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Harry Jaffe
Prodigal Son Rises At Shakespeare Theater
- Opening night at the Shakespeare Theater has always been one of the best places to see and be seen -- and soak up a bit of high culture. Monday's debut of "Major Barbara" was tops.
Dan Snyder's latest brand-name coach
- Football fans from coast to coast are placing bets this week during the overhyped run-up to the Super Bowl.
- Football fans from coast to coast are placing bets this week during the overhyped run-up to the Super Bowl.
School Closing Manifesto II: Barry's Destructive Game
- Marion Barry once described himself as a "situationist," his way of putting a positive spin on what he has proven himself to be lo these many years, an opportunist, plain and simple.
Six Heroes And One Turkey Make A Columnist's Meal
- Even in this season of thankfulness, some columnists tend to take the easy path toward listing "turkeys of the year," for people who have made a notably boneheaded move.
- Even in this season of thankfulness, some columnists tend to take the easy path toward listing "turkeys of the year," for people who have made a notably boneheaded move.
Opinion: Political winds blow bad deal past fiscal guardian
- Tomorrow night, Natwar Gandhi, the District's unbending bean counter for the past decade, will be honored by Governing Magazine as one of the year's top public officials. He will share the rarefied air with Washington Governor Christine Gregoire, L.A. Police Chief Bill Bratton and Houston Mayor Bill White.
Opinion: The whole city is watching Anacostia
- Louise Davis phoned Tuesday morning to register her extreme displeasure with my column concerning her grandsons, Demarrieo Davis and Robert Bartley.
Parisian cool comes to D.C. on two wheels
- Paris has a few things we Washingtonians might envy. The Eiffel Tower, the Left Bank, fine cuisine at every corner - and those thin, stylish, bored Parisians who smoke Gauloises and sip Bordeaux at cafes all day and night.
- Paris has a few things we Washingtonians might envy. The Eiffel Tower, the Left Bank, fine cuisine at every corner - and those thin, stylish, bored Parisians who smoke Gauloises and sip Bordeaux at cafes all day and night.
Column: Feeding Frenzy Over $100 Million In D.C.'s Found Money
- Money, money everywhere, and not a drop to spend on my pet projects. That's what many of D.C.'s 13 city council members are thinking after Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi reported last week the District has a $99.5 million surplus. Mayor Adrian Fenty already has said he wants to spend the found money on his favorite projects: fixing schools, training the jobless, repairing roads. But does the legislative group have a say in spending the $100 million?
- Money, money everywhere, and not a drop to spend on my pet projects. That's what many of D.C.'s 13 city council members are thinking after Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi reported last week the District has a $99.5 million surplus. Mayor Adrian Fenty already has said he wants to spend the found money on his favorite projects: fixing schools, training the jobless, repairing roads. But does the legislative group have a say in spending the $100 million?
Opinion: Brawl Behind Dugout Pits Angelos Against Lerner
- Beyond the standings and the box scores, there's a brawl brewing in the back offices of our two major league baseball teams. It will pit Washington Nationals owner Ted Lerner against Baltimore Orioles boss Peter Angelos.
Plant a tree, — save a life
- Don’t believe the weather men or women when they say it’s about to rain. Sure, some of us got a sprinkle Sunday night. Then we went back to hazy, hot, humid — and very, very dry.
Column: Peaceable coexistence in the wilds of Rock Creek Park
- At about 6:30 one evening last week a doe stepped gingerly into the intersection of Broad Branch Road and Davenport Street along the tributary that separates Rock Creek Park and the foot of the Forrest Hills neighborhood.
- At about 6:30 one evening last week a doe stepped gingerly into the intersection of Broad Branch Road and Davenport Street along the tributary that separates Rock Creek Park and the foot of the Forrest Hills neighborhood.
D.C. students will lack books on opening day - as usual
- Adrian Fenty aims to fix our troubled public schools, but when schools open next month he'll have to confront a sad and persistent problem: Students will not have enough textbooks - thanks to former Superintendent Clifford Janey.
- Adrian Fenty aims to fix our troubled public schools, but when schools open next month he'll have to confront a sad and persistent problem: Students will not have enough textbooks - thanks to former Superintendent Clifford Janey.
Harry Jaffe: District’s environment needs some help from its next mayor
- On this moist and musty Monday — in an autumn season that has seen almost every leafy tree in D.C. flame out with a burst of crimson or yellow or orange — the Pinehurst Branch of Rock Creek surfaces in a deep, dark pool just inside the D.C. line.