Monday, April 9, 2012
First lady Grace Coolidge displays her pet raccoon Rebecca to children gathered on the White House grounds for Easter egg rolling, April 18, 1927.PHOTO: AP Photo/Library of Congress

The White House Easter Egg Roll Through the Years—PICTURES

First lady Grace Coolidge displays her pet raccoon Rebecca to children gathered on the White House grounds for Easter egg rolling, April 18, 1927.
PHOTO: AP Photo/Library of Congress

The White House Easter Egg Roll Through the Years—PICTURES

Friday, April 6, 2012


The cover of the April 7, 2012 issue of National Journal.
The Essential D.C. Toolbox: The days when trade-association executives could rely on a fat Rolodex are over. A whole new set of skills is needed.  By Chris Frates

The cover of the April 7, 2012 issue of National Journal.

The Essential D.C. Toolbox: The days when trade-association executives could rely on a fat Rolodex are over. A whole new set of skills is needed.  By Chris Frates

Here’s a graphic that looks like an amoeba.
Go here to hover over the bubbles and view total compensation packages for 558 chief executives of trade associations, labor unions, interest groups, think tanks, and other nonprofits.
Roger Goodell, NFL commissioner, is the large yellow bubble there at the top.
Goodell’s Compensation package: $11.5 million.
As a woman, I suggest clicking between “men” and “women” to compare.

Here’s a graphic that looks like an amoeba.

Go here to hover over the bubbles and view total compensation packages for 558 chief executives of trade associations, labor unions, interest groups, think tanks, and other nonprofits.

Roger Goodell, NFL commissioner, is the large yellow bubble there at the top.

Goodell’s Compensation package: $11.5 million.

As a woman, I suggest clicking between “men” and “women” to compare.

Thursday, January 5, 2012
The sunset over the Potomac. 
Here at National Journal we talk about sunsets about as much as we discuss politics. Here’s the view from my office window (yes, yes, I do have the best view). 
Everyone is gathered around my desk. The politics managing editor is writing a sonnet. Our deputy editor is emailing her photo to “everyone that I know.”

The sunset over the Potomac. 

Here at National Journal we talk about sunsets about as much as we discuss politics. Here’s the view from my office window (yes, yes, I do have the best view). 

Everyone is gathered around my desk. The politics managing editor is writing a sonnet. Our deputy editor is emailing her photo to “everyone that I know.”