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After rough 2016, making journalism great again
The White House looked lost in a late evening mist, as if a mere onlooker to the bleachers arising for the upcoming presidential inauguration. Off in the distance, early sounds of New Year’s revelry could be heard from the roof deck at the W Hotel, the buzzing crowd outside the Old Ebbitt Grill, and theRead moreWhat Congress needs is a good cigar
I had just found a much better word for the transition in another op-ed and was already leapfrogging to write a “wow” finish when I heard from outside my window “oh-oo-oor, oh-oo-oor, oh-oo-oor.” There on the ledge — as if it were summer — was Coco and some friends, my pigeon buddies. Their feathers buffetedRead more
The Old Geezer returns, thank goodness
After a few years of absence, sadly, the Old Geezer returns with all his wisdom to help me understand in my traditional end-of-year column: There are automatic lights where my office is now. You walk in the room, the lights come on. Then, if there is no movement for a period of time, they go out.Read more
