On Sally Quinn, money, power, bipartisanship and my inner Veblen
Sally Quinn-bashers have once again been at work—ridiculing an essay headlined Sally Quinn announces the end of power in Washington.
Category: Washington area life
Why I’ll vote for Shuttleworth, not Moran (updated)
Update #1: Ethics-challenged or not, Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia's Eighth District won reelection June 12. Scroll to the end
‘Scandals’ and the Deep Throat fuss
The inspiration for The Solomon Scandals novel came in part from my real-life investigation of the late Sen. Abraham Ribicoff’s
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
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
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
Threatened Virginia post office grossed $260K in a year
Updated October 24. See note at end. – D.R. A threatened post office near Sen. John McCain’s old prep school
Postal mystery near Sen. McCain’s old prep school
Update: A link to an official postal complaint form is at the end of this post, although it might be
Montgomery County, Maryland, gives war a chance
The Montgomery County Council in suburban Washington killed a proposed resolution calling on the national government to throttle back defense
