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June 4, 2011 Politicians / Washington area life

The John Edwards campaign finance indictment: Should my almost-neighbor go to jail?

From ABC News Rachel “Bunny” Mellon, a multimillionaire benefactor of John Edwards, slipped him hundreds of thousands of dollars without

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June 2, 2011 The Solomon Scandals

Overview of ‘The Solomon Scandals’ novel—a trade paperback from Twilight Times Books

Ever wonder why our politicians, business leaders, and media figures so often disappoint us, and what happens after the scandals?

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June 1, 2011 Truman dog quote

Truman and the ‘Get a dog’ quote—or nonquote

Did Harry Truman really say, “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog”? Or maybe “buy a dog”?

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May 16, 2011 Media / Publicity

‘Tabloid City’ vs. ‘The Solomon Scandals’: A quick, friendly comparison between Pete Hamill’s newspaper novel and mine

Pete Hamill is out with Tabloid City, a New York newspaper novel commanding its share of pixels, column inches and

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April 25, 2011 Media / The Solomon Scandals

Writer’s tiny N.Y.C. apartment: Comfy or scary? I say it’s a mix. Time for Felice Cohen to try e-books as a space-saver?

";” alt=””> Felice Cohen is happy here. I’m not sure if I’d be, although I envy her ability as an

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April 21, 2011 BRAC-133: The Quarter Pentagon / Politicians / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

Quarter Pentagon’s bomb vulnerabilities accidentally revealed: Idiots! Almost as bad as bungles in ‘The Solomon Scandals.’ Any ideas for BRAC-133, Mr. Trump?

Update: Jim Moran has since told me there was no quid pro quo, that the real estate developer's contributions were

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April 15, 2011 BRAC-133: The Quarter Pentagon / The Solomon Scandals

High-profile $1B Quarter Pentagon is potential terrorist-bait and one of many reasons why Washington might screw over the young, the old, and the sick

Update: Jim Moran has since told me there was no quid pro quo, that the Indiana real estate developer's contributions

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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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March 29, 2011 Media / The Solomon Scandals

Aided by Kindle Review rec and 99-cent sale, ‘Solomon Scandals’ zoomed to 1K rank at Amazon out of 850K

For years, as founder and editor of TeleRead, I complained of e-book gouges by big publishers eager to protect their

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