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...have so many Americans been sent up the river? And is it a good thing? There are plenty of answers, depending on one's viewpoint. Some believe that such high numbers reflect unduly harsh sentencing and irresponsible public policy that does very little to address the underlying causes of crime. Others point to the aforementioned crime statistics as proof that the get-tough policies of the '80s and '90s are working as intended. Whatever the positions taken, however, there is definite potential, if the numbers keep on climbing, for public backlash. Urban politicians are likely to point to the large...
Solutions are out there. A large part of the Great Prison Explosion has been due to harsh drug laws, filling the prisons (especially federal prisons) with non-violent drug offenders. Arizona has responded by becoming the first state in the country to divert all of its non-violent drug offenders into probation and treatment instead of prison, saving an estimated $2.5 million in its first year of operation and with even greater predicted savings in the future. More importantly, drug treatment has been shown to cut crime, reducing the recidivism rate of substance abusers by as much as 40%. Similarly...
...those factors aside, Rwanda today can be understood only through the harsh prism of the genocide that ravaged it in 1994. That bloodbath, fueled by an incendiary combination of misguided Belgian colonial policy, divisive domestic politics, ethnic stereotyping and tragic French foreign policy, took the lives of 800,000 of the minority Tutsi. The genocide, and the concurrent civil war during which the Tutsi minority took control of the country, devastated the infrastructure and exterminated the professional class. There were fewer than a dozen doctors within Rwanda's borders in 1997, and no more than 100 nurses. Hospitals were destroyed...
...cozy with my computer screen, keyboard and mouse while lying in bed. Although I am among the thousands who have downloaded King's digital book, I have yet to begin reading it. Contrary to popular belief, this is not the best thing since sliced bread. The harsh electronic word will never replace the printed one. CHRISTOPHER PANEK Westchester...
...self-interest as selfless solidarity of labor. They're making the trade deal with China to permit its entry in the WTO (currently on Capitol Hill) the focus of their Washington activities, protesting China's human rights record and its denial of trade union rights. It's precisely that harsh labor regime that keeps production costs in China down and makes it an attractive destination for U.S. manufacturers to outsource work...