My vacation was considerably soured by the release of the Schiavo autopsy results. Not the report itself: There wasn’t much in it that surprised. It was the disgusting spin on the story by some who sought to use the report to further demagogue the story for political and partisan ends. But . . . . Continue Reading »
Okay, the vacation hasn’t quite started yet. This article by the splendid Michael Fumento describes why adult stem cells are so under-reported. He makes many good points. Definitely worth the read.Now, I am on . . . . Continue Reading »
Secondhand Smoke will be on vacation until the week of June 19 for some badly needed R & R. Thank you for your interest in this Web . . . . Continue Reading »
This is rich: Assembypersons Patty Berg and Lloyd Levine, desperately trying to save their misbegotten assisted suicide bill, have “gutted” a bipartisan bill (AB 651)that passed the Assembly to help poor people on Medi-CAL (Medicaid), and replaced it with their otherwise . . . . Continue Reading »
As promised, here is my analysis of Gonzales v. Raich. I have read the entire decision and dissents. It seems to me that unless the court decides to be wildly inconsistent, or awards the win to Oregon based on a technical flaw in the way that Attorney General John Ashcroft sought to preclude the use . . . . Continue Reading »
I have always believed strongly that the Ninth Circuit District and Court of Appeals were wrong in preventing the federal government from declaring that assisted suicide is not a legitimate medical use of federally controlled substances (e.g., narcotics), even in the face of the Oregon law . . . . Continue Reading »
It has been more than two months. Inquiring minds want to . . . . Continue Reading »
But for the very undemocratic procedural moves that the rules of the California Assembly permit, AB 654, the assisted suicide legalization bill, would be dead and buried. Sigh. Well, it may be the legislative answer to Rasputin, but we’ll keep working to put this turkey out if its misery. . . . . Continue Reading »
This Wired article is an interesting overview of the cloning controversy and Dr. Bill Hurlbut’s attempt to find a morally acceptable way to derive pluripotent cells that would have all of the attributes of embryonic stem cells but without the moral cost of creating human life in order to . . . . Continue Reading »
The LA Times has discovered the Leslie Burke case. If he loses the appeal, which I fear he will, the case will end up in the UK Highest Court (The Lords), and then, if necessary at the EU Court. At stake, quite literally, is whether the profoundly ill and disabled have a right to live in the UK, and . . . . Continue Reading »
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