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Why Not Community Service?
Betsey Wright, a former chief of staff for then Governor Bill Clinton has recently been arrested and charged with attempting to smuggle a box cutter, a pocket knife, tweezers and tattoo needles into Arkansas death row. In all, she faces 51 felony charges.Ms Wright not only broke the law, she was rather stupid, it seems.…
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There’s Water Footprints Too
Now that we’re familiar with the idea of carbon footprints, we can add another even more crucial item to our list, our water footprints. The idea is still new, proposed by a Dutch hydro-engineer, Arjen Hoekstra . At a recent conference in Sweden attended by some 2000 scientists, activists and political representatives, he tried to…
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The Courage of The Last Chapter
For many the prospect of death is too horrendous to contemplate so that any example how to handle it needs to be hailed. In this case the example is set by Senator Ted Kennedy writing a letter to the Massachusetts legislature to ask a law be changed so that should he be unable to someone…
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