Sometimes dire necessity can overcome political inertia. That is why I think there is a chance federal laws against marijuana …
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Supreme Court Caucuses
Sometime next week, Sonia Sotomayor will be confirmed as a member of the Supreme Court’s Democratic caucus. Not technically, of …
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Welcome To The Credit Card ‘Club’
If I were to join a nice club, or maybe a gym, I would expect to pay a membership fee. …
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Picking On Multinationals
A supplier and its customer quarrel about prices. Secret meetings are followed by accusations of spying and attempted bribery. When …
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Reappraising The Housing Villains
Every summer blockbuster needs a few villains. The U.S. housing finance crisis, now in its third summer season, has had …
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Walter L. Cronkite Jr. 1916-2009
The nicest thing I can say about Walter Cronkite is that he was no Eric Sevareid. Cronkite anchored the CBS …
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Recalling Big Brother
A man sits down to read a politically provocative novel on his electronic reader only to find that the book …
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