Apr 05, 2013
Giving Back Five Percent of Your Salary to Make a Point About Sequestration is All the Rage These Days
Four cabinet secretaries have joined President Barack Obama in giving five percent of their salaries back to the Treasury or to charity.
Senator Kerry and President Obama in 2009 (White House) As Hillary Clinton prepares for life after the State Department, President Obama has been trying to figure out who will take her place as Secretary of State. The Republicans dashed U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice’s hopes last week, so now Obama is moving towards nominating former presidential candidate and Senator John Kerry for the position. The Washington Post reports, “Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat, chairs the Senate…
The supposed rule that connects the fate of the Washington NFL team to the presidential election is broken. Let’s just get rid of it all together.
May 08, 2008
Washington’s Most Powerful Still Ride their Bikes
As we reported yesterday, Bicycling magazine has bestowed the District with the title of “Most Improved Bicycling City.” (Take that, Minneapolis and San Jose!) Beyond the soon-to-come bike sharing program and the (hopefully) increasing amount of bike lanes, the magazine also mentioned the number of elected officials that are avid cyclists. And who are they? We list the most important. Adrian Fenty: Fine, I might not run this city, but I sure as hell beat…
Sep 23, 2007
Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse
Seattlest watches as a S.L.U.T. is born and Seattle Flickr users go nuts over a local art installation. A restaurant critic demands a Diner’s Bill of Rights over a gnat next to her drink, and, in lieu of a Portlandist, Seattlest debates with itself over the identity of the Northwest’s crown jewel. Seattlest also joins the guys from Fantagraphics for an ill-fated gun party in the woods. LAist saw national headlines soar this week with…
Apr 08, 2007
Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse
We don’t know about where you are, but it seems like spring can’t decide whether or not to happen. Some days are warm, some days are cold, and sometimes you aren’t sure which. Baseball may have started up (and soccer/football winding down) but it still seems cold out there. Unless it’s not. Anyways, onto the -ists. Austinist happily anticipated fall’s Austin City Limits, even though they’re not fully recovered from South By Southwest. In…
Jan 28, 2007
Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse
As the world holds it’s breath, teetering precariously on the cusp of the Super Bowl (well, at least in America), the wheels of the -ists keep on turning. Austinist was in a musical frame of mind as they listened to the new Shins album, updated the SXSW band listings and got called “punk rock” for their efforts by MTV. And an ice storm swept through the area. Bostonist said goodbye to John Kerry’s plans…
Nov 01, 2006
Go Home Already: Bring on the Novemberists
What up, DC? Here’s a few last minute big, long, hot, fat content sausages to shove in your mouths. >> Tonight’s cocktail hour talking points: Webb up 4 with 4% undecided, O’Malley and Ehrlich tied, Allen’s people hate bloggers even more than that emo bitchling Jared Leto, and, responding to the self-induced cashiering of his credibility, John Kerry decides there’s no better time to kick off aggressively campaigning for the 2004 Presidential vote than 728…