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January 1, 2011 Politicians / Washington area life

E-books vs. movies and other streamed media: Which should be first priority at Library of Congress?

With so many local libraries facing cutbacks, the case for a well-stocked national digital library system grows stronger each day.

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December 17, 2010 Media / Washington area life

Politics and Prose bookstore: A role model for the Washington Post, with potential Post-Kaplan synergies?

Something bizarre is happening at Politics and Prose, and perhaps a few other bookstores in the Washington area—and therein may

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December 13, 2010 Media / Politicians / Washington area life

Junk economics or the Onion? $250K a year barely enough for family of four in pricey cities, says Fiscal Times, a Washington Post partner

Does the Washington Post want to be an opinion rag for the rich or serve Washingtonians and Americans as a

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December 11, 2010 Politicians / Washington area life

R.I.P., Elizabeth Edwards: The almost-neighbor I never met

Of course. ”The wrong Edwards ran for president.” Elizabeth Edwards abounded with the positives, especially moral ones, that I found

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December 11, 2010 Media / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

Washington Post update: iPad app still shines, Sally Quinn gets honored, and I remember the darker side—the Post’s role in Gary Webb’s suicide

Do Ben Bradlee and other Washington Post luminaries actually use the iPad app they touted in one hoot of a

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November 13, 2010 Politicians / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

Out of ‘The Solomon Scandals’? Arrests of Prince George’s County exec and his wife—complete with $79.6K hidden in her underwear and perhaps $100K flushed down toilet

For The Solomon Scandals I created a fictitious Virginia county with fictitious crooks. Across the Potomac River in Maryland, I

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November 9, 2010 Media / Washington area life

Video ballyhoos promising iPad app for the Washington Post, stars Bob Woodward, Ben Bradlee & friends

";” alt=””> The Washington Post’s iPad app is finally out. No, The Product isn’t quite the equal of the rival

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November 3, 2010 Media / Washington area life

Washington Post hyperlocal launch expected in the ‘late spring,’ Post source tells me

So what’s “close”—the word that a TBD headline used in describing the Washington Post’s hyperlocal launch”? Psst! A Post source

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November 3, 2010 Media / Washington area life

Extra-hyperlocal editions of the Washington Post may debut soon—with lessons learned from the Loudoun County debacle

Update, 7 p.m.: Looks as if "close" is late spring 2011. – D.R. I hated the Washington Post’s hyperlocal edition

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