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May 9, 2011 Media / Politicians

‘Hillary Clinton deemed too sexy for Jewish newspaper’—so it zaps her from White House photo

Actually, any woman would have been too sexy in this case. In line with its no-females-in-photos rule, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish

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May 3, 2011 Media / Politicians / Skyline Plaza / Washington area life

E-trends and other fun for book people to mull over: A mix of reckless and not-so-reckless predictions

Note: This is an expanded version of my talk to the Washington Biography Group on Monday at Washington International School.

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May 2, 2011 Politicians / Uncategorized

Osama bin Laden’s death is a military triumph, all right—but how secure are we if dumbed-down U.S. high school students think ‘Al’ Qaeda is a person?

Almost to the day, 66 years ago, on April 28, 1045, Mussolini’s enemies shot him and kicked and spat on

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April 21, 2011 BRAC-133: The Quarter Pentagon / Politicians / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

Quarter Pentagon’s bomb vulnerabilities accidentally revealed: Idiots! Almost as bad as bungles in ‘The Solomon Scandals.’ Any ideas for BRAC-133, Mr. Trump?

Update: Jim Moran has since told me there was no quid pro quo, that the real estate developer's contributions were

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April 17, 2011 BRAC-133: The Quarter Pentagon / Politicians / Washington area life

If Quarter Pentagon is attacked with missiles? Beware, minions. You’ll be working closer to the outside—while the biggies get the safer center offices

Everything inside me is hoping that no one attacks the towers of BRAC-133, aka the Quarter Pentagon (which unfortunately will

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January 25, 2011 Politicians

LibraryCity starts up to promote idea of well-stocked national digital library system for all Americans, not just the elite

The “L” word was “Library,” and the place where I’ve been blogging lately is the new LibraryCity site, promoting the

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January 24, 2011 Politicians

The L word—and where I’ve been blogging lately

Hints: I don’t mean “liberal.” Also, the topic is staid but rather important. Frequent visitors to the Solomon Scandals site

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January 9, 2011 Media / Politicians

Gabrielle Giffords shooting: A few words on rightwing politicians, media ranters, the McKinley assassination, and William Randolph Hearst

So how does it feel, Sarah Palin? You put gun sights on a map showing the congressional districts of Gabrielle

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January 7, 2011 Politicians / Washington area life

Blue vs. red neckties in Washington—and the best scenario: Kill off ties

In The Solomon Scandals,  my Washington novel, a reporter says he became one so he wouldn’t have to strangle in

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