How news outlets reported the death of JFK.
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
“Ask not what your country can do for you, because the government is shut down.” Oh, that isn’t how it goes?
Two new exhibits at the Newseum recall the creation of the American Camelot and the death of President John F. Kennedy.
What’s weird about revisiting the Albert Einstein Memorial at the National Academy of Sciences is, shamefully, that we had never visited there in the first place. Maybe some of you are in the same boat. Maybe you’ve been to the Mall monuments so many times that you’ve developed a kind of over familiar path that you walk every trip you take there. We certainly do. And, well, we learned that it’s time for that path…
Everyone knows that JFK once described the District as a city of Northern charm and Southern efficiency, but the same could be said about our winter weather contrasted with the complete incompetence of those who try to drive in its result or clear it from the roads. Beet juice or not, there’s ice on the roads and sidewalks. Walk and drive with caution. Torture Doesn’t Work: Guess what? Punishing Virginians with large fees – between…
While a couple of us on the DCist staff are still trying to wipe our minds of the image of the live circumcision performance art that happened last night at the Warehouse gallery (seriously, can you use soap on your eyeballs?), we will nevertheless try to explain that across the street at artDC … wait, what was happening over there? Oh right, that international art show. When we told you about it last year, some…
Caroline Bartman knows her scientists. And her pop culture references. And her U.S. presidents. And her signs of the Zodiac. The DC resident and National Cathedral School senior proved her spanning knowledge of trivia Wednesday night, when she calmly slaughtered two other teen competitors during the Jeopardy Teen Tournament. Bartman barely showed her nerves during the television program (though perhaps it might have been because one of her competitors thought JFK voluntarily chose not…
Well, being that it’s Friday, make that three happy thoughts. But given that today marks the start of the World Cup and the last day that we’ll hopefully ever have Tom DeLay in Washington, it’s looking to be a great day. Host country Germany kicks off the tournament against Costa Rica — this DCist’s favored team — today at noon, at which time DeLay will be packing boxes in his Capitol Hill office and trying…
FRIDAY: >> The Sixpoints Music Festival, which highlights good local music played at good local venues, continues this weekend. Make sure to check out the schedule here and support your local music scene. >> Ross Douthat, blogger extraordinaire and reporter at The Atlantic Monthly, managed to pull a pretty nifty trick: he attended Harvard, reaped the rewards of the degree, and then got a hefty advance to write “Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the…
