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The firing of Andrew McCabe shows President Trump has the upper hand in key battles with his opponents. For notwithstanding his ineptitude, lack of presidential temperament, chaotic White House and deep unpopularity, Trump is continuing to strengthen his grip on power.

"I Stand with Andrew McCabe" is from the March 17, 2018 Opinion section of The Washington Post. It was written by Ronald A. Klain and narrated by Sam Scholl.

"How One Family Is Sending 13 Kids to College, Living Debt Free — and Still Plans to Retire Early" is from the August 11, 2016 Lifestyle section of The Washington Post. It was written by Erica Johnston and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Less than a decade after his invention in 1934, Superman was called on to do battle with what was at the time an unthinkable scourge: A small army of “mechanical monsters,” or, as we would call them now, robots.

"Welcome to the Era of the 'Bot' as Political Boogeyman" is from the June 11, 2017 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Philip Bump and narrated by Sam Scholl.

President Trump fired off angry tweets Sunday morning railing against the Justice Department special counsel’s Russia investigation and attacking the integrity of former FBI director James B. Comey and his former deputy, Andrew McCabe, charging that their notes from conversations with him were “Fake Memos.”

"Trump Rails Against Mueller Investigation, Dismisses McCabe's Notes as ‘Fake Memos’" is from the March 18, 2018 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Philip Rucker and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Tina Fey recently took aim at college-educated white women who supported Donald Trump.

"Tina Fey Tells College-Educated White Women Who Voted for Trump: ‘You Can’t Look Away’" is from the April 01, 2017 Lifestyle section of The Washington Post. It was written by Kristine Phillips and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Billionaire Warren Buffett has some wise words for investors: Stop throwing money away on bad advice.

"Warren Buffett Says This Simple Mistake Has Cost Investors More Than $100 Billion" is from the February 27, 2017 Business section of The Washington Post. It was written by Jonnelle Marte and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Haruki Murakami is a master of the open-ended mystery. Whether in complex, dreamlike novels like “The Wind-up Bird Chronicle” and “Kafka on the Shore” or the more realistic short stories in his latest collection, “Men Without Women,” Murakami is drawn to the abiding strangeness and unfathomability of life.

"‘Men Without Women,’ a New Story Collection by Haruki Murakami" is from the May 05, 2017 Entertainment section of The Washington Post. It was written by Heller McAlpin and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Most species hang out only with family members. Everybody else is a potential enemy. Good ol’ Homo sapiens have been successful because we’ve extended the definition of family by using mutually agreed upon stories — “fictive kinship” as Israeli researcher Yuval Noah Harari points out.

"How to Be a Better Networker for People Who Hate Networking" is from the May 22, 2017 Inspired Life section of The Washington Post. It was written by Eric Barker and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Whether you are interviewing for the first time or fifth time, or you haven’t interviewed for a position in quite some time, there are a number of things to remember to be sure you nail your next interview.

One of the biggest problems our country has is the growing idea that there really is such a thing as a free lunch: that we can get magic money to pay for things we don’t want to pay for out of our own pockets.

"How the Free-Lunch Fallacy Is Hurting Our Government, Health Care and Retirement" is from the May 20, 2017 Business section of The Washington Post. It was written by Allan Sloan and narrated by Sam Scholl.

A massive new biography sheds light on the relationships, sacrifices and calculations that enabled the Obama presidency.

"Before Michelle, Barack Obama Asked Another Woman to Marry Him. Then Politics Got in the Way." is from the May 02, 2017 Politics section of The Washington Post. It was written by Carlos Lozada  and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Madeleine L’Engle once said that “A Wrinkle in Time” was rejected by 26 publishers. On the surface, this seems incredible, given that it went on to win the 1962 Newbery Medal and become one of the most beloved of all modern children’s novels (in one poll second in popularity only to E.B. White’s “Charlotte’s Web”). 

"‘A Wrinkle in Time’: Let’s Hope the Movie Is Better Than the Book" is from the February 27, 2018 Lifestyle section of The Washington Post. It was written by Michael Dirda and narrated by Sam Scholl.

"J.K. Rowling Announces an Eighth Harry Potter Book" is from the World section of The Washington Post. It was written by Jessica Contrera and narrated by Sam Scholl.

David Sedaris has spent decades mining his life for nuggets he can polish and sell: the time he was a department store elf, going to the dentist in Paris, his time in a nudist trailer park. His essays tend to meander over a true-ish story from his life, with characters a bit more eccentric than the people you tend to meet in your life, like the taxidermist with the mummified human arm or his neighbor who dyed her teenage daughter’s hair gray in order to keep being the pretty one.

"The Exact Date David Sedaris Found the Voice That Made Him a Star" is from the June 20, 2017 Books section of The Washington Post. It was written by Rachel Manteuffel  and narrated by Sam Scholl.

A week ago, Kanye West said that 400 years of slavery was a “choice,” appearing to blame enslaved black people for not freeing themselves sooner. He said that the discussion about putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill made him want “to use Bitcoin,” because, “It’s like when you see all the slave movies: Why you gotta keep reminding us about slavery?” And West said that certain black icons such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are “just too far in the past and not relatable and that’s what makes them safe.”

"Kanye West Rebuked by Ta-Nehisi Coates in Biting Essay Called ‘I’m Not Black, I’m Kanye’" is from the May 08, 2018 National section of The Washington Post. It was written by Meagan Flynn and narrated by Sam Scholl.

If there is an urtext of modern feminism, especially for those of us who prefer it in the form of juicy dystopian novels instead of lofty essays, then Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” is probably the closest thing we’ve got. It’s one of those books that people believe can tell a lot about another person based on what that other person thought of it.

"The Handmaid's Tale' Has Been Feared, Banned and Loved. Now It's Scaring the Bejeezus Out of Us Again." is from the April 25, 2017 Lifestyle section of The Washington Post. It was written by Monica Hesse and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Blue Ocean Strategy is the 2015 update to the classic business strategy text of the same name originally published in 2005. The text offers a practical handbook to business students and entrepreneurs who wish to rise above the fray of the competition, become pioneers in previously uncharted market territory, and gain access to impressive growth opportunities and an untapped customer base.

A casual observer with no particular ax to grind, but one who cares about the country’s stewardship, would probably think the president-elect of the United States would have better ways of spending his time than tweeting nasty, personal attacks against political opponents who are backing vote recounts in battleground states that he narrowly won.

ATLANTA — The lights were flashing, Macklemore was blaring, and Rachel Hollis — this year’s surprise best-selling author — was telling everyone to get on their feet.

"Rachel Hollis Has Wooed Millions of Women with Her Book. What’s Her Message?" is from the November 12, 2018 Lifestyle section of The Washington Post. It was written by Nora Krug and narrated by Sam Scholl.

Ernest Hemingway is the macho face of 20th-century prose. His birth in 1899 marked the arrival of a man who wanted to dissociate literature from the taint of femininity it had acquired under the influence of Oscar Wilde and align it instead with a kind of hairy masculinity.

"Ernest Hemingway: The Man Behind the Cultivated Image of Hyper-Masculinity" is from the May 17, 2017 Books section of The Washington Post. It was written by Matthew Adams and narrated by Sam Scholl.