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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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December 6, 2010 Politicians / The Solomon Scandals

Leonardo DiCaprio may convert to Judaism: Five reasons for President Obama to do likewise (satire alert)

Groucho Marx once said any club that would admit him wasn’t worth joining. Marx was Jewish, of course, as am

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May 2, 2010 Building collapses / Lorain, Ohio / Skyline Plaza / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

Kent State Massacre 40 years later: ‘Get set!’ ‘Point!’ ‘Fire!’ orders said to be in enhanced recording

Four Kent State University students—including Bill Schroeder, an ROTC cadet whose funeral I wrote up for the Lorain Journal—died 40

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March 10, 2010 Lorain, Ohio / Media

Google IS killing newspapers—but not in the way you might think

I mourn the decline of traditional newspapers, like The Telegram in The Solomon Scandals, despite their many flaws. How many

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March 2, 2010 Lorain, Ohio / Media / The Solomon Scandals

‘What Would Google Do’ with my old steeltown newspaper in Lorain, Ohio? Here’s what I’D do.

Related: Media critic James Fallows and Google News’ Josh Cohen will discuss digital-era journalism tomorrow, Wednesday, at 6:30 p.m., in

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January 22, 2009 Media / Politicians

‘Watchdogs are dozing’ in D.C., say two Politico writers

The Solomon Scandals, begun 30 years ago on an ancient electric typewriter, is partly about unsavory ties between the press,

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December 20, 2008 Politicians

Two Chicagoans: President Bullard vis-a-vis Obama

Both are self-made men from Chicago—intellectual politicians with law degrees. And like me, both are on the liberal side. No

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