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Blogwatch\u2013so they say\u2013is the root of all evil today\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOut of Poverty, Family-Style\u201d<\/span>:<\/p>\n

A turning point came when Keshwar was asked to join a group of families who had self-organized as part of an initiative that helps people in low-income communities achieve their goals. Called the Family Independence Initiative (FII), its approach is radically different from the American social service model. Although it is still quite small \u2014 working with a few hundred families \u2014 its results are so striking that the White House has taken notice. What FII does is create a structure for families that encourages the sense of control, desire for self-determination, and mutual support that have characterized the collective rise out of poverty for countless communities in American history.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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more<\/a> (via WAWIV)<\/p>\n

Megan McArdle<\/span>: Create a special job credit for the long-term unemployed<\/a>. More here<\/a>, including McArdle\u2019s own memories of the fear and shame provoked by unemployment. And a relevant much earlier post on the economics of hiring convicts<\/a>, among other things.<\/p>\n

\u201cPatt Morrison Asks: Donald Heller, Death Penalty Advocate No More\u201d<\/span>:<\/p>\n

\u2018Remanded\u201d \u2014 taken into custody. In his career as a New York prosecutor and a federal prosecutor in California, Donald Heller has asked the court to remand guilty defendants countless times. He helped put away Lynette \u201cSqueaky\u201d Fromme, who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford, and a big-time heroin dealer, a man Heller believed destroyed many lives. At the dealer\u2019s sentencing hearing, the prosecutor remarked that were the death penalty an option, he would volunteer to \u201cthrow the switch.\u201d After that, a law clerk called him \u201cMad Dog,\u201d and the nickname stuck. Heller left the U.S. attorney\u2019s office in 1977 \u2014 the \u201cremanded\u201d sign was a farewell gift \u2014 but he didn\u2019t give up his law-and-order cred. He\u2019s the author of the Briggs initiative, a 1978 ballot measure (named for its sponsor, state Sen. John Briggs) that broadly expanded the kinds of murders eligible for capital punishment. It helped make California\u2019s the most populous and expensive death row in the nation. But for more than a decade, Heller has been saying it\u2019s time to stop. Now a defense attorney with a mostly white-collar clientele, he testified recently at the state Capitol about the need to undo his legal handiwork, which has changed so many lives \u2014 and ended some.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

more<\/a> (via SKTJ\u2013some interesting stuff here, even for those who have followed the issues relatively closely)<\/p>\n

Geek Cornucopia<\/span>: Christian movies!<\/a> A couple of these look really fascinating, and are definitely getting added to the queue.<\/p>\n

Kindertrauma<\/span>: \u201cHow to End Things, With John Carpenter.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

And finally, Unequally Yoked<\/a><\/span> has opened voting on the \u201cChristian Turing Test.\u201d Basically, she got a bunch of Christians and atheists to answer questions about why they\u2019re Christian, so half of the field is bluffing and the other half is answering honestly. You get to guess which is which! It\u2019s a pretty fascinating cultural project, and while I have no idea how I would answer any of the questions (including the ones for atheists, in the previous round), I am really looking forward to reading her conclusions and other people\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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