Inauguration 2009: Be Heard

With five days and counting, President-elect Obama is providing Americans with an opportunity to voice their thoughts and opinions with the incoming administration. Worried about the economy? Think health insurance needs immediate attention? Do you want the new president to focus first on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? Here’s your chance to have a say.

Share your ideas on any issue facing the new administration, then rate or comment on other ideas. The best rated ideas will rise to the top — and be gathered into a Citizen’s Briefing Book to be delivered to President Obama after he is sworn in.”

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Guns in the City

When I first learned about the Heller case, I had a feeling the Supreme Court would  strike down the DC gun law that banned handguns from homes and required that rifles and shotguns be kept unloaded or with a trigger lock.

And in the 5-to-4 decision, they did.

It’ll be interesting to see what Mayor Fenty will do next.

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In a nutshell

Happy October — or not so happy depending on your perspective. I want to know what happened to September.

I’ve got about 15 draft posts to finish editing and publish to this site. So I’ll be publishing in reverse as I complete them.

Where does all my time go?

• visited the Encompassing the Globe exhibit at the Sackler Gallery. I am enamored with armillary spheres and astrolabes.
• went to a lecture on Portugal’s Golden Age
• learned about Malta’s prehistoric temples
• spent time at the Portuguese American Leadership Council annual meeting and attended a reception at the ambassador’s residence
• visited my ancient globes, maps, armillary spheres and compasses everyday for three days before the exhibit closed (yes, I can get obsessive)
• christened the back bar of James Hoban’s on Dupont Circle with a glass of scotch
• listened to four White House press secretaries reminisce about their jobs
• learned about Timbuktu
• watched Knocked Up
• traveled to Philadelphia for the first time
• went through the King Tut exhibit at the Franklin Institute
• walked through the Amarna exhibit at the U Penn Museum
• watched The Kingdom
• stalked some of my favorite authors at the National Book Festival
• went on a diet

So how was your September in a nutshell?

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