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

Civic-oriented Virginia blog joins TBD network—plus thoughts on W. Post and Georgetown Dish

I’ve poked at the TBD hyperlocal site for not having enough civic-oriented blogs in its network—the Washington area is heavier

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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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November 7, 2009 The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

A WASHINGTON novel

The Solomon Scandals blog comes out of Alexandria, Virginia, just across the Potomac from D.C., and the novel itself is

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April 27, 2009 Building collapses / Skyline Plaza

The Skyline collapse—and property rights vs. human life

Scandals at one level is a beach read, a mix of a thriller and novel of manners. But at another,

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December 3, 2008 Jewish topics

Scandals as a Northern Virginia Jewish novel

Jonathan Stone as an Afro-American? Because Jewish protagonists are such old hat? So suggested a buddy of mine—not an anti-semite

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November 29, 2008 The Solomon Scandals

Heart troubles: Fact-checking in the cardiac ICU, post-bypass

Cardiac worries arise in several places in The Solomon Scandals. My father’s heart attack was one of the defining moments

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