June 19, 2013

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3-Minute Interview: Foster parent Amy Zydel

By Rachel Baye | 05/28/13 04:05 PM

The 42-year-old Fairfax resident was recently named the Fairfax County Foster Parent of the Year by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Tell me about your foster children. I have a little girl [Jailene]. She came to me brand-new out of the [neonatal intensive care unit]. She...
The 3-Minute Interview: Robert Gebbia, organizer of all-night walk for suicide awareness

By Naomi Jagoda | 05/21/13 02:15 PM

Robert Gebbia is executive director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, which is holding its Out of the Darkness Overnight Walk in D.C. from the evening of June 1 to the morning of June 2. How did the idea for the walk come about? It started in 2002. ... [The] idea was to give...
3-Minute Interview: Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce President Tony Howard

By Brian Hughes | 05/20/13 03:20 PM

Tony Howard is president and CEO of the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce.
3-Minute Interview: Author A.X. Ahmad

By April Burbank | 05/07/13 04:10 PM

Ahmad's debut novel, a thriller called "The Caretaker" that is the first in a trilogy, will be released on May 21. Ahmad was raised in India and now lives in the District and teaches at the Writer's Center in Bethesda. Could you summarize the basic setup of your novel? It's about an...
3-Minute Interview: Joel Bailes, leader of the Capitol Hillbillies

By Liz Essley | 05/06/13 07:20 PM

Joel Bailes plays an upright piano on the sidewalks and promenades of Barracks Row and Eastern Market as the leader of a folk and jazz band called the Capitol Hillbillies. He also works at the Library of Congress. How long have you lived on Capitol Hill? I love the Hill. Been here since...

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Frack to the Future

By: Michael Warren

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Downsize Ike

By: Andrew Ferguson

The beleaguered Eisenhower Memorial Commission holds its next public gathering later this month, and before its members duck-walk into the hearing room, huddled in a hoplite phalanx against a...
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The Lesson of Kermit Gosnell

By: John McCormack

What was the lesson of the Kermit Gosnell trial? Since the Philadelphia doctor was convicted last month of murdering three born-alive infants, two competing viewpoints have emerged.
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