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...author, comedian, active alumnus, and inventor of his own board games, Strauss “packed several lifetimes into one life,” said Elaina Newport, who co-founded the Capitol Steps, a singing satirical troupe, with Strauss...
...Christmas party for Percy in 1981, Strauss and his coworkers sang parodies ridiculing a number of federal government officials, including President Ronald Reagan—and so the Capitol Steps began...
...When we first started making up some songs for the Capitol Steps, he started writing charts with little arrows like you’d see in football games, and stage directions for each song,” she said with a laugh. “He basically wrote a whole book on where each person would stand...
...wryly skewered pols from both sides of the aisle, Bill Strauss was a policy expert and adviser on serious matters of the Senate. Then at a Memorial Day party in 1981, a group of Beltway revelers broke into silly ad-lib ditties about the Reagan Administration, and the bipartisan Capitol Steps was born. Since 1984, when Strauss took the troupe professional, it has become a $3 million-a-year business, recording 29 albums and touring widely. Among its repertoire: My Momma Told Me: You Better Sleep Around (inspired by Monica Lewinsky); The Angina Monologues (Dick Cheney) and The Sound...
...weapons development from a traditional-warfare point of view. To counter terrorism you have to think like a terrorist. Think of the disruption a few well-placed dirty bombs could cause if they were set off in a couple of key strategic locations, like midtown Manhattan and outside the Capitol. I would be more concerned with the enrichment program than with the weaponization or delivery-systems side. Developing systems to detect and track this material would be my priority. Tom Ockuly, GLENWOOD...