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

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September 14, 2011 BRAC-133: The Quarter Pentagon / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

$1B+ Quarter Pentagon bungle makes Time Magazine

The terrorist-friendly Quarter Pentagon, the twin towers formally known as BRAC-133, has made Time Magazine. Time depicts the 6,400-worker complex

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August 23, 2011 Politicians / Washington area life

Earthquake irony for Rep. Eric Cantor

Video by rhidoyakash California, not the Washington, D.C., area, is where  Americans go if they want to flirt with the

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June 28, 2011 Building collapses / Media / Publicity / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

How to ‘Scandalize’ your book group—either the online or in-person kind

The Solomon Scandals is fiction—a mix of suspense, tragedy and satire—but more than a little history lurks within in it.

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June 4, 2011 Politicians / Washington area life

The John Edwards campaign finance indictment: Should my almost-neighbor go to jail?

From ABC News Rachel “Bunny” Mellon, a multimillionaire benefactor of John Edwards, slipped him hundreds of thousands of dollars without

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June 3, 2011 BRAC-133: The Quarter Pentagon / Media / Washington area life

‘Conde Nast Maidens’ vs. grubby defense workers as terrorist bait

Terrorists must love the Quarter Pentagon, aka BRAC-133, just off I-395 here in Alexandria, Virginia. We’re talking about 6,400 defense

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May 3, 2011 Media / Politicians / Skyline Plaza / Washington area life

E-trends and other fun for book people to mull over: A mix of reckless and not-so-reckless predictions

Note: This is an expanded version of my talk to the Washington Biography Group on Monday at Washington International School.

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April 21, 2011 BRAC-133: The Quarter Pentagon / Politicians / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

Quarter Pentagon’s bomb vulnerabilities accidentally revealed: Idiots! Almost as bad as bungles in ‘The Solomon Scandals.’ Any ideas for BRAC-133, Mr. Trump?

Update: Jim Moran has since told me there was no quid pro quo, that the real estate developer's contributions were

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April 17, 2011 BRAC-133: The Quarter Pentagon / Politicians / Washington area life

If Quarter Pentagon is attacked with missiles? Beware, minions. You’ll be working closer to the outside—while the biggies get the safer center offices

Everything inside me is hoping that no one attacks the towers of BRAC-133, aka the Quarter Pentagon (which unfortunately will

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January 7, 2011 Politicians / Washington area life

Blue vs. red neckties in Washington—and the best scenario: Kill off ties

In The Solomon Scandals,  my Washington novel, a reporter says he became one so he wouldn’t have to strangle in

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