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Ranking the veeps
Today's question: Give us your list of best and worst vice presidents in recent history. Previously, Lichtman and Edwards debated the proper role of the vice president, discussed how history might treat Dick Cheney and digested the current candidates'...Tags: Aaron Burr, George H.W. Bush, William McKinley, John Nance, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Experience is best teacher
The word "experience" appears 91 times in the Federalist Papers, those distillations of conservative sense and sensibility. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay said that truths are "taught" and "corroborated" by experience. They spoke of...Tags: Nebraska, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Richard Nixon, Barack Obama, National Government
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The Constitution guarantees a lot of freedoms, including football
Sentinel Columnist(Note: This is the text of the document ratified by the joint BCS/NFL Continental Congress at Canton, Ohio, on July 4, 2008.) When in the course of athletic events, it becomes necessary for one sport to dissolve the bands which have connected them with...Tags: Joe Paterno, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, New England Patriots, Paul Revere, Football
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The Declaration of Independence -- football style
Sentinel Columnist(Note: This is the text of the document ratified by the joint BCS/NFL Continental Congress at Canton, Ohio, on July 4, 2008.) When in the course of athletic events, it becomes necessary for one sport to dissolve the bands which have connected them with...Tags: Joe Paterno, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, New England Patriots, Paul Revere, Football
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Bernanke expanding the influence of Fed post
There is a presidential election in November, but it won't represent the only ascension to power of 2008. Another is the rise of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who has dramatically expanded his powers and is poised to expand them further....Tags: Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve, Thomas Jefferson, Freddie Mac, American Revolutionary War
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Hamilton saw honesty worked
He was handsome, calculating, brilliant, ambitious and accomplished, always willing to dare great things for his country. He had his critics — indeed, enemies. But he also had a legion of admirers, associates and friends who would have followed...Tags: Television Industry, History, James Monroe, Satellite and Cable Service, Bonds
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John Edwards is not alone in following his libido
E-mail ellis@henican.comFrom "The Scarlet Letter" to the women who risk stoning in Iran. From Alexander Hamilton to Franklin Delano Roosevelt to John F. Kennedy to Martin Luther King to Bill Clinton and beyond. John Edwards is in esteemed and crowded company. Regardless of...Tags: Long Island, Bill Clinton, Martin Luther King Jr., Lindsay Lohan, Elizabeth Edwards
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The week's best bets for kids
"The Baby-Sitters Club": Family problems, boy problems and health problems threaten to break up the newly formed club, just as summer is in full swing. Director Melanie Mayron ("thirtysomething") assembled a distinguished supporting cast—including...Tags: Rachael Leigh Cook, Benjamin Franklin, Eartha Kitt, Scott Hamilton, Ellen Burstyn
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New York real estate: Washington Heights
Special to amNewYorkWashington Heights, an expansive, vibrant neighborhood characterized by its unique landscape, distinct enclaves and prominent Dominican community, occupies nearly all of the land in northern Manhattan. The inescapable crowds, blaring music and...Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Starbucks Corporation, Carrot Top, Music Industry
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Columnist's own age hinders argument about age
Based on the argument presented in his recent opinion piece ("Too young for the No. 1 job?" July 22), Professor Calabresi should renounce his founding of the Federalist Society. After all, the Federalist Papers were written by the still-wet-behind-the-...Tags: Mark Lawrence, Naperville, John Jay
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Leaders explain schools' gains
Sun reporterMiddle school students at the Crossroads School near Fells Point were evaluated by teachers every single day last school year, with the results driving the next day's instruction. At East Baltimore's Fort Worthington Elementary, about a quarter of the...Tags: Family, Fells Point, Crossroads, Examinations, Crimes
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History could have helped Starbucks foresee revolt
Starbucks has spent millions marketing its outrageously expensive and elitist coffee beverages—even pushing those foolish lemon bars on innocent people—and now the company is closing 600 stores. But all the high priests of the Church of...Tags: Government, Starbucks Corporation, Barack Obama, Public Employees, History
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