On Aug. 3, 1963, former Washington Post publisher Philip Graham, having struggled with severe bouts of depression for at least five years, went into the bathroom of his family farm near Marshall, Va., and committed suicide with a 28-gauge shotgun.
Four months prior, the 48-year-old Graham had delivered a famous and oft-quoted speech to Newsweek correspondents [...]
WJLA-TV is reporting an "escalated response" to today's suspicious package at 19th and F Streets NW, which had authorities tied up for five hours, sealing off several square blocks surrounding the World Bank and parts of the George Washington University campus.
Some witnesses may have even heard a "small explosion," according the local ABC affiliate's Jennifer Donelan, who describes the overall level of police response [...]
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli just won't let anyone get sexy, will he? First, he wanted state universities to end discrimination protections for gay people, and now he's even making Roman goddesses more modest.
The Virginian-Pilot reported Saturday that the seal on Cuccinelli's staff pins is different from the one usually used by the state. While [...]
Whoa, dude, are you high? Or did D.C. City Council really vote in favor of legalizing medical marijuana yesterday? I wonder: Does the new law cover writer's block?
Adam Eidinger, for one, thinks it's all a bad trip. The former Green Party candidate for Shadow Senator Representative and co-founder of Capitol Hemp says city lawmakers really need [...]
Sally Jenkins classied up the City Desk comments section last night, coming in after a post by Editor Erik Wemple to admit that she understands why folks other than her bosses don't want her writing so many stories about Lance Armstrong.
But Jenkins took a short break from the confessional to say that in a previous [...]
A few hours ago, The Washington Post finally got around to addressing the latest matters concerning Councilmember Marion Barry's questionable use of contracts. Barry's camp has repeatedly stated that the hiring of his girlfriend Donna Watts-Brighthaupt was not illegal. This time, the Post gets Barry to brag that he'd do it all over again. Or [...]
Some cancellations to report:
First and worst: Boxer Jimmy Lange's scheduled July 25 fight in Greensboro, N.C., is off. A Lange spokesman told me over the weekend that the cancellation, first reported by the great local boxing clearinghouse boxingaroundthebeltway.com, came "out of the blue" after North Carolina authorities refused to sanction Lange's opponent, Jimmy LeBlanc. Lange's [...]
Somebody sent me a link today to the Billy Ripken Fleer card from 1989, one of the most famous baseball cards of all time, if not one of the most valuable. All because of what's written on the end of his bat.
Ripken's stunt card turns 20 years old this season. What a stir that was! [...]
A report on Fox 5 news last night opened with footage of folks at an unnamed swimming pool, then a voice-over started cataloging all the dangers you risk by wading in the water, starting with bug bites and sunburn and total body paralysis, before getting to the really bad stuff.
"One out of 5 Americans admitted [...]
The Redskins announced last night they'd hired Larry Weisman of USAToday. Does this mean Dan Snyder cares about improving his relationship with the media? Or just one more signal that every good newspaperman's now going or already gone to PR or government? Or both?
Seems like a great hire. Weisman's been writing about the NFL for [...]
Late last week came the news that editors at the Washington Post had discontinued Dan Froomkin's popular White House Watch Web-only column after a five-and-a-half-year run.
This wasn't just another media-personnel story for the trade publications. The act of a powerful news organization cutting off the head of a Bush-bashing media figure gave the Internet [...]
When Red Sock Rocco Baldelli hit a home run with two outs in the ninth and his team down, 9-1, the roar coming over the radio from Fenway South was enough to drown out Dave Jageler's call and make you think somebody on the home team just hit a walkoff HR.
The Sox fans not only [...]
It's been looking for a while like Dan Snyder's going to have trouble filling his stadium come football season. But a Beatle could be just the ticket Snyder needs.
Shortly after Paul McCartney and Snyder announced a few days ago that the ex-Fab would be playing FedExField on August 1, the Redskins posted an offer on [...]
Paul McCartney is coming to Washington! Well, Raljon, anyway: He's playing on August 1 at the home of the Redskins, FedExField. Tickets go on sale next week.
Back to me: Yesterday's press release announcing the show featured two testimonials of McCartney's greatness, from Dan Snyder...and "Dave McKenna."
Snyder got quoted ("I've been a fan of Paul's all [...]
Uh Oh. Looks like organizers of the Redskins "Ultilmate" Tailgate Party, whose ambitiousness was, well, breathtaking, have started removing pages from the web invitation.
The party was allegedly scheduled for August 29 at RFK and was going to bring together 20,000 fans (paying $25 to $12,500) and at least one dead Redskin.
When you click the invitation [...]
