A (probable) satire out of Claremont McKenna College urges that euthanasia be legalized as a form of health care cost contanment . Alas, the Smith Maxim on Satire and the Culture of Death , which holds that no parody can be sufficiently far out to escape the reality, holds true. Killing the . . . . Continue Reading »
Given its source, a publication of Claremont McKenna College, not exactly a hotbed of radicalism, this article urging health care cost containment as a reason to legalize euthanasia captures a justification for assisted suicide that is ever lurking in the background of the debate. From . . . . Continue Reading »
If Andrew can do it, so can I. Except these are all my tweets — Test of new era: clustered riot police having rendered physically mass politics impossible, ‘cloud’ politics succeeds Thought: above all, solidarity with the Iranian opposition has been *inspired* (not justified) by . . . . Continue Reading »
A.O. Scott on the latest Woody Allen film: [ . . . ] Mr. Allen’s imagination has returned to Manhattan after that invigorating European sojourn afflicted by an extreme case of jet lag. In spite of a few up-to-date references — to Barack Obama, red states and gay people, for instance . . . . Continue Reading »
Speaking to his general audience on January 28, 2009, Pope Benedict expressed the hope that his gesture in lifting the excommunications of the SSPX would be followed “by the hoped-for commitment on their part to take the further steps necessary to realize full communion with the church, thus . . . . Continue Reading »
Somehow an idea gets accepted—by this writer included—that seems true, but isn’t. Here’s one: Support for a wholesale overhaul of our health care system is higher than it’s ever been. Wrong. It’s far less than the last time we had this level of debate in . . . . Continue Reading »
Yuval Levin continues his string of hits with a snark-filled review of Congressman Diana DeGette’s new book . DeGette’s confusion about somatic cell nuclear transfer dovetails nicely with one of Levin’s earlier points . Namely that the mere fact that “being on the side of . . . . Continue Reading »
A new study has theorized that human beings are more closely related to orangutans than chimps. Perhaps, but does it really matter—at least from a moral perspective? I say no. I explain why over at Secondhand Smoke . . . . . Continue Reading »
One of the perks of working in the biotechnology industry is that one’s colleagues occasionally send along gems like the following: “Health Disparity focuses on understanding and/or addressing factors that contribute to differences in the disease experience across populations . . . . . . . Continue Reading »
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