As we move into health care reform, the issue of health care rationing is coming to the fore. Instituting Futile Care Theory—the putative right of a doctor to refuse wanted life-sustaining treatment based on his or her values as to the quality of the patient’s life—is the opening . . . . Continue Reading »
The Journal of Critical Care Medicine, has long supported Futile Care Theory—the putative right of doctors to refuse wanted life-sustaining treatment based on their values as to the quality of the patient’s life. This imposition is justified as being beneficial to the patient—even . . . . Continue Reading »
A friend told me about Fr. Apostolos Hill, a Greek Orthodox priest in Denver who has recorded three CDs of Byzantine chant. Fr. Hill’s clear voice rings out with little adornment and solemn passion, and in his American vibratto I think I can hear a hint of evangelical background (but I could . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, apart from its technical definition , a mindclone is (1) an example of the sort of religion created by worshipers of technology and (2) more evidence of our society’s prevalent mind/body dualism: A mindclone is a software version of your mind. He or she is all of your thoughts, . . . . Continue Reading »
“Paying for what you spend is basic common sense. Perhaps that’s why, here in Washington, it’s been so elusive” So stated Obama, new champion of fiscal responsibility, with commentary in The Economist article, Seeing Red . But what are the numbers? Bad as the deficit was under . . . . Continue Reading »
One word. Corky’s.[Biased Memphis Rating: . . . . Continue Reading »
So, you’re getting married, and you want, in the words of AdvantageBridal.com, to “celebrate your Christianity along with your wedding day.” Some people get married in cowboy boots, and some people have dogs in their wedding parties, and some people get married skydiving; you want . . . . Continue Reading »
That, of course, is the ludicrous question Ali G once posed to Noam Chomsky, and it’s ludicrous precisely because it’s impossible to answer. Equally ludicrous, then, is Paul J.J. Payack’s untestable assertion that, just yesterday at 5:22 AM, English got its millionth word — . . . . Continue Reading »
I’ve said elsewhere that our vision of politics is being corrupted by a well-meaning but misguided epistemology of compassion: increasingly, we consider the person or group demanding a right to be the most trustworthy source of information about whether they deserve it. Anyone aggrieved, we . . . . Continue Reading »
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