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...course, it was never doubted that determined groups would find a way around the rules. When the Supreme Court considered the inevitable case against campaign finance laws in Dec. 2003—on grounds that the laws infringed on First Amendment rights—it ruled in favor of the restrictions; yet, even at the time of decision, the justices were wary of the ruling’s real implications. As it issued its majority opinion, they wrote, “We are under no illusion that BCRA will be the last congressional statement on the matter. Money, like water...
Demonstrating that they never intended for H.R. 163 to become law, Rangel and most of his co-sponsors voted against their own bill in yesterday’s vote. Only one of fourteen co-sponsors voted in favor; Rangel and 11 others voted no; and the rest did not vote. It is clear that they intended only to instill fear of the draft rather than reinstate...
...most dangerous types of alcohol. The College should also help HoCos and other organizations (from Harvard and Yale) obtain the requisite licenses, in order to promote a vibrant, communal tailgate environment in which students will self-regulate their own drinking. If students eschew boring and keg-less tailgates in favor of pre-gaming—drinking massive quantities of alcohol to achieve a 4-quarter-long buzz—University Health Services will have a banner day. The College must take a pragmatic stand towards student drinking in Allston, if only to counterbalance the misguidedness of the puritanical Boston Police...
...termed its "immoral crisis," had led him to "the conclusion that I can no longer serve the Lord as an Episcopal priest." Instead, he would begin two new alliances: one with Frank Lyons, the conservative Anglican Bishop of Bolivia, enabling Beach to end-run the Episcopal American hierarchy in favor of its parent Anglicanism; and the other as pastor of a brand-new church--largely financed, it was later announced, by businessman Clyde Strickland, who would donate $100,000 and 10 acres worth $770,000. This new life, Beach told his stunned listeners, would commence in less than a month...
...favor laws against these practices? I do. The Federal Government has really abdicated its responsibilities in terms of regulating the kids' marketplace. There's something referred to as the Parents' Bill of Rights, some of which is being introduced in Congress, to get some control over the kind of Wild West atmosphere that has developed in children's marketing in the last 15 years...