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One time I was speaking at a local South Florida high school and explaining “wealth redistribution.” I used a football analogy, with the example of a team being ahead at halftime 28-7. However, when the team came back after halftime, the scoreboard read 21-14. I explained to the students that officials met in the press booth and decided to have equitable apportionment of touchdowns to make the game fairer. They believed the self-esteem of the other team was being adversely affected. When I asked the high school seniors if they agreed, they vehemently said no. They felt they’d earned their...

A few hours ago, I had the pleasure of having a conversation with attorney and Arkansas Blood Scandal witness Tona DeMers of Pensacola, Florida. She is on her way to Little Rock as a witness and is hopeful that the expose of this terrible scandal, "FACTOR 8: THE ARKANSAS PRISON BLOOD SCANDAL," will not be prevented from being shown at the SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL in Park City, Utah. In 1991, DeMers was an inmate attorney in the Compliance Office under the Arkansas Board of Compliance. She has a great deal of knowledge about the inside workings of how prisoners in...