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Inlet
The current pulled us onward. The top of the mast stayed in place. The boat kept drifting, further and further under the bridge. We were like a problem in my school math book: a point, a straight line, a plane, and an arc drawn by the mast as it toppled behind us.
Read the full essay in the Potomac Review.
The Final Word
For more than 50 years, the First Federal Congress Project has set out to document a little-known nor long-remembered period of American history, when a group of mostly forgotten Founding Fathers gathered to take the framework of a new Constitution and build a government. The work of the founders and these researchers is more relevant now than ever.
Read the full story at GW Magazine.
In the Name of Luv
Two years ago, Carolyn Mattingly was murdered in her Potomac home. Soon after, her husband, Richard, quit his job as a nonprofit executive and dedicated his life to making something good come out of the tragedy.
Read the full story in Bethesda Magazine.
Lyme Wars
Dr. Daniel Jaller is part of a cadre of renegade doctors who believe Lyme disease is a chronic ailment that they can treat. His approach is so controversial that he was put on probation, but some of his patients say he’s given them a quality of life they could never find elsewhere.
Read the full story in Bethesda Magazine.
Mad About Modern
When you think about the architecture of the capital region, stately colonials come to mind, but midcentury modern, more famous in Palm Springs, abounds here, too—if you know where to look.
Read the full story in Bethesda Magazine.
The Music Man
In February 2015, listeners to NPR’s Jazz Night in America got a taste of something Washington, DC, jazz lovers have enjoyed for years: the innovative sound of trombonist Reginald Cyntje. What unfolded was magic.
Read the full story in Insights magazine.
Tracking Terror in the U.S.
A new think tank finds the “democratization of terrorist recruitment” on social media is helping to create an increasingly diverse picture of Islamic-inspired extremism. read more…
What Happened to my Child?
Some parents say a debilitating psychological disorder associated with strep infections caused their children to change overnight—and turned their families’ lives upside down.
Brave New World at IJ
Michelle Jaconi left behind 18 years in broadcast journalism—12 with NBC’s Meet the Press and six with CNN—to become executive editor of the Independent Journal Review, a brash social-first media upstart based in Alexandria, Virginia, with an out-of-the-mainstream, right-of-center approach. read more…
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