39 days ago by Lindsey

Fairfax City woman turned 107 on Christmas Day Fairfax Times Arlington County ends the year with no murders for the first time in over 50 years WJLA Public hearing on Gov. McDonnell’s proposed state budget to be held in Fairfax County this Friday WTOP Woodbridge man faces multiple charges after alle ...

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92 days ago by UDADISI

Fluctuations in aggregate crime rates contrary to recent shifts in the age distribution of the U.S. population have cast doubt on the predictive power of the age–crime hypothesis. By examining a longer time horizon, back to the early 1930s, we show that the percentage of the young population is a ro ...

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93 days ago by erickoch

The reason, according to the Montreal-born psychologist Steven Pinker’s massive book with that title, is, above all, the civilizing effect of governments and cities. From Elizabeth Kolbert’s review in the New Yorker (October 3): “The homicide rate in New Orleans … Continue reading →

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165 days ago by Sarah de Sainte Croix

By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A leading figure in Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (the MST, or Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra), was assassinated last Thursday evening in the Northern state of Pará. Valdemar Oliveira Barbosa was shot ...

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165 days ago by Sarah de Sainte Croix

By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A leading figure in Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (the MST, or Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra), was assassinated last Thursday evening in the Northern state of Pará. Valdemar Oliveira Barbosa was shot ...

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183 days ago by Cm

Skeptic, believer or uninterested ignoramus, put all the talk and rhetoric about climate change aside and there is simply no doubt that our planet earth cant sustain the lifestyles and ideals that those in the developed world live. This is not to even consider the lifestyle – the ‘idyllic’ lifestyle ...

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191 days ago by Benjamin David Steele

Why some politicians are more dangerous Belinda Webb James Gilligan’s new book, ‘Why Some Politicians Are More Dangerous Than Others’ (Polity Press, 2011) could be reduced to a few key statements, the main one being ‘Republicans are very bad for your health’. Gilligan, Professor and MD at New York S ...

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213 days ago by M23LAW

Violent crime has apparently gone down by half in the last 14 years and yet, in surveys. most people believe it has gone up each year. The murder rate is 1.3 per 100,000 people per year in Britain, 5 in the USA, 13 in Russia and at it's peak in El Salvador at 75! Are the Tabloids and media generally ...

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