And that message is we don't want you to try to circumvent the tightening that we've imposed on the federal funds market by coming to the discount window at the Federal Reserve Board directly. Compared to the days when you were at the Fed, is there a lot more managing of the financial markets as well as the economy. And in some regard you can think of the Fed as taking its lead from the bond market. . . . Now is the time to stop and think before we make what could be a big mistake. Not only will e-voting fail to reverse electoral apathy, it will actually lead us in the wrong direction.
Voting is more than the simple act of indicating one's political preference.
It's a vital public ritual that increases social solidarity and binds citizens together. . . . Rick Valelly is associate professor of political science at Swarthmore College. Grief didn't hit Sheila Martin until a week later. The FBI said Tuesday that it might have used potentially flammable tear gas canisters in the final attack on the Branch Davidian compound, Mount Carmel, that ended the 51-day standoff, and Martin's voice still shakes with emotion when she remembers. They were my babies.