Dreaming of a White Out Christmas

You know, all those people who were complaining about plows not getting to their streets should just take another look. Today I ventured out to my office, and discovered every road treated and plowed — even Beach  [more...]

I was watching a show on History Channel about engineering disasters just now; I was shocked to see that one segment was of a disaster that I actually saw in person. It was the collapse of one of the Skyline Towers  [more...]

Today, the Washington Post’s Gene Weingarten gives us a vignette of life in Washington: the plight of a starling as it finds itself trapped in the display window of a drug store. It has a happy ending, and  [more...]