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□ In case you missed it, March 20 was National Agriculture Day, by a resolution of Congress sent to President Bush on March 22.

□ This just in. A huge study finds that 62.5 per cent of former prison inmates will be rearrested within three years, usually for more of the same kind of crime—decisive proof that the predominant cause of crime is letting them out. This sheds little light on Congress, where the main problem appears to be letting them in.

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□ In case you missed it, March 20 was National Agriculture Day, by a resolution of Congress sent to President Bush on March 22.

□ This just in. A huge study finds that 62.5 per cent of former prison inmates will be rearrested within three years, usually for more of the same kind of crime—decisive proof that the predominant cause of crime is letting them out. This sheds little light on Congress, where the main problem appears to be letting them in.