I listened for many years to Letter from America and always admired the apparent ease with which Alistair Cooke, started in one place and finished elsewhere but it all linked together and flowed effortlessly. Although what i did notice over those years is that he had moved from being an ex Manchester Guardian journalist if i remember rightly and ended up in his elegant New York apartment somewhat to the right of where he started!
If i recall i think his apartment was one of those in the US where the current residents effectively interview and have a veto over possible new neighbours in the building. I'm not quite sure where that right stands alongside equality and discrimination legislation! His death several years ago was however not the last of the story as it transpired that Cooke's body along with many others had been robbed of organs for subsequent sale.
A trade in China and many other countries which afflicts the living as well as the dead. With organs often being traded for passports and visas.
Monday, 5 February 2007
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