Spending the week on a jury made me wonder about some famous DC trials, and the jurors who sat on them. This reminded me of George A. Bohrer, a long-time Capitol Hill resident, DC Councilmember, Alderman, Justice of the Peace, and city assessor – and member of the jury before whom John H. Surratt was […]
As we lift a glass of pumpkin beer while we watch our kids scarf even more candy today to celebrate Halloween, let’s take a moment to think back to a far darker and sadder Halloween, one that seemed to be the last time – ever – that you could enjoy said pumpkin beer, or any […]
The most difficult part in writing is deciding what to leave out. So often, a wonderful sidelight gets deleted at the last minute because there’s simply no room for it, especially if it does not really add to the main story. Fortunately, there are always other venues to write about the issue thus deleted — […]
Today, the Capitol seems an pristine, inviolate building, surrounded by further government buildings. Inside are only those intent on running the country – or touring the building. But it was not always thus. For about a year, the Capitol, far from producing only laws and regulations, also regularly produced…bread. Today we look at this odd […]
Last week, we looked at Thomas Edison’s failed attempt to get Congress to change its ways and vote electronically. Nonetheless, it was clearly an idea that needed to be implemented at some point, and so today we’ll look at some of the further attempts made to improve the way that Congress votes.