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...return to wilderness. When it rains, they turn into vast dry creek beds, distorting the rainfall patterns. Beyond the roads are staging areas so polluted with human waste and garbage that DiRosa must bring in commercial cleanup crews rather than rely on volunteers. One recent study estimated that each person crossing the desert leaves about eight pounds of garbage in his or her wake. Last year, the Border Patrol apprehended half a million illegal immigrants in Arizona; that means that, even if you only count the illegals who were apprehended and use a conservative estimate of five pounds of garbage...
...about 12, he asked his father to take him to a nondenominational Bible-study group. Jesse had found it on his own and wanted to go because he was curious about religion. For two years father and son went together to Bible discussions, where Jesse was easily the youngest person. Jesse's initial curiosity grew into a deeply felt sense of spirituality that stayed with him throughout his life. He carried a Bible to school...
...poverty; the homeless population is guessed at tens of thousands; and more than 100,000 people are considered at risk. Worse, the coalition's same report found Chicago fared pathetically when stacked against other large cities in spending. San Francisco, the study found, spent more than $100 per homeless person; New York invests $37 per capita; Philadelphia, $11; Chicago...
...Daley's supporters say he should be credited with taking a big step in trying to address homelessness. "He owns the plan," said Philip Mangano, the executive director for the U.S. Interagency Council to End Homelessness. "He is the person looking for the benchmarks to be accomplished and he is accountable to his city." A summer 2006 report on the plan noted that more than 130 families were put into the private market and off the public trust during the first half of last year, while nearly 2,000 were helped with various forms of assistance and 35 people were...
...infallibility when he is laying out incontrovertible Church doctrine. Still, the Pope is not expected to err, and the faithful are not accustomed to hearing him publicly correct his own missteps. And certainly Benedict XVI, a man of rock-solid (some might say stubborn) convictions, would be the last person you would expect to waffle or backtrack on his key pronouncements. Which is why perhaps the most troubling pattern of his reign is Benedict's notable tendency to do just that...