There's a heck of a basketball team in heaven. In one month, we've lost former NBA Commissioner David Stern, former DeMatha High School legendary coach Morgan Wootten and NBA Hall of Fame shoo-in Kobe Bryant. Published January 27, 2020
The ZIP code of a child should not determine where that child attends school. Should it? Published January 23, 2020
Oklahoma is the fist-shaped state in south-central United States that looks like its pointy finger is pointed westward. That's Oklahoma in a itsy-bitsy nutshell, and that's why the headline from the editorial board of the state's largest daily is worthy of attention. Published January 20, 2020
You'd think the Dems learned in 2016 to scrap the junk. Ordinary Americans, after all was said and done, chose Donald Trump, didn't they? Published January 16, 2020
The councilman wants to take a flyswatter to the term council "chairman" in the D.C. Code. The same goes for "manhole," "fireman" and any other gender-revealing nouns, pronouns and adjectives. Published January 13, 2020
A poll released this week suggests that Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is targeting the bull's-eye by proposing to crack down on crime and criminals. Published January 9, 2020
With the new year comes the inevitable. Published January 6, 2020
Santa's done his thing, and you've sifted through his deliveries to decide which you'll keep, which you'll regift and which (shrug) you'll return to brick-and-mortar stores -- or struggle to find the return labels for shipping. While you're at it, consider paying it forward. Donate to a worthy and reputable cause, and get a tax credit to boot. Published December 26, 2019
So, on Christmas Eve 1854, she again trekked from Philadelphia, where she was safe -- relatively speaking, of course -- to Maryland, where her parents and three brothers were enslaved. Her brothers knew she was on her way, because she had sent word via the agents and conductors of the Underground Railroad. Published December 23, 2019
Joseph R. Biden, who twice strode alongside Barack Obama to win the White House and now is in a comfortable pace in the 2020 race, seems to have forgotten Mr. Sharpton's 2009 warning about education not being an option. Published December 19, 2019
Well, it's the time of year to hustle and bustle to try to reroute the reason for the season. The diversions are legion. Published December 12, 2019
Shame on those grown folk, of course, because they are not only wasting good food but good money, too. Federal, state and local coffers pay for school feeding programs, and your taxes fill those coffers. Published December 9, 2019
Three D.C. Council members -- David Grosso, Vincent Gray and Brianne Nadeau -- hastened Tuesday to be the initial bearers of glad tidings by introducing the D.C. Public Schools Family and School Community Fundraising Equity Act of 2019. Published December 5, 2019
The comeuppance for the incestuous nature of City Hall politics finally came calling Tuesday afternoon -- and aims to boot D.C. Council member Jack Evans out the door. Published December 3, 2019
Young people like Mayce Wood and others who volunteer to do good for their communities' sake aren't so jaded. They don't just see a need; they feel the need. Sometimes, again too often, young people only do things merely because an adult tells them to do it. Published December 2, 2019
As the turkey's roasting -- or frying, if that's your thing -- and the family's trying to keep young ones and grandfolks occupied with that old invention called television, there are behind-the-scenes fixins and people to be grateful for. Published November 28, 2019
Republicans, Democrats, independents: Lend me your eyes and ears -- and if Michael Bloomberg and President Trump are paying attention, here's the American voter you both need to court. Her name is Gladys Harrison, and she lives in Omaha, Nebraska, where she runs a restaurant called Big Mama's Kitchen and Catering. Published November 25, 2019
Leave it to a D.C. politician to pick up on the far left's scent. As if Ms. Pelosi had handed him a rod and staff, D.C. Council member David Grosso appears to be training for a run against the chairman of the council. Published November 21, 2019
Three months ago, I asked a simple question following a house fire that killed a 9-year-old boy: Who knew what all was going on inside the row house? Published November 18, 2019
Now the opioid crisis is upon us, with folks old and young using what they know are deadly compounds. America's opioid epidemic is so out of control, antidotes such as naloxone are part of first responder and schoolhouses across the country. So, what's a schoolhouse of 550-plus eighth- and ninth-graders to do? Just say no? Published November 14, 2019
