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Federalist # 10

Posted on November 3, 2004 by sheila

I woke up at around 5:30 this morning. There’s a huge wind here in Manhattan today, and the sound of it battering against my window woke me up. I got up, I listened to the election on the radio for … Continue reading →

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“Our prevailing passions are ambition and interest”

Posted on February 19, 2004 by sheila

I am tearing through the biography of Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow at breakneck speed. At this point in the book, Hamilton has teamed up with Jay and Madison, after the Constitutional wrangling in Philadelphia, a divisive and vicious process … Continue reading →

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