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...like in our capital, that expression needs only to remain ubiquitously free of charge as well. From Waltham to Wasilla, all of America should come down to Washington and enjoy this principle in action...
...Yasin and Royal live far away from my Manhattan dorm, in the cheaper outer boroughs, so they must commute for hours each day. They have never been to Central Park or even to Washington Square, just a few blocks away from Yasin's stand on 14th Street. They have never been to Central Park SummerStage or the Metropolitan Museum of Art, even though they are free. Not surprisingly, in their nocturnal isolation, they feel alienated. New York City is home to every variety of humanity, and at times it seems that everyone is rich, and comfortable in the main stream...
...WASHINGTON, D.C. — Until Labor Day, an altarpiece from the Italian region of Abruzzo will be on display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Its burnished surface will stand out in one of the main circular foyers on the second floor, not due to its narrative structure or vivid colors, but because it is a diplomatic missive from the Italian government to the American...
...Back in Washington, D.C., President Barack Obama learned the enduring value of a well-intentioned gesture with another kind of summit. He felt that he needed to retreat from the inflammatory words that he uttered in judgment of the Cambridge police department after Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was arrested there, sparking a national debate about race in America. Though the discourse about the arrest, its aftermath, and the realities of race problems in the country spread far and wide, Obama thought that a simple gesture might soothe the ire of the affair—an invitation to relax over...
When a prodigal son like our very own “George” walks back in after more than a decade in Washington and Austin, he is hailed as the very essence of the city. But the millions of others who come to town for a piece of the (formerly) booming North Texas economy will likely never really fit in with the establishment, even if they become wildly successful...