De-Trumping America: A few lessons from my ride with Muhammad
The Uber driver—let’s call him Muhammad—was from Afghanistan. “So,” I asked, “how do you feel about Donald Trump?” I wasn’t
Tag: Washington Post
Smart move: The Grahams’ spin-off of The Washington Post
Jack Shafer, the Reuters columnist, wrote last year that Graham family should spin off the Washington Post newspaper from the
The life and death of the chain-smoking editor
How could I have written a newspaper novel like The Solomon Scandals without a chain-smoking editor? Kamikaze levels of tobacco
Sell Washington Post to Michael Bloomberg? Not so crazy an idea
The New York Times, whether on global warming, the newest iPad or corruption in Mongolia, outdoes the Washington Post all too
On Sally Quinn, money, power, bipartisanship and my inner Veblen
Sally Quinn-bashers have once again been at work—ridiculing an essay headlined Sally Quinn announces the end of power in Washington.
‘Scandals’ and the Deep Throat fuss
The inspiration for The Solomon Scandals novel came in part from my real-life investigation of the late Sen. Abraham Ribicoff’s
If WaPo wants Apple-slick X…
The Solomon Scandals site has just ditched an older, more cluttered look in favor of a sleek new one. You’ll
‘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
‘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
David Rothman at Large 