it was a 'nerd prom' for journalists and a few minor celebrities. But, as with so much else in this town, the event has spun out of control. Now, awash in lobbyist and corporate money, it is another display of Washington's excesses." References External links Dana Milbank - The Washington Post Dana Milbank's website Dana Milbank discusses his new book - January 2008 American newspaper reporters and correspondents American broadcast news analysts American political writers American male non-fiction writers Jewish American journalists The Washington Post journalists Yale University alumni Skull and Bones Society 1968 births Living people People from Merrick, New York Sanford H. Calhoun High School alumni 21st-century American Jews