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As I mentioned to friends when I started reading Dick Cheney’s memoir, I was doing it so others would not have to. And, as a precaution, I did it alone in case my head exploded. It did not. This book is a bomb, but not the exploding kind.
Posted on Sep 8, 2011
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AP / Lauren Victoria Burke |
For good reason, there has been serious hand-wringing over what to do about the ethical lapses of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. There is clear precedent for how to deal with the justice. Thomas could be forced off the bench.
Posted on Jun 28, 2011
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AP / Lauren Victoria Burke |
The conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court, none of whom has been elected to anything, ever, has given a monumental victory to special interests.
Posted on Jan 21, 2010
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Flickr / Matti Matila |
My late friend Ron Silver, the actor and political activist, once asked me a question that I have continued to think about ever since. On the afternoon of his last New Year’s Eve, when he surprised me by coming to California, he wanted to know if I had found any great “big history” books.
Posted on Aug 10, 2009
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AP photo / Gerald Herbert |
Does anyone believe that if John McCain were president and had selected Gov. Sarah Palin under the 25th Amendment to fill a vacancy in the vice presidency Congress would have confirmed her? Not likely. In fact, it is even less likely that McCain would have even attempted to do so, for he would have embarrassed himself.
Posted on Sep 12, 2008
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The Nixon White House counsel who famously coined the term “cancer on the presidency” examines another troubled administration, writing that although the Gonzales affair is far from over, the attorney general still has job security.
Posted on Apr 25, 2007
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