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Independent truck drivers are organizing a protest in Washington today, in response to rising gas prices. While I caught a listing for the event in the AP Daybook, I haven’t witnessed it — I have taken in first and second-hand accounts of their lap around around downtown Washington (specifically to honk at the White House [...]

Catholic anti-war demonstrators marched on the White House today, setting off at noon from St. Matthew’s Cathedral. Today’s action was part of their observation of Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent and a tradition with a theme of repentence.

A flyer being handed out quoted Pope Benedict XVI as saying “Christ needs apostles ready to [...]

Harper’s Washington Editor, Ken Silverstein, makes it a point to link flashpoints in human rights and foreign conflicts around the world to what is happens in Washington. He goes beyond the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and general Middle East issues where the US has made itself the chief broker, and he delves into [...]