For you legal eagles out there, here's a Slate article on all the grads of Pat Robertson's law school, being funneled into government work. Including one Monica Goodling. Are they sharks, or are they bait, chum?
[Thanks for this, Joe!]
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Surely some revelation is at hand.
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Just goes to show you — that Harvard degree and a buck will buy you a cup of coffee.