Washington’s Sweeping Crime Wave Exposes The City’s Distorted Priorities

I live mere feet from a military installation in Washington, D.C., yet someone had little qualms with entering my car and rifling through it last week in an attempt to find something of value. Thankfully, nothing was stolen — because I don’t leave anything in my car worth stealing — and my vehicle incurred no damage.

Such is life in the nation’s capital these days. The concerns about crime, both big and small, pervade the populace, caused in no small part by a series of flawed policies on both the local and national levels.

Consider these news stories just from the first four months of 2024:

CVS announced that a store plagued by rampant theft would close in late February; staff at the

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