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Impulse, meet experience
ST. PAUL, Minn.—The word "experience" appears 91 times in the Federalist Papers, those distillations of conservative sense and sensibility. Madison, Hamilton and Jay said that truths are "taught" and "corroborated" by experience. These writers...Tags: Joe Biden, Nebraska, Alaska, Sarah Palin, Washington Post Company
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The Experience Factor
The word "experience" appears 91 times in the Federalist Papers, those distillations of conservative sense and sensibility. Madison, Hamilton and Jay said that truths are "taught" and "corroborated" by experience. America's Founders were empiricists and...Tags: Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, John McCain, Sociology, Richard Nixon
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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: Joe Biden, Nebraska, John Jay, Sarah Palin, John McCain
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Will: Choosing Palin is 'McCainism' at its best
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The word ''experience'' appears 91 times in the Federalist Papers, those distillations of conservative sense and sensibility. Madison, Hamilton and Jay said that truths are ''taught'' and ''corroborated'' by experience. These writers...Tags: Joe Biden, Nebraska, Alaska, Sarah Palin, Washington Post Company
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High School Football Week 1
Friday, August 29th at 7:00 pm
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Grey matters: Age as a factor in the election
In this most unusual presidential campaign, like it or not, voters have had to deal with the issues of race and gender. Now comes the issue of age. Sen. John McCain, if elected at age 72, would become the oldest person (and the first known cancer...Tags: Konrad Adenauer, Martin Luther King Jr., William Henry Harrison, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Death and Dying
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Guantanamo ruling affirms limits of power
One of the ancient axioms of chemistry is, "The dose makes the poison." What may be beneficial in small doses can be harmful in large ones. That insight applies in other areas too. In wartime, you don't want the sort of president we had in, say, James...Tags: Terrorism, Local Authority, Guerrilla Activity, Justice System, Government
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Multiple choice
1Who was the only president born on the 4th of July? A. Zachary Taylor B. Calvin Coolidge C. Ulysses S. Grant D. James Madison 2Who was the tallest president? A. Abraham Lincoln B. Thomas Jefferson C. George Washington D. William Henry Harrison...Tags: William Henry Harrison, Abraham Lincoln, John Adams, Andrew Jackson, Benjamin Harrison
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Guantanamo and the limits of power
One of the ancient axioms of chemistry is, "The dose makes the poison." What may be beneficial in small doses can be harmful in large ones. A couple of aspirin can cure a headache, but a couple of hundred will kill the patient. That insight applies in...Tags: Terrorism, Local Authority, Justice System, Government, Court Administration
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Applying Franklin Roosevelt and Lincoln to today
Today is another date that has been fixed in my memory, the day word reached me in my place of part-time work -- a Brooklyn photofinishing shop -- that the president of my youth, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, had died. I remember it was late in the...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Heads of State, Health and Safety at School, Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan
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SPIN CYCLE:This latest Albany shocker might not cost a career
dan.janison@newsday.comALBANY The rumors about Gov. David Paterson's marital troubles have been around for years. He was in the state Legislature where everyone interacts, everyone talks, and word spreads. Names of a female friend, word that he was staying in a separate...Tags: Government, Rudy Giuliani, Regional Authority, David A. Paterson, Bill Clinton
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Absolut canard
If I didn't already prefer Ketel One vodka in my martinis, I might very well call for my own boycott against Absolut. Not because I agree with the knuckleheads who fear that the Swedish company's advertisement featuring a map of the American Southwest as...Tags: Minority Groups, Los Angeles, Migration, National or Ethnic Minorities, San Diego (San Diego, California)
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