BEIJING — What began as a goodwill trip to China for the Georgetown men’s basketball team turned violent Thursday night, when its exhibition game against the Bayi Rockets deteriorated into a melee during which players exchanged blows, chairs were thrown and spectators tossed full water bottles as Hoyas players and coaches headed to the locker room at Olympic Sports Center Stadium. (more)
As politicians from both parties try to pass the buck on the looming budget crisis, Democrats and Republicans had no problems passing the ball during Wednesday’s Home Court charity basketball game. (more)
Buddy Cianci once beat a man up with a log of firewood and an ash tray. Later, he went to jail for five years on charges of racketeering conspiracy. But the crowd at Café Milano in Georgetown on Tuesday night had nothing but smiles for the man, who was also the longest-serving mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, and who is credited with cleaning up Providence and making it the vibrant city that it is today. (more)
ABC’s upcoming drama, “Georgetown” has cast “Gossip Girl” heartthrob Kevin Zegers for one of its leading roles, making him the fourth “Gossip Girl” veteran to join the new show. (more)
“Georgetown,” the upcoming ABC drama that aims to be a “primetime soap about young people behind the power brokers of D.C.”, won’t actually be filmed in the District, reports DCist. (more)
As I reported earlier today at FrumForum, Richard Holbrooke, the Obama administration’s special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, has died. (more)
Add this to Fran Dunphy’s seemingly endless list of accomplishments: 400 career victories. (more)
In the new issue of City Journal, Christopher Hitchens observes that there has never been a literary masterpiece about Washington, D.C. Despite a history with “Advise and Consent” and efforts by Gore Vidal and Henry James, the nation’s capital has never produced a classic novel. As Hitchens sees it, D.C. is a town with a lot of social and political color that no one has managed to capture with timeless brilliance. (more)
TheDC’s Austin Lewis visits Georgetown’s Martin’s Tavern to discuss the potential return of the estate tax and the worries that it causes for some family-owned businesses. (more)
Washington (CNN) — Authorities have arrested two Georgetown University students and another person in connection to a suspected drug lab found inside a dormitory Saturday morning, D.C. Metro police said. (more)
Bradley Cooper tried to dispense wisdom in a speech at Georgetown, his alma mater, last week. But mostly, the students just wanted articles of his clothing. (more)
On Monday, The Daily Caller began revealing its Ranking of America’s 50 Best Colleges. We encourage you to check out our methodology and the reasons why our college ranking is uniquely definitive. (more)
Despite what you may think, Dhimmicrats are not Democrats. A dhimmicrat is a Western official who uses his position of power and influence to clear the pathway for the spread of shariah–the law they have in Saudi Arabia. Dhimmi is the Arabic word for the low status person–all non-Muslims–who live under sharia. (more)
John Podesta is a distinguished Washington insider. He is currently the president of the liberal Center for American Progress, and previously served as co-chair of Barack Obama’s presidential transition team (2008-2009) and White House chief of staff for Bill Clinton. Podesta is also a visiting law professor at Georgetown. (more)
During the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, FEMA Administrator Michael “Brownie” Brown got a lot of flak from the mainstream media for, well…everything. Some of it was deserved and some of it was little more than mendacious piling-on, but all of it was intense and it lead to Michael Brown’s resignation from FEMA mid-Katrina response. The media is extremely powerful in this country, and what the press coverage of the latest disaster to hit the United States—the BP oil spill—proves is that the media wields this power very selectively. (more)
Just when it looked like the economy was finally getting better, last Friday’s jobs report was a real bummer. The expected gain in employment never showed. Simply put, most companies weren’t anxious to add jobs; it was just smarter to add overtime—less hassle. The problem was their overconfidence in the employers and little so for those looking for work. (more)
The last time we saw Jon Favreau, Barack Obama’s speechwriter extraordinaire and the White House’s designated fratstar, we caught him copping a feel of then-Senator Hillary Clinton at a party we weren’t invited to. Wait, that was a cardboard cutout, not Hillary in the flesh? Could have fooled us from the picture. (more)
When the U.S. Senate passed its vast financial overhaul bill last Thursday, suddenly the lights went out in Georgetown and across the river in equally tony McLean, Va. The area’s inhabitants, an incredible 3,000 lobbyists and lawyers, plus their army of foot soldiers—caterers, public relation pros, pollsters, plus secretaries and receptionists—were heading for the unemployment lines. (more)
Winning over the Washington policy establishment is an art mastered by certain clever foreigners over the years. It requires basic charm and wit, a convincing narrative, understanding the Beltway worldview, mastering its lingo and skills to communicate it effectively. After fulfilling their agenda in the U.S. capital, these masters often move on and evolve according to political convenience, even turning on their friends in Washington if required. (more)
The Bush administration’s policies on terrorist detentions were contentious, but Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan likened them to those of a banana republic. (more)
