I have been rooting through huge amounts of memorabilia for the past several days; four old suitcases and four large boxes to be exact.
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Sullivan Signs With Notre Dame
George Mason High School track and cross country star Susanna Sullivan signed a Letter of Intent on Tuesday to accept a scholarship from the University of Notre Dame.

Swenson Sets Sail: Falls Church Youth Competes in Elite Netherlands Regata
The waves on the Netherlands’ Lake Braassemermeer were calm, but the sky was not as cooperative, sending hail stones down on 11-year-old Kendall Swenson of Falls Church as she sailed her dinghy across the foreign waters.

Press Pass: Joe Purdy
Six years of writing, 10 albums of original music. Six of those albums have debuted in the last two years. It’s a dizzying pace that makes the Energizer Bunny look like a three-toed sloth after a Tylenol P.M. It’s also the sort of songwriting speed that makes claims like this […]
The Peak Oil Crisis: Looking at 2008
Let’s start with the obvious. Unless something very bad happens this year – a big meteor strikes the earth, a good sized war in the Middle East, or a major sabotage operation– we are likely to consume another 31 billion barrels of oil or, as we call it these days, […]
The Best of Press Pass 2007
The feedback is in. We scanned the pages of Press Pass for the entirety of 2007, snagging only the best songs from each of the bands and artist to grace this page in the past year. The result is a playlist that is guaranteed to get you through to 2008. […]
The Peak Oil Crisis: Issues
As 2007 winds down, it is good time to review some of the major issues that those of us following the peak oil story are watching closely.
Nicholas F. Benton: Bush the Idealist Ignores the NIE
The rush to explain the genesis and process that led to the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran’s nuclear program, released this week and a major embarrassment to the Bush administration, needs more time to become clear. This development constitutes an intervention of the first degree against an otherwise inevitable cascade […]
Dowd On Drinks: New Wine From an Old Bombshell
Joan Lucille Olander earned her first public attention at age 15 when she was named Miss Palm Springs, Calif.
Our Man In Arlington
Last Monday evening, Arlington Democrats joined together once again for their annual Golden Gala at the home of Tom Sawner and Bettina Callaway near Washington-Lee High School.