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Deborah Simmons

dsimmons@washingtontimes.com

Deborah Simmons was a senior correspondent who reported on City Hall and wrote about education, culture, sports and family-related topics.

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DEBORAH SIMMONS: Genocide in Washington D.C.

When the media uses the word gen-o-cide, it's most often referring to what people in other countries do to their own -- in the Mideast, in North and West Africa, and parts of Europe and Asia. But what's happening in our neighborhoods, on our college campuses, our military installations/government facilities, our houses of worship is the same: The death of humanity.

April 11, 2016

DEBORAH SIMMONS: Incestuous party politics

The Democrats' cup runneth over on both sides of the Potomac River. In the Commonwealth of Virginia, Gov. Terry McAuliffe is acting like an overseer of Old Virginny, telling lawmakers, parents and voters alike that he knows best when it comes to social values and family life -- everyone else be damned.

April 7, 2016

DEBORAH SIMMONS: Coast to coast, states hop on the school-choice bandwagon

Public funding measures are moving the school-choice movement into unconventional territory in statehouses from Washington to Wisconsin to right here in Maryland. In short, parents and voters are pushing the right buttons, and lawmakers and governors are trying to beat their buzzers.

April 5, 2016

DEBORAH SIMMONS: It’s the school boundaries, stupid

A new report says D.C. neighborhoods are seeing rising numbers of households with school-age children. Overall, that's pretty good news. Just don't expect the families to stay put unless public schools drastically improve in a short time.

March 31, 2016

DEBORAH SIMMONS: Jacai Colson, a solid cop, and the 3 Ford brothers

There are so many moving parts to Sunday's cop killing in Prince George's County, it's difficult to zero in on a single opinion -- mostly because the shooting was an ambush outside a police station. The family of the three brothers charged in the fatal shooting of Officer Jacai Colson must be at their wit's end.

March 14, 2016

DEBORAH SIMMONS: Hillary Clinton on school choice and vouchers

Republican voters in D.C. are scheduled to begin divvying up delegates on Saturday. But the scene stealers next week will be delegate-rich Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, North Carolina and Florida, where Republican and Democratic debates were held this week in Miami.

March 10, 2016
President Barack Obama, with his daughters, Sasha, left, and Malia, speaks before he pardoned the National Thanksgiving Turkey Abe, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. This is the 68th anniversary of the National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

DEBORAH SIMMONS: The plot to kill D.C. school vouchers

The scene: The Secret Service rolls away from the White House with first daughters Malia and Sasha in tow. The destination is Sidwell Friends School, which they've attended since Barack and first lady Michelle Obama moved into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. (Hollywood-style liberties exercised.)

March 9, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at an Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority luncheon in West Columbia, S.C., Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. Left is (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

LIFE AS IT HAPPENS: Hillary Clinton’s race card

Hillary Clinton holds a race card, and she does not hold it close to her vest. As the South Carolina primaries and Super Tuesday draw nearer and dear to her ambitious plan to be the Democratic winner of her party's presidential race, she's likely to play that race card often.

February 24, 2016