WOW. This is amazing, and I could watch it over and over and over: a lightning strike filmed at 9000

An interesting quote from a D.C. citizen in a Washington Post story on our city’s state of siege — roads blocks and checkpoints like the Berlin Wall: Standing outside Union Station and waiting for a Metro  [more...]

NPR this morning broadcast a story about the release of Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun’s papers, in which the 1992 battle over abortion was described in detail. It’s part of a series that will continue  [more...]