A few days ago I wrote that Ted Goodwin, one of the Final Exit Network assisted suicide defendants, was a mainstream figure in the assisted suicide movement. He certainly is that. But I made an error by writing that he had resigned as vice president of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies. . . . . Continue Reading »
Readers of SHS will recall the awful case of the baby who survived a late term abortion only to be—allegedly—put in a medical waste bag and literally thrown away. The abortionist already lost his license in the case, and now there has been an arrest. From the story:An abortion clinic . . . . Continue Reading »
The assisted suicide movement has the media eating out of the palm of its collective hand, by often getting reporters to adopt their lexicon—the euphemistic “aid in dying” as opposed to the accurately descriptive “assisted suicide”—and writing as if suicide were a . . . . Continue Reading »
In today’s Wall Street Journal, Steven Waldman looks at the data that John C. Green gathered for ” What Happened to the Values Voter? ” in our March issue. The big question for him was why the traditional Catholics voted for Obama more than Kerry. Green said that economic factors . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m sure this has something to do with an ex-boyfriend: An arsonist is apparently on the prowl for green Ford Escorts from the 1990s. Three of them have been burned in recent weeks, a series of acts that Medford police Sgt. Mike Budreau described as “pretty bizarre.” A 1995 green . . . . Continue Reading »
In “Wilder’s Defense of Free Speech,” Andrew Bostom finds literary and historical precedence in the European attempt to censor Dutch Parliamentarian Geert Wilder for FITNA, a film critical of Islam. Bostom calls our attention to Beaumarchais’ Marriage of Figaro , written at . . . . Continue Reading »
Ukraine is the financial basket case of the day. Bloomberg News reports this morning: S&P cut Ukraine’s credit rating by two levels last week to CCC+, seven below investment grade and the lowest in Europe. S&P also cut Latvia to below investment grade. Investors demand a record 28.1 . . . . Continue Reading »
I don’t believe a word of it. The notorious Italian fertility doctor claims that nine years ago he was able to bring three cloned babies to birth. From the story:A controversial Italian doctor known for his work allowing post-menopausal women to have children has claimed in an interview to . . . . Continue Reading »
The other day I posted about how a lawyer for one of the Final Exit Network defendants said that hospice is just assisted suicide in slow motion. This is dangerous demagoguery that could convince people not to seek the benefits that hospice can provide. The National Hospice and Palliative Care . . . . Continue Reading »
No, it’s not your teenager. . . . . Continue Reading »
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