Ah, springtime has arrived in Washington, D.C.The National Cherry Blossom Festival is under way. The cherry trees, 3,700 of them given to America by the Japanese in 1912, are in full bloom.It reminds me why Americans are so wary of Washington.In the spring of 1999, you see, some culprits had been chopping down cherry trees.The National Park Service, in a [Read More]