Today’s Latin Lesson Is As True In Politics As Anything Else

Fama Nihil Est Celerius

“Nothing is Swifter Than Rumor”    Read more »

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The Bribery of Vote-Trading

“A method of legislative bribery not yet reached by the criminal statutes is that of vote-trading; a form of intimidation not yet defined in the codes is that of threatening a legislator with defeat of his important measures to force him to vote against his convictions.

“Eventually both these corrupt practices will be properly classified, both in public opinion and the law,.    Read more »

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You Don’t Say…

“Back of the ineffectiveness of our legislative system is the indifference of the public.

“The Legislature continues ineffective for precisely the same reason that at the special election — at which measures of the greatest importance to the state were voted upon — out of a registration of approximately 1,250,000 only 260,000 voted.”    Read more »

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Today’s Latin Lesson Is How Long Most Lawmakers Served Before Term Limits Took Effect

Ad Multus Annos

“For Many Years”    Read more »

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Plane Too Close to Ground, Crash Probe Told*

(From the “Bad Headlines” File.)    Read more »

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Today’s Latin Lesson is What a U.S. Supreme Court Decision Is

Lex Terrae

“The Law of the Land”    Read more »

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The Zero Effect

“Over the years, a number of smart people have learned the hard way that a long stream of impressive numbers mulitplied by a single zero always equals zero.”

                                            –Warren Buffett    Read more »

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A Classy Panhandle…

“Can I have some of your power and influence rub off on me?”

— A solicitation for a handout from a gentleman on a downtown Sacramento street    Read more »

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Today’s Latin Lesson Is A Warning to All Candidates for Public Office

Quanti Fama?

“At What Price Fame?”    Read more »

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Ryan Gosling and the Apocalypse

“The way I do most of my posts is I think, how can I get someone to press ‘like’ on this?”

      — Mark Stopera, an editor at BuzzFeed, quoted in the Sunday March 25, 2012 San Francisco Chronicle Business Report, which goes on to say:

“At BuzzFeed, Stopera compiles popular articles and lists that people can share on Facebook by clicking a ‘like’ button.    Read more »

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