Quest for Quiet

In the three-year Quest for Quiet, which concluded this summer, several candidates running for reelection have emerged as shining examples o...

After months of relative quiet inside the homes of those living near H and 8th Streets NE, I think the friends and neighbors now can safely ...

A quick rundown of the noise news... Council Approves Noise Bill, or Does It? [Washington Post's D.C. Wire] The D.C. Council gave final...

The District of Columbia has a new and toothless noise bill. I'm busy with work, so I'll let the Washington City Paper give you the ...

Lest any elected councilmember believes that 80 decibels inside one's bedroom is an allowable level of sound, we propose a controlled te...

"The unwilling listener is not like the passer-by who may be offered a pamphlet in the street but cannot be made to take it. In his hom...

Nobody should have the right to force loud noise--no matter the content--into anyone’s private space. District of Columbia parents and grand...

The Washington Post reports several labor union groups have banded together in a three-day advertising blitz to kill a bill that would prot...

As a journalist and former card-carrying member of the Office and Professional Employees International Union (Local 39), I’m rabidly protect...