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The Solomon Scandals novel, politicians, the media, the Washington area, tech and other surrealism:

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April 19, 2012 GSA / Politicians / Sen. Ribicoff / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

JFK’s murdered mistress: Insider’s book alleges CIA role

On CIA matters, The Solomon Scandals is fiction—not about what happened, but what could have happened. To this day we still don’t know the

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April 17, 2012 GSA / Media / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

Beyond GSA ‘crats at play: Scrutinize office leasing

Tax dollars at work, GSA style Angry taxpayers are buzzing over the organizational “culture” at the General Services Administration, the

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April 2, 2012 GSA / The Solomon Scandals

Mind reader and clown helped kill GSA leader Martha Johnson’s job

”Among the other expenses were $3,200 for a mind reader, $6,300 on a commemorative coin set displayed in velvet boxes

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September 3, 2010 Building collapses / GSA / Sen. Ribicoff / Skyline Plaza / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

The Solomon Scandals novel vs. online gossip about Skyline Towers and the intel community

The Solomon Scandals is a novel, but two actual events helped inspire it and are the topics of online gossip

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September 1, 2010 GSA / Washington area life

The Solomon Scandals’ bureaucratic setting—a few decades later

Much of The Solomon Scandals is about conflicts between friendship and duty. A rickety high-rise may tumble as a result,

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February 9, 2010 GSA / The Solomon Scandals

Martha N. Johnson: GSA’s new leader vs. dirty politics—the ‘Solomon Scandals’ angle

A sad and bizarre update: Here. Margo Danialson, Oberlin B.A., is reporter Jon Stone’s partner in crime or anti-crime in

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January 4, 2010 GSA / Sen. Ribicoff / Skyline Plaza / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

A tale of two obituaries—plus wisdom from J.Y. Smith, first official editor of the W. Post obit desk

You regulars already know my complaint. For whatever the reason, Washington philanthropist Robert H. Smith enjoyed a free ride from

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October 31, 2009 GSA / The Solomon Scandals

The nuts and bolts of bribing a bureaucrat—or at least the guy in the photo

How to bribe a corrupt bureaucrat? No need for cash in brown bags. In The Solomon Scandals I tell of

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September 18, 2009 GSA / The Solomon Scandals

‘The Solomon Scandals’ vs. Dan Brown’s latest, ‘The Lost Symbol’: Same city, different books

Tip: You can add us to your RSS feeds and receive free updates like this one. Dan Brown’s new bestseller,

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