George Washington University located just four blocks away from the White House is the largest institution of higher education in the District of Columbia. A private, co-educational university, it maintains three campuses each different from the other and located at Foggy Bottom and Mount Vernon...
Washington Capitals' goalie Jose Theodore's youngest child has passed away due to complications of a respiratory defect. Our hearts and prayers are with him. I know how it feels to lose a loved one, but I can't imagine the pain or loss felt by losing a child, especially so young. "The Washington...
Paul of TarsusSaul of Tarsus, a.k.a. Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus [?-65 c.e.] was a Hellenistic Jew and student of Gamaliel the Elder who served as enforcer for the Pharisaic Sanhedrin against the apostate Christian sect following the crucifixion of Jesus. Around 33 c.e. he experienced a dramatic...
John Wall's NBA Draft First Pick for Washington Wizards. Wall is a 19 year old who stands 6 feet 4 inches and weighs in at 196 pounds of record breaking, basketball playing success. Wall was the NBA's first choice player for the Washington Wizards on June 25, 2010. At a massive...
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and present President of the United States. Born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Ann Dunham and Barack Obama, Sr., Obama spent his childhood in Witchita, Kansas. Obama's parents separated when he was a toddler at the age of two, and later divorced....
The George Washington University or GWU is a private, coeducational research university with campuses located in Foggy Bottom, Mount Vernon, and Ashburn, all in Washington, D.C. The largest university in the United States capital, GWU was chartered by an Act of Congress in 1821 as the Columbian...
Cronies are long-term friends who receive mutual benefits from each other. The term cronyism refers to impartiality to long-standing friends who are given positions of authority and favorable business opportunities out of friendship. Cronyism is considered a form of political corruption, and is...
Vertiginous views are one thing, but combine such dizzying prospects with the sense that the planks on which you walk might give way at a moment's notice, and even the bravest soul would be forgiven for allowing a little fear to creep in. The urge to inhabit high up places has been with us throughout...
James Madison, Jr. was the fourth President of the United States, an American politician, and political philosopher who contributed as a Founding Father during the late 1700s. Madison was born to Colonel James Madison, Sr. and Eleanor Rose Conway on March 16, 1751 in Orange County, Virginia. As...
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr., prominent figure of the Civil Rights Movement, stood before the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC and delivered his iconic "I Have A Dream" speech. The memorable words Martin Luther King Jr. delivered during his speech: "I am happy to join with you...
