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...Associate Professor Greg Newbold, a New Zealand criminologist, believes the situation is now beyond control: "They might manage to suppress it in one area temporarily, and it will just crop up again somewhere else. The problem is generated by the cultural milieu and the economic conditions in that area." Newbold speaks with the authority of a man who has done jail time himself for drug dealing and written a book on crime in New Zealand. "This is their excitement. This is their entertainment. This is what they live for. They live for their patch, for their gang and for their...
...much hip-hop degrades women. But I am even more disgusted that Imus' defenders try to trivialize his remarks by citing his charity work. Philanthropy is not a license to discriminate. Doing good works doesn't give anyone the right to disrespect me, my race or my gender. Renee Newbold, Newport News, Virginia...
...much hip-hop degrades women. But I am even more disgusted that Imus' defenders try to trivialize his remarks by citing his charity work. Philanthropy is not a license to discriminate. Doing good works doesn't give anyone the right to disrespect me, my race or my gender. Renee Newbold, NEWPORT MEWS, VIRGINIA, U.S. I'm a 47-year-old black male, and I think Imus was genuinely contrite and apologized more profusely than Jackson and Sharpton have for their missteps. I will go to my grave believing that taking Imus off the air was a huge mistake. This will...
...civilian politician. Others have criticized the military leaders for failing to dispute the flawed war plan set in motion by the President and his top advisers. "Flaws in our civilians are one thing; the failure of the Pentagon's military leaders is quite another," former Marine Lt. Gen. Greg Newbold wrote in TIME last spring. "Those are men who know the hard consequences of war but, with few exceptions, acted timidly when their voices urgently needed to be heard...
...those eight years, I lost one of the most fundamental possessions a human being has: freedom. After I left, I realized I also lost something else: my faith. Carlos Valladares, M.D. Linkoping, Sweden A General Disagreement I don't care how many generals have joined Lieut. General Greg Newbold in criticizing Defense Secretary Rumsfeld. Iraq's actions were not "peripheral to the real threat," as Newbold claims. Saddam Hussein wanted to be the venture capitalist of Islamic extremism and fuel its fire. Iraq today may be a down-and-dirty training ground for terrorists, but Saddam's Iraq was their...