Jun 27, 2006
L’Enfant to Congress?
Will a Frenchman represent the District in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall? It looks like it. According to an online chat with WTOP Political Reporter Mark Plotkin over at the Post, Pierre Charles L’Enfant, the man George Washington charged with designing the District, has been chosen as one of the city’s two statues for the famed hall in the U.S. Capitol. As we reported in April, the D.C. Commission on Arts and Humanities allowed…
May 17, 2006
Williams’ Potty Mouth Strikes at Briefing
Every now and then the finely tuned machines that are seasoned politicians sputter and choke. Be it Vice President Dick Cheney’s warning to Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) to “fuck off” or Rep. Cynthia McKinney’s recent dressing down of an aide while still wearing a clip-on microphone, even those trained in the art of diplomacy and tact occasionally allow their true feelings to be heard. Today was D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams’ turn. Towards the end of…