A VETERAN OF WATERGATE EXAMINES CLINTON’S WHITE HOUSE
On the day the Senate took up the suspect collection of FBI files by the Clinton White House, Sen. Fred Thompson recalled running into me at the Goodman Theatre's 1990...
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MILKEN’S LOBBYING EFFORT A STUDY IN DEMOCRACY FOR HIRE
In Hollywood, as Michael Milken surely would know, it's called The Pitch. A screenwriter walks into a studio executive's office and outlines an idea for a film. It must be...
PANEL THROWS GOVERNMENT A CURVE ON ACCESS TO CODES
It's safe to say the White House response to an esteemed panel's conclusions on a matter critical to your privacy and safety was simple: Dam. As in Kenneth Dam, University...
THE BEAT GOES ON: POLITICAL SEASONING OF REP. SONNY BONO
Suffering from Whitewater fatigue, I was on the verge of something stimulating: lunch at the Four Seasons Hotel with Rep. Salvatore Bono of Palm Springs. Alas, Sonny called Friday morning...
NAVY’S DOUBLE STANDARD FOR BRASS HELPING TO SINK MORALE
Follow the money, the all-knowing Watergate source nicknamed "Deep Throat" told Woodward and Bernstein. Focus on the admirals, a Navy leader counseled Greg Vistica nearly 20 years later. The latter...
THE STRANGE ODYSSEY OF MARION BARRY CONTINUES
When Marion Barry returned to work last week, he told his Cabinet that public expectations of elected officials are just too high. "We ought to be able to have the...
REPORTER QUITS TO CRUSADE FOR BETTER POLITICAL COVERAGE
If Paul Taylor ultimately helps improve American democracy, the republic should be grateful that a politician's marital infidelity dampened a journalist's professional ardor. The television networks are being shamed into...
WHETHER TRAGIC OR TRICKSTER, BARRY IS DAMAGING THE CAPITAL
The NBC station here brought viewers a rich moment Thursday, proving again why local TV news is one of our century's most entertaining, if journalistically and ethically lax, creations. Jim...
IMMIGRANT STUDENTS IN D.C. LEARNING A DIFFICULT LESSON
IMMIGRANT STUDENTS IN D.C. LEARN HARD LESSON Sitting in a languid, virtually empty school cafeteria, Simon Kingpo summed up his version of the American Dream late Thursday and, unwittingly, the...
SPY AGENCY’S GIFT OF BULBS ILLUMINATES D.C.’S CASH CRISIS
It's not known if Eleanor Holmes Norton does windows, but it is now sadly clear that she does light bulbs. If New York is the City that Never Sleeps, Washington...