It snowed – all of two inches – on Wednesday, which, true to form, totally paralyzed the city of Washington, D.C. As I drove downtown from my home in Great Falls, Virginia, I could not help but be reminded of something the famous Soviet KGB defector, Taris Yankivich Balsov, once told me, when I was… Continue reading There Are Ways to Make Anyone Talk
Category: Politics and Law
Bearly Legal
Sunday is the only day of the week that the only Sudanese restaurant in Washington serves Sudanese food. The rest of the week, it serves a jumble of Middle Eastern and Greek favorites, like dolmades, baba ghanouj, fattoush, tabouleh, hummus, falafel, gyros, baklava, harisa, sharwama, rabab, shish kabab and shish kifta. They also have omelettes,… Continue reading Bearly Legal
Estrogen Lobby Endorsements Unease Edwards Et Alia
He insisted on not giving his name, but the earnest young man who visited me at my office at four o’clock this afternoon didn’t keep who he works for a secret – he’s with the John Edwards presidential campaign. He was sent to consult me on a matter of vital importance to all the presidential… Continue reading Estrogen Lobby Endorsements Unease Edwards Et Alia
Push Poll Me Pull You
It’s simply glorious today here at home, the fall colors at peak and the sun shining fierce autumnal rays through them, and it was likewise a challenge to sit inside, even with a very impressive view of it all, pounding away as I was on yet another policy analysis with a short deadline. Then the… Continue reading Push Poll Me Pull You
Aqua Dots, Caution
Well, here it is, the federal holiday associated with Veteran’s Day, which was yesterday, November 11. Since that was a Sunday, everybody in Washington took today off so they could honor America’s veterans by observing our venerable national tradition of shopping all day for great bargains. Even men, who, for the most part, are not… Continue reading Aqua Dots, Caution