Reality Makes Gay Marriage Debate Obsolete

Sep 04, 2009 - By Petula Dvorak Friday, September 4, 2009 The argument over whether same-sex couples should marry in the District is about a decade past its expiration date. The reality of people's lives long ago outstripped the usefulness of the gay marriage debate. You can go to just about any public space in this city today and see same-sex couples: Two women picking over the tomatoes at the Anacostia farmers market; two men taking notes at a PTA meeting on Capitol Hill; two women arguing in a Georgetown restaurant over who does the dishes and who pays the bills -- the things all married couples do. - 3 Comments

Restaurant Calorie Counts an Appetite Killer

Aug 19, 2009 - You can still order a Bloomin' Onion at Outback Steakhouse, a slice of 30th anniversary chocolate cake cheesecake at The Cheesecake Factory, and a Pizookie at BJ's Restaurant Brewhouse. But you'll have a harder time enjoying them in blissful ignorance. Since July 1, chains with at least 20 restaurants statewide have been required to provide diners with the gory nutritional details -- including calories. - 89 Comments

Sotomayor hearings : they Got Some ’Splainin’ to Do

Jul 21, 2009 - July 19, 2009 The New York Times By FRANK RICH http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/opinion/19rich.html?_r=1 AS political theater, the Sonia Sotomayor hearings tanked faster than the 2008 Fred Thompson presidential campaign. They boasted no drama to rival the Clarence-Anita slapdown, the Bork hissy fits or the tearful exodus of Samuel Alito’s wife. There was rarely a moment to match even the high point of the Senate’s previous grilling of Sotomayor — in 1997, when she was elevated to the Second Circuit. - 4 Comments

Open Letter to the Main Stream Media

Nov 13, 2008 - Dear Main Stream Media: Let me begin by saying that for the most part, you did a great job covering the presidential election. CNN was always there with the boring analysis (except for Reliable Sources - your only good program), MSNBC flourished and was able to catapult its biased reporting to new heights, and even Fox News - you guys did a great job of convincing my republican grandparents that if elected president, Barack Obama's skull would open up to reveal a three hundred foot tall devil holding a laser gun in one hand and the koran in the other, and would blow enough fire and sin from his mouth to wipe every small town in America right off the face of the earth -- which is what you meant to do, right? Well yeah, it worked, so good job! - 14 Comments