The Sunday before any national election is always a landmark day for Washington Post editors and writers—it means they already know, months in advance, what the main feature in the paper's Outlook section will be. For 15 election cycles, Outlook has been home to the Crystal Ball Contest for predicting results.
This year's edition ran last [...]

Jon Stewart has everyone in town (including, yes, Washington City Paper) in a bit of a tizzy this week, between the weekend Rally to Restore Sanity and the Daily Show tapings in Chinatown. But it's not the first time the funnyman has come through town and caused a stir.
Remember that infamous October 2004 episode of [...]

Another Blockbuster Video location is closing. With the once-mighty national chain shuttering its Adams Morgan location on Columbia Road, the District will be only left with one store, on 8th Street SE on Capitol Hill.
While Prince of Petworth reacts with "Woah, Big Adams Morgan News," Blockbuster's closure isn't really that big a shock, now is [...]