Washington Speaks

Reviews and notices of events in Washington, D.C. including, but not limited to, the performing arts, speakers, authors, lectures, meetings, books, movies, cycling, hockey games, exhibitions, buildings, and an occasional post about other places and things.

Friday, November 27, 2020

Book review: Michael Cohen's 'Disloyal' is must-read

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Dear Michael Cohen, I waited weeks to get your book on the reserve list at the public library and told everyone  when I got in the middle o...
Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Alexandria's 'Will Rogers' is a cure for what ails us

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Will Rogers by Underwood & Underwood/Library of Congress, Wikipedia But "his" last performance on Nov. 22 is sold out.  Other...
Sunday, November 8, 2020

The day after in Washington, D.C.

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A proud moment in front of St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, Black Lives Matter Plaza, Nov. 8, 2020/ Patricia Leslie Nov. 8...
Monday, November 2, 2020

Feminine dissidents in Russia

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   Pussy Riot, Feb. 14, 2012 / By Denis   Bochkarev, Creative Commons, Wikipedia Russia has many feminist groups, but it has not been easy f...
Monday, October 26, 2020

'Boom!' Charlie Cook predicts a Biden win

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Charlie Cook Folks, the 2016 pollsters weren't all that off-key, said  Charlie Cook  on Sunday at a Zoom gathering of the Adult Forum at...
Monday, October 19, 2020

Ancient Egypt rests in Richmond

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Bust of Neilos, God of the Nile, ca. AD 100-200. Neilos was the "divine personification" of the River Nile in ancient Greece and R...
Monday, September 28, 2020

The Wall Street Journal and "anthropomorphism"

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Albrecht Altdorfer, Landscape with a Spruce   which may be confused with Landscape with Woodcutter , c. 1522 / Kupferstichkabinett Berlin/Wi...
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