DC Dispatches

In the District of Columbia Tax Day traditionally brings out local activists who wish to highlight for the resurgent masses of tourists and the media the plight of the local citizens: true taxation without representation. DC Statehood and representation activists typically call up the image of the Bostom Tea Party in making this point, but [...]

Catholic anti-war demonstrators marched on the White House today, setting off at noon from St. Matthew’s Cathedral. Today’s action was part of their observation of Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent and a tradition with a theme of repentence. A flyer being handed out quoted Pope Benedict XVI as saying “Christ needs apostles ready [...]