Hollywood loves euthanasia/assisted suicide, generally presenting the issue in a positive light, perhaps most notoriously in Clint Eastwood’s “better dead than disabled” Oscar winner, Million Dollar Baby . But last night’s Medium was an exception to the rule. It involves a mercy killing doctor who does not come off well at all. More details—including plot spoiler—over at Secondhand Smoke .
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Still Life, Still Sacred
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Letters
I am writing not to address any particular article, but rather to register my concern about the…