Chris Matthews will discuss his book on the relationship between Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill and President Ronald Reagan this Saturday.
On top of having to oversee a massive snow removal operation, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty now also to worry about his political standing in the midst of the region’s largest winter storm in decades. Yesterday on Hardball, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews took Fenty to task for the city’s response to the storm, going so far as to hope out loud that the mayor will be replaced in the coming Democratic primary. “We’ve got a very…
The trial has finally ended, and Judge Judith Bartnoff said she would issue a decision next week in administrative law judge Roy Pearson’s $54 million dollar suit against Custom Cleaners, but the Post’s Marc Fisher reports that Bartnoff has already given a clue as to how she will likely rule. After listening to Pearson argue for hour upon hour that he was somehow protecting the interests of all Washingtonians by using the D.C. consumer protection…
>> We realize it’s been a while since we stirred the pot on Butterstick mania, but there’s a new way to celebrate your love for all things panda. Keds has their own (surprisingly cute) panda shoes. No, they’re not made of real pandas, but these canvas creations might be some comfort after Tai Shan is ripped from our grasp and shipped off to China this fall. >> This Mardi Gras one local blogger (sorta) remembers…
It feels like it’s been a while since anyone truly famous has graced our fair city with their presence, but it looks like that drought comes to an end today. According to an email we received yesterday, Matt Damon and Robert DeNiro are in town (actually in Fairfax, Virginia) today taping a special episode of Chris Matthews’ Hardball. Before you berate us for not passing this tip on earlier, tickets were only available to Mason…
The Arena Stage is holding their 14th Annual Benefit production of the The Pundit Whodunit: The Case of the Political Puzzle tonight at 8:30 p.m. at the Kreeger Theater. If you’ve got an extra $200 to $400 lying around, you too can be seated front and center for a one night only performance of local playwright and director Harry M. Bagdasian’s comedic murder mystery, starring prominent members of Congress and the media. Members of the…
