Ever feel like a godless czar is trying to turn D.C. into some Asian city where everyone including emergency responders is forced to ride bikes? You’re not the only one.

Some people like D.C., others don’t. But very few people don’t have an opinion on the city, and those opinions only get stronger depending on partisan loyalties.

Compiled by DCist Contributors Josh Kramer and Sarah Stonesifer The Eagle – American: >> AU is fine-tuning their free HIV testing program to accommodate students’ schedules. They’ve also switched from an anonymous testing program to a confidential one. The changes aim to bring the school in line with the District government’s HIV testing initiative. >> The American University bus drivers were approved by the Undergraduate Senate to have their own union, a debate that had…

Welcome to this week’s Feed, coming to you from Albuquerque, N.M.! This Feed will be a little more free flowing than usual. Why? I’m sitting on the patio, drinking a Fat Tire, enjoying the dry climate, and looking out on Sandia Peak. I just wanted to rub it in. 2007 RAMMYs To Feature Snakes That’s what “Black Tie and Boas”—the theme of this year’s RAMMY awards dinner—means, right? Tuxedos and Anacondas? Seems like a bad…

Good morning, Washington. With the holiday behind us and temperatures closing in on 90, it now feels solidly like summer, huh? Well, we’re glad to have the warm weather. What we’re not as glad about is the spike in crime that usually accompanies it. After yesterday’s relentlessly depressing conversation about race, gentrification and crime, we’re kind of wishing for snow simply to stave off the bitter comment threads that a few bored hooligans can spawn….

Last week’s ruling by a U.S. Court of Appeals that the District’s restrictive gun law is unconstitutional has had the expected impact — battle lines have been drawn, and activists on either side defend the decision as a step forward for personal freedom and self defense or deride it as a reckless move that could increase violence in an already violent city. The Post jumped on the decision first, publishing an editorial condemning it the…

On the day following the D.C. Council’s second and final endorsement of a smoking ban in bars and restaurants, we can expect plenty of media coverage of the public’s reaction. Are residents pleased to be smoke-free, or nervous at what consequences may lay ahead for the hospitality industry? According to a WJLA headline, which really scooped the competition, “Patrons Have Mixed Opinions On D.C. Smoking Ban.” Hell, we could have told you that. Just read…

Opinions: you’ve got ’em, we want ’em. For a change, we thought we’d take a break and let you, the readers, do the work. DCist is now accepting submissions for our new Sunday Op/Ed section, Opinionist. If you want to sound off about the crappy state of District politics, vent about Metro, or just have an interesting observation about life in the city, write something between 400-600 words and send it this way. We’ll publish…

A few months back, DCist readers had the chance to go back and forth on an issue that has since quieted down — whether the city should knock down the Whitehurst Freeway or not. Opinions differed, with some readers arguing that the freeway — which parallels the Potomac River above K Street in Georgetown — is an eye sore that limits development and others noting that it helps direct 42,000 cars a day away from…

Opinions may vary on the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, but in terms of local politics, he was a staunch supporter of voting rights for District residents. Thanks to the folks at DC Vote, who today issued a press release honoring Rehnquist, we find that the Chief Justice, while U.S. Assistant Attorney General in 1970, argued the following: The need for an amendment [providing representation for the District] at this late date in our history…