Wonkette operatives say Dupont Circle is a madhouse after a U.S. Parks cop shot and killed a dog. MORE »

* Because short stretches of asphalt are just like children — the beat-down Dupont Circle underpass will be rehabbed, and good as new, in nine months. [Free Ride] MORE »

* DC owns the half-smoke! Extra chili and double extra liquid cheese, please. [NPR via Unrequited Narcissism] MORE »

Surprisingly, even the right has problems with re-naming 16th Street “Ronald Reagan Boulevard,” over at The Corner Mark Krikorian called it “statism at its worst” and John Podhoretz opined that it “would embarrass Reagan himself,” all arguments that should please the 100 percent or so of Washingtonians who are Democrats. More than one cabbie of ours has insisted that our actual destination was National Airport; forced to drive on Reagan Boulevard, we imagine they’d be finding some creative alternative routes. MORE »