ActivistCash, a website hosted by Washington lobbyist Richard Berman, has castigated them as " self-anointed watchdogs ," " scare-mongers ," " reckless " and " left-leaning.

Michael Kelly, a Washington Post journalist and critic of anti-war movements on both the left and right, coined the term " fusion paranoia " to refer to a political convergence of left-wing and right-wing activists around anti-war issues and civil liberties, which he said were motivated by a shared belief in conspiracism or anti-government views.

He worked as an advertising agent after studying acting at the Hickman School of Speech and Expression in Washington, D. C. His work as a theatre critic inspired him to become involved in theatre productions, first in Virginia, and then in New York.

Crowther said that Davis " does nicely as the fiancée who is widowed herself and knows the loneliness of grief ," while another noted critic, The Washington Post < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s Richard L. Coe, said Davis " is splendid as the understanding widow.

On CNN's " The Situation Room ," Washington Post media critic and CNN " Reliable Sources " host Howard Kurtz observed that " Senator McCain did not embrace the ' b ' word that this woman in the audience used.

* List of Washington University faculty and staff: economist and Nobel Memorial Prize winner Douglass North ; husband and wife biochemists and co-Nobel Prize winners Carl and Gerty Cori ; physicist and Nobel Prize winner Arthur Holly Compton ; novelists Stanley Elkin and William Gass ; poets Carl Phillips and Mary Jo Bang ; architect Fumihiko Maki ; neurologist and Nobel Prize winner Rita Levi-Montalcini ; sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson ; Poets Laureate Howard Nemerov and Mona Van Duyn ; sociologist and " outlaw Marxist " Alvin Ward Gouldner ; attorney, former Counsel to Vice-President Al Gore and former Tennessee Attorney General Charles Burson ; writer and culture critic Gerald Early ; Economist, and former Chair of President Ronald Reagan's Council of Economic Advisors, Murray Weidenbaum ; chemist Joseph W. Kennedy, co-discoverer of the element plutonium ; computer scientist Jonathan S. Turner, internationally renowned expert in computer networking ; computer scientist Raj Jain, pioneer in the field of network congestion ; and Law Professor Troy A. Paredes, currently on leave as a commissioner of the SEC.

Washington Post film critic Stephen Hunter, a historian of the era, said: " Any image of the American Revolution which represents you Brits as Nazis and us as gentle folk is almost certainly wrong.

* Commenting on Nero Wolfe's prolonges struggle with the powerful crime boss Arnold Zeck, Michael Dirda – book critic for The Washington Post – wrote " I was thrilled when Wolfe finally encountered his own Moriarty in the archvillain Arnold Zeck ,".

Washington Post critic Desson Howe gave a generally negative review of the movie, writing that it " gets bogged down in sentimentality, while its wheels spin futilely in life-solving overdrive.

Roger Ebert, film critic for the Chicago Sun Times, liked the film and the acting, and wrote, " This is one of Denzel Washington's great performances, on a par with his work in Malcolm X .... Washington as Hurricane Carter is spare, focused, filled with anger and pride ....

Among many glowing notices for this role, critic Lloyd Rose of the Washington Post commented: " banishes all thoughts of Ethel Merman about two bars into her first number, ' Doin ' What Comes Natur ' lly.

On its publication, critic Evert Augustus Duyckinck, a friend of Hawthorne's, said he preferred the author's Washington Irving-like tales.

* Stephen Hunter, Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic for The Washington Post and novelist

" Washington Post editor and later press critic Ben Bagdikian said, " When Seldes was no longer printed by the mainstream press, he was an important conduit to the journalistic community, who knew that there were flaws in the system, but often couldn't get printed in their own newspapers, because the press cannot be a watchdog on itself.

" Joseph Stiglitz has written that " the Washington Consensus policies were designed to respond to the very real problems in Latin America and made considerable sense " ( though Stiglitz has at times been an outspoken critic of IMF policies as applied to developing nations ).

* Tom Shales ( film and television ; also a critic for the Washington Post )

Carolyn See, the book critic of The Washington Post, said in her review: " Half the Sky is a call to arms, a call for help, a call for contributions, but also a call for volunteers.

Wendt performed alongside Richard Thomas in Twelve Angry Men in October 2006 in the Eisenhower Theatre in Washington, D. C .. After the show opened, Wendt was interviewed by local film critic Arch Campbell for a piece on the NBC Washington affiliate WRC.

