Archive for John Kell
A Species Worth Preserving
Mr. Kell is a biologist and writer living in Blacksburg, Virginia. What if you broke your leg in a tumble from a hammock? Would your pain and inconvenience be any less if you learned that few people break their legs this way? Probably not. You feel pain as an individual; knowing that total human suffering [...]
1Mar1992 | John Kell | 0 comments | ContinuedPositive Externalities of Gun Ownership
Mr. Kell is a botanist studying for his Ph.D. in biology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia. While a friend and I were talking about gun control, he remarked that it didn’t matter to him if restrictions were placed on gun ownership because he didn’t own a gun. What he failed to [...]
1Oct1991 | John Kell | 1 comment | Continued-
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