DC DISPATCH w/ Sara Corcoran

IN THE SENATE - H.R. 5525 of the 117th Congress is the ENABLERS Act—an acronym for Establishing New Authorities for Businesses Laundering and Enabling Risks to Security.

DC DISPATCH – (This interview was conducted in 2020 before the untimely death of my husband Anthony Schinella, aka Spooky.

You may be counting the hours and minutes until August 31, 2021, but a word of caution in what you wish for.

VOICES-In response to an October 29, 2020 CityWatch opinion piece about DxE, counsel of DxE informed us of the following: No grooming allegations have ever been made against DxE or anyone in its leadership, neither in the Berkeleyside article referenced in CityWatchLA’s piece nor anywhere else, apart from a single, not credible allegation by what is termed as a ‘high-profile accuser.’

DC DISPATCH-Originally, this column was going to be about an animal rights group staging a high-profile protest at a Los Angeles-area meat packing facility.  

DC DISPATCH-Collective eyebrows have been raised across several industries as the government discloses just who received those Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans/grants, and education providers are no exception.

DC DISPATCH-With a global pandemic and civil unrest testing the seams of the United States, our higher education system is also experiencing a wave of systemic change.

DC DISPATCH-It was only a few weeks ago -- although it now seems like a different age -- that I began preparing my return to graduate school using an online distance learning platform rather than an in-person classroom.

D.C. DISPATCH-Many Americans have been spending the quarantine glued to Bing’s Covid-19 tracker to monitor global and local progress against the invisible enemy and listening to our President’s endlessly meandering and misinformed briefings.

DC DISPATCH-In a White House Press Conference this week, Dr. Anthony Fauci cautioned the American public on the dangers of allowing the coronavirus to "rip" through our society unabated.

DC DISPATCH-Zvi Ryzman (photo below, left) recalls laughing a bit the first time he heard about asbestos litigation involving barber shop talcum powder, just because “it didn’t make any sense, asbestos was building and construction.” 

DC DISPATCH--Last night the seven Democratic candidates for President took to the stage in Charleston, SC for a rematch following the brawl and sprawl of the Nevada debate.

DC DISPATCH-At the risk of going all-in on the "as a..." culture , it's time to report on my quest to return to graduate school as a mid-career professional who has no intention of stepping away from my work-life for any serious amount of time.

DC DISPATCH-As the top six Democratic presidential candidates took the stage at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada the party had two main objectives: to confirm the front runner and to eliminate the candidates who lack the electoral support and resources to produce a strong showing on Super Tuesday where 1,357 delegates are up for grabs. 

DC DISPATCH--On January 31, 2020, the United States Senate handed Donald J Trump a crown and scepter. Republicans voted 51 to 49 to table a motion and denied the House Managers the chance to present witnesses and documents, thus rendering the trial a meaningless sham.