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Frascati is something which, according to Our Lord, cannot be hidden: a city built on a hill. It rises, a part of the historic crown of "Castles of Rome", descended from the Latin free cities of antiquity, on the volcanic ranges of central Lazio, steep and old and beautiful ( Read more... )

Or at least the state is turning out all its pockets to see if it has anything worth selling that will help stop the most immediate holes in its budget: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/05/schwarzenegger-san-quentin ( Read more... )

And the situation is the same in the UK.

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Robert Novak is one of the most famous conservative journalists in America. He is, thank God, an honest man, and is quite willing to tell truths uncomfortable to Republicans. Today's column about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is required reading:

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I wonder if notebuyer, or anyone else who knows about finance and stock exchange practices - I don't - has any opinion about the rumour I placed behind the cut. I am serious. You and I may disagree on a number of things, but I always like to hear an expert's view. And this is both so curious and (if at all true) so significant, that I really would ( Read more... )