I am a fortunate blogger indeed. In response to my recent post arguing that the Second Amendment conveys no Constitutional right to treason, I have been gifted with no fewer than sixteen links to, or digital copies of, the Declaration of Independence—invariably with the comment that if I would just pull my head out of various parts of my anatomy and read it, I would understand how fatally flawed my communistic beliefs really are.

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On primary day in New York City, voters who consider themselves independent were excluded from the primary. The big apple has a closed primary, which means that only voters who are registered with either the Republican or Democratic Party are eligible to participate.

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... and why does this matter for government accounting?

The financial crisis in recent years challenged many widely-held assumptions, including an assumption of innocence for ‘cash and cash equivalents.’   The fearful crowd lost confidence generally, and rationally, given the leverage in the system, resulting in a widespread run on the bank.  But we aren’t in Kansas anymore, Dorothy.  This isn’t Jimmy Stewart’s banking system.

In an election that might foretell trends in 2014, the Virginia gubernatorial race may have a spoiler.

In recent polling, Libertarian Party candidate Robert Sarvis has accumulated approximately seven percent of the vote in the race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Ken Cuccinelli.