Mr. Smooth comes to Washington; Vernon Jordan is the ultimate Washington insider - rich, powerful, and unaccountable.(Cover Story)

Washington Monthly | June 1, 1997| | Copyright

In the second century, the Ptolemaic view of the universe put the Earth at the center of the action: Ladies and gentlemen of learning believed that the sun, moon, and stars traced endless circles around their steadfast home planet. This theory held sway until 1543, when Polish astronomer Nicholas Copernicus rocked the educated world by positing that the sun was in fact the center of the universe. Now, with the 21st century fast approaching, it has at last become clear that the true hub of it all is ... Vernon Jordan.

OK, so maybe Jordan's not the epicenter of the ...

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