Last week, we theorized that, given the data, our favorite Post columnist who hates Twitter despite having a Twitter account would probably be best suited to a job anywhere but New York or Los Angeles. Or maybe not! more ›

Who better than the man behind all those theories about the "high bohemians" to tell us where the myopic little twits are? more ›

Recently, we marked the first anniversary of Courtland Milloy's coining of "myopic little twits" -- and wouldn't you know it, Milloy was listening! more ›

Put down your social networks and get ready for a party, because it was one year ago today that Post columnist Courtland Milloy celebrated the defeat of Mayor Adrian Fenty by openly mocking the people that voted for him -- by calling them "myopic little twits." more ›

How was your weekend? Good? Mine was great -- in no small part because finally, almost 11 months after dubbing those who use it "myopic little twits" and inspiring a meme the scope of which we at DCist could only marvel at, Courtland Milloy fulfilled his promise and joined Twitter. more ›

City Paper's Rend Smith, who penned a profile of Washington Post columnist/myopic little twit hater Courtland Milloy earlier this year, reports this afternoon that the Post columnist will start using Twitter. more ›

UPDATE (5:20 p.m.): According to the Washington Post's Mike DeBonis, Biddle has fired Brown due to the comments he made in Fisher's piece. Biddle's statement regarding the decision: “While change can be difficult and at times uncomfortable, these kinds of comments are hurtful. My wife and I choose to raise our children here because of the diversity the city has to offer. Marshall Brown does not speak for me or my campaign and his comments in Marc Fisher’s story do not help move our city forward. While he is a longtime family friend, I found his comments to be counterproductive at a time when I am working so hard to bring people in this city together, and I have asked him to step down from any future involvement in my campaign.” more ›

We can't blame Courtland Milloy, really. His last column got so much attention (guilty as charged!) that he'd be foolish not to keep it up, right? (He sure is hauling in the pageviews.) It's said that there's no such thing as bad publicity, and, to be honest, this is probably the most that people have read Milloy in a long time. more ›

On a morning where several prominent D.C. politicians, including Vince Gray and Adrian Fenty, attended a Democratic "unity" breakfast -- perhaps a first step towards healing the sizable divides that were opened up in this year's campaign -- it's interesting that the Post decided to run this inflammatory Courtland Milloy column. At its core, Milloy's piece is a blunt hit job on the Fenty administration. But that's not really the big problem here -- it's that the column goes so much further than legitimate political criticism allows, depicting an author with an apparent desire to re-inject a culture of divisiveness back into the city. more ›

Harry Jaffe: As the fallout from the shooting of 14-year-old DeOnté Rawlings continues, it's now Mayor Adrian Fenty taking some of the heat. According to Jaffe, Fenty's decision to pay for Rawlings' funeral and invite his sisters to speak at a press conference has soured some police officers on the young mayor, who saw the moves as an indication of where Fenty's allegiances were. "How can Fenty rebuild trust with the police?" asks Jaffe. “'Let... more ›

Jonetta Rose Barras: In a powerfully introspective column, Rose Barras details a recent trip to her destroyed family home in New Orleans. In recounting her visit to the site, Rose Barras writes of the struggles endured by her mother and sister in trying to return and rebuild, drawing comparisons to the District's own troubles. "Truth told, New Orleans looks and feels like Ward 8 circa 1985: few quality retail outlets, high crime, high unemployment, poor... more ›

Jonetta Rose Barras: "The District government is spending millions to send children to a controversial special education residential facility in Massachusetts that uses electric shock to discipline students." Wow. Talk about an opening sentence. Rose Barras dedicated her column this week to the 10 District students who have been sent to the facility -- the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center in Canton, Ma. -- arguing that its unorthodox methods of treatment are reason enough to bring... more ›

