After being removed from committee postings by his Republican colleagues in the Senate and being called upon to resign by the likes of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), embattled Sen. Larry Craig went “on vacation” with his wife Wednesday, according to the Washington Post. The fallout surrounding his guilty plea to lewd conduct in a men’s bathroom in the Minneapolis airport has only intensified since Roll Call first broke the…

It’s a time-honored D.C. tradition, for some at least: Half-day workdays on Fridays in August. It’s the reason why the lunchtime rush will be worse than you expect it to be today, your co-worker has a swimsuit under her officewear, and DCist comment threads are slooooow. It’s also one of the classic sources of ill will between close friends in this city. To wit, from all of us who don’t take half-day Fridays in…