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Smyth next briefly detours to specifically criticize me as a “problem” on the FEC. This is a curious detour, indeed, given that my 1991 article in the Harvard Journal of Legislation, “Judicial Protection of Ballot Access Rights,” remains one of the most important and oft-cited pieces of legal scholarship supporting the rights of third parties. I am almost certainly the biggest supporter of third parties on the commission. In the fall of 2000, during the dispute over which candidate, John Hagelin or Pat Buchanan, was entitled to government...
...Social Security trust fund has the curious feature of lacking actual funds. Social Security benefits are paid from current payroll taxes. When the program runs a surplus—as it has for the past 20 years—those extra dollars get spent with other tax revenue and the government issues IOUs to the Social Security program. Far from containing actual money, the trust fund—so beloved of Democrats with presidential aspirations—consists of nothing but these IOUs...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH Perched on the verdant slope of an extinct volcano, the luxurious Mount Popa Resort reigns over the Myingyan Plain, offering a stunning view of the gilded spires and pale green walls of the fairy-tale Popa Daung Kalat Temple complex below. A curious joint venture between the forestry department and a Singaporean lumber and construction firm, the eco-refuge nestles among the sandalwood saplings of a newly established forest conservation project...
This year, Patriots’ Day morning was gray, rainy and cold, but 5,000 spectators still lined the edges of Lexington Green to watch a reenactment of the Battle of Lexington. Seasoned spectators stood on ladders and drowsy yet curious small children perched on their fathers’ shoulders to get a good look at the action. Coveted viewing positions were occupied by 4 a.m. At 6 a.m. sharp, a Lexington Minute Man playing messenger Samuel Prescott rode up to the green to deliver the message that the British were, indeed, coming. Soon after, about 120 reenactors portraying British...
...Patriots’ Day, everyone is an expert. One older man quizzed the kids next to him about battle-specifics and then knowingly informed them how one of the Minute Men died in his wife’s arms. Another man in the crowd explained to a curious onlooker that the British weaponry was not completely accurate, because the redcoats never marched without bayonets...