For all the deserved accolades for Muhammad Ali, Dave Anderson says that Joe Frazier was the better fighter. And the better man.

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An Appraisal : Joe Frazier: A Champion Who Won Inside the Ring and Out

UPDATED 6:50 P.M. While I sat for the better part of an hour — okay, perhaps longer than that — outside H Street Country Club on Saturday enjoying a few libations as the Northeast corridor’s fabulous festival unfolded around me, I watched club owner and impresario extraordinaire Joe Englert and his compatriots do a rather brisk business in a repurposed piece of D.C. political memorabilia. Read full article > >

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The widespread appeal of Marion Barry T-shirts

For the better part of the past decade, and particularly in the past few months, the dollar has been the weakling of the foreign exchange world. That may be starting to change.

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Some See Rise Ahead for Dollar

Has President Obama become the kind of compromiser he once disdained? Perhaps the better question might be: So what if he has?

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Political Times: Is ‘Triangulation’ Just Another Word for the Politics of the Possible?