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

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February 20, 2010 Media / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

Rexwood Garst and the darker side of ‘meritocracy’ in journalism, politics and other fields

In The Solomon Scandals, I have a little fun with a hyperspecialized Yalie named Rexwood Garst, a reporter at a

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February 14, 2010 The Solomon Scandals

A Valentine’s Day lesson from P. G. Wodehouse

Carly is asleep now, but I know my first order of business when she wakes up. Happy Valentine’s Day! V

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February 9, 2010 GSA / The Solomon Scandals

Martha N. Johnson: GSA’s new leader vs. dirty politics—the ‘Solomon Scandals’ angle

A sad and bizarre update: Here. Margo Danialson, Oberlin B.A., is reporter Jon Stone’s partner in crime or anti-crime in

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February 2, 2010 The Solomon Scandals

Why I feel like Billy Pilgrim: ‘The Solomon Scandals’ as a time-warpy book

Was it Jerry Ford or Jimmy Carter who sat in the Oval Office when I finished the original draft of

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January 30, 2010 The Solomon Scandals

‘The Rothman Scandal’: What’s good for the Solomons is good for…

Beth Solomon of TheGeorgetownDish is a good sport about the existence of a D.C. novel with a villain named Solomon:

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January 25, 2010 The Solomon Scandals

Chapters 1-3

Foreword By Rebecca Kitiona-Fenton, Ph.D., of the Institute for the Study of Previrtual Media Just what to make of my

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January 24, 2010 Media / Washington area life

Truth or PR spin? W. Post’s Dana Milbank fires back at TNR’s ‘Apocalypse’ analysis of L Street

Firing back at the New Republic’s Gabriel Sherman, Dana Milbank at the Washington Post is spot on when he says

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January 23, 2010 Lorain, Ohio / Politicians

‘Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins’: My Q. & A. with playwright Margaret Engel

A black mongrel dog scampers across the stage, “dragging a leash and a canoe paddle.” Her owner yells for the

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January 20, 2010 Media / Washington area life

Three ways to save the Washington Post: A few ‘Post Apocalypse’ musings from Alexandria

My old friend used to handle some PR matters for a union in Northern Virginia, and people still pick his

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