Author: David Donadio

By Nov 05,2008

Waiting in line for the paper

Earlier this evening, I passed at least a hundred people waiting in line in the dark in front of an office building at Farragut Square, two blocks from the White...

By Nov 05,2008

Godspeed, Barack Obama

Barack Obama sailed to a resounding victory tonight. This election is historic for all the reasons pundits have said. It’s historic in its repudiation of the long and terrible legacy...

By Nov 04,2008

The Who

I could hardly hear the poll workers when I went to vote this morning, and had to keep asking them to repeat themselves, because Allison and I saw The Who...

By Nov 04,2008

Vageterianism

A favorite Pakistani lunch venue in Washington has a misspelling on its menu that never fails to make me laugh: Maybe it’s just their way of competing with the strip...