While we wouldn’t pretend to know the cause of Sarah Palin’s resignation from office, we have realized at least one effect: the size of her book advance will probably never be known publicly as a result. You may recall that attorney Robert Barnett submitted exclusively to Harper, helping ensure that Palin’s advance would remain private initially. At the time it was presumed that the advance would be revealed subsequently when she disclosed her income as required by Alaska’s laws every March. But the Alaska statue would appear to require disclosure only up until when she leaves the governor’s office (“after […]