Instead of locking up troubled youths American Courts are increasingly ordering them directly into probation. As a result juvenile incarceration has dropped by half in the past 16 years. Typical demands by Courts are “Attend classes on time and regularly, be of good behavior and perform well … be of good citizenship and good conduct.” …
The planet’s wildernesses are shrinking so fast that they could vanish within a century, a report has warned. According to the study, 1.3 million square miles of once pristine landscape have been tarnished by large-scale human activity in the last 25 years – about a tenth of the total worldwide. Almost a third of that …
A while ago I bought fresh roses from Colombia from a firm called Global Rose. Two days after they arrived ads for Global Rose started to appear on the screen whenever I used Google. Targeted advertising, care of Google. It was harmless, but it was the speed with which it happened that startled me. The …
Conventional wisdom in the West has it that national leaders should step down after one or two terms. But the African democracies that are currently thriving – such as Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Ghana, Kenya and Senegal – all started out with presidents who ruled for at least 18 years. These long-serving leaders bequeathed “peaceful transitions” …
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“They who are of the opinion that money will do everything may very well be suspected to do everything for money”. (English statesman George Savile, quoted in The Boston Globe)
