AND ORDER
[from March 1998 issue]
CONVENTION CENTER CONUNDRUM
[from February 1998 issue]