crime
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A town without police, courts, crime or taxes
As a schoolboy, Charles Lomax Delbridge discovered a remarkable faculty he didn’t quite understand — an ability to quickly solve multiplication problems involving fractions. He later described the process to a reporter: “It seemed to me that I simply telegraphed the problem into my brain and that scarcely an instant elapsed until the answer came Continue reading
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Population and crime
St. Louis City Hall, seen here on April 13, 2024. No St. Louis mayor in the past 75 years — there were 11 of them — has seen the city’s population grow during his or her time in office. And no mayor during that time has succeeded in reducing the crime rate below national averages, despite his or her Continue reading
