Death, Religion and Poetry

And herein is a post filled with naval gazing and fluffy kittens, philosophical thoughts and deep musings.  Or, it’s nothing more than a chance for me to tell you that my grandmother died last week.  It is the natural cycle of life.  She was 82...

Blawg Review # 301

On March 7, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone.   This post will not give you any insight into how the telephone works, for I do not know nor will I ever be able to comprehend it.  I am satisfied believing that it, along with the fax and...

Legalize it?

Last week I posted quickly on terrifying statistics in Baltimore City.  That day, I got an email from Scott Greenfield containing an excerpt of a speech to the Cato Institute by John McWhorter, who is currently a lecturer at Columbia University and an Associate...

Terrifying statistics

I have been trying to form a blog post around this fact: In the midst of a fiscal crisis, Maryland, like so many other states, simply can’t afford to spend such an obscene amount of money on corrections when viable alternatives exist. Maryland’s incarceration rate has...
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