Sunday, August 30, 2009

Reflections on an Election in Gabon

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Today voters in the Central African country of Gabon will go to the polls to elect a successor to President El-Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, who ...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

A Glimpse of Richard Nixon and Ted Kennedy

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Courtesy of the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, a glimpse into how the Nixon White House approached Senator...
Monday, August 24, 2009

Summer Carnivals

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“Everything being a constant carnival, there is no carnival left,” said Victor Hugo. While not wishing to contradict the novelist who gave ...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

‘When I’m Bad I’m Better’

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Here is my review of Dirty Blonde , now playing at Signature Theatre in Arlington . This review is scheduled to appear in The Metro Herald ...
Thursday, August 13, 2009

Yale University Press Cowers Before Thugs

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Many readers, especially those concerned with free speech issues, in particular, and civil liberties, in general, will remember the worldwid...

Interview with Eric Brescia

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At a Log Cabin Republican picnic in Alexandria on Sunday, I had an opportunity to meet Eric Brescia , the GOP nominee for an open seat in th...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Israel's 'Tragic Paradox'

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Somehow I missed commenting on the murders and mass assault in a gay youth center in Tel Aviv earlier this month. Israelis have not let the ...
Monday, August 10, 2009

Daniel Radcliffe and The Trevor Project

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Daniel Radcliffe, the rapidly maturing, title-role star of the series of movies based on J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels , is putt...
Thursday, August 06, 2009

Ferry Godmothers

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On page 40 of the 1994 book, Virginia Trivia , by Ernie & Jill Couch, we find this Q&A: Q: What is the last pole-powered ferry in Vi...