Senate Vote Back Plan To Privatize Civilian Marksmanship Program
The Senate approved 71 to 27 a plan in the fiscal 1997 defense bill to transfer the Army Civilian Marksmanship Program to a private entity named the Corporation for the Promotion of Rifle Practice. Critics note the program leases 1,100 gun clubs and 176,000 guns with 150 million rounds at little cost, and that the new group could resell the weaponry. A yes favored moving assets to private hands.
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Sagan urges critical thinking to debunk pseudoscience
Bill Sternberg reports on Carl Sagan’s critique of pseudoscience and the rise of scientific illiteracy. He highlights Sagan’s new book The Demon Haunted World, the baloney detection kit, and calls for Capitol Hill and White House readers to value evidence over superstition. Sagan notes the Superconducting Super Collider’s cancellation, TV’s poor science portrayal, and his own cancer battle as a testament to science-based resilience.
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Midwives Sell Texas Birth Certificates in Rio Grande Valley
Opinion argues some local midwives have rewritten duties to sell Texas birth certificates to parents whose children were born abroad. Nine hundred to possibly six thousand+ cases identified, with prices from 800 to 2000 dollars. Fraud enables access to public services and future immigration sponsorship. State officials urged to shut down these merchants of citizenship.
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