"It’s outrageous for the Army Corps of Engineers to spend taxpayer money to increase water flow in a river so @VP can go canoeing when budget cuts to the National Park Service have severely impacted family vacations for everyone else."
"At 82, Christine Thynne is an emerging artist. Risk! There's a colossal amount of risk, Thynne says. She is about to perform her show, These Mechanisms, over three weeks at the Edinburgh fringe."
When I started kayaking on the Potomac River in 1995, I felt like I'd joined a secret society. No matter the month or weather, I always encountered joyful souls who couldn't resist the river's siren song.