Articles tagged Washington DC:
Midnight at the Lincoln Memorial
- 8 Feb 2008
It's nearly midnight on my last night in Washington. Whenever I come here I always make a noctural visit to the Lincoln Memorial. It's a great place to sit and think - to contemplate the meaning of life, if you like. That' where I am now - sitting on the steps leading up to on...
American Primaries: I Want to be Inspired
- 29 Jan 2008
Now that Rudy Giuliani has effectively been eliminated as a serious contender for the Republican nomination I feel as though I have no home to go to in the US Presidential election. With John Edwards withdrawing this afternoon, Giuliani surely won't be too far behind. So...
EDP Diary: Visiting my Favourite City
- 3 Mar 2007
I have spent the last week in my favourite city in the world – Washington DC. It’s a city with a buzz, a mecca for those of us who love to obsess about politics. And it’s a city full of culture, history and entertainment. The fact that it’s an appallingly run city and a v...
Wednesday in Washington
- 1 Mar 2007
It's nearly midnight here in Washington and I'm exhausted as I type this. I've just come back from a dinner held by the Anglosphere Institute at the Metropolitan Club. It's the sort of place where you just happen to stand next to Henry Kissinger at the urinal. Which I did. And...
A Visit to Foggy Bottom
- 28 Feb 2007
Earlier today my colleague Shane Greer and I went to the State Department to meet the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (could she have a longer job title?!) Colleen Graffy. We were rather early so we stood outside the building in the morning sunshine on a...
My Day in DC
- 27 Feb 2007
For those who have absolutely no interest in my activities in the capital of the free world, feel free to scroll down. I spent Saturday and part of Sunday with some old friends Mark & Jane Milosch who live in Silver Spring. I worked with Mark when he was an intern in the C...
My Weekend in Washington DC
- 27 Mar 2006
Well I never did get to the Holocaust Museum on Saturday. I didn't get out of the hotel until mid afternoon due to the Michael Hintze exclusive, which most (but naturally, not all) of the papers were good enough to credit me with. So by the time I drove down there it was impos...