Good-bye, Sen. Kennedy
My protagonist, Jon Stone, gave me a good grilling about the actual investigation that inspired The Solomon Scandals. Among those
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From Bob Dylan to D.C.’s white-collar crooks: U.K. music site’s 3,000-word Q&A with David Rothman
Pennyblackmusic, a U.K. music site, has just posted a 3,000-word Q&A with David Rothman. Here’s the start. Can Bob Dylan
Scandals is fiction, but in real-life outrages, D.C. is catching up
The Solomon Scandals is fiction, but Washington is doing a great job of catching up. The latest scandal out of
The Jonathan Stone-David Rothman Q. & A.
Jonathan Stone, the reporter in The Solomon Scandals, grilled me for this Q. & A.—uncut. STONE: Why’s Scandals copyrighted in
Chapters One, Two, and Three—samples
Chapter One Wendy Blevin’s obituary in the Washington Telegram ran only 578 words—a notably miserly length. As much as anyone,
‘About politics’: Is it or isn’t it? Plus three political novels recced on NPR
All the King’s Men has long been my favorite political novel. But is Robert Penn Warren‘s masterpiece truly about politics?
A ‘snarky’ critique of modern humor? What would Saul Alinsky have thought? Or Lewis Carroll?
Several kinds of snarks exist in Lewis Carroll‘s poem The Hunting of The Snark (free online). Certain of these creatures
‘Watchdogs are dozing’ in D.C., say two Politico writers
The Solomon Scandals, begun 30 years ago on an ancient electric typewriter, is partly about unsavory ties between the press,
Two Chicagoans: President Bullard vis-a-vis Obama
Both are self-made men from Chicago—intellectual politicians with law degrees. And like me, both are on the liberal side. No
David Rothman at Large 