Unsure on 3 Strikes, Uncertain on 2 IQs

(The New York Times)
California Rethinking '3-Strikes' Sentencing
One of the most significant changes proposed in the ballot measure, known as Proposition 66, would put California more in line with the 24 other states that have three-strikes laws. The change would restrict third-strike offenses for repeated felons, which require a 25-year-to-life sentence, to serious or violent crimes.
>>>>>But a number of other ballot alternatives to "three strikes" are also being proposed. Prop 17 is the "Technical Foul" initiative, which requires criminals to examine their behavior in a more scientific fashion. Prop 981 is the "Penalty Box" proposal, which benches criminals from their favorite activities. And Prop A-3, the "Time-Out" program, is a favorite of liberal reformers.
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(The New York Times)
Secret Weapon for Bush?
To Bush-bashers, it may be the most infuriating revelation yet from the military records of the two presidential candidates: the young George W. Bush probably had a higher I.Q. than did the young John Kerry.
>>>>>Military records also reveal that the young George Bush was fluent in ancient Aramaic, wrote a paper disproving the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle and could guess the weight of total strangers to within half a pound.