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

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December 9, 2014 Washington area life

Greener pastures for Rashad Young, Alexandria’s $266.5K city manager: D.C., beware

Rashad Young, hired at $245K and now paid $266,508 a year, is leaving as Alexandria’s city manager to become city

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November 16, 2014 Media

Zelig and the art of winning a Pulitzer: Q&A with J. Ross Baughman, photojournalist

Imagine you’re with the Secret Service. A young Ohioan calls up and says he’ll be joining the Nazi Party. “I

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January 15, 2014 Media / Politicians

In search of ’Wooden Watermelons’ and true Net neutrality

Searching for Wooden Watermelons is a sweet indie flick about a bright 20-something in Beaumont, Texas, who is puzzling out

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January 9, 2014 The Solomon Scandals

‘Solomon Scandals’ book-signing Jan. 18

Decades before the ABC-TV series Scandal or House of Cards on Netflix, The Solomon Scandals existed in manuscript form—a quirky

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August 30, 2013 Washington area life

Carlos the Bat: Up Close and Personal

I named him Carlos, after a Miami–Dade politician with a bat-crazy miserliness toward public libraries. Our winged friend paid us

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August 5, 2013 Media

Smart move: The Grahams’ spin-off of The Washington Post

Jack Shafer, the Reuters columnist, wrote last year that Graham family should spin off the Washington Post newspaper from the

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February 6, 2013 The Solomon Scandals

‘House of Cards’ and ‘Scandals’

Enjoying the gritty depictions of Washington power players in the fabulous House of Cards series on Netflix? Then you might

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December 20, 2012 Uncategorized

2013? Bring it on. To hell with superstition!

Never mind fiscal cliffs, or the fact that the real danger isn’t a Mayan-style apocalypse but a nuclear one (with

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December 11, 2012 The Solomon Scandals

‘Scandals’ paperback and e-book bundled for $16.95 at re∙reads

A new local bookstore and Twilight Times Books, publisher of The Solomon Scandals, are teaming up to offer the e-book

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