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Michael Leahy |
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Michael Leahy is an author and award-winning writer for The Washington Post and The Washington Post Magazine. He is best known for his second book, When Nothing Else Matters, which chronicles basketball superstar Michael Jordan's last comeback to the NBA. Leahy's stories have also been selected for the 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 editions of The Best American Sports Writing anthologies. His first book, Hard Lessons, follows the lives of six Beverly Hills High School students, class of 1986, and deals with the challenges and anxieties of teenage life in modern America.
Leahy was born in Newark, New Jersey. At age 10, he moved with his family to a suburb of Los Angeles, California. He is a graduate of Yale University.
A highly regarded feature writer known for his intimate portraits of subjects, Leahy explores everything from social issues to sports. He has written for the Los Angeles Times, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, and his work has appeared in Playboy Magazine and Sports...... (Read more on Wikipedia)
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57 days ago |
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Michele Bachmann is cool to mainstream media, and an increasingly hot property - — Her tone was bright. “Thank you for giving me this opportunity,” she said. — Michele Bachmann was on the phone. That alone was unusual. The Minnesota congresswoman generally does not speak … |
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106 days ago |
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Fla. Gov. Charlie Crist goes from shoo-in to political freefall - — THE VILLAGES, FLA. — Republican Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, once regarded as a shoo-in to become Florida's next senator, waded into a milling crowd. If his campaign had been going according to plan, his audience … |
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141 days ago |
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A frustrated caucus keeps complaints quiet - — A year ago, members of the Congressional Black Caucus openly wept at Barack Obama's inauguration. Slowly, that euphoria has given way to frustration that his administration has not done more for black America. |
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220 days ago |
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One vote by California legislator illustrates fractured state Republican Party - — In California, repercussions of one vote by legislator illustrate fractured state party — CLAREMONT, CALIF. — A few facts reveal just how far the Republican Party has fallen in California. |
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291 days ago |
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The Washington Post Profiles R. Creigh Deeds - — Creigh Deeds was stammering, as is often his way when trying to explain a change in one of his political positions. He indicated that he felt conflicted over a stance, not the first time during his campaign for Virginia governor. |
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163 days ago |
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Back Home in Alaska, Palin Faces Scrutiny and Second-Guessing From All Sides - — Scrutiny Has Been Intense Since Election — JUNEAU, Alaska — A couple of weeks before the Alaska legislature began this year's session, a bipartisan group of state senators on a retreat a few hours from here invited Gov. Sarah Palin to join them. |
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165 days ago |
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'Right America': Filmmaker Uses A Distorting Lens - — The modern American political documentary, which can serve as a delicious magnifying glass on human behavior and attitudes, has two basic approaches. The first has value. In the hands of a documentarian committed to bringing … |
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