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77Our Planets Disappearing Drinking Water
Do you take your drinking water for granted? Water companies deliver it daily. It's inexpensive and readily available - but for how long? Photo by Yogi @ flickr How much have you ever thought about...
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84Caucus vs Primary
In this crazy, unpredictable 2008 presidential race, the Democrats and Republicans have had difficulties choosing a clear front-runner, or a candidate that will represent the so-called ideals of its party....
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77How Did Barack Obama Become President of the United States
President Barack Obama How did Barack Obama Become President of the United States of America? Why does America need Barack Obama? Americans agree that the country is not at its best to welcome the 44th...
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74Acquit, Don't Censure the President!
In the early months of 1999, President Bill Clinton was acquitted by the Senate of charges of perjury and obstruction of justice after his politically inspired impeachment by the House of Representatives. His impeachment and trial were both ill-advised.
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69The History of Executive Privilege
Executive privilege is the power that the President of the United States and other members of the executive branch can claim to resist legal actions such as subpoenas. They also can defy certain interventions...
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64How To Get Things Done: Compromise
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, the great World War II allied leader, human beings are a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. Churchill was speaking, of course, of Russia, but I think his colorful description applies to the behavior of people everywhere as well.
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69Strike Out the Line Item Veto
The U.S. Supreme Court did not say the line-item veto is constitutional when it declined to take up the issue in 1996; it merely said it could not take up the case until the issue is properly brought before it; that is, by someone with proper "standing." It's still an issue!
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68Stay out of the Way, President Clinton
The news recently has been full of Bill Clinton’s heroic journey to North Korea to get the two journalists from Al Gore’s Current TV channel out and brought back to the US. His journey, while necessary,...
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79Globalization and the Impact Upon Unions
I wrote this originally as a class paper in early 2008 to explore whether or not and how much globalization has affected the unions and whether or not this has had an impact upon our standard of living. I...
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75A Letter to President Richard Nixon
Dear President Richard Nixon, Mr. President, your day has arrived. I have always said event's make a President, on the other hand, you need that perfect person to handle the event's.Take Abraham Lincoln for...
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