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    Eyes Wide Shut redux: DSK back in jail

    FEBRUARY 21, 2012 7:53AM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: washington, lille, prostitution, sex, paris, france, dominique strauss-kahn, dsk

    • Editor's Pick
    • 33 Ratings
    • 2089 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    My Washington: Not so tawdry, rather lovely

    JANUARY 27, 2012 2:42PM

    By Mary Stanik


    Topics: washington, d.c., armani, john glenn, jackie kennedy, national gallery of art, half-smoke, lincoln memorial, reflecting pool

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 2097 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Glen Smalley Died in December on the Floor

    DECEMBER 20, 2011 10:24AM

    By BetsyRath


    Topics: family, geneaology, influenza, history, kansas, true story, ohio, washington

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 975 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Who Is Making Congress Look Bad?

    OCTOBER 15, 2011 11:15AM

    By MuddyPolitics


    Topics: democrats, gop, washington, conservatives, tea party, congress, president obama, barack obama, mitch mcconnell, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 1496 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    The 9/11 generation at university: Will they find hope?

    SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 11:49AM

    By Mary Stanik


    Topics: washington, students, hope, university of minnesota, pentagon, 2001, september 11

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 1820 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    Plutocrats Win. Flawless Victory.

    AUGUST 1, 2011 12:56PM

    By Kemstone


    Topics: washington, social security, republicans, politics, plutocracy, obama, medicare, democrats, debt ceiling, debt, corporate power, congress, 2012 election

    • Editor's Pick
    • 46 Ratings
    • 1259 Views
    • 75 Comments
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    I Heart DC

    JUNE 29, 2011 7:38AM

    By Joan H.


    Topics: bea, aim, library of congress, tourist season, national gallery, the capitol, dc, washington, i heart tourists, you could fry an egg on the sidewalk

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 1325 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    The fight over America's national debt

    APRIL 25, 2011 10:06AM

    By Waleed Malik


    Topics: debt ceiling, washington, fight, debt, united states

    • Editor's Pick
    • 55 Ratings
    • 1517 Views
    • 69 Comments
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    Spring in the Bishop's Garden

    APRIL 5, 2011 6:46AM

    By Joan H.


    Topics: dc, washington, bishop's garden, national cathedral

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 2136 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Boiling the Middle Class

    MARCH 10, 2011 9:20AM

    By Kemstone


    Topics: budget, chris christie, citizens united, collective bargaining, corporate power, defense, deficit, democracy, education, koch industries, medicare, middle class, politics, protests, scott walker, social security, subsidies, taxes, unions, washington, wisconsin

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 1116 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    Fin de siecle, and then some!

    JANUARY 5, 2011 5:18AM

    By old new lefty


    Topics: politics, economy, dc, washington, the economic cycle, fred astaire & ginger rogers, percodan, kinky friedman, hunter s. thompson

    • Editor's Pick
    • 26 Ratings
    • 1100 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Jon Stewart and I went to the National Mall

    OCTOBER 30, 2010 6:42PM

    By the traveler


    Topics: photography, politics, comedy, economy, feminism, dc, washington, mall, rall, stewart

    • Editor's Pick
    • 103 Ratings
    • 3633 Views
    • 113 Comments
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    Rally To Restore Sanity (My Day in Pictures)

    OCTOBER 30, 2010 5:41PM

    By Joan H.


    Topics: i was too far away to even see them, jon stewart, d.c. stephen colbert, washington, rally to restore sanity, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1975 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    How Liberals Can Send the Right Message this Election

    SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 8:01AM

    By Kemstone


    Topics: 2010 elections, alan grayson, democrats, liberals, politics, russ feingold, washington

    • Editor's Pick
    • 48 Ratings
    • 3680 Views
    • 49 Comments
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    Revealing Photographs

    AUGUST 9, 2010 10:20AM

    By Stephanie Tames


    Topics: make, family, news, open+call, photography, politics, memoir, new york times, washington, dc

    • Editor's Pick
    • 48 Ratings
    • 1829 Views
    • 69 Comments
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    My Slice of America: Washington, D.C.

    JULY 5, 2010 6:26PM

    By Joan H.


    Topics: d.c. my kind of town, washington, open call, america

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 2591 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    It’s About Smart Ideas, Stupid

    JUNE 14, 2010 4:16PM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: jimmy zuma, atwater, reagan, republican primary, lawsuit, arpaio, sheriff, maricopa, mexican, justice statistics, crime, government, mexico, customs, border patrol, hereford, douglas, naco, nogales, mexicans, mexican horde, john mccain, senator, border fence, immigration, press corps, washington, white house, president obama, strategy, southern, brewer, governor, arizona

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 3486 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    Assisted Suicide — Murder or Mercy?

    APRIL 24, 2010 4:41PM

    By Ellen Hawley Roddick


    Topics: billy joel, brooke shields, montana, oregon, washington, seattle, san francisco, philip nitschke, dr. death, ozzy osborne, sharon osborne, sir terry pratchett, cancer, alzheimer's disease, dr. jack kevorkian, final exit, euthanasia laws, euthanasia, assisted suicide, open call, hbo_jack, mercy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 78 Ratings
    • 2309 Views
    • 89 Comments
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    Tulipalooza

    APRIL 8, 2010 12:11PM

    By Sparking


    Topics: tulips, tulip festival, skagit valley, skagit valley tulip festival, 27th annual skagit valley tulip festival, mt. vernon, la connor, washington, travel, open call, environment, spring flowers, photography

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 6005 Views
    • 74 Comments
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    President Obama: Clear As Black and White

    APRIL 7, 2010 3:29PM

    By Mary Ann Sorrentino


    Topics: politics, example, integrity, bill clinton, nixon, washington, lincoln, us presidents, hinesty, dna, whites, blacks, obama, census, race

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