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9/11: The day America changed
September 11, 2001: A clear, crisp fall day in Washington, DC, and New York. I was shooting a routine photo assignment in the District when my Blackberry went off. “Explosion…
A life well lived
When Ethel McPeak graduated from Willis High School in 1941, she knew she wanted more out of life than some of her classmates. So she and her best friend Gaynor…
Pissed Palin pans Fox News for pulling plug on planned punditry
Up oh. Sarah Palin’s pissed at her current employer — Fox News — and she’s letting the entire world know it. And the woman who became a national embarrassment to…
Demoralized Republicans descend on a convention city threatened by actual and political storms
Election battle-weary Republicans descended on Tampa, Florida, over the weekend, bringing with them a tsunami of emotions from a primary race that left many exhausted and few satisfied with the…
Sex, booze, drugs and the naked truth about members of Congress
It’s no secret that members of Congress get drunk, screw around and do stupid things. They always have and they always will. Power is a natural aphrodisiac. “Washington is basically…
Living large and wild on taxpayer-funded Congressional junkets
A report about a drunken night in Israel where several Republican members of Congress, including at least one wife and one daughter along with several staff members, consumed way too…
Dirtiest campaign of all time? Not by a long shot
At some point in every Presidential campaign, someone starts wringing their hands and declares the political rhetoric “toxic” and concludes that this is “the dirtiest campaign in history.” Which, of…
Lies, damn lies and Presidential politics
Here’s a newsflash for you: President Barack Obama’s campaign is run by double-dealing, lying scumbaags. Nah, strike that. It’s not news when a Presidential campaign lies. Presumed GOP candidate Mitt…
We know the American political system is broke, but does anyone have any idea how to fix it?
My maternal granddaddy was a Southwestern Virginia mountain man, raised in the Blue Ridge. The only time he ever left his beloved mountains was to fight in World War I.…
Mitt Romney: Empty suit, empty mind
Every day, some right-winger bombards the offices of Capitol Hill Blue with the outlandish claim that Mitt Romney is somehow qualified to be President because he is a good businessman.…
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