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What do China, Iran, Cuba, Egypt, and the United States have in common? They all allow the death penalty. In fact, the United States is the only Western democracy to still allow executions. This past Tuesday, the United States’ criminal justice system struck again, as Stanley Tookie Williams, a cofounder of the street gang the Crips, was executed by the State of California. While there is no question that the crimes Williams was convicted of were horrific, Williams’ reformation in jail was remarkable and could have served as a model for other prisoners. It is morally...
...CAME UP WITH IT IN 1776 WHEN I WAS PEOPLE WATCHING AT A PUBLIC PARK FM10543: people, as in, “anthropology” RingMyBell: YES “ANTHRO” IS THE GREEK ROOT FOR “PEOPLE” SO WHEN THE IDEA STRUCK ME TO INVENT IT THE NAME FOLLOWED PRETTY NATURALLY FM10543: hm so you are 1000 years old RingMyBell: ... FM10543: ... RingMyBell: I AM THE FIRST ANTHROPOLOGIST FM10543: ... RingMyBell: YES I AM 1000 FM10543: you mentioned the year 1943 RingMyBell: NO FM10543: was it a holocaust thing RingMyBell: WHAT FM10543: are you nazi...
...must have that degree of contention and political viciousness to be creative ... The exaggerated exploitation of political positions, just to do the other side in, it's so counterproductive, unnecessary. Take Hurricane Katrina. The politicking was incredible. So George W. Bush was not quick off the mark when Katrina struck. But I don't think his adversaries were simply that worried about New Orleans; they just wanted to put Bush down...
...script for Good Night, and Good Luck--about the showdown between heralded 1950s news anchor Edward R. Murrow and infamous communist witch hunter Joseph McCarthy--it had been turned down by every studio in Hollywood. "Once I started to learn about McCarthyism and about what Murrow did, the story struck me as very relevant to what's going on today with this Administration and things like the Patriot Act," says Canadian-born Skoll. Nonetheless, Skoll also passed on making the script, which George Clooney had originally cowritten as a four-part television show. But when Skoll spent time with Clooney...
...Harvard graduate student was struck and robbed of his wallet as he walked on Park Street in Somerville last Wednesday, Nov. 30. The victim, an Asian male, according to Somerville Police Department (SPD) Spokesman Paul Upton, was walking down Park Street at around 11 p.m. last Wednesday night when he heard running footsteps behind him. After being knocked to the ground, the victim and the suspect engaged in a scuffle, Upton said. According to a Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) crime advisory, the struggle resulted after the victim refused to give up his backpack and yelled for help. The alert...