They continue to come from the city; the suburbs, and far-flung destinations far from the Nation’s Capital. Tens of thousands have stood in the center of D.C.’s Black Lives Matter Mural since June, on a two-block stretch of what used to be called 16th Street NW. The yellow image painted on the asphalt — indeed larger than life —intersects with Lafayette Square across from the White House. It was designed as a symbol of hope in the wake of last summer’s confrontation with hate.

The mural stops at the expansive green space where the police and military, summoned by the…

I grew up on the cusp of learning how to iron my man’s shirts and the promise of the ERA. I credit my Mama for leading me away from the former and firmly in the direction of the latter. I knew I could do anything I wanted to or was capable of because she did it in the years leading up to my liberation.

June M. Krenzer was born in small-town Indiana, the daughter of a German immigrant and his wife, who heralded from Pennsylvania Dutch stock. …

We lived in fear for three weeks. We huddled out of sight at gas stations. High school athletic teams played their games hours away, with no fans to cheer them on. We were told to run in a zig-zag pattern between the car and our destinations to make it more difficult for the sniper to get a bead on us.

John Allen Muhammad and his teenaged accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, were christened the D.C. Snipers. They killed 10 people in the D.C. area in October 2002. Muhammed was executed for one murder in 2009. Malvo, who was 17 at the…

Instead of “doomscrolling” my way through this pandemic, I’ve decided “weirdscrolling” would be a better hobby. And you know what? Today I’m introducing 10 of the more odd — but entirely true — news clips I’ve come upon recently. And the week’s not even over yet. Good Gracious, as my Nana would say.

Thinking Inside the Box?

Amanda Chase — a Virginia state senator who wants to be governor — filed a lawsuit in Richmond Circuit Court, trying to prevent the state GOP from holding a nominating convention. Chase would rather run in a statewide primary, seen as more beneficial to her success. In…

I blame Barack Hussein Obama.

I’m a former journalist and high school English teacher by trade; a politics wonk by choice. But asking me to wade through 706 pages crammed full of mostly policy “explainers” was just too much.

I’ve really been off my reading game of late. The woman who has, at times over the years, read up to three books in a week took almost three months with Obama’s tome, A Promised Land. And I can’t hold COVID-19 stress and pandemic worry too much to account for my lack of focus. …

Hi, there. My name is Snowflake Cruz, and I have a bone to pick with my family — well, my Dad, mostly.

I’m a little white rescue dog — my family adopted me in 2014. Journalists have gone above and beyond to document me and my well-being after my family skedaddled off to Cancun — but these scribes haven’t done a very good job at identifying my sex or my breed. A lot in the press say I’m a poodle; I fear that might be “fake news”.

I’m no expert on dog breeds, but sources say I more closely resemble…

I’m in love with 29 men. Thirty, if you count the guy who’s in charge. All of them — except for their boss, the manager — are quite a bit younger than I am. Most of them are married. Quite a few of them don’t speak English very well. And I am enamored of them all.

The Washington Nationals are my guys. And when catchers and pitchers reported to their Florida oasis for Spring Training last week, my heart went with them.

I’ve loved these grubby gents since they first arrived in my former hometown, Washington, D.C., in 2005. I’ve…