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A Father's Initiative

Paul Gayle had no job, no money, a new baby and 16 lessons from the Obama administration to teach him what to do next

A father’s scars: For Va.’s Creigh Deeds, tragedy brings unending questions

Almost a year ago, Creigh Deeds’s mentally ill son attacked him with a knife before committing suicide. Now the Virginia state senator struggles with unending what-ifs.

Life of a salesman: Selling success, when the American dream is downsized

For the man who sells monuments of the American dream, that dream is starting to feel downsized.

Pearls Before Breakfast: Can one of the nation’s great musicians cut through the fog of a D.C. rush hour? Let’s find out.

Joshua Bell is one of the world’s greatest violinists. His instrument of choice is a multimillion-dollar Stradivarius. If he played it for spare change, incognito, outside a bustling Metro stop in Washington, would anyone notice?

The Law Made It Easy For My Daughter's Killer

For his unflinching examination of his daughter’s murder by a violent man who had slipped through the criminal justice system.