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...oral history is online at the library’s Web site. In it, Graham acknowledges that he used a “snake oil” developed by his father to treat Truman??s ear infections and sore throats. Graham says that the concoction “had a small amount of ephedrine”—a substance that was widely used as an asthma remedy until the 1980s...
...snake oil” might have opened Truman??s airways, but there’s no reason to think it closed his mind. Nonetheless, in Perret’s world, where fact is no object, counterargument is altogether banished...
...author argues that Truman supported the partition of Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states so that he could secure Jewish backing for his 1948 reelection bid. According to Perret, Truman??s decision to recognize Israeli independence was a unilateral move made despite “strong opposition to partition within the [U.N.] Security Council.” Perret charges that Jews favored partition because they knew it would lead to a war that they would...
Move over Gallup Poll—Facebook.com is the new election oracle, accurately predicting the results of nine out of 12 races last week.But the Web site’s new “Election Pulse” also had a few “Dewey Defeats Truman?? moments. For example, an independent candidate for Texas governor, Kinky Friedman, won 66.9 percent of the Facebook vote—but garnered just 13 percent at the polls. Facebook’s new “Pulse” feature allowed members to support candidates by visiting profiles and clicking...
...specific statute to address the issue. “To say that the President has inherent authority does not mean that his authority is exclusive, or that his conduct is not subject to statutory regulations,” the professors wrote, citing the Supreme Court invalidation of President Truman??s seizure of steel mills as an example. The professors also asserted that domestic spying “raises serious questions” under the Fourth Amendment, concluding that FISA “merely imposes reasonable regulation to protect legitimate privacy rights,” and that the president...