What a Curfew Can't Accomplish- July 26, 2006 When I was growing up in Shreveport, La., juvenile curfews were established by what appeared to us kids as a kind of partnership between our parents and a public utility called Southwestern Electric Power Co. Here's how it worked: On school days, just before the sun went down, a switch would be flipped at SWEPCO, and the streetlights would come on. By parental decree, that was the signal to end whatever fun we were having outdoors and go home.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/25/AR2006072501515.html?nav=r... Juvenile Delinquency Gets Old Fast for Victims- July 19, 2006 When D.C. Superior Court Judge Michael L. Rankin returned home from a recent weekend spin on his motorcycle, he discovered that three bicycles were missing from his garage. And he learned soon after that two more had been taken from a neighbor's front porch.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/18/AR2006071801654.html?nav=r... Violent Robberies Make It Hard to Ignore D.C.'s Vicious Side- July 12, 2006 You're leaving a restaurant in Adams Morgan or withdrawing cash from an ATM on H Street NE. You're sightseeing on the Mall with your girlfriend or standing in your driveway in Georgetown. You might even be in a wheelchair. Suddenly, the gates of hell open, and some punk puts a gun in your face or a knife to your throat. You're being robbed -- and if all you lose is money, you can thank your lucky stars.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/11/AR2006071101391.html?nav=r... A Charitable Project Worthy of Billions: The Nation's Capital- July 5, 2006 To the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/04/AR2006070400959.html?nav=r... |