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mike-lawson's picture
Jun.21.2012
DeMarco is asked to look into the murder conviction of a lobbyist. But he has other worries on his mind: his boss is no longer Speaker,his girlfriend has left him, andhis friend Emma may be dying. DeMarco doesn’t expect to free the lobbyist – much less to become the target of two of the most...
bill-diskin's picture
Oct.09.2010
Aram Saroyan discusses his career, his father, and his battle with congress...
m-t-kingsley's picture
Mar.30.2010
Follow the tumultuous legal and emotional challenges of widow and mother of four, Julie Woodruff, who is set up for a crime, thrown into prison, and survives an attempt on her life just because of her job as the public works director of the small Southern California city of Playa Bonita. With the...
jennifer-van-bergen's picture
Jun.10.2009
The electoral tie for the presidency between Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson is a forgotten piece of history that still affects us today. It resulted in the adoption of the 12th Amendment in 1804, which changed the requirements for presidential and vice-presidential elections, and it created...
jon-stewart's picture
Jan.02.2008
Iconoclastic, subversive, hilarious, and vulgar, Jon Stewart of The Daily Show is a major source of news for the twentysomething set as well as older television watchers numbed by conventional reporting. Packed with jokes, this mock textbook, with the familiar stamp on the inside cover reading...