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Patriarch of Maloney Clan, Clif Maloney, Passes On

Jim Luce | Posted 10.27.2009 | New York

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Jim Luce

Clif, 71, husband of Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, passed away in September after climbing one of the tallest mountains in the world, Mt. Cho Oyu, between Nepal and China.

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The Fraud of Honest-Services Fraud

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

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Gary S. Chafetz

Essentially, honest-services fraud makes prosecutors omnipotent, because they can charge anybody they want with a federal felony.

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Stop the Presses: Cheney's Re-emergence Is Finally Explained!

Sandy Goodman | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Paranoid, 9'11 Attacks, Cia, Leon Panetta, Justice Department Memo, Congressional Record, George W. Bush, Abu Zubaydah, Gas Mask, Dick Cheney, " Al Qaeda, Misleading Congress, George H.W. Bush, Nancy Pelosi, Slam Dunk, Unnerved, "The Dark Side, Lying, Colin Powell, Overcompensated, Tom Ricks, Jeffrey Record, Biological Survival Suit, Valerie Plame, John Kuriakou, Bob Graham, Lawrence Wilkerson, Saddam Hussein, Jane Mayer, Air War College, George Tenet, Richard Clarke, Waterboarding, ABC News, Michael Scheuer, Politics News
Sandy Goodman

Nancy Pelosi, this week, accused the CIA of lying. Who, journalists collectively ask, could ever accuse the CIA of lying? Who indeed? Almost anybody, it seems to me.

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Jason Linkins

Bailout Bottom Line: The Safer The Seat, The Closer To Yes

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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Once the press is finished chewing over whether it was the monolithic left or the monolithic right that doomed the passage of whatever rough beast had...

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Joe Klein: McCain's "Puerile Histrionics" On Bailout Only Hurt

Time | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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I don't blame John McCain for not rounding up enough Republican votes to get this bailout bill through the House of Representatives--he's not a member...

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When Bad PR Happens to Good People, or, Jeffrey Birnbaum's Revenge

William Klein | Posted 08.07.2008 | Media

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William Klein

Washington Post columnist Jeffrey Birnbaum has his panties in a twist again about the practice of public policy advocates employing professional writers to help them draft newspaper op-eds.

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