Hard-Line Drug Law Threatens a Pillar of the Community- May 28, 2008 When D.C. police allegedly found a small amount of marijuana in her grandson's bedroom last year, Frances Johnson had to take the rap with him. As a tenant in a federally subsidized apartment, she is subject to eviction for any criminal act that occurs under her roof -- whether she knows about it or not.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/27/AR2008052703153.html?nav=r... Polls Yield Tricky Answers on Race- May 21, 2008 Question: In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidate the single most important factor, one of several important factors, or not an important factorhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/20/AR2008052001595.html?nav=r... From Many Points of View, Statue Is True to King's Image- May 14, 2008 I took a photograph of the proposed Martin Luther King Jr. memorial statue to the Tidal Basin yesterday and asked tourists and other passersby what they thought about it. The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, whose approval the memorial needs, has sharply criticized the sculpture.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/13/AR2008051302780.html?nav=r... Out of Their Tents, Onto Our Porches- May 7, 2008 A couple of weeks ago, dozens of caterpillars began showing up at my home in Fort Washington. They shimmied to the doors, crawled up the walls and camped out on the welcome mats. My daughter wanted to know when they would turn into butterflies, imagining a sky filled with exotic species like those on display at Smithsonian's Butterfly Conservatory.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/06/AR2008050602676.html?nav=r... Street Talk and Testimony Aren't the Same Thing- May 5, 2008 When 14-year-old DeOnt Rawlings was shot and killed in the Washington Highlands public housing complex seven months ago, various accounts of the incident were spread by residents who claimed to have witnessed it. But when investigators for the U.S. attorney's office and the FBI asked for eyewitnesses to come forward, no one did.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/04/AR2008050401784.html?nav=r... |