A couple days ago we mentioned Ford CEO Alan Mulally’s tale of his harrowing visit with President Bush. He told a room full of journalists in New York that he had to think fast when Bush tried to insert a live power cord into a hybrid car’s hydrogen tank, saying he quickly pushed Bush out of the way to prevent disaster. The story exploded (much like sparked hydrogen) on the Internet after The Detroit Free…

Leave it to community activists Dorothy Brizill and Gary Imhoff to come up with ideas for D.C. while on vacation. After returning from a European vacation last week, Imhoff wrote in his introduction to DC Watch’s regular email newsletter about a surprising discovery the two had while on the Portuguese island of Madeira — the small island was totally covered by a public and free wireless internet system. A number of local municipalities have built…