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In the aftermath of the December 14 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, it must have seemed obvious to Barack Obama that he needed to do something about gun control. He called it the worst day of his presidency, and became emotionally invested in leading reform of the nation's gun laws.
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Date:
5/10/2013
Yesterday was the anniversary of the day in 1919 when the 18th Amendment was ratified banning the manufacture, sale or transport of "intoxicating liquors" in the United States. Once the Volstead Act was passed several months later to provide funding for enforcement, it became the official policy
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Date:
1/17/2013
Biologists, psychologists and risk analysts tell us that human beings are hard wired to make decisions based on inadequate information and even subjective opinions. At one time this characteristic was a survival trait; it did our ancestors no good to wait until they had incontrovertible evidence
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Date:
1/16/2013


