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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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April 10, 2011 Media / The Solomon Scandals

Torn between two e-books? Go for the one without Digital Rights Management, if forced to choose. DRM is the ‘Scandal’ of e-publishing.

In character, one of Rob Pegoraro’s last “Faster Forward” columns for the Washington Post is on Digital Rights Management, aka

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August 21, 2010 The Solomon Scandals

The new question: How did the false rape allegations happen against WikiLeaker? Any governments responsible?

Update, 11:41 a.m. and after: Well, that was fast. The Swedes have withdrawn the warrant for Julian Assange, saying the

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July 31, 2010 Media / Politicians

Gore sex probe dropped in Oregon: A NONscandal, without sufficient follow-up in the Washington Post and Politico

Skimpy little items in the Washington Post and Politico, on the end of an Oregon inquiry into the sex charges

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June 25, 2010 Politicians / The Solomon Scandals

Al Gore’s ‘scandal’: Sex attack claims from Oregon masseuse are dodgy so far

Oh, the temptation to do a Moliere act here, despite the sweetness visible in the wedding photo from so long

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October 31, 2009 GSA / The Solomon Scandals

The nuts and bolts of bribing a bureaucrat—or at least the guy in the photo

How to bribe a corrupt bureaucrat? No need for cash in brown bags. In The Solomon Scandals I tell of

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June 4, 2009 Media / Politicians / Sen. Ribicoff / The Solomon Scandals

The Jonathan Stone-David Rothman Q. & A.

Jonathan Stone, the reporter in The Solomon Scandals, grilled me for this Q. & A.—uncut. STONE: Why’s Scandals copyrighted in

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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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November 29, 2008 The Solomon Scandals

Scandals’ origins

Blame The Solomon Scandals on my lack of ESP. Oh, to have read the minds of the people whose lives

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