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June 21, 2010 Media / Politicians

Tony Hayward’s secret diary: On pelican meat, yachting and transparency in American politics

Jonathan Stone, the reporter in The Solomon Scandals, has located a few entries from the secret diary of Tony Hayward,

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May 10, 2010 The Solomon Scandals

Oily Gulf of Mexico: Singer Steve Forbert’s witty warnings—and a grim vision from a ‘polar cities’ artist

Could the Big Slick in the Gulf of Mexico be musician Steve Forbert’s career break, after years of kneejerk comparisons

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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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