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    Randy Coppersmith
    • Jan 24, 2017

    Blog No. 9: Toys for rich boys

    WASHINGTON, DC --- In Orson Wells’ classic 1941 movie, Citizen Kane, the main character is asked about owning The New York Inquirer newsp...
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    Randy Coppersmith
    • Jan 18, 2017

    Blog. No. 8: The Lexington Marchers

    LEXINGTON, VA -- - Change is sometimes very hard. In this college town located about 250 miles south of Washington, D.C., the spirit of...
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    Randy Coppersmith
    • Jan 8, 2017

    Blog No. 6: Egos and Taxes

    Several years ago, I saw a classic 1967 Ford Mustang Convertible parked on the street. It was red with black leather interior. It had bee...
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    Blog Week # 5

And Now For The Good News
    Randy Coppersmith
    • Jan 2, 2017

    Blog Week # 5 And Now For The Good News

    Some people think that 2016 was one of the worst years on record. In fact, one of my favorite people said to me at a holiday party, “To ...
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    Randy Coppersmith
    • Dec 29, 2016

    Blog No. 4: Lawyers Love Russian Hackers

    If you’ve spent your career at the confluence of Media, technology and politics, like me, then the Russian hacking story this week is ver...
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    Blog No. 3:

High Holy Heat
    Randy Coppersmith
    • Dec 25, 2016

    Blog No. 3: High Holy Heat

    Below is a picture my niece, Katy, bought for her dad, Spencer May, my brother in law, for Christmas. You can click on the drawing to se...
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    Randy Coppersmith
    • Dec 19, 2016

    Blog No. 2: Nationals’ Latest Addition Is a Real Ho-Hummer

    By Adding Chicago’s Adam “Spanky" Eaton to their starting lineup at baseball’s winter meetings last week, have the Washington Nationals r...
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    Randy Coppersmith
    • Dec 10, 2016

    Blog No. 1: Why is it so hard to write a column once a week?

    Once upon a time, in a place long ago and far away, I was a newspaperman --- a real, genuine ink-stained wretch, hard working, young and ...
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