Can you stand all the excitement that comes along with sifting through so many election results, race by race, this morning Washington? For political junkies like us, and we’re sure, like many of you, last night was an up way past our bedtimes, whiskey-infused, edge of our seats, shouting about the relative quality of cable news commentators’ hair dye jobs kind of time. And it’s not totally over yet. But before we get to the…

Shortly after Pope Benedict XVI was elected by the College of Cardinals, the Archbishop of Washington, Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, sent his letter of retirement to the Vatican. This is something that bishops are required to do when they turn 75, and the Pope accepted the resignation and soon nominated a successor. The Bishop of Pittsburgh, Donald W. Wuerl, was appointed to be the new leader of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Washington last month. Yesterday,…

Drawing 2004″ src=”http://www.dcist.com/archives/2005_2The-Gates.jpg” width=”181″ height=”300″ align=”right” hspace=”5″/>New York City is buzzing with the imminent opening of Christo & Jeanne-Claude’s public art project, “The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979-2005,” this Saturday (weather permitting). The Corcoran, capitalizing on this buzz, is offering a “Preview” program of the project tonight at 7 p.m. Michael S. Cullen, Christo historian and sometime project director, will speak about previous projects on which he worked with the artists, including…