Obama will talk about the Islamic State with America tonight.

D.C. is the only place in the U.S. with a positive index for 2013.

Fifty five percent of people polled have never heard the DHS slogan.

We’re so happy right now.

D.C. has a higher percentage of residents that identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender than anywhere else in the country.

D.C. is only slightly more religious than six other states in the country.

On the heels of D.C. Beer Week, a boozy seven days if there ever were any, comes new evidence that as a nation, we just can’t get enough of the sudsy stuff.

A poll released by Gallup yesterday showed that the Washington area enjoyed the greatest level of economic confidence in 2011, clearly less sure than sentiments elsewhere that things are still in the dumps.

I’ve been spending some time this morning playing with this infographic, released by the New York Times over the weekend, which shows the results of a Gallup poll in which 1,000 randomly selected American adults were called every day over the last three years, and asked questions like “Did you learn or do something interesting yesterday?” and “Is the city or area where you live getting better as a place to live?” Gallup then plugged those responses into an index called the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index — it’s a pretty fun way to kill a few minutes. So how does D.C. stack up?