Credit card debt surge raises holiday bill concerns
Editorial cautions readers about rising credit card delinquencies linked to the subprime crisis. It notes a 26 percent jump in accounts 30 days late from Oct 2006 to Oct 2007, totaling 17.3 billion, and an 18 percent rise in write-offs to 961 million, with Discover Card reporting sharp delinquency gains. It urges budgeting, credit counseling, and New Year resolutions to avoid financial ruin.
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Associated Press
Discover Card
Global warming faith debated by critics and supporters
A Wall Street Journal style critique questions a so called climate consensus led by Al Gore. It argues climate science is politicized, notes funding claims and industry ties, and calls for open debate and skepticism of doomsday predictions. It labels environmental activism as secular fundamentalism and urges focus on technology and energy innovation.
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Washington Times
U.N. Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change
IPCC
Mr. Gore
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Exxon Mobile Corp
Exxon Mobile
Gantt H. Walton
Bob Carter
EPW
U.S
Hendrik Tennekes
Oklahoma
James M. Inhofe
Environment and Public Works Committee
Gore
Bigfoot
Gore and Company
Ronald Reagan
Stand for mental health care in Lawrence Kansas
Bill Simons urges Lawrence to demand real psychiatric treatment at LMH insisting on a dedicated mental health unit. He recalls his own hospital path through Bert Nash and Leavenworth and warns that without beds and insurance mentally ill residents risk jail and harsher confinement. He cites county jail, Osawatomie, Larned and Los Angeles examples to stress systemic failures and calls for a humane local solution.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Kansas City
Topeka
LMHER
Dana Hale
LMH
Journal-World
Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center
Journal- World
Bert Nash
Kansas City Hospital
Osawatomie State Hospital
Osawatomie
Sheriff’s Department
Leavenworth
Ken Massey
Douglas County
Los Angeles County
U.S
Dade County
Miami
Rikers Island
New York City
Los Angeles
Larned State Hospital
Kansas
Jesus
Bill Simons
Project Acceptance
Bert Nash Center
Independence Inc
Submissions Guidelines for Take a Stand Column
The Journal World invites general public interest pieces for the Take a Stand column. Submit to Box 888 Lawrence Kansas or via email. Include an address and phone number for confirmation and a photo if available. The newspaper reserves editing rights.
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Lawrence
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Journal- World
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