Blog Safari #24

Every now and again we come across some cyber-nuggets out in the electronic jungle that surrounds our electronic village. We invite you to follow our Rhino-Guide as she takes you on a 'Blog Safari' to check these cyber-nuggets out personally. Enjoy the flow from these talented bloggers!

• BlogHer - 'List of 2009 Blogging Conferences: Something for Everyone!'


• Ebony Report - 'Crumbling of Kwame Kilpatrick'


• Firedoglake - 'Prison Reform: Senator Webb’s Herculean Task'


• Latinopundit - 'Latinos in Obama's Cabinet'


• Social Media Socialite - 'My 2008 Social Media Socialites'

Let us know if you come across any remarkable posts that should be shared in our next Blog Safari!

Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) Wants Prison Reform

There are a number of domestic issues that need to be dealt with in the coming years. A few weeks ago I suggested that America's prison system needed to be overhauled. Today's (December 29) Washington Post has an article that Senator James Webb is going to take on prison reform.

My understanding is that Webb (D-Va.) plans to introduce legislation on reforming the U.S. prison system. Jails teem with young Black men who later struggle to rejoin society, he says. Drug addicts and the mentally ill take up cells that would be better used for violent criminals. And politicians have failed to address this costly problem for fear of being labeled 'soft on crime.'

You can find a great blog article on this matter here on Firedoglake.

Would you support efforts to reform our nation's prison system?