Washington's Birthday is a time to get people started. Hopefully most of the winter is gone.

Thanks to Anton, on Dec. 31, 1892 (his 33rd birthday), the streetlights of Washington were lit with generated power . . . He also brought telephone service to Washington.

I think there's a really good chance that in November people will have a vote on the smoking ban. I think it would be a very cathartic exercise. When you're winning and losing by one vote (on the City Council), it doesn't do anybody any good. There's no clear consensus.

We have one party running everything in Washington. There are some abuses of power that Chris and his pals need to be held accountable for.

Washington's birthday is as close to a secular Christmas as any Christian country dare come this side of blasphemy.

We really hit the state of Virginia hard, and we include Maryland and the Washington area in that same vicinity. If you're in Northern Virginia, it's just a stone's throw to Maryland and the D.C. area.