Papers
Davie gives town administrator his walking papers
Susannah Bryan reports: Davie Town Administrator Gary Shimun’s five council bosses fired him late Wednesday, saying he was not a good fit for the town and failed to clue them in on key issues. Under his $ 177,000-a-year contract, Shimun will be paid one year’s salary and health benefits. Hired as the town’s top boss […]
‘The Committee on the Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments’
You’ll find some great stuff in the “historical essays” section of Senate.gov. For instance: In 1906, the Senate maintained 66 standing and select committees — eight more committees than members of the majority party…The large number of committees and the manner of assigning their chairmanships suggests that many of them existed solely to provide office […]
Wikileaks, The Pentagon Papers, And The First Amendment
Veteran First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams, who argued the Pentagon Papers case before the Supreme Court in 1971, had an interesting column this week in The Wall Street Journal arguing that the ongoing Wikileaks story is not at all like the case he was involved in 40 years ago: In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg decided to […]
Top Ten Heritage Papers of 2010
Yesterday, we posted the Top Ten Heritage Charts of 2010. Today we bring you the Top Ten Heritage Papers of 2010. This list combines all non-multimedia publications including WebMemos, Backgrounders, Center for Data Analysis Reports, Legal Memorandums, and White Papers. The papers are sorted by pageviews with the 10th most popular chart on top, and […]
Bo Obama Faced Possible Quarantine in Hawaii, Asked to Produce Papers
**Written by Doug Powers Here’s what troubles me about this: If you just wanna take your dog out for ice cream in Hawaii and you don’t have your papers, you’re gonna get harassed — that just doesn’t seem right: HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – While President Barack Obama and his family have been coming to Hawaii for […]
WaPo Editorial Condemns ‘Fair Game’ Falsehoods That Paper’s Staff Writer Defended
Tthe new film "Fair Game" is so full of falsehoods and is such an affront to historical accuracy that even the Washington Post's editorial staff felt obligated to debunk the many untruths it presents. "We're not in the habit of writing movie reviews," began a Post editorial on Friday. But "Fair Game" "deserves some editorial […]
The Liberty Papers: Huckabee Is Scary
Yes. Yes, he is. Dear Christian Conservatives intoxicated by the Jesus talk: It’s not Christian to steal from one person and give it to someone else. Mike Huckabee is a Big Government populist who wants to use government programs for Christian ends. The problem with that is it is inherently wrong. You cannot take the […]
Obama’s state department to Indian officials: Show us your papers (updated – US apologizes)
Is it time to “reset” relations with India yet? American Thinker Blog
Obama’s state department to Indian officials: Show us your papers
Obama administration arrogance offensive to hosts. American Thinker Blog
Australian Julian Assange: WikiLeaks Saga & Pentagon Papers
Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, said the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange had been “pursued across three continents” by Western intelligence services. Ellsberg compared the Obama administration’s threat to prosecute Mr. Assange to his own treatment under President Richard M. Nixon, reports The New York Times. “Mr. Assange also said that WikiLeaks, which released […]
Monday NBER papers: Workplace inequality, the power of kindergarten, and poor health makes you poor
“Inequality at Work: The Effect of Peer Salaries on Job Satisfaction,” by David Card, Alexandre Mas, Enrico Moretti and Emmanuel Saez: Economists have long speculated that individuals care about both their absolute income and their income relative to others. … A randomly chosen subset of employees of the University of California was informed about a […]
Monday NBER papers
“Beyond GDP? Welfare across Countries and Time,” by Charles I. Jones and Peter J. Klenow: We propose a simple summary statistic for a nation’s flow of welfare, measured as a consumption equivalent, and compute its level and growth rate for a broad set of countries. This welfare metric combines data on consumption, leisure, inequality, and […]
What the Framers Meant Part Two: Return of the Federalist Papers
James Joyner steps into a debate between Ezra Klein and the Bruce McQuain over the wisdom of the Framers of the US Constitution regarding the design of the Senate. In that post James notes the following regarding the Federalist Papers, a collection of essays published in New York newspapers to argue for ratification of the […]
Defeated Ohio Gov. Strickland’s ‘Shadow Government’ Comment Ignored by Ohio Papers
By admin on November 18, 2010
In a Tuesday item, the Politico's David Catanese reported on the results of an interview he had (HT to Third Base Politics) with outgoing Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, who was defeated by Republican John Kasich earlier this month. It was billed as "his first one-on-one interview since his loss," the first for a sitting Ohio […]
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