My definition of Capitol Hill is, well, loose. I like to look past the confines of the strict definition of our neighborhood, especially if a good story beckons. Such as the one about a statue that sits at the base of Capitol Hill.

While cleaning up after sending in the manuscript for my latest book to my editor, I discovered that I had overlooked one of the manufacturers on the Hill when I went through them recently. Though this factory is over in southwest, and thus a bit off my patch, the items produced were interesting enough to […]

Last week, we looked at the 1921 book Mirrors of Washington in which the anonymous author took 14 D.C. Worthies, including five Senators, to task for various reasons. Today, we’ll look at the reactions to book – and the outing of the author.

When I was working on my book on the scandals of Capitol Hill, my publisher requested that I not write up any modern stories. I agreed for two reasons: For one, a scandal takes time to age into a proper story, whether because this ensures that ruffled feathers have been smoothed, or that the final […]

In trawling about the Library of Congress’s picture collection, I came across another attempt to reimagine Capitol Hill. The changes being promulgated are truly radical and are worth looking at a little more closely – if only to hope that nothing of this nature is ever actually built.