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Oct 23, 2012

Xbox Users Give Final Debate to Obama

Undecided voters who watched last night’s presidential debate on an Xbox said President Obama is better suited than Republican nominee Mitt Romney to handle the United States’ foreign affairs.

Sep 05, 2007

About Tonight

>> The Washington Irish R.F.C. had some early success with their attempt to bring a more laidback pub trivia night to Solly’s on U Street, so they’re back with another four weeks of trivia on Wednesdays starting promptly at 8:30 p.m. — get there early, as even though they’ve only done two of these before, it’s been packed every time. Prizes range from $25 gift cards to fancy bottles of wine, and between rounds…

Sep 04, 2007

Reader, Meet Author

TUESDAY: The experts at Baseball Prospectus are back at Politics and Prose to talk about America’s favorite pastime. Specifically, Clay Davenport and Jay Jaffe will be discussing It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over, a collection of stories on baseball’s most exciting pennant races. 7 p.m. WEDNESDAY: A recent New Yorker article commented on the controversy behind Stephen M. Walt and John J. Mearsheimer’s argument in their latest book The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy….

Jun 08, 2005

9/11 Commission Plans ‘Unfinished Agenda’ Events

In a city chock full of “newsmaking” events, there are a few we think worth pointing out. As you may have heard all of the members of the 9/11 Commission has decided to continue their work as a nonprofit organization even though they’ve issued their report. Calling themselves the “9/11 Public Discourse Project” they have scheduled a series of talks on various issues in D.C. this summer at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars….

May 16, 2005

Brainiacs in the Capital

Damn D.C., we’re all smart. Today, the Post features our city’s burgeoning intellectual institutional base, which attracts the smartest folks from every corner of the globe to our “sausage factory for the opinions and ideas of the city’s internationalists” where “there can be nearly 200 … events on a given day …” Even The New York Times has acknowledged this “egghead quotient,” in a piece by Anne E. Kornblut, written around the time the Atlantic…

 
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