An extra-marital affair involving a Washington politico isn’t anything surprising these days. But when it involves the possible blackmail of a Promise Keeper senator who is no friend of the District, it’s hard for us not to feel just the tiniest bit smug. Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) admitted yesterday in a hastily arranged press conference that he had cheated on his wife with a campaign staffer, jumping to admit to the infidelity over fears…

Photo by Bullneck Tragedies offer both moments of reflection and political posturing. Yesterday’s shooting at the Holocaust Museum has already produced some of the latter with regards to the District’s gun laws. In the wake of the shooting, three members of the D.C. Council released statements in which they argued that the incident at the museum underscored the need for gun regulations in the District. Council members Michael A. Brown (I-At Large) and Phil…

Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) may be a reliable Republican, but he’s never made much noise when it comes to the District. That changed last week when he successfully added an amendment to legislation granting the District a voting seat in the House that would effectively gut the city’s gun laws. While many a Republican before him have done the same — Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) first among them — it is his move…