The Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire reported last night that Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Tex.) has fired off a letter to WMATA General Manager John Catoe complaining that the transit agency did not adequately prepare for last Saturday's 9/12 Tea Party protests, in some cases leaving participants stranded. The Post also has the story. more ›

Tens of thousands of people gathered at the National Mall on a drizzly day to celebrate the day after the day that changed everything. At least, that's what brought Fox News broadcaster and Republican Party opinion leader Glenn Beck to the District. Beck organized this year's 9/12 Project, a campaign to return the nation to the mindset it held the day after the attacks on September 11, 2001. For his first annual 9/12 convention, he brought the campaign to Washington, D.C., a city that had a really great day on the day after 9/11. The Web site reveals that there are 9 principles and 12 values associated with the 9/12 Project, but doesn't share them. It does explain, "Any time you mention the words Marxism or communism, the left paints you as some sort of nutjob, a McCarthyite." more ›