340 days ago - Glenn Wilson is the founder and chief instructor of GoldenEye Martial Arts and Self Defense in Silver Spring. He has more than 20 years of experience in personal protection.
341 days ago - “You teach English? I’d better watch what I say!” pops up frequently in the nonclassroom life of all English teachers. I used to complain silently, “As though all English teachers do is correct grammar!” yet there are limitations to what we can and can’t teach.
344 days ago - If you didn’t know otherwise, you might have believed it was President Obama taking his first trip abroad last week, meeting with dozens of foreign and military officials and holding joint news conferences with state leaders.
344 days ago - The District’s current lottery manager was assessed more than $350,000 in penalties this week for a series of system failures that left retailers temporarily unable to issue tickets and account for the tickets sold.
344 days ago - Former presidential candidate Bob Dole, 85, has cut off communication with John McCain, 71, so that McCain cannot be accused of taking advice from someone older than himself.
351 days ago - Amy McVey didn’t seem like the typical D.C. gun owner, at least not to the reporters who stood outside the Metropolitan Police Department on Thursday, the first day handguns could be registered in the District after the city’s 32-year ban.
351 days ago - Some conservatives are complaining that John McCain seems a little too eager to denounce Republicans who commit gaffes while campaigning on his behalf.
351 days ago - The Obama campaign’s strong reaction to The New Yorker’s satirical cover portraying the Democratic nominee and his wife as flag-burning, Muslim terrorists underscores the danger posed to his presidential bid by the suspicions many voters still hold about him.