Today is the 16th birthday of the oldest of my four children. He is a bright, outgoing and well liked young man who has begun to move beyond me and the small circle of our family and community. He spent the summer doing two different internships on Capitol Hill and working as a lifeguard the […]

In the front section of The Washington Post, I read an interesting poll conducted by the Post on the percentage of people that believe in love at first sight- broken down by sex, age and political party, (very important here inside the beltway).
When the people who were polled were asked this question, they responded with […]