Fishbowl D.C. scooped even the Washington Post's own gossip columnists on word that Brad Pitt was reportedly visiting the paper's newsroom this afternoon. Says a Postie: "since word got out, female producers from network news shops are clamoring to stop by and just pay a "visit" to the newsroom to see friends they've never visited before in the newsroom."Patrick Gavin says Pitt was there consulting with Post editor R.B. Brenner in preparation for his upcoming... more ›

We've been looking forward to the launch of Patrick Gavin and Jeff DuFour's new daily Beltway column, "Yeas and Nays", for a few weeks now, largely so we could finally be sure just what sorts of topics the two would be covering under the somewhat inscrutable decscription of "people, power and politics." C'mon guys, that could be about anything from the current brouhaha at The New Republic to what kind of toilet paper Vice President... more ›

Are the stars aligning? We're slow to trust Tom Davis after he toyed with our heart last week, saying first that a vote for D.C. was a sure thing, then warning us that the road was still quite long and fraught with danger. One thing's for sure, however. Davis is doing his damnedest to build momentum (Tomentum?) for the bipartisan bill, and he's close to convincing us it's a real possibility. Yesterday, with District officials... more ›

We'll refrain from comment on this for the moment, but we'd like to thank Fishbowl for shining a light on the page of a blogger whose design work hit a little close to home. Patrick Gavin goes to DCist Editor Emeritus Mike Grass for comment. Read his thoughts and tell us what you think. Should we be peeved? more ›

Making fun of the Washington Times has always been like shooting fish in a barrel, but Patrick Gavin at Fishbowl DC notes that soon we may not have the Times to kick around anymore, or train our house pets on. Founded by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon in 1982, the paper has long bled money, losing perhaps over $2 billion during its publishing run while being kept alive by cash infusions from Moon's Unification Church.... more ›

Thanks to Patrick Gavin, an editor at the Washington Examiner for tipping us off to a change in the paper's editorial page: starting today, the daily paper won't comment on televangelist Pat Robertson's various pronouncements. Robertson has recently made headlines for saying that Ariel Sharon's recent stroke was a form of divine vengeance.

Refusing to dignify the mean-spirited religious theories of a kook wouldn't merit attention but for the Examiner's parent corporation. the Washington Times Phil Anschutz, who owns the Examiner, is widely perceived to have a conservative slant. Robertson's affinity for the Republican party and his status as an evangelical leader prompt one to naturally assume that he'd be in the good graces of the paper. Perhaps this is just a case of decency trumping party affiliation.

UPDATE: This post originally stated that the Washington Examiner was owned by the Washington Times. That is incorrect, and the post has been updated to reflect this information. This writer apologizes for the error, and thanks our commenters for pointing it out swiftly.