Back in the 1980s, my elementary Weekly Reader predicted that “The Big One” earthquake would hit the Eastern US. Apparently, some major fault line is underneath the Mississippi River, and this spelled uncertain doom for half of the country. Perhaps it was the era of paranoia in America since it was the end of the [...]

Friday morning, I woke up to panicked phone calls from my parents urging me to drive back to Tennessee immediately. They were afraid that I’d get stuck in Northern Virginia due to the approaching blizzard. What they neglected to mention was that in order to avoid the storm in Alexandria, I’d have to drive through [...]

It’s not too unusual to see famous people in DC. A few months ago, I walked by Stephen Baldwin in the lobby of the Omni Shoreham. If he hadn’t been on his cell phone, I would have been happy to tell him that he’s aged much better than big brother Alec, and I feel for [...]