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A Rabbinic Take On 'All the President's Men'

Rabbi Herb Cohen | Posted 05.19.2013 | Religion
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Rabbi Herb Cohen

Woodward and Bernstein seem like two Talmud study partners who continually probe each other to ascertain the truth. Each questions the other, and is unafraid of challenging or criticizing his friend.

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Obama May Not Be Immune To 'Curse' Phenomenon

The Washington Post | Posted 05.12.2013 | Politics
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Recent events suggest that the 44th president may not be immune to the phenomenon that historians call the "second-term curse." ...

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The Boston Investigation: The Story of Citizens and Technology

Deborah Stambler | Posted 04.23.2013 | Technology
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Deborah Stambler

If we think of an investigation as uncovering and pulling together the pieces of a narrative, then the investigation into the Boston bombing has a multiplicity of voices, perspectives and, in this case, images.

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White House Apologizes for Putting Horse's Head in Bob Woodward's Bed

Spencer Green | Posted 04.30.2013 | Comedy
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Spencer Green

White House spokesman Ronald Gilliott commented, "How Mr. Woodward interprets a bloody horse head and that note as a threat is beyond me."

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The Awkwardest Interview Ever?

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 02.12.2013 | Media
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Washington Post writer/Bloomberg columnist/MSNBC contributor Ezra Klein is one of the stars of the media world — but that doesn't mean that being pr...

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Dethrone Filibuster King McConnell

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 02.09.2013 | Politics
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Leo W. Gerard

Mitch McConnell, the minority leader of the U.S. Senate, has for six years wielded the filibuster as a weapon in his rebellion against a founding principle of the United States of America -- self-governance by majority rule. The majority must seize back control.

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Journalism’s Most Powerful Couple

Posted 11.18.2012 | Black Voices
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As part of HuffPost BlackVoices weekly series counting down the top eight power couples of the year, we present “BV Power Couples.” Each week we w...

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Reinventing the Model for Solving Global Ills - Six Lessons from the Clinton Global Initiative 2012

Joan Michelson | Posted 12.03.2012 | Business
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Joan Michelson

How do we make solid, faster progress in solving the world's most intractable problems?

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The Legacy Of Ben Bradlee.. The Irritation Of Bob Woodward.. The Fabulousness Of Barbara Carroll

Liz Smith | Posted 11.13.2012 | Celebrity
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Liz Smith

In "Yours in Truth," we get Ben Bradlee in all his charismatic in-charge sex appeal and dynamism, we get Katherine Graham and she gives total good value as an amateur who rose to the occasion, we get Carl Bernstein who could write and report in a manner his partner Bob Woodward couldn't.

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In Afghanistan, Soccer Or Civil War?

www.washingtonpost.com | David Ignatius | Posted 08.04.2012 | World
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Gaze into the murky crystal ball at Afghanistan’s future after the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops: The country is fragmented, intense rivalries pi...

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Fifth Graders Correct Mistake In WaPo Titanic Story With 'Adorable' Letter

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 07.13.2012 | Home
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After publishing an April roundup post of Titanic books, Washington Post contributing editor Dennis Drabelle received the most adorable correction eve...

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Washington Post Managing Editor To Step Down

AP | Posted 08.25.2012 | Media
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post Managing Editor Elizabeth Spayd plans to step down at the end of the year after the 2012 elections. ...

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Liz Spayd, Washington Post Managing Editor, To Exit Paper

Politico | Posted 06.22.2012 | Media
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Washington Post managing editor Elizabeth Spayd is eyeing the exits. Sources familiar with the matter tell POLITICO that Spayd, who became the Post...

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What Happened To Conservatives' Care For Community?

The Washington Post | Posted 05.26.2012 | Politics
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To secure his standing as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney has disowned every sliver of moderation in his record. He’s m...

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What the Washington Post Missed

Ken Blackwell | Posted 07.14.2012 | Media
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Ken Blackwell

Last week, the Washington Post produced a front-page story with the news of Mitt Romney leading fellow preppies in cutting the bleach-blond hair of a student at their school. Okay. Let's say it's relevant. Here are some of the stories the Post did not think relevant.

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Painkiller Association Closes As Senate Launches Probe

ProPublica | Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber | Posted 05.09.2012 | Business
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A version of this story was published in The Washington Post.As the U.S. Senate Finance Committee launched an investigation Tuesday into makers of nar...

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Is Minority Voter Registration Really Declining?

Michael P. McDonald | Posted 07.24.2012 | Politics
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Michael P. McDonald

To understand my contention that The Washington Post's analysis is flawed, I must explain how the voting and registration questions are asked.

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A Blatant Cover-up of Corrupt Practices at the Federal Reserve by Its "Independent" Inspector General

Robert Auerbach | Posted 06.18.2012 | Business
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Robert Auerbach

Chairman Burns' stonewalling to keep the Fed from being caught in the Watergate scandal was extreme undue political interference. Inspector General Mark Bialek's report bypasses this information that was made available to him.

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WATCH: Federal Employee Raps About Agency's Lavish Spending

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.06.2012 | Business
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If you're a federal employee, it may be best not to rap about your agency's lavish spending, or you "rolling on 20s, yeah, in my G.O.V." And yes, G.O....

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Jason Linkins

The Washington Post Should Probably Alert Readers To Changing Terrible Light Bulb Math

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.13.2012 | Media
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Washington Post staff writer Peter Whoriskey did his level-best last week to ridicule the Department of Energy for bestowing it's "L Prize" -- a "cont...

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Union Makes Major Charge Against The Washington Post

Posted 11.22.2011 | Media
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The Washington Post Guild accused the paper on Tuesday for unjustly laying off employees and targeting employees of color. The Guild claimed that t...

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Federal Employees Paid Less Than Private Sector

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 01.07.2012 | Business
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Federal workers make more than a quarter less than private sector employees doing similar jobs, according to a recent study. Federal employees mak...

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Chris Dodd: Wall Street Launching 'False Attacks' Against Financial Reform

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 12.25.2011 | Business
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A key author of financial regulatory reform is fighting back against a powerful chorus of critics. Former U.S. Senator Chris Dodd, the co-author of...

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Did The White House Press Office Snub The Washington Post?

FishbowlDC | Betsy Rothstein on October 24, 2011 11:30 AM | Posted 12.24.2011 | Media
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This morning WhiteHouseDossier.com's Keith Koffler casts the White House press office in a dark light as he writes about the "petty treatment" WaPo al...

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D.C. Council Has Security Remove Reporters From Meeting

The Huffington Post | Michael Grass | Posted 11.22.2011 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- The cranky relationship between some District of Columbia officials and the local press corps became more cantankerous on Thursday when ...

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