Stories by Neda Semnani:
March 14, 2013
Grindr, the popular social app for “gay, bi and curious” men, was well represented at opening day of the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference. The app uses GPS to let users see which other users are near by.
March 14, 2013
Henry Kissinger, cold warrior extraordinaire, is unimpressed with Sen. Rand Paul’s concerns about drone warfare.
March 13, 2013
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is quite the social butterfly these days.
March 13, 2013
Remember former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford?The Republican one, the one who’s running for the Palmetto State’s 1st District seat?He made quite a splash when his gubernatorial staff lost him somewhere on the AppalachianTrail and he popped up again with his mistress in Argentina.
March 11, 2013
Remember back in the 1990s, when that special someone made you a mixtape and you spent hours analyzing what they were reallytrying to say?
March 10, 2013
Former Sen. Fred Thompson, the only member of Congress to go on to star in “Law & Order,” will be the first person featured in the new series “Expert Witness,” a production of the Bard Association, the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s “legal affinity group.”
March 8, 2013
“I love chess,” Lanny J. Davis said over lunch. “I love a challenge.”
March 8, 2013
PlaywrightStephen Adly Guirgis, who wrote the absolutely stellar “The [MoFo] with the Hat,” will be speaking at the Studio Theatre on Friday.
March 7, 2013
Actress and activist Jane Fonda hasn’t tweeted in several days.
March 7, 2013
“And what I have learned from my experiences in talking filibusters is this: To succeed, you need strong convictions but also a strong bladder. It’s obvious Sen. Paul has both.”
March 6, 2013
In a shocking turn, the chairmanship for the Senate Harlem Shake Caucus is still up for grabs.
March 5, 2013
Professional scandal mopper-upper Lanny J. Davis is throwing a big party at The Hamilton on Tuesday night in anticipation of his new book, “Crisis Tales: Five Rules for Coping With Crises in Business, Politics, and Life.”
March 3, 2013
“What Playboy was to most well-adjusted boys, National Review was to me.”
March 1, 2013
On Friday afternoon Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., kinda, sorta offered to head the Harlem Shake caucus.
March 1, 2013
It was a big night for the funny ladies of journalism.
Feb. 26, 2013
The fate of United States diplomatic relations, at least with North Korea, could rest in the hands of former NBA star Dennis Rodman, several Harlem Globetrotters and a VICE magazine reporter,the Associated Press reports.
Feb. 26, 2013
As sequestration continues to home in on Washington, it’s worth pointing out that the 112th Congress’ “101st Senator” — that would be Dakota, the beloved bichon frisé of ex-Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D. — had calmer things in mind for the legislative branch.
Feb. 25, 2013
They say there is a first time for everything and whether the nation realizes it, it’s experiencing a series of firsts in Washington, D.C.
Feb. 25, 2013
The Senate’s best known pup, Dakota, has passed away.
Feb. 15, 2013
When a congressman tweets to a younger woman who is not his wife, the alarm bells go off that he might be up to no good. … Or it might be that he’s pleased his recently discovered daughter was watching the State of the Union.
Feb. 14, 2013
Richard Schiff looks happy. At least, for him.
Feb. 13, 2013
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Mary Zimmerman’s “Metamorphoses,” a lush, sensual adaptation of classic myths by Ovid, opens Thursday night at Arena Stage.
Feb. 13, 2013
This all happened so fast.
Feb. 12, 2013
Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., has his hands full these days, with a burgeoning scandal surrounding his friend and political donor, Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen, as well as scrutiny of the senator’s own travel and leisure activities in the Dominican Republic.
Feb. 7, 2013
Many hairy people have found their way in and around the Capitol complex, but Thursday was a bit different.
