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Focuses on the poor driving conditions in Boston, Massachusetts where the building project known as the Big Dig has brought cars in the city to a virtual standstill.

Compares Utah and Massachusetts' handling of juvenile offenders. How although Utah is a overwhelmingly Republican state and Massachusetts a Democratic, both have the least restrictive alternative to incarceration for a minor; Utah's paternalistic approach; Massachusetts' shift of blame from the individual to the environment approach; Restorative justice as an alternative to sentencing juvenile offenders that is taking off in Canada; What restorative justice is.

Highlights the Nantucket Antheneum on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts as a place to engage in good conversation. Brief description of the island; Poet and author Jane Brox reading her book, `Five Thousand Days Like This One,' in the Antheneum.