This is a good list! I'm working away at 2666 now, and plan/hope to read some of the others. Go Down Moses and Breakable You especially. I'd try for Dom Casaumaro, but I'm not counting on being through 2666 in time. According to Amazon, May selection The Little Stranger is available in paperback on May 3, if we can it might make sense to switch it with the June selection?
Theresa, hoping to read more books in 2010 than I have managed in 2009. I have read a grand total of 4 novels so far this year, and I used to whip through more than that in a month. I have read lots of interesting work and teaching related stuff though. ]]>
Re the efficacy of withholding information from children, e.g. Sarah Palin's position that teen-agers should not be taught about birth control, see Bristol, the new face of abstinence! On the other hand, Bristol's baby-daddy apparently believes in over-sharing - both the facts of his personal life and his figure. I'm going to go out on a limb and state that the Palins probably at least gave a lot of lip service to protecting their kids' "innocence". It seems to me that they ended up with a child with normal teen-age hormones, but insufficient information to allow her to make wise choices.
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Wilhelmina, I noticed the other day that you have been scarce around here. I hope your health is improving, thanks for posting the videos.
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"This Court has never held that the Constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who has had a full and fair trial but is later able to convince a habeas court that he is ‘actually’ innocent.” Justice Scalia, in his dissent to In re Davis earlier this year, in which the majority ordered review of a death sentence on an original writ (very unusual.) This quote is taken out of context, but even so, the position he is taking is that once the death sentence has been handed down after a full and fair trial (I will not bore you with discussion of what has been deemed to be adequate counsel in some such cases), then there is no constitutional problem with carrying out the sentence even if there is proof of innocence.
Here is a link to a recent New Yorker article. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/... Can one read this and still believe that there is never any doubt of guilt when the death penalty is administered?
Even if we could be sure of guilt in 100% of cases, I would still be against the death penalty. I am a liberal (reeeeeally liberal on many things) but no bleeding heart, but I cannot support it. It's just not appropriate, as almost every country in the world recognizes. Here is a map showing which countries allow the death penalty and which do not. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
Beej, your original post is great, and I do understand that you wanted to discuss your emotional reaction to a particular situation. But I feel the need for a soapbox anyway, I have such strong feelings on this subject.
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You called it right, Al, this is right up my alley.
Beet greens are the best - I prefer them to chard, sauteed with olive oil, bit of garlic, red pepper flakes. Put a poached egg on top and there's dinner. I wish one could buy beet greens on their own, there's never enough attached to the beet bunch. I never thought of eating radish greens, I shall have to try it.
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took the never-ending book quiz.
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