Inaugural Housing Madness
Notwithstanding the limited availability of tickets, the swearing-in of President Barack Obama on Jan. 20 is expected to draw as many as 5 million visitors to Washington, D.C., during inauguration...
View ArticleLayoff Spin
Last month more than half a million American workers lost their jobs. How exactly do you tell an employee that his or her services are no longer needed? Institutional guidelines at two University of...
View ArticleA Hold on Holder?
Senate judiciary committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., scheduled a confirmation hearing for Eric Holder, President-elect Obama's choice for attorney general, on Jan. 8. The committee's ranking...
View ArticleMadoff 'n' Jeff
Bernie Madoff, a much-respected Wall Street investment adviser and former NASDAQ chairman, was arrested last week after he confessed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation that he'd committed...
View ArticleLike Daughter, Like Father
Last week, Slate published an analysis of Elizabeth Cheney's senior thesis from Colorado College, which author Zac Frank discovered in a bin of discarded books at the college's library. Frank found...
View ArticleLike Daughter, Like Father
Last week, Slate published an analysis of Elizabeth Cheney's senior thesis from Colorado College, which author Zac Frank discovered in a bin of discarded books at the college's library. Frank found...
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