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(Contributor) January 28, 2021 Waiting Room and Office, Rock Creek Railway, Chevy Chase Lake, designed by Lindley Johnson. Photo from a 1914 report, Capital Traction Company. From a slide donated by Robert Truax to the Chevy Chase Historical Society. CCHS 2008.144.05. Image by 200814405-EditedWEB.gif. This article was first published on June 27, 2018. We love looking back on the region’s history and wanted to share this piece with you again. When the Chevy Chase Land Company started developing land north of Rock Creek Park in 1890, it built a streetcar to connect to Washington, DC. That st...

American strategists were caught off-guard when Japan chose war -- and suicide. Here's What You Need to Know: The lessons of the run-up to World War II provide a cautionary example for U.S.-Iranian relations today. Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?  Most Americans don’t remember. Those who do probably recall the explanation taught in high school: the militaristic Japanese government planned to take over the Pacific, realized that the fleet at Pearl Harbor represented a major obstacle to that goal, and incorrectly predicted that the United States would not have the stomach to fight...

Dec 20, 2020 Geoeconomics and economic statecraft are expressions that are frequently heard. Both terms have almost the same meaning, that is, to use economic and technological power to coerce other countries to exhibit friendly behaviors or refrain from hostile activities. Thus, economic statecraft, which includes financial sanctions, has been dubbed “war by other means.” For Japan, and many other countries, it would be preferable to counter China and alter its behavior without military action. The United States and Japan, allies of advanced economies, appear to have agile state...

THE FEDERAL APPELLATE COURTS The U.S. Court of Appeals On November 23, 2020, the court, in a 2-to-1 vote, rejected the plaintiff’s request for an emergency injunction pending appeal in the case of Manzanita Band of Kumeyaay Nation, et al. v. Wolf. The majority held the requirement for such relief did not meet the requirements set forth in Winter v. NRDC, 555 US 7 (2008). Here, the plaintiffs allege that that the government’s construction of a border wall violates several environmental laws that were illegally waived by the Secretary of the Interior. Judge Millett dissented in part becau...

Yesterday. he says the gaming community is really a brotherhood, its family. people play the madden game with each other from around the country via the internet and the killer, 24-year-old david katz had won a madden tournament before. jacksonville was hosting the madden tournament regional at the jacksonville landing, and entertainment spot with bars and restaurants. the winner qualified to go to the championship in las vegas to compete for $200,000. according to the gamers inside, he was eliminated, left, and returned ten or 15 minutes later followed by ten to 12 loud pops. >> we know the s...