>> October 1, 2007. Remember that date, because after it H Street aficionados will no longer be allowed to buy a single can or bottle of their favorite low-quality and high-alcohol beer. [FreeRide] >> Michael Vick filed his guilty plea in the dog-fighting controversy today. On another note, the Big Mac turns 40 today. To Post columnist Courtland Milloy, fans of the Big Mac are no better than Vick. [WTOP] >> Whoever said D.C.... more ›

We read all the local columnists, so you don't have to. This week we find meat-eaters being compared to Michael Vick, a lot of bum opinions on city schools and District residents being called "granola." Courtland Milloy: According to Milloy's Wednesday column in the Post, your choice to eat a hamburger isn't all that different than Michael Vick's decision to brutally fight, torture and kill dogs for money. "We'll kill a duck, deer, turkey --... more ›

>> Vandals armed only with a U-shaped bicycle lock and a sense of irony managed to trap about 40 commuters on the Virginia Railway Express Monday near Woodbridge, when they locked the metal gates from the pedestrian bridge at the Rippon station. The gates, which the VRE removed Tuesday, were originally put there to keep vandals out of the station. [AP via NBC4] >> Post columnist Courtland Milloy makes a compelling case for abolishing... more ›

Ever since legislation was introduced in the D.C. Council that would mandate vaccinations for the HPV virus, the issue has moved to the forefront of the public health debate around the country. With an increasing number of states considering a mandatory vaccine -- at least 20 to date -- debate has raged between advocates that believe that a vaccine could prevent a serious public health crisis, opponents who claim that it infringes upon the rights... more ›

Good morning, Washington. How was your State of the Union viewing experience? We hope that "enjoyable" is the answer — although not so enjoyable that you now have a State of the Union hangover experience (don't you love living in a city where such a thing is a possibility?). Whatever your experience, this morning it seems like some of the week's frantic political energy is draining out of the city, as the shot to the... more ›

There is no doubt that the crimes which have taken place in the District over the past few days are distressing. They are upsetting in the details of their commission, for the circumstances of the assailants and their victims, and because the conditions of life in communities across the country make such crimes a probabilistic inevitability. We should all be shocked by homicide, no matter where or how it occurs. It is a sign of... more ›

When on Wednesday Metro announced they had found themselves a new voice from the original 1,259 hopefuls and 10 finalists, we expected the story to be filed away and soon forgotten. Reporters at the Post, see something different, though, something much more black and white. Courtesy of our friends over at Fishbowl DC, who seem to have an in on the Post's internal critique board, we find that a number of the newspaper's staffers... more ›

Good morning, Washington. Today will be mostly cloudy and chilly - highs in the 60s. Matthew Bradley posted this photo to DCist photos, taken at the Dalai Lama's talk yesterday at the MCI Center. The W. Times has a short story about the talk where they report the 1-hour talk was on "compassion". Did you attend? What else did the Tibetan leader speak on? more ›

In Roman mythology, Mercury is the god of commerce; here in the District, he seems to be the god of school closures. And he's back -- yes, for the third time in two weeks, Cardozo High School on 13th St. NW above U is the scene of a mercury spillage. At this point it would seem almost plausible that Cardozo was built on a natural mercury spring, or excretes it as a natural byproduct. In... more ›

Right now it is foggy with patches of drizzle outside, and later will clear slightly and be cloudy with temperatures in the 60s. Explosion Displaces Over 100: Over 100 people have been displaced after a suspected gas explosion ripped through three or four apartments in a southeast D.C. complex. Your Daily Dose of Inaugural News: The Post and W. Times describe the 'extensive' shutdown of downtown and the National Mall, and Post columnist Courtland Milloy... more ›

We can't get enough of Marion Barry and there is so much more to dive into. And he hasn't even been officially elected to the council yet. Courtland Milloy in his column in Sunday's Post questions whether Marion Barry can survive himself. Barry is, after all, a tired, ailing champion of the people. Barry is now 68. He has hypertension and diabetes and has been treated for prostate cancer. Those who love him ought to... more ›