The passing clouds yesterday dropped a few sprinkles that made the still-bumpy DC streets shimmer as the IndyCar racers went through their practice runs. The result this morning is bright pavement, seemingly washed clean beneath sunny skies, low humidity and nearly perfect conditions for the Big Race this afternoon. There is an energy in the […]

There was excitement in the air with a dramatic fly-over of bombers and fighters also doing work overseas. The President spoke, and took a roll around the course in the armored Beast limousine. The drivers brought that energy to the course when the green flag flew! The high-pitched whines rose over the narrow turns and […]

Rocket escorted Deirdre to the start of the festivities downtown. You can see the weather-guessers getting up to their tricks today, with the possibility of thunderstorms and showers adding a little excitement to the prospect of running at something approaching 180 MPH on Pennsylvania Avenue. They were out for the first practice laps at 9:00 […]

So, Rocket and Deirdre are off on some adventure down in the old Refuge Farm territory in Culpeper. They just announced that they would not be back until tomorrow night. You can imagine how that made things get quiet around the Conference Table. Deirdre normally has the afternoon hot meal going at least in concept, […]

By The Numbers That is what led to the numbers game in the Socotra Conference Room on the fourth floor of The Trillium in Fairfax. You may have heard us call this our “Fifteen-Minute County.” Fairfax has attracted a substantial immigrant population over the years, and immigration has become part of the argument surrounding some […]

Editor’s Note: The news this morning is trumpeting developments in Women’s Sports and a war over the roles of XX and XY chromosomes in a demonstration of the changing roles in our social structure. As the citation on Monica Lin Brown’s Silver Star denotes, there are other changes. Some of them are profound. Like the […]

There was a stirring in the Conference Room on the fourth deck of the Trillium building in Farmer Tysons Corner. There is a screen on the Socotra home page that appears after the “home” page with a global map covered with scrawls and lines. It is fairly comprehensive in the east-west direction, with occasional excursions […]

The above is what was approved last April. It is a big monument, signifying the start of a new century of national power. There has been some other activity in town that is remarkable for its energy. And for the jolts and sparks that will not settle into the usual gray legislative cycle of pale […]

This one caught Splash and Vic by surprise. they had been analyzing the five US Senate races to see what sort of mischief would be coming up. The image above shows the level of discourse that will be coming up in Michigan as they decide who will represent them in the coming struggles here in […]