Ten Inevitable Tragic Consequences of National Health Care
With the looming probability of a "public option" as a prelude to full-blown national health care, it's important examine the most threatening and eve...
With the looming probability of a "public option" as a prelude to full-blown national health care, it's important examine the most threatening and eve...
Jacob M. Appel | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
The blame in two murder cases rests squarely with a society that forces devoted husbands and wives to choose between the welfare of their spouses and the letter of the law.
Jeanette Aileen Fuller | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living
So much has been said by those who claim to understand what "end of life care" means, and all of it has little if any root in truth. So, I will give you my personal experience with "end of life counseling."
newsweek.com | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics
The republicans charge that Democratic health care reform would, in Sen. Charles Grassley's words, "pull the plug on Grandma." According to Sen. Jon K...
ProPublica | Sheri Fink | Posted 09.27.2009 | Home
The smell of death was overpowering the moment a relief worker cracked open one of the hospital chapel's wooden doors. Inside, more than a dozen bodie...
Mira Veda | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics
Palin's ability to rile the public and the media because of her sexuality is fascinating to me.
Kay Hanley | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics
When was the last time Rush Limbaugh quit smoking cigars, ran a marathon and ate nothing but fish? Oh, wait. He doesn't need to. He's rich and has health insurance he's not in danger of losing.
Lennard Davis | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics
This rhetorical concern for the disabled is fascinating coming from the right, which has routinely worked against extending accommodations for them under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says the health care overhaul bill would set up a "death panel." Federal ...
Ezra Klein | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics
Sarah Palin's belief that the House health-care reform bill would create "death panels" might be particularly extreme, but she's hardly the only perso...
Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Comedy
Why didn't we listen?!? We have obtained footage of Barack Obama's Death Panel passing subjective judgment on Sarah Palin's parents and child. I warn you, the footage is shocking.
msn.com | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics
A campaign on conservative talk radio, fueled by President Obama's calls to control exorbitant medical bills, has sparked fear among senior citizens t...
Jacob M. Appel | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics
The recent decision by President Obama to disband his predecessor's Council on Bioethics raises important questions regarding the role of professional bioethicists in contemporary society.
Jacob M. Appel | Posted 07.28.2009 | Politics
One of the questions that will face our society when a future pandemic proves more deadly is how our public health authorities ought to allocate ventilators.
Christopher Brauchli | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics
There is no state in the United States that has proved itself a better friend to the death penalty. It has executed 431 people since the death penalty regained respectability in 1976.
ANSA.it | Posted 03.06.2009 | World
A woman who has been in a vegetative state for 17 years has been moved to a clinic here where her feeding tube will be removed in accordance with an I...
Cheri Shankar | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living
While the news of Biden and his new cute-as-all-get-out purebred German Shepherd puppy is generating lots of positive reports, many of us in the animal community are concerned.
Diane Ravitch | Posted 12.31.2008 | Living
Fifteen months ago, my dog, Molly, a 10-year-old Tibetan terrier, had been diagnosed with lymphoma. Today, thanks to Dr. J.J. Wen, Molly is still with me. She is not only alive, but alert, happy, and playful.
Richard C. Thompson | Posted 11.29.2008 | Living
We all love cute little puppies and kittens. But we have to think about what's going to happen to them when they grow up. It's our responsibility to spay and neuter our pets.
Time | Bruce Crumley | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Chantal Sebire knows she's forcing people to make an agonizing decision, but agony is something she knows far too much about. The 52- year-old Dijon s...
Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics