Another Sunday, another Opinionist. DCist is always willing to hear your thoughts/rants on life in the city and its environs. Email us. Today D.C. resident and driver Alex Lundry has some choice words on jaywalking. Being in a city that lives and dies over serious debates of national significance, I never imagined that jaywalking would be the thing to break me. Yet every day, I find myself grumbling, mumbling, and cursing about jaywalking to anyone…

When we last checked in on the state of HIV/AIDS in the District last August, things were looking rather grim. A report published by the D.C. Appleseed Center for Law and Justice lambasted the District’s efforts to deal with a severe HIV/AIDS crisis in the city, noting that the District remained some 10 to 15 years behind where it should be in mounting a defense against the disease. Shockingly, the report found that the District’s…

If a picture is worth 1000 words, then an interactive map must be worth 10,000. Well, at least that’s the thinking in the mayor’s office. Today D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams introduced a new way for residents to better envision how the city around them is changing — an interactive map highlighting accomplishments in 14 policy areas over the course of 2005, from economic development to employment to education. In a statement, Williams noted, “This interactive…

Today D.C. socialite bloggers awake facing less competition, the city has its first official mayoral candidacy announcement, and a friend of DCist speaks about his experiences as a journalist in Iraq. Plus it’s looking to be beautiful outside. At left is the New River Gorge Bridge, the world’s second-longest and country’s second highest single-arch bridge, one of the highlights of this DCist’s recent visit to West Virginia. Northern Virginia Group Bidding for Nats: The Post…