Blog Entries tagged 'Washington DC'

US Presidential Inauguration: By the numbers

JoanEisenstodt — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:00:00 +0100

WOW! We in DC - and those around the world - are counting down the days until the Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States.

Living in DC (where we still have taxation without representation) gives us a great opportunity to read, daily, in the Washington Post and at washingtonpost.com all kinds of information about past inaugural celebrations and about the plans for this one.

For example: How, I wondered as I read about the Clinton In [...]

When bad things happen in good cities

JoanEisenstodt — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:00:00 +0100

Washington, DC - the place I've called home since 1978 - has an often maligned reputation.

It is referred to by politicians and newscasters (and, now, it seems ordinary citizens) as WASHINGTON, the place where all evil happens to harm this country. I shake my head in sadness every time I hear this since I know that we are a place of people just like any other and the 'evil' people perceive is only in the Federal enclaves of Congress, the White House, and othe [...]