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John Kerry gets fined for not shoveling his walk Leading U.S. diplomatic efforts across the globe apparently isn’t a good enough excuse for failing a basic civic duty like not shoveling your sidewalk. That’s what Secretary of State John Kerry found out this week when the city of Boston fined him a cool $50 for not removing the snow from the walkway adjacent to …  Read full article »

Chuck Hagel keeps it real at Clarendon sports bar after farewell speech

Hey, isn’t that… former defense secretary Chuck Hagel, chowing down on Wednesday night with a group of friends and family at Clarendon sports bar Mister Days? A tipster says it looked like Hagel and company had just come from his farewell ceremony, which was held at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, near the Pentagon. It’s quite a transition …  Read full article »

What’s the deal with the Alfalfa Club?

On Saturday night, a room at the Capitol Hilton will fill with tuxes and evening gowns and the power players who love them. It’s the annual gathering of the Alfalfa Club, that bulwark of old-school schmoozing, forever impervious to modern conventions, such as selfies or business-casual dress codes. The only thing richer than the lobster …  Read full article »

How ex-spies react to watching spies on TV

“You know: NBC execs, friends of NBC execs, museum members, oh, and former spies.” That’s how one of the communications guys at the International Spy Museum described the crowd at Wednesday night’s screening of “Allegiance,” NBC’s entry in the flooded spy-drama market. Everything sounded kosher until “former spies.” Immediately we started surveying the crowd. Maybe the …  Read full article »