Opinion: On Redistricting and Southwest
I have lived in Southwest since 1975. In that time, I have made several false starts to move somewhere else, but Southwest always drew...
Opinion: The Biggest Employee Benefit of All is Ownership
I’m standing behind a 6’ plastic folding table lined with a black fabric tablecloth, Mylar red “Ace” balloons flanking either side. Strewn across its surface are...
In Celebration of Gottlieb Simon
Dear Readers, it has been long months since The Nose has put pen to paper. Yet, after fortifying himself with a brown medicinal libation,...
Mourning Candidate for Life: Faith Dane Crannitch
I served on the organizing committee for the creation of the program on Sept. 3rd, 2021 for Faith Dane Crannitch. Faith the unceasing perpetual...
Standing Stones
Here, amid the shadows
of resolutely standing stones,
In moonlight too indifferent
to reveal inscriptions,
And in the company and compassion
of conjured ghosts
Who have for so long been...
Words For Eternity
This earth is littered with skeletons—
we find them everywhere—
Of dinosaurs, whales, bats and people.
We know their bones, but not their souls.
The few old souls...
Letter to the Editor: An Important Distinction at St. Peter’s
To the editor:
Thank you for the lovely article in your September issue on the Bicentennial of St. Peter’s Church on Capitol Hill. We are...
Sing With Me
I always wanted to sing!
As a boy, I sang for them,
But I always wanted to sing for me.
Now time is gone,
Not much left...
and I...
Opinion: Zero Vision DDOT?
The District's Department of Transportation (DDOT) is showing itself to be short-sighted, arrogant, and inequitable in the well-being of the whole of the community...
It’s Time to Stop Fighting Safer Streets
In the wake of yet another dire warning on climate change from global scientists, it is jarring to be caught up in debates about...