charliegal

Incessant bell-clanging does NOT make me charitable, so I applaud Giant for taking this step. The holidays are migraine-inducing enough, I don't need anyone making it worse. I've always wondered how...

It might help if safe haven announcements were published in Spanish (and other languages besides English)....

The Art Institute (Chicago) has had a 'suggested donation' price for years. A few years ago they tried to go to a mandatory donation system and it failed completely. Visitorship plummeted and everyo...

I applaud investigative journalism that uncovers government waste. And I wonder, even if we weren't in a budget crisis, why should we ever spend taxpayer money to send workers to vegas or pay for roo...

I realize not every nuance of a location is intended to be represented in the map--that would render moot the point of statistics at all. But categories on this map are so broad as to be practically ...

In a way, being alive is like being a terrorist....

Except the guy DOESN'T know that much about hosiery, and apparently DCist doesn't either. A chevron is a single v shape. A v shape repeated a few times may also be called a chevron. But repeated ...

If you are homeless, how do you prove you are a resident of anywhere?...

Really? You don't know how student loans can add up to $50k??? Look around. College costs a lot these days. Mcspanky you seem to have a lot of criticism for everyone else's comments. But you aren...

Yes there are people who take home less every year than $32k. But are they FINANCIALLY SECURE??? I think not. Needing a new muffler or a trip to the doctor for a lingering cough could send them int...

I'm simply pointing out, 'dc100' admits their financial situation is temporary. Most people live on the cheap in college and for a few years after. But we aren't really living on $30k, we're just b...

I define 'financially secure' as: A roof over one's head that is of a condition that meets all the relevant current building codes. This means structurally sound, impenetrable by outside water and ...

Let me guess. You're in your twenties. Ah, naivate. Come back when you're 50 and still only earning 30k, and that's all you've been earning your entire life...and tell us how secure you feel....

No, I probably have a more realistic view of poverty than you do. I've lived on $10k a year. And less. I've also lived on $30k a year and more. $30k is not 'financially secure'. ...

"Where the boundaries are"??? Wow what kind of delusions are living under? The film permit gives the crew permission to film in areas that do not belong to production company. It does not give t...