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September 29, 2012 Lorain, Ohio / Media

The life and death of the chain-smoking editor

How could I have written a newspaper novel like The Solomon Scandals without a chain-smoking editor? Kamikaze levels of tobacco

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July 25, 2012 Media

Q&A with The Atlantic’s James Fallows, author of ‘China Airborne’

Alexis de Tocqueville helped demystify the America of the 19th century even though he was a visitor rather than a

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July 19, 2012 Media / Washington area life

Sell Washington Post to Michael Bloomberg? Not so crazy an idea

The New York Times, whether on global warming, the newest iPad or corruption in Mongolia, outdoes the Washington Post all too

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June 24, 2012 Media

Traffic booster for big news sites? Reader-Writer Dialogue Boxes?

What counts more for Web-era writers of news or opinion? Coming up with snappy, credible, well-researched articles? Or improving dialogues

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June 1, 2012 Media / The Solomon Scandals

Onswipe for iPad pretties up WordPress: Some glitches

While this site exists partly to plug The Solomon Scandals novel about old-time newspapering, it’s also an experiment in online

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May 30, 2012 Media / Politicians

Cal Thomas on U.S. scandal #1 or close to it

Cal Thomas, the conservative columnist, isn’t ready yet to call our war in Afghanistan a scandal despite raising some excellent

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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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January 16, 2012 Media / The Solomon Scandals

Newspapers as factories: Video of 1970 film

The presses still roll at thousands of newspapers throughout the world, but for how long? And meanwhile this video from

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October 29, 2011 Media / Washington area life

If WaPo wants Apple-slick X…

The Solomon Scandals site has just ditched an older, more cluttered look in favor of a sleek new one. You’ll

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