Terry Schiavo

John Paul II's Living Will

Jon M. Sweeney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Advance Health Care Directives, Living Wills, Roman Catholic Church, Terry Schiavo, Pope John Paul II, Venerable John Paul II, Catholic Church, Parkinson's Disease, Death and Dying, Sainthood, Beatification, Religion News
Jon M. Sweeney

Chances are good that we will soon be acknowledging JPII as "Saint," but none of this will make much difference in how Catholics live their lives everyday. There is a more important reason, I think, to remember JPII.

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Giannoulias, Kirk, and Broadway Bank

Steve Sheffey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alexi Giannoulias, Mark Kirk, Broadway Bank, Illinois Senate Race, Alexi Giannoulias Broadway Bank, 2010 Elections, Terry Schiavo, Elections 2010, Chicago News
Steve Sheffey

Unless it turns out that Alexi Giannoulias did anything illegal -- and no one is alleging that he did -- Broadway Bank is among the least important issues in this campaign.

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Why Euthanasia Is Going to Be Legal Someday

Bryan Cones | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medical Ethics, Right to Die, Right to Life, Mri, Medical-Science, Brain Scan, Terry Schiavo, Death With Dignity, Prolife, Euthanasia, Technology News
Bryan Cones

British scientists have discovered "cognition" in a vegetative patient. This may encourage some at the "natural death" end of the pro-life spectrum. But I find it more to be a sign of our cultural denial of death than an affirmation of life.

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Terry Schiavo's Brother At CU: Obama Promotes Culture Of Death

Colorado Independent | John Tomasic | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Obama, Obamacare, Culture-of-Death, Cu, Terry Schiavo, Ezekiel Emanuel, Denver News

BOULDER -- A powerful precursor to the national shouting match over "death panel" health-reform this summer was the Terri Schiavo case, where a woman ...

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From Death Panel to Death Spiral

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Schweitzer

The GOP is not the party of small government and lower taxes. They are the Party of borrow and spend, big government and sex scandals.

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"Death Panel" Scare Tactic May Backfire on Republicans

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, President Obama, Tom Delay, Death Panels, Breaking News, Health Care Reform, End-of-Life Care, Hospice Care, Living Wills, Terry Schiavo, Health Insurance Reform, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
Robert Creamer

"Death panels" are made up out of whole cloth by people who specialize in generating fear to protect wealthy special interests -- in this case the health insurance industry.

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The Bishops and the "Right to Life"

Lynn M. Paltrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, United States Catholic Conference of Bishops, Notre Dame, Usccb, Obama Notre Dame, Terry Schiavo, Politics News
Lynn M. Paltrow

According to the Catholic Conference of Bishops, eight years of due process is not enough for someone in a vegetative state, but less than a day of due process is plenty for a pregnant woman.

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GOP Senator Previews Attacks On Obama DOJ Nominees

Legal Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amid lopsided support Monday for Attorney General Eric Holder Jr., one Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee had some pointed criticism ...

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Thompson: States Should Have The Freedom To Institute Gay Marriage

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gay Marriage, Social Conservative, Terry Schiavo, Fred Thompson, Politics News

Former Senator Fred Thompson (R) is campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination as the "authentic conservative." He was widely hailed as t...

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Thompson Has "No Opinion" On Schiavo Saga

AP | Brendan Farrington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson gave no opinion Thursday when asked about efforts by President Bush and Congress to keep Terri Schiavo...

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