Hollywood, D.C.

  • Congress Does YouTube

    Move over Barney. That cute Barney Cam of you and Miss Beazley running all over the Bush White House is so declasse. Even that footage of you, with your terrier temper, biting a reporter, has fallen from favor. Change is in the air, and there’s a new animal cam making the rounds in Washington. No,…

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    Johanna Neuman

  • Soldiers Get Star Treatment

    Celebrities are pouring into Washington at a record rate, arriving to goody bags in high-end hotels (The Ritz in Georgetown is offering a red-white-and-blue package of Michelle Obama’s shortbread cookies) and occasional autograph-seekers in hotel lobbies. The biggest challenge for many is which of the 80 inaugural events to go to – from the Green…

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    Johanna Neuman

  • Battling Ennui at the FCC

    When Julius Genachowski takes over as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, he’s got a lot on his plate. The president’s former Harvard Law chum, and a major player in the Obama digital campaign revolution, has, like, issues. There’s the digital TV deadline. The thorny commerce v. populist problem of network neutrality. The political hot…

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    Johanna Neuman