Eliot Spitzer’s spending dilemma

Posted by on Jun 6, 2008 in updates | 10 comments "The federal government is sending each of us a $600 rebate. If  we spend that money at  Wal-Mart, the money goes to China. If we spend it on gasoline it goes to the Arabs. If we buy a computer it will go to India. If we purchase fruit and vegetables it will go to Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala. If we purchase a good car it will go to Germany. If we purchase useless crap it will go...
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Are we not all victims of crime?

Posted by on Jun 6, 2008 in updates | 0 comments This is the thought provoking question asked by my former Editor, Bob Satchwell, or Capt’n Bob, as we called him in those hallowed days at the Cambridge Evening News, after you know who. He is now the distinguished director of the Society of Editors and I thought you might like to read his views about crime and policing today. He asks why crime mapping is so feared, and if anyone cares for...
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Mrs Carr’s story – a cry for help

Posted by on Jun 6, 2008 in updates | 7 comments This is a guest post by Calum Carr describing his wife’s desperate mental health problems and their frustration at being unable to get a diagnosis from the NHS, and for better funding for those in Scotland suffering from eating disorders: I am campaigning – the first campaign post is here – to get NHS Lothian to provide assessments, diagnosis and treatment for Mrs Carr, to tell...
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