Our research scotches five key myths, concluding that Scotland does well in some ways, but does not get special treatment within the UK. Scotland, with pockets of deprivation, one-third of the UK's land-mass and far-flung communities, does indeed receive substantial state spending, but its average of £9631 public money per head is still less than London's at £9748 or Northern Ireland's £10,271.

While cities such as Glasgow have high levels of incapacity benefit, the overall welfare bill at £3086 per head is actually lower in Scotland than in swaths of northern England.

Necrology 2007

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July 2007

So, for that matter, does The Standard-Times of New Bedford, whose deep reporting on yesterday's proceedings shows that this fight is a long way from being over. First, consider this, from Steve Decosta's story: After casting their votes on the agreement and before the final tally was announced, the body, on a hand vote, ironically rejected a nonbinding question to approve casino gambling in town. Only about half the voters remained on the high school athletic field for that tally."I don't think that's a true indication of how people feel, because so many people had left," said Marsha Brunelle, selectmen chairwoman.Asked if that outcome tainted the vote on the agreement, Mr. Marshall [Glenn Marshall, the Wampanoag chief] said: "It's the end of a hot day, people get tired, people leave. The true number is the one that got counted."But casino opponents would not minimize their victory."That's the root question," said Jacqueline Tolosko, president of the anti-casino group Casinofacts.

Is it coaching or cussedness driving England?

Although the defence coach, Mike Ford, seems to be doing a good job, there has to be a question mark against John Wells, the forwards coach, after the sluggish rucking and mauling in Rome and the erratic line-out performance in Paris. As always in these matters, it is hard to tell whether the faults lie with the players or the way they are coached.

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REGAN WORRY FOR ENGLAND

World Cup hooker Mark Regan has emerged as England's latest casualty ahead of the RBS 6 Nations Championship opener against Wales at Twickenham.

Reviewing the incident, Newcastle rugby director John Fletcher said: "It wasn't pretty.

Open Letter to Michael Kinsley On Behalf of Ron Paul - By Walter Block

Something strange is going on. Usually, when mainstream media journalists write about libertarianism, they can barely spell the word correctly. Often, in terms of their understanding, they seem to think of it as "libertoonianism" or, perhaps, "librarianism"; sometimes they actually confuse it with libertinism or conservatism (Block, Walter. 2007. "Plumb Line Libertarianism: A Critique of Hoppe." Reason Papers, Vol. 29, Fall, pp. 151–163). Typically, at least in surveys, leading pollsters do not even include the philosophy of liberty as an option, along with the alternatives they do offer: socialism, liberalism, on the left, a category for moderates, and then on the right conservatism and fascism.

It is, then, with great appreciation that we must welcome a series of two articles written by Michael Kinsley on this subject (here and here).

Is the city taking taxpayers for a ride?

Well, my soultion is take their free rides away and if they don't come in after hours when needed just fire them like I would of been fired. If our council and mayor had any backbone this is the action they would take. Maybe Judy can get this done as she seems to be the only one that really what to question this massive waste of free rides. O" when yoiu see a free city car or truck driving around take a look to make sure someone is not laying down in the back seat for an extra free ride on the taxpayers. I would also like to thank the Panagraph for their hard work in reporting this waste and being honest with us about city hall and trying to protect our tax money. " .

TRINITY'S RUMMAGE SALE: An eye for value

Mitch Forest of Forest Jewelers in Princeton appraises jewelry donated to the Trinity Church Rummage Sale as parishioner Janet Haring looks on. Mr. Forest has been donating his expertise to the rummage sale for some 25 years and has kept the organizers from making some costly mistakes. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski .