Petula Dvorak
Columnist at The Washington Post
Columnist for The Washington Post, off-balance mother of two, forever searching for comfortable heels and really good tomato soup.
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6 days ago |
seattletimes.com | Petula Dvorak
The pomp and ceremony of a papal conclave — the flutter of cardinals gathering in their red robes, the crowds at the Vatican awaiting the white smoke that proceeds the proclamation from a balcony “Habemus papam!” “We have a pope!” — is a set drama the modern world knows well. But the formality and order aren’t the way these things used to go. For centuries, the process had been messy.
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6 days ago |
washingtonpost.com | Petula Dvorak
A short history of weird papal conclaves, from open bribery to riots (washingtonpost.com) A short history of weird papal conclaves, from open bribery to riots By Petula Dvorak 2025050807000600 The pomp and ceremony of a papal conclave — the flutter of cardinals gathering in their red robes, the crowds at the Vatican awaiting the white smoke that proceeds the proclamation from a balcony — "Habemus papam!" "We have a pope!" — is a set drama the modern world knows well. But the formality and...
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2 weeks ago |
seattletimes.com | Petula Dvorak
They are turning 50 now, the babies laid out on airplane seats, six to a row, held and fed by strangers who took turns caring for them as they took artillery fire and fled the bombs and booms of Saigon. They were part of Operation Babylift, an effort led by the American military to rescue babies from Vietnamese orphanages ahead of the fall of Saigon 50 years ago this month. “This is the least we can do, and we will do much, much more,” President Gerald Ford said on April 3, 1975.
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2 weeks ago |
washingtonpost.com | Petula Dvorak
They grew a ‘Little Saigon’ in the shadow of the Pentagon (washingtonpost.com) They grew a ‘Little Saigon’ in the shadow of the Pentagon By Petula Dvorak 2025042812000000 Dodging artillery fire and the blooms of fiery explosions, the family of 10 ran fiercely toward the promise of America. "It was to find freedom," said Vinh Nguyen, who was 15 when his family almost died while fleeing Saigon 50 years ago.
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2 weeks ago |
washingtonpost.com | Petula Dvorak
The children of the Vietnam War’s ‘Operation Babylift’ have turned 50. A look at the lives they built. (washingtonpost.com) The children of the Vietnam War’s ‘Operation Babylift’ have turned 50. A look at the lives they built. By Petula Dvorak 2025042712000000 They are turning 50 now, the babies laid out on airplane seats, six to a row, held and fed by strangers who took turns caring for them as they took artillery fire and fled the bombs and booms of Saigon.
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May 10, 1925 - A teacher was charged with violating the Butler Act by teaching evolution in Tennessee #100yearsagotoday. The ACLU represented J. T. Scopes in a huge trial, but lost. The act banning teachers from challenging the Book of Genesis stood until 1967. #retropolis https://t.co/vdB59TL6NA
May 9, 1925 - Grammar police were no joke #100yearsagotoday. #retropolis https://t.co/g7JtsREMoa
May 8, 1925 - Representation in the workplace matters, the Department of Agriculture learned #100yearsagotoday , when farmers told the pointy-headed bureaucrats they had the cover photo of their yearbook going the wrong way, something any field hand would’ve caught. Oops. https://t.co/Ad8qFyEA4k