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There is more to populism than meets the eye. Though it often seems to spring from out-of-the-loop sources not worth the attention of the intelligentsia, at the right moments in history is able to tap immense stores of dormant power, residing in the simple mass of the populace. In any nation, and perhaps especially in a democracy, the normally passive majority can be roused to levels of action which, due merely to their weight in numbers, can have profound effects on society. Whether the action comes in the from of picking up a ballot or picking...
...justified if it is done for our "protection." By that same standard, Harvard should read and censor students' e-mail in violation of the Electronic Communication Privacy Act of 1986 in order to prevent any possible disturbances or crimes; likewise, the Harvard Student Telephone Office should be able to tap our phone lines and the Harvard Mail Service open our packages and letters without any cause and in violation...
...military is still in power -- awash in gasoline and profits, thanks to the porous border with the Dominican Republic. The reality of oil-embargoed Haiti is nowhere more evident than in the capital of Port-au-Prince, which suffers from traffic jams. Though the brightly colored "tap tap" jitneys used by the poor are disappearing as gas prices soar, the military and the monied still manage to race around town in their Range Rovers and Toyotas tanked up on $150 of smuggled fuel. "The embargo exists in name only. They sell gasoline like chocolate bars on the streets," says...
...movie handles this paradox with comfortable predictability. Not only does the story tap into the archetypal American dream, it draws its script exclusively from time-honored traditions of red-blooded American slapstick jokes, formulaic characters, and racial stereotypes. Everything is familiar and expected, kind of like an old armchair with beer stains that has been sitting in the family basement forever--not particularly attractive or inviting, but no one ever bothers to move it to the junk heap...
...also fails to realize that, like a tap on a telephone line, there are legal limits on how much access the government can have to electronic communications. I refer Mr. Liu to the Fourth Amendment, along with the past quarter century of Supreme Court decisions on search and seizure procedures. In short, in order for the FBI, for instance, to use any information they might acquire, they would have to supply probable cause, go to a judge, and get a warrant--all in advance of using the Clipper chip. Though I would admit that there are exceptions to this procedure...