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...encourages, the active involvement of legislators in lawmaking. From outside the U.S., the prism through which American politics is viewed is normally that of the presidency. But that can be misleading. Article I of the Constitution is not concerned with the presidency at all (that's covered in Article II), but the legislature. In constitutional terms, Congress is a "co-equal" branch of government; it has real power, and so do its most significant members. Just as the wise men - Averell Harriman, Dean Acheson and the like - who remade international institutions at the end of World War II would...
...that ends this month. That's by far the biggest shortfall ever, in dollar terms. The government will have spent $3.7 trillion and taken in $2.1 trillion. Even by the more forgiving yardstick of percentage of gross domestic product, the shortfall is, at 11.2%, the biggest since World War II. It will be smaller next year but still huge by historical standards. At some point this starts to matter, right...
...This would have been a good occasion to say sorry.' ANDRZEJ HALICKI, chairman of the Polish parliament's foreign-affairs committee, on the speech by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) marking the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II. Putin drew praise for his conciliatory tone, but he stopped short of apologizing for Russia's occupation of Poland...
...Palo Alto native. Men’s basketball co-captain Jeremy Lin, who also grew up in Palo Alto, attended Evans’ rival high school. Evans remembers cheering for Lin as he led Palo Alto High School over the favorites from Matter Dei in the 2006 CIF Division II State title...
...further disciplinary action and drug use prevention. The electronic THC Online Knowledge Experience, or e-TOKE, is an online “assessment and feedback tool designed to reduce marijuana use among college students,” according to the e-TOKE website. Sound familiar? Welcome to Alcohol EDU II: Weed Edition...