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Keep the state ban on uranium mining
Until a thorough study of health and environmental impact is conducted, the state won't know if mining can be done safely. The ban must remain.

State officials say uranium mining doesn't pose a public threat in Virginia.

But it might. The Southern Environmental Law Center cites alarming enough threats: groundwater and surface water contamination, along with an increased cancer risk for workers and the public.
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Read a good book lately? Didn't think so
We don't need a how-to guide to not become dumber than a fourth-grader. Any good book will do.

Those who don't read for pleasure missed the delightful translation of Shakespeare in a John Harding novel. The only literate character on a South Pacific island desires to introduce the Bard to the villagers and so transcribes Hamlet into the native's pidgin: "Is be or is be not, is be one big damn puzzler."

We couldn't help but recall that line when reading the National Endowment for the Arts' comprehensive analysis of reading patterns in the United States called, "To Read or Not To Read: A Question of National Consequence." Don't let the rather tedious title cause your eyes to glaze over, because the report actually contains exciting work.
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