[Ed Note: Bill Adler is a NowPublic Guest Editor. He is currently on a voyage to Antarctica; these are his voicereports].29.11.07 Go here to listen to the voice report.This is Bill Adler calling from the...
created by Bill Adler | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 3322 views | 54 recommendations | 9 comments
Here at NowPublic Global HQ, we were pleased to see the work of Bill Adler make it to CNN's Situation Room. Regardless of whose side one takes in the TSA/sippy-cup story, it's quite telling to see a site like...
created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 731 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
As a writer I'm accustomed to receiving letters and emails about my books. Some are good, some less so. But these letters pale in comparison to the rants, missives and simply hateful things that people have sent to me. I can only imagine what Monica Emmerson's inbox looks...
created by Bill Adler | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 2586 views | 2 recommendations | 10 comments
The story of Monica Emmerson and her 20 month-old son has reverberated across the web.UPDATE: The TSA has posted its own version of events to its website. An account of this is here. Many are outraged at the...
In the ongoing battle over whether or not Cosi, a cafe, should be permitted in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington, DC there are few people without an opinion. By a nearly 2 to 1 margin, neighbors who...
created by Bill Adler | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 2273 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
One of the most notable and historic restaurants in Washington, DC, Yenching Palace, will be closing for good on June 10th. Yenching Palace opened in 1955.Yenching Palace, located on Connecticut Avenue, NW just...
created by Bill Adler | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 2822 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
This isn't an article about trends; it's simply a snapshot from a single day's crime report in Washington, DC. Here are four items of note from the Second District of the Metropolitan Police Department. These reports were all compiled on May 25, 2007. These four police...
created by Bill Adler | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 1086 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
Two unrelated items that appeared in a local crime report in Washington, DC stick out as being related. These incidents are for the week ending May 25, 2007. Police report #1"Robbery occurred in the 3400 block...
created by Bill Adler | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 612 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
In the District of Columbia residents and businesses are required to recycle paper, bottles and cans. And recycling is very popular -- residents enthusiastically separate their recyclable material from their...
created by Bill Adler | 2 years ago | updated 1 year ago 4189 views | 15 recommendations | 2 comments
You can never find a cop when you need one goes the familiar refrain. So why do Washingtonians complain when they can find a cop easily? In the District of Columbia, police cars have white flashing lights on all...
created by Bill Adler | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 5890 views | 7 recommendations | 1 comment