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3 December, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘Washington DC’

Thank God for Boring Old Henry

By Denis Campbell • Nov 21st, 2008 • Category: Innovators
 
 
by Denis Campbell
 
In the mid-90s, Henry Waxman’s California 30th Congressional District was my home. Henry is the anti-LA glitz poster child. In a district that includes Beverly Hill, West Los Angeles, Santa Monica and Malibu, Henry’s the kind of guy who makes accountants look hip. Henry is decidedly not LA. But if you pierce the [...]



Tears of…

By Denis Campbell • Aug 28th, 2008 • Category: Features
… what, no one can put it into words. I watched at midnight here in the UK as Senator Hillary Clinton, in the most magnanimous of unifying gestures, stopped the vote count by asking the convention to suspend its rules, ensure all of the ballots are counted and accept her floor nomination of Barack Obama [...]



All Aboard – Amtrak Is Full Up

By Denis Campbell • Aug 23rd, 2008 • Category: Business Issues
Now that Joe Biden may live this January in Naval Observatory Circle as Vice President that would free a seat daily on Amtrak’s Northeast corridor. But will it be enough? Amtrak ridership was up 14% in July and because of the high cost of petrol more than 28 million people (up from 25.6 million) will [...]



Barbara and the Senator

By Denis Campbell • May 3rd, 2008 • Category: Features
An Open Letter to ABC’s Barbara Walters,  I have only one question, why?  Why now? Why drag a quiet, dignified 88-year old man who left public life almost 30 years ago through your ‘last gasp’ book tour? Why so selfishly bring his reputation into question? What does it bring you? It was early Spring, 1974. Temperatures [...]



Cardiff and Baltimore, Separated at Birth? (Part 1)

By Denis Campbell • Apr 28th, 2008 • Category: Features
How can two cities from two different sides of the ocean be so alike in so many ways? Vadimus Post’s Denis Campbell looks at this psychological “Tale of Two Cities.”