Why do we always find about these things a day after they happen? According to WTOP, a group of naked cyclists took to the city’s streets yesterday in an effort to promote alternatives to oil. This isn’t to say that we would have joined in — after all, the idea of riding nude isn’t terribly appealing — but we would have taken pictures. Publisher Remains Missing: Philip Merrill, publisher of the Washingtonian magazine, went missing…

The District has seen good times in the last few years. Business is booming and neglected properties and neighborhoods are seeing new investment. Crime has plummeted over the past decade, and corruption in the government has faded even as the city’s coffers have filled with new tax revenues. The ebbing of many of the city’s old problems has combined with the election year to place a new and intense focus on fixing the city’s…