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...would think that it’s pretty hard not to notice a Red Line train. You would also think it’s not a good idea to drive into one. Apparently, Jefferson Mondesir, a 30-year-old resident of Everett, disagrees with us on both counts...
Gehrke mentioned that during Quincy’s time in the House of Representatives, he tried to have President Thomas Jefferson impeached. The movement failed by a vote...
...Wilders is convicted, he faces up to 16 months in prison. But he appears to be relishing the proceedings thus far, likely hoping the trial will give his party a boost ahead of next year's national elections. Speaking to the court last month, Wilders even quoted Thomas Jefferson, saying that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. "I believe in my heart and soul that freedom in the Netherlands is being threatened," he said. "It is not only our right but our obligation as free people to speak...
...Thomas Jefferson, one of America’s most widely read forefathers wrote, “The best government is the government that governs least.” What Jefferson intended was for a system of self-regulating government. The financial crises on Wall Street and Main Street in late 2008 exposed the fissures of this political philosophy. The abject lack of oversight by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Bush administration, and Wall Street executives resulted in a full-blown recession and difficult financial times for all Americans...
Although Obama has a history of using big speeches to spark or recalibrate his fortunes (the Democratic National Convention keynote in Boston in 2004, his Iowa Jefferson-Jackson Dinner speech in 2007, his oration on race in 2008, which was prompted by the controversy surrounding Chicago pastor Jeremiah Wright), no realistic appraiser of Obama's looming State of the Union believes he can turn everything around with one prime-time address. (See the State of the Union Address in 3 Minutes...