- Washington: we’re good at attracting large retailers and tourists.
- An engrossing essay by Leah Caldwell at The Awl about working inside a high-profile architectural concept, namely Moshe Safdie’s United States Institute of Peace building. While we’re on the topic of longform, those with a few extra minutes to spare might also enjoy Sarah L. Courteau’s essay on H Street gentrification.
- Wow: for students at the University of Maryland who accuse someone of raping them who want their attackers banned from campus, “the burden of proof shall be upon the complainant, who must establish the guilt of the respondent by clear and convincing evidence.”
- Good thing the Board of Elections and Ethics certified the results of the special election today — if they hadn’t, Vincent Orange never would have been able to strike a figurative Jesus Christ pose during his swearing-in this afternoon.
- Ryan Kearney reports at Washingtonian on the District’s efforts to consolidate all the intercity bus services operating out of D.C. at Union Station.
- The Cooch was in appeals court today, as the federal government appeals Virginia’s decision to strike down President Obama’s health care reform package as unconstitutional.
- Phst, Kwame Brown just wishes he was the Chairman of the Minneapolis city council. (U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, on the other hand, clearly is happy to stay right here.)
- A U.S. District Court judge has claimed that the District of Columbia committed “a discovery violation of…exotic magnitude…literally unheard of in this Court” in a case regarding the accessibility of preschool special education programs, and compared the city to both “a standup comic who delivers the punch-lines of his jokes first” and “a plane with landing gear that deploys just after touchdown.”
- Looks like a new bar is moving into the space at 3628 Georgia Avenue NW.
- Newly-found evidence might be the key to reopening two cold murder cases, one 27 years old, the other, unsolved since 2003.
- One portion of Mayor Vince Gray’s 2012 budget that’s been getting a lot of ink is a tax on theater admission — Maura Judkis has a nice rundown of ten things you need to know about the proposal.
- Hey, look, another Capital Bikeshare map! (Not that it’ll help you when you get dockblocked.)
- Tolls could be coming to the currently-free Dulles Access Road.
- Exhibit A as to why the Smithsonian really should be getting more federal dollars. (And if any of you say the answer isn’t Ambrose Burnside, well, we’re no longer friends.)
Photo by christaki.
