How can we do without the wonderful Harper's Index? Here is August's:

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Estimated number of Americans who have top-secret security clearance : 1,400,000

Average annual cost of detaining an inmate at the military prison at Guantánamo Bay : $900,000

At a supermax prison in the United States : $65,000

Number of terrorist attacks made against diplomatic targets worldwide since 1970 : 2,865

Number of those attacks made against American targets : 520

Chance an African-American child has an incarcerated parent : 1 in 9

Number of years in prison to which a Texas man was sentenced in May for stealing a thirty-five-dollar rack of pork ribs : 50

Percentage of all petitions to hear a case the Supreme Court has granted in the past three years : 1

Percentage of petitions it has granted that were supported by an amicus brief from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce : 32

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http://harpers.org/archive/2013/08/harpers-index-352/