Submitted to a Candid World

Although Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac aren’t taxpayer funded, as Palin seems to think, they’re about to be. Since McCain’s economic knowledge amounts to Alan Greenspan’s book - and an optimism undisturbed by facts - it’s clear that Mrs. Palin will not shore up McCain’s weaknesses.

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Generally I concern myself with substantive discussion of the election; my shattered nerves can hardly stand the crush of polls and analysis. I have a minor coronary every time I check the more extensive polling sites (electoral-vote.com, and fivethirtyeight.com), especially with predictions that McCain is likely to get a +10 bounce.
That said, comparisons with last [...]

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Today is the first day that federal judges can call & request interviews with law students applying for judicial clerkships; myself among them. Best wishes to everyone who finds themselves similarly situated, and congratulations to everyone who has secured/will soon secure their first interview!

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In her speech last week - abhorred by some, embraced by others, but watched by all - Sarah Palin managed to leverage her shocking inexperience into an embrace of “small town values,” loosely defined as, Sarah Palin’s values.
By trying to set our towns against our cities, Palin makes the vital mistake of imagining that, despite [...]

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