Below The Beltway

Two weeks left, two and 1/2 games back:
NEW YORK (AP) -Back on the field in time for the stretch drive, Mike Mussina and Doug Mientkiewicz are helping the New York Yankees try to chase down Boston.
Mussina limited Baltimore to three singles over seven innings, Mientkiewicz hit a three-run homer and the Yankees beat the [...]

Today, Senate Democrats failed to round up the sixty votes needed to move the legislation forward:
Republican lawmakers today blocked the Senate from taking up the D.C. vote bill, dealing a major blow to the District’s most promising effort in years to get a full member of Congress.
The vote was merely on whether to begin action [...]

Even if it’s crappy content from the New York Times:
The New York Times will stop charging for access to parts of its Web site, effective at midnight tonight.
The move comes two years to the day after The Times began the subscription program, TimesSelect, which has charged $49.95 a year, or $7.95 a month, for online [...]

Apparently, O.J. Simpson is a criminal thug:
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) — Prosecutors said they anticipate filing charges “within the next few days,” against O.J. Simpson and other defendants in an alleged armed robbery involving sports memorabilia.
A third suspect was arrested in connection with the Thursday incident at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino Las Vegas, [...]

Last night, I had the privilege of spending some time with several guys who I’d only known through blog posts and email, and a good time was had by all.
It all started because Brad Warbiany, a/k/a The Unrepentant Individual, and one of the many co-bloggers over at The Liberty Papers was coming into the D.C. [...]

It was 220 years ago today that the Constitution was signed by it’s drafters in Philadelphia:
What’s the most important day in American history? Most of us would answer the Fourth of July. But think about today, Sept. 17.
For on this date in 1787, the convention in Philadelphia completed work on one of the greatest [...]

On Tuesday, the bill that would give the District of Columbia voting representation in Congress faces it’s toughest test yet:
For the first time in almost 30 years, the full Senate plans to take up the D.C. voting-rights issue in a showdown Tuesday that could either give the legislation a strong push or kill it for [...]

There were several sports pundits who thought that Ohio State’s matchup against Washington would prove to be their downfall.
Boy, were they wrong:
SEATTLE (AP) — Usually stoic in his scarlet sweater vest, Jim Tressel was jumping around the sideline.
In the huddle, normally low-key Todd Boeckman barked at his Ohio State teammates, as the quarterback making his [...]

Nobody really thought the Norfolk State Spartans were much of an opponent for the Scarlet Knights, and, in the end, they were right:
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) -No. 13 Rutgers produced the biggest second quarter in the school history, and all it needed was 11 plays and 91 seconds to amass 277 yards and score 42 [...]

The New York Times has a surprisingly positive piece today marking the upcoming 50th anniversary of the publication of Ayn Rand’s magnum opus, Atlas Shrugged:
One of the most influential business books ever written is a 1,200-page novel published 50 years ago, on Oct. 12, 1957. It is still drawing readers; it ranks 388th on Amazon.com’s [...]