Tony Hayward’s secret diary: On pelican meat, yachting and transparency in American politics
Jonathan Stone, the reporter in The Solomon Scandals, has located a few entries from the secret diary of Tony Hayward,
Category: Politicians
Don’t scandalize away students’ idealism: Clueful questions from history class at George Washington
Jon Stone isn’t the only one Q & A-ing me these days. At George Washington University yesterday, I answered clueful
‘Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins’: My Q. & A. with playwright Margaret Engel
A black mongrel dog scampers across the stage, “dragging a leash and a canoe paddle.” Her owner yells for the
Robert H. Smith death editorial—and the need for the Washington Post to tell the whole story
Robert H. Smith, philanthropist and Crystal City developer, gets another paean today from the Washington Post—this time an editorial, which
Oil-enriched pols vs. a green Al Gore: New York Times story unfair to ex-VP?
It’s alchemy. Take a middle-class or moderately wealthy politician and send him or her to Washington long enough. Presto! Suddenly
The Georgetown name game: Roffman, Rothman, Solomon and The Georgetowner
Two kinds of parties show up in The Solomon Scandals, my D.C. media novel: the private variety (“party-parties”) and “name-in-the-paper
Free Upton Sinclair classic tells how Wall Street manipulators can cheat the rest of us
Sy Solomon’s specialty is ripping off the taxpayers—through shoddy construction practices in an IRS-occupied building and other projects. If, however,
D.C.’s power lunchrooms: Then and now
The Solomon Scandals mentions the Sans Souci, where so many members of the D.C. elite plotted and dined. In real life
Subway etiquette and the social order: Are you a Left-Stepper, Right-Stepper or Parker?
Washington, D.C., the main setting of The Solomon Scandals, is like Hollywood or an Army base. It’s a city of
David Rothman at Large 