In an effort to solve two questions posed in yesterday's newspaper headlines: jail inmates asking for Internet access to do research and the question of drilling's effect on the wildlife being unclear, I would propose the following scenario-allow the inmates at the jail to do research on the effects of drilling on wildlife.
It is doubtful they could arrive at conclusions more dubious than some offered lately. It seems unlikely that those who are constantly crying wolf will ever see the benefit of any research that is not predicated on working backward from a conclusion
