I perform at a piano bar. The most requested song might surprise you.
Jesse Rifkin is a piano bar performer in D.C. The highlight of my week remains the same, every week. I...
December brings great rap albums. Accept the gifts.
I was made aware of the new 21 Savage album two weekends ago when a midsize Toyota pulled up to...
She spent the war planning to stay in Gaza. Now she is ready to leave.
Against all odds, Diana Shams was planning to celebrate her daughter Rose’s third birthday at home. After they had been...
New science points to 4 distinct types of autism
When Marc and Cristina Easton’s son was diagnosed with autism at 20 months, the Baltimore couple left the doctor’s appointment...
You probably don’t need to have your HVAC ducts cleaned. Here’s why.
Maintaining clean air ducts in your home seems like something you should do. But although air ducts do get dirty,...
How pets healed us this year
If you have a pet, you know their healing properties. If you don’t, there’s well-documented science to back it up....
Technology can’t kill this popular Midwestern bar game
MINNEAPOLIS — After working the graveyard shift, a security guard wearing a Santa hat, glasses and a white beard drove...
States invest in child care more than ever to help parents with rising costs
When Raelyn Scholl returned to work after having a baby, it was with a peace of mind foreign to many...
New study sheds light on a beneficial compound found in coffee and chocolate
If you enjoy dark chocolate or coffee, or both, you may be benefiting from a substance found in these products...
Trump’s farmer bailout caps tough year for loyal constituency
Mike Phillips has spent the past year reconciling his vote for Donald Trump with the uncertain future of his farm...
As 2025 slinks offstage, at least that’s something to cheer about
What Samuel Johnson said of Milton’s “Paradise Lost” can be said of 2025: No one ever wished it longer. As...
Polarization comes for the piano bar
Jesse Rifkin is a piano bar performer in D.C. The highlight of my week remains the same, every week. I...
Don’t sell out persecuted Christians and activists to a diabolical dictatorship
Daniel Swift is a senior research analyst for the Center on Economic and Financial Power at the Foundation for Defense...
Pope Leo speaks about Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan in his first Christmas address
In his first Christmas Day address, Pope Leo XIV highlighted conditions in Gaza, saying its inhabitants “have nothing left and...
D.C. can spend more on housing, rental assistance and health care, CFO says
The D.C. government will be able to devote more money next year toward affordable housing preservation, emergency rental assistance, DNA...
