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Editorial page conferences every day, and provided research for the writers. And i thought, this would be a great way to live the rest of your life. It would be like going to school every day. And then i realized that writing articles would be hard to make a living. So i was asked to do a book, my first book, the very first book, the one i thought would make me for ever was an investigative look at the beauty spots in america. There were only 12 at the time. Only 12. This was back in 1978, and i thought this is fascinating. So i would go to every spa, state week and i would write a chapter abo...

Brand . I think our brand is a constitution, the rule of law, and our value system. Under that brand and under that value system, there is that notion of equal under the eyes of the law, and i know that brand and value system is the ada, trying to balance the rights of americans with diabetics. This is a treaty. A treaty is a law. The emotional and political arguments in favor of the treaty, no one can disagree with these arguments, but the question is, will the treaty have the legal effect thats being proctored by the proponents of the treaty . We dont hear citations to the articles of the tr...

Postnafta we were doing a tremendous job making something together. We were making pork chops together, but country of origin labeling and impact on livestock trade has dramatically decimated that. Efforts in congress to introduce renewable or a clean energy standard, none of them have passed, not scott mentioned earlier the northsouth flow of the electric grid. But despite that the existence of the grid and existence of the l. Actress degrade trade, the proposals for renewable and clean and g. Standards all would have differentiated between imported and domestic electricity and not given them...

Good morning, im Melissa Harrisperry. This morning, we are live in washington, d. C. As preparations are under way for the second inauguration of president barack obama. And while the public ceremony and celebration will take place on monday, the official swearing in as mandated by the constitution will occur tomorrow morning. Chief Justice John Roberts will swear in the president in a brief ceremony at the white house just before noon and msnbc will bring it to you live tomorrow. President obama will retake the oath with a 52 Approval Rating according to the latest nbc news wall street journa...

Is an election. Good morning. Im Melissa Harrisperry. If i asked you what day is november 5th and you answered, duh, melissa, its tuesday, instead of, enthusiastically offering the alternate correct answer, its election day in america well, youre in good company. Because its election day 2013, an odd number, which makes this an off year election. And well, to be honest, we tend not to get too excited about off year elections if voter turnout is any indication. In fact, its not uncommon for voter turnout percentages in some off year state and local elections to be in the single digits. And that...