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February 22, 2009 Media / Politicians / The Solomon Scandals

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

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February 14, 2009 Media / The Solomon Scandals

Will politicians grow more crooked if newspapers dwindle in number and influence?

How good are newspapers as corruption-fighters or -preventers? As noted in The Brass Check, a Chicago Tribune reporter actually tried

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January 22, 2009 Media / Politicians

‘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,

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