Author: Marie2

When Allen Would Be POTUS

On the heels of GWB’s re-election and predictions of a permanent Republican majority, the GOP power brokers had but one task: the selection of GWB’s 2008 replacement.  Wouldn’t have been difficult for them...

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"Kelo" and "Natural Disasters"

More specifically, Kelo v. City of New London, Connecticut in which the SCOTUS held that a governing body could transfer real property from one private owner to another private owner through the use of its power of eminent...

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Germs, Drugs, and Globalization

Germs first.  More specifically, the microbes that we can’t live without.  Michael Pollan offers another fascinating read in Some Of My Best Friends Are Germs.  Further confirmation that grandma knew best....

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Citizens United Anniversary Celebration

More precisely it was a celebration of the one year anniversary of the decision in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission.  And that celebration was on January 11, 2011, but somehow I missed it.  More...

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What Difference Does It Make?

“Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night and decided they’d go kill some Americans,” Clinton said. “What difference – at this point, what difference does it...

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