Eau Claire alumni include Ann Devroy, the former White House correspondent at The Washington Post ; T. Keith Glennan, the first administrator of NASA ; Mark Andrew Green, a congressman and ambassador known for his work with malaria ; Stanford University climate scientist Pamela Matson, winner of the MacArthur Fellowship ; Forbes 400 billionaire and entrepreneur John Menard ; stage and film actress Laila Robins ; chemist Richard Saykally, 1932 Professor Chair at the University of California, Berkeley ; Justin Vernon, Grammy Award-winning lead singer of Bon Iver ; and poet and literary critic Elizabeth Willis, winner of the National Poetry Series and the Guggenheim Fellowship.

In 2005 President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, who had been a critic of Pastrana's peace process with the FARC and had received criticisms from Pastrana regarding his negotiations with Colombian paramilitary groups, surprisingly offered the former president the post of Ambassador to the United States in Washington DC.

The Washington Post called him " the best kept secret in contemporary horror fiction "; another critic declared " It's a skilled writer indeed who can suggest a horror so shocking that one is grateful it was kept offstage.

The same Washington Post critic later wrote in the Los Angeles Times that because Morrissey was not a film star, the chemistry between him and Stone had been spoiled.

In its current incarnation under editor-in-chief Adam Moss, " The nation's best and most-imitated city magazine is often not about the city — at least not in the overcrowded, traffic-clogged, five-boroughs sense ," wrote Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz, as the magazine has increasingly published political and cultural stories of national significance.

Washington Post theatre critic Peter Marks wrote, " they have been reconditioned to conceal the telltale signs of age and yield a diversion that feels fresh and alive again ".

Apparently still sensitive about the idea with which General Gates had approached him at Saratoga, namely, that George Washington be replaced, Morgan was vehement in his support of the commander-in-chief during the campaign around Philadelphia.

But Morgan did not leave before he had written a letter to a William Pickman in Salem, Massachusetts, apparently an acquaintance, praising Washington and saying that the slanders propagated about him were `` opposed by the general current of the people to exalt General Gates at the expense of General Washington was injurious to the latter.

If there be a disinterested patriot in America, 'tis General Washington, and his bravery, none can question ''.

`` I suppose I can never expect to call you ' General ' after that Washington episode ''.

In late August 1861, General John C. Frémont, the 1856 Republican presidential nominee, issued, without consulting Washington, a proclamation of martial law in Missouri.

He obtained Congress's consent to reinstate for Grant the rank of Lieutenant General, which no officer had held since George Washington.

* 1776 – The Battle of Long Island: in what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.

Research conducted by the National Museum of American History notes that the story of Betsy Ross making the first American flag for General George Washington entered into American consciousness about the time of the 1876 centennial celebrations.

Fort Leavenworth / Washington: U. S. Army Command and General Staff College.

General Krulak attracted some attention during his tenure as commandant by his custom of delivering Christmas cookies to each marine duty post in the Washington area.

In a review of the book, Time Magazine wrote, " General Jackson's opinions need surprise no one who has observed George Washington and Abraham Lincoln zealously following the Communist Party Line in recent years.

He painted about 260 oils during the last 20 years of his life to relax, mostly landscapes but also portraits of subjects such as Mamie, their grandchildren, General Montgomery, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln.

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Eisenhower was assigned to the General Staff in Washington, where he served until June 1942 with responsibility for creating the major war plans to defeat Japan and Germany.

On the third day Allen was exchanged for Colonel Archibald Campbell, who was conducted to the exchange by Colonel Elias Boudinot, the American commissary general of prisoners appointed by General George Washington.

Susan married William Bradford, who became Chief Justice of Pennsylvania and Attorney General under George Washington.

On May 5, 1777, General George Washington asked Boudinot to be appointed as commissary general for prisoners.

In 1755, Washington was the senior American aide to British General Edward Braddock on the ill-fated Braddock expedition.

General George Washington at Trenton by John Trumbull, Yale University Art Gallery ( 1792 ).

Nominated by John Adams of Massachusetts, Washington was then appointed Major General and Commander-in-chief.

General ( United States ) | General Washington and Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette | Lafayette look over the troops at Valley Forge.