A Wisdom Archive on Nancy Pelosi - Family

Born Nancy D'Alesandro in Baltimore, Maryland, Pelosi became involved in politics at an early age. Her father, Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr., was a U.S. Congressman from Maryland and also a Mayor of Baltimore. Pelosi attended Trinity College (now Trinity University) in Washington, DC, where she met her future husband, Paul Pelosi. When the couple married, they moved to his hometown of San Francisco, where his brother was a member of the city's Board of S ...

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When Burton died in 1983, his wife Sala won a special election to complete his term. When she became ill with cancer, she suggested that Pelosi run for her seat in 1988. Sala Burton died on February 1, 1987, just a month after being sworn in for a second full term. Pelosi won in a special election to succeed her, narrowly defeating left wing San Francisco Supervisor Harry Britt, and took office on June 2, 1987. She was elected to a full term in 1988 and has won every election since then against token Republican opposition. Republicans have l ...

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Bennett's best-known written work may be The Book of Virtues: A Treasury of Great Moral Stories (1993), which he edited; he has also authored and edited ten other books, including The Children’s Book of Virtues and The Death of Outrage: Bill Clinton and the Assault on American Ideals (1998). Other books: Body Count: Moral Poverty...and How to Win America's War Against Crime and Drugs (1996) The De-Valuing of America: The Fight for Our Culture and Our Children (1992) < ...

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Alan Greenspan, KBE, PhD (born March 6, 1926) is an American economist and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve of the United States. He was first appointed Fed chairman by President Ronald Reagan in 1987, has been reappointed at successive four-year intervals since, and is scheduled to retire on January 31, 2006, relinquishing the chairmanship to Ben Bernanke at that time. Greenspan was lauded for his handling of the Black Monday stock market crash that occurred very shortly after he first became chairman, as wel ... Including:

• Alan Greenspan - Early life
• Alan Greenspan - Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve
• Alan Greenspan - Recent Charges of Partisanship Alliance with President Bush
• Alan Greenspan - Criticism from Objectivist Philosophers

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William Bennett - Gambling. In Spring 2003, it became widely known that Bennett was a high-stakes gambler who reportedly had lost millions of dollars in Las Vegas. As a Catholic, Bennett was not prohibited from gambling, but some felt it conflicted with his public image as a leading voice for conservative morals. For example, Bennett and the Empower America, the organization he co-founded and headed at the time, opposed t ...

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Dr. Greenspan was born to a Jewish family in New York City in 1926. He studied at Juilliard from 1943 to 1944 and is known as an accomplished saxophone player. He then attended New York University, and received a B.S in Economics (summa cum laude) in 1948, and an M.A in Economics in 1950. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Economics in 1977, although he did not complete a dissertation. On December 14, 2005 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Commercial Science from NYU, his fourth degree from that institution. He also attended Col ...

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Those who compare his ideology to that of conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia have nicknamed him "Scalito" (a portmanteau of "Scalia" and "Alito" that appears to have originated in a 1992 National Law Journal article). The National Italian American Foundation, a bipartisan organization that has supported Nancy Pelosi [41], has stated the use of the "Scalito" nickname "marginalizes [Alito's] outstanding record."[42] If confirmed by the Senate, Alito would be the eleventh Catholic to serve on the Supreme Court (the ...

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In August 2000, the presumptive-Democratic nominee for president, Al Gore, tapped Lieberman to be his vice-presidential running mate. His selection marked the first time a Jewish candidate was part of major party's presidential ticket. Lieberman's Senate term was also due to expire in that election cycle and he decided to stage a run to maintain that seat as well. If he won the vice presidency, he presumably would have resigned his Senate seat. Lieberman later criticized Al Gore for adopting a populist theme during their 2000 campaign ...

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Lieberman was born in Stamford, Connecticut to Henry Lieberman (the son of Polish Jewish immigrants) and Marcia Manger (of Austrian Jewish background). He attended public schools in Stamford, received his bachelor's degree from Yale in 1964 and his law degree from Yale Law School in 1967, after which he worked at the prestigious New Haven law firm of Wiggin & Dana. Lieberman was elected to the Connecticut State Senate in 1970 and served there for 10 years, including the last 6 as Majority Leader. From 1982 to 1988, he serve ...

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Before joining the DHS/FEMA, Brown was the Judges and Stewards Commissioner for the International Arabian Horse Association, (IAHA), from 1989-2001. After numerous lawsuits were filed against the organization over disciplinary actions[9], Brown was forced to resign.[10] A March 2000 two-part report in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, chronicling one of the dis ...

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As of the census2 of 2000, there are 247,289 people, 100,650 households, and 60,691 families residing in the county. The population density is 184/km² (476/mi²). There are 104,990 housing units at an average density of 78/km² (202/mi²). The racial makeup of the county is 84.03% White, 2.89% Black or African American, 0.43% Native American, 4.53% Asian, 0.16% Pacific Islander, 4.50% from other races, and 3.47% from two or more races. 11.0 ...

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Joe Lieberman - Censorship. Lieberman has been criticized by many computer and video game players for his stance on video games; he is a strong supporter of video game censorship. He has also been vocal in the censorship of many controversial musical artists. In the late 1990s Lieberman was vocal in lobbying for censorship against shock rocker Marilyn Manson, calling his group "one of the sickest" he had ever seen. As a senator he inspired the advent of the Entertainment Software Rating Board. The Entertainment S ...

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