A modest proposal

A lot of people have been talking about how Chevy Chase Bank (full disclosure: my bank) is paying $20 million for 25-year naming rights to…

Serious on Syria

More than 1,200 green and white flags dotted Hornbake Plaza this week – each representing a dozen lives lost in the Syrian revolution – in…

Kicking ass and taking names

In Kick-Ass, the latest movie from director Matthew Vaughn (Stardust), many of the basic superhero story beats are covered: the origin stories, the disposable henchmen,…