For 30 years, Nora Ephron told everyone her knowledge of the most famous anonymous source in the history of American journalism. But it wasn’t until 2005 that people realized she was right.
Jun 09, 2012
40th Anniversary of Watergate
The 40th anniversary of Watergate is next week. Several events will commemorate the investigation that led to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon.
Jul 17, 2007
Marion Barry. You Can’t Hold A Candle To Him…
Mayor-For-Life Marion Barry continues to amaze us. Not only is he utterly untouchable by the long hand of the law, but he is an amazing politician; he just keeps getting elected to practically anything for which he’s run. Now, he’s even won a race he wasn’t actively campaigning for: Barry (or his likeness, rather) was selected to fill the last slot at the forthcoming Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in Penn Quarter. The museum, which will…
Feb 04, 2005
Some Woodward and Berstein Watergate Notes Revealed
The University of Texas at Austin is opening to the public today part of their collection of the notes created by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein during the Watergate scandal. The University of Texas purchased the notes for $5 million in 2003. The documents include the image to the right, the first page of Bob Woodward’s notebook from the preliminary hearing for the men arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee…