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December 15, 2009 Media / Washington area life

Molly Ivins, ‘Red Hot Patriot’: A play and a bio—and some ‘Scandals’-style uppitiness

The late Molly Ivins, subject of a new biography, as well as a forthcoming play called Red Hot Patriot, never

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December 3, 2009 Media / Washington area life

‘Caste and class at the Washington Post’

More than a little hatred of the Internet lingers among certain elite journalists, and not just over copyright issues or

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November 7, 2009 The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

A WASHINGTON novel

The Solomon Scandals blog comes out of Alexandria, Virginia, just across the Potomac from D.C., and the novel itself is

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November 2, 2009 Politicians / Publicity / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

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

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September 26, 2009 Charles Smith / Media / Politicians / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

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

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September 12, 2009 Politicians / The Solomon Scandals / Uncategorized / Washington area 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

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January 29, 1997 Uncategorized / Washington area life

Harry Edward Rothman’s Eulogy (Archived Item from 1997)

Dad was born in Manhattan on September 28, 1910, to Max and Dora Rothman. Max was a house painter and

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