Editorials: Ancient Archive
This is an archive of editorials from the Publisher’s Desk published prior to the Fall of 2007.
- 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]
