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End-of-life views are lopsided in support of the right to choose 'death with dignity'
There does not seem to be any middle ground on the issue of physician-assisted suicide. In fact, going by the reactions to Friday's column on that topic, there is no support for any ground other than that for the right of individuals to make end-of-life...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Euthanasia, Allentown, World War II (1939-1945), Assisted Suicide
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Murder-suicide prevails over power structure denial of dignity
Savor the victory. The power structure conspired to perpetuate hell for Mildred and Elwood "Woody" Osman of Cherryville, but they prevailed. After 64 years of marriage, Woody took a .38-caliber revolver to the hospice room at Lehigh Valley Hospital in...
Tags: Nursing, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Health and Medical Professionals, Euthanasia, Spinal Stenosis
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X-Ray art bewilders and beguiles
Thomas B. Kinraide was an electrical engineer first and only secondly an artist. But there's no doubt that the pioneering photographs the Massachusetts inventor made in the 1890s of the high-frequency electrical currents used to generate X-rays have...
Tags: Arts, Bombings, Artists, X-rays, Fine Artists
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Curbs On Guns Work Better Than Old Slogans
The Hartford CourantThe rhetorical failure of the week belonged to state Rep. Craig Miner who, in handing down the lame list of Republican proposals from a working group on gun violence, said, "We believe it's not the gun that kills the person. It's the person that...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Firearms, Germany, Politics, National Rifle Association of America
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Solitary confinement's toll
WASHINGTON -- "Zero Dark Thirty," a nominee for Sunday's Oscar as Best Picture, reignited debate about whether the waterboarding of terrorism suspects was torture. This practice, which ended in 2003, was used on only three suspects. Meanwhile, tens of...
Tags: The New York Times, U.S. Supreme Court, Punishment, Charles Dickens, Zero Dark Thirty (movie)
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Rejecting 31,000 gun deaths as a fact of life
There are so many violent tragedies every day — I'm thinking specifically about the deaths of young people, and particularly those by gun — it's impossible to process it all, much less give our hearts to it. If we tried, our heads would burst....
Tags: Murder, Politics, Interior Policy, Health and Safety at School, Colleges and Universities
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Shinn's 'Teddy Ferrara' stuck on campus
One of the problems with plays dominated by collegiate sexuality — and there is no shortage of graphic undergraduate sex in Christopher Shinn's “Teddy Ferrara” — is that if you are a few years removed from that particular time of...
Tags: Goodman Theatre, Students, Colleges and Universities, Advice Columns and Columnists, New York University
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A suicide, an angry protest, and a nation in agony
— The old man, reportedly ill with cancer and exhausted by the agony devouring Greece, just couldn't take it anymore. His name was Dimitris. And so he walked out Wednesday morning onto the beautiful and peaceful Syntagma Square across the street...
Tags: Murder, Parliament, Politics, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Congress' horse-and-buggy computer laws
As martyrs go, Aaron Swartz was an extraordinary example of the breed. A computer programming genius, he had helped develop the social networking site Reddit and became known as a leading advocate for easy and free information sharing on the Web. When...Tags: Justice System, Computer Networking and Internet, Computer Crime, Criminals, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Baltimore Raven Ed Reed, Obama warn of dangers of football
President Barack Obama and Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed have something in common. Both love the game of football but would be hesitant to expose a son to its physical dangers. "I am a big football fan, but I have to tell you, if I had a son, I'd...
Tags: Justice System, Super Bowl, Football, John Harbaugh, Judges
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Try this for a Super Bowl 'X factor'
Raise your hand if you believe the Harbaugh family storyline has been exhausted. I believe we’ve heard from Mom and Pop Harbaugh, the brothers and the sister. Unless Manti Te’o proclaims he is now going steady with an imaginary Harbaugh...
Tags: Sports, Super Bowl, Roger Goodell, Ray Lewis, Michael McCaskey
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Why I Don't Keep A Gun In My House
The Hartford CourantAfter the Newtown massacre, a friend asked me if I kept a gun in my house. No, I do not, for several reasons. The first is personal experience. The last time I had a gun in my place of residence was in Vietnam. In early 1970, my Army unit moved to the...Tags: Shootings, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, National Rifle Association of America, Politics, Interior Policy
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Jan 29, 2013
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Jan 28, 2013
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