Whatever Happened to Permanent Daylight Saving Time?
The clocks will change this weekend—and not for the last time. There was a moment this past spring when the idea of making daylight saving time permanent seemed somewhat plausible: The U.S. Senate...
View Article“Wakanda Forever” Features a Scene in Alexandria
Just a day after we learned that Diane Lockhart is moving to DC, now comes word of another local pop-culture moment: Alexandria, Virginia, features in the new film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. As...
View ArticleYou Can Own Some of Colin Powell’s Stuff
Colin Powell died in 2021. His mansion in McLean has been sold. The faulty case he made for the Iraq War—something he later said he regretted—has, like his love of the PT Cruiser, faded a bit into...
View Article“American Caliph” Details DC’s First Modern Terror Attack
Abdul Muzikir carried a Remington 12-gauge shotgun under his coat as he entered the District Building at 2:30 PM on March 9, 1977. Abdul Nuh, a fellow member of DC’s Hanafi Muslim sect, toted a...
View ArticleToday’s Weather Is Slightly Underrated
It’s actually pretty nice out. Yes, we have a lot of gray-ish days in the 40s ahead of us—Washington winter is unrelenting in its mediocrity—but the sky Tuesday morning was more blue than the...
View ArticleJacob Wohl and Jack Burkman Sentenced to 500 Hours Registering Voters in DC
Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman won’t go to jail for their scheme to discourage minority voters from going to the polls in the 2020 election. A judge in Cleveland sentenced the pair of chronically...
View ArticlePop Producer Matt Squire’s Next Collaboration May Be With the Military
If you’ve ever tried to sing “Happy Birthday” with a bunch of people over Zoom, you’ve probably experienced latency. That’s the technical name for the delay that occurs between you and the others on...
View ArticleWashington Post Ends Print Sunday Magazine
The Washington Post will end the print edition of its Sunday magazine, Executive Editor Sally Buzbee told staffers in a memo Wednesday. Its last edition will be December 25. Some of the magazine’s...
View ArticleCan ChatGPT Save My Day-Editing Shift? A Washingtonian Investigation
Every Tuesday it’s my turn to be “day editor” of Washingtonian. That means I am responsible for getting posts out about the news. But some days, news that fits within our coverage area can be elusive....
View ArticlePHOTOS: RFK Stadium’s Final Event
The turf at RFK is now an overgrown, boggy mess. The paint on its famous curved roof has flaked away in sheets, and the famous bouncing seats are mostly gone. On Thursday, the last of the orange chairs...
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