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LAMENTATIONS

This past week, my wife and I watched almost every vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.  I’m a political scientist by training and she is an equally concerned and informed citizen. And, we are both educators.  Both of us love our country.  We each unselfishly gave more than twenty years of our lives in service to America during our careers.  The spectacle that we saw unfold in the House of Representatives last week, and the changes to the House Rules, concern us both,...

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During the period of Prohibition in the United States, the merchandising of alcohol was prohibited.  As a result, private and secret clubs called “Speakeasys” emerged. One such Speakeasy was located at 86 Bedford Street in Manhattan.  It was typical of these clubs back then to have one or more police officers in their hire, who would tip them off when a raid from the Vice Division was about to be launched.  At that point, the bartenders would quickly and loudly inform...

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