How tolerant is the District? Apparently less so than Durham, Baltimore, Austin, Trenton, Tampa and a host of other cities. Or so The Daily Beast would have you believe. more ›

The Post obviously figured that they had a juicy scoop with this item about Michelle Obama's calorie intake during a trip to Shake Shack this afternoon. more ›

John Garvey has obviously been studying the trends: the new president of Catholic University of America announced in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Monday that students at the school would go back to living in same-sex dorms this fall. more ›

George Washington University is planning on allowing men and women to live in the same residence hall rooms all over its campus next fall -- just like how anyone living nearly everywhere else in the world is able to do! The university's decision is part of a national trend, ridding the somewhat-insane policy of forcibly separating genders in student housing; Georgetown is also considering scrapping gender-separate dorms. (A mild thumbs up to American, who already has a few gender-neutral accommodations on campus.) In addition to perpetuating the antiquated idea that college kids will somehow maintain their chastity by living in separate quarters, the new policy, as Amanda Hess notes, is great news for LGBT students who might feel more comfortable not being forced to live in a room with someone of the same gender. Just remember, kids: bedbugs don't care what gender you are. more ›