In the Course of Human Events, Still Unpublished

More than 200 years after they were written, huge portions of the papers of America’s founding fathers are still decades away from being published, prompting a distinguished group of scholars and federal officials to pressure Congress to speed the process along.
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The Essentials of Survivor Benefits

If a relative dies, you should apply for survivor benefits right away. Benefits are usually paid from the time you apply and not on the time, the worker died.
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A Higher Power

When he climbed out of the car at Fort Robinson that morning in June 1972, Mike Huckabee found himself surrounded by 1,200 other high school juniors, each a leader in his Arkansas home town, each primed for an election. Several were carrying posters touting their platforms. Others were handing ou…
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How Do You Make an Appeal in a Disability Claim?

The Social Security Administration generally decides whether a disability claim is eligible or not. The agency informs claimants of their decision through mail. If you disagree with their decision, you can ask for a review of the case. This is the start of the appeals process.
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The Rule of Law vs. Obedience to the Law

Laws have to earn observance and obeisance. To do so, they have to meet a series of rigorous criteria.
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Posted in Politics No Comments 14.12.2007 on 03:12.


The Ghost of a Father

Sometimes the trigger will be a newspaper story he is reading about Africa. Or he may spot a group of boys on a street corner on the South Side of Chicago and think that one or more of them “could be me, they may not have a father at home.” At other moments, he […]

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FHA Loan Expansion Heading To a Vote

Hundreds of thousands of minority and moderate-income home buyers would become eligible to get low-rate, low-down-payment mortgages insured by the federal government under an agreement struck yesterday in the Senate.
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C’mon, Get Happy

JOHNSTON, Iowa “Don’t mention the war!” — John Cleese in the “Fawlty Towers” episode “The Germans” “We won’t talk a lot about issues like Iraq.” — Carolyn Washburn, moderating the presidential debates in Iowa
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What Obama Got Wrong

WHAT HE GOT WRONG: “I don’t want to wake up four years from now and discover that we still have more young black men in prison than in college.”
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Clinton Apologizes To Obama Over Aide’s Drug Remark

JOHNSTON, Iowa, Dec. 13 — On a day when her campaign advisers had hoped the final debate before the Iowa caucuses would help Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton reestablish herself as the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, Clinton offered a formal apology to Sen. Barack Obama and…
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