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June 3, 2011 BRAC-133: The Quarter Pentagon / Media / Washington area life

‘Conde Nast Maidens’ vs. grubby defense workers as terrorist bait

Terrorists must love the Quarter Pentagon, aka BRAC-133, just off I-395 here in Alexandria, Virginia. We’re talking about 6,400 defense

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October 21, 2010 Media / Washington area life

Washington Post iPad app due by year’s end: Slate-ish layout someday?

If I ruled the world and the Washington Post, you would have been able to read the paper on a

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September 10, 2010 Media / The Solomon Scandals

Don’t just worry about ‘books,’ Jack—worry about libraries, indie stores, e-formats and DRM

Jack Shafer, the Slate “Press Box” columnist, is mourning the “fallen status” of the traditional paper book, which he thinks

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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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