Last year, in writing about the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, I wrote about the only veteran I could find at the last minute. I was told that there were, indeed, more, and this year I want to look at one of them: a young man with the mellifluous name […]
Gordon Chaffin is a freelance journalist who focuses on infrastructure and traffic news and insights for Street Justice. You can support independent journalism by subscribing to Gordon’s newsletter. He’s offering a 20% discount to THIH readers. –Maria Helena Carey What is “Traffic Calming?” Many of the transportation projects we cover in Street Justice involve something called Traffic Calming. What’s that? Well, it’s street design to slow motorists down. Why slow cars down? Vehicle speed is the […]
Good morning from Capitol Hill, an “isolating and serious place to live sometimes.” Isn’t it great to have our city explained to us by the kind, erudite folks at the New York Times? What would we do without them? Anyway. I’d like to send a hearty shout-out to all the kind, warm folks I met […]
This opinion was written by K. Denise Rucker Krepp, ANC 6B10. Crime has significantly increased in my single member district (SMD) in the past couple of months. Many of these crimes are being committed by juveniles and I’ve requested information from Attorney General Karl A. Racine on how these cases are resolved. I want to […]
Good morning, NATS! How is your Tuesday going, NATS? Do you have any plans for today, NATS? It’s another regular ol’ Tuesday morning, NATS. Oh yeah. There’s a game later on today, at 8:08 p.m. to be exact, and you can watch it on FOX. Apparently the Astros are playing Walgreens. GRR. Get that smack-talking […]