The Inaugural, Max Headroom Style
It felt like I should go down and see the inaugural today since I'm a D.C. resident. But "seeing" is not quite what happened. Amid the crowds, the immense security…
Welcome to Mt. Pleasant, Paula Broadwell!
What a surprise that the one person everybody wants to talk to about the Gen. Patreus situation, Paula Broadwell, has apparently been holing up in her brother’s house here in…
Watching the Votes Come In
Most presidential elections were not like they way they are now. They’d count the votes and announce them over the radio, or print them in the newspaper, or scrawl the…
Ancient Coins and Paul Ryan
While writing a story recently about the artistic tastes of the presidential candidates for the Washington Post, I started looking into the collecting habits of their running mates as well.…
Maybe There’s Just More Material There
It’s not clear which jobs would be plentiful if Mitt Romney gets elected. But comedy writers would apparently have it easy. A new study by the Center for Media and…
On Tonight: Reliving the Cuba Missile Crisis
It was fifty years ago this week that the world was on the brink in a way it had never been before – a superpower confrontation that threatened global annihilation…
Remembering George McGovern
George McGovern, who died Sunday at 90, was a decent guy, an anti-war candidate with a crackling, plain-spoken voice – the perfect guy for a recent high school graduate to…
Obama Joking and Not in New York
Barack Obama was on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” Thursday, but he wasn’t too funny. Actually, the appearance of world leaders on late night talk shows hardly ever produces…
Bruce Back on the Campaign Trail
Bruce Springsteen changed his mind about sitting out the current political season, sending a letter to fans explaining it, and taking to the stage in Parma, Ohio and Ames, Iowa…
Springsteen to Campaign for Obama
After a fall concert season where Bruce Springsteen didn’t mention the presidential race in his concerts and didn’t even remind fans to vote, the Boss abruptly changed his tune Saturday,…