Friends,

It's Friday, which is why I thought of this today, as I do every Friday.

On Fridays our local journal of record, the Cape Cod Times, replaces its
editorial column with a byline called "Cheers and Jeers."

On December 14, 2007, the Masachusetts Department of Public Health met
with the Ewing's sarcoma families on Cape Cod, which the Times reported.
Apparently the Times didn't tolarate our conerns about the MDPH report,
and our desire to get answers, so they too a slap at our kids.

On December 28, 2007, the "jeerleaders" found a way to dis the cancer
victims
saying:

"But that won't stop cancer victims from blaming invisible
rays or some other hidden danger for triggering their disease. When
illness strikes, it's only human nature to look outside our own
bodies for a cause."


As a matter of fact, these is a one and one-half century old science for
looking outside our bodies for a cause: it's called "epidemiology."

In the hands of someone who cares, and is seeking knowledge,
epidemiology can be a useful tool. But in the hands of people who use
it over and over and never learn anything, its a waste.

We were outraged, and after 28 years of subscribing to the Times,
including several years seeing to it that our older daughter made her
early morning paper deliveries, we allowed our subscription to expire.
I wrote a blistering letter to the editorial page editor.

The first day we did not recieve the paper was January 24, 2008, the day
Holly died.

Bernie





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