Congressional hearings tend to be orchestrated blends of theater and policy: heavy on anecdote, light on insight, rife with both the posturing of politicians and the faux contrition of well-rehearsed witnesses caught in a televised bull’s-eye. (more…)
In this political summer of living dangerously, Robert Dold is just one of many politicians to inspire head-scratching. (more…)
When they were medical students in India, Sushil Sheth and his friends missed a train one day because he insisted that they wait in line to buy tickets rather than board without paying, according to a childhood friend. (more…)
When I heard that President Obama on Thursday signed a disaster declaration for Cook and DuPage Counties and other parts of Illinois, I assumed it was in response to the Blagojevich verdict. (more…)
As you strain for meaning in the trial of Rod R. Blagojevich, you are left with only a portrait in garrulous banality. (more…)
The one time I dined with Dan Rostenkowski in Washington, we didn’t go to his red-meat favorite, a Morton’s steak house in Georgetown. There he’d routinely hold court with legislative chums at a table with his name affixed to a nearby metal plate. (more…)
As President Obama was back in town Thursday, in part to raise millions of dollars, Rickey R. Hendon, a k a Hollywood Hendon, was surely green with envy.
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As Rod Blagojevich’s lawyer declared to the jury during his closing argument last week, “Think about it.” He wanted jurors to consider what he thinks is self-evident about his client’s innocence. (more…)
After a decade of active duty in the Army, Robert Blagojevich knows the military definition of collateral damage. He may soon personify the legal system’s version, and unfairly so. (more…)
My past disappointments involving career, women and sports teams now recede amid the greatest frustration of all: We may never get to hear the Rahmbo-Blago tapes. (more…)
