stubbornfacts.us - 11/22/2008
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In a post last week, I suggested that the sinecure clause may bar the appointment of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. (Not that I think she wants the gig anyway.) Clinton was last elected to the Senate in 2006; if the pay of the Secretary of State has been increased in the last two years, ...
angrybear.blogspot.com - 11/20/2008
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Was the Great Depression really THE Great One?
Apparently not, according to Scott Reynolds Neslon , 19th
century historian. The Real Great Depression was the Panic of 1983. The parallels to present day, he says, are unnerving and uncanny. I include ...
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Panic of 1873 Redux?
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"Emoluments," Clinton, and That Pesky Constitution
Daily Kos —
... , "With President-elect Taft rests the decision in the queer constitutional tangle that threatens to prevent the accession of Senator Knox to the Cabinet. The Senate to-day passed a bill designed to remove the legal barrier which prevents Mr. Knox from accepting the Portfolio of State" by rescinding the previous pay raise. [HT: StubbornFacts.] [N.B. If you click on that link, do scroll down to the item at the bottom as well.] ...
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Christian Science Monitor | Commentary 11/24/2008
Readers write about why Hillary Clinton should not become secretary of State, why the results of a recent green poll could be misleading, what a 'science president' is, and a way to end a dispute between India and Pakistan.
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