The Doctor Is In

The lady on the morning “news”, in her warmest and faux-sincere voice, said it sweetly: “This is the season of hope and joy” — and moved on quickly to tug at the heartstrings with some touching story of the downtrodden redeemed, a perfect production for this “holiday” season. I don’t really think she understands the [...]

In a previous post on physician-assisted suicide, I had the following exchange with a commenter named Van: Van: I take it you are are against assisted-suicide? Let me ask you this – how can we say we live in a free nation if we cannot do what we wish to our own bodies, as long [...]

Is there a spell-checker for tattoo artists?  ♦ John Robb: The Coming Urban Terror. Written in 2007. Prescient — think Mumbai.  ♦ More John Robb: An essay looking back at the privatization of America from the year 2025. Written in 2007, and disturbingly accurate about the economic developments.  ♦ Keeping you abreast of the news: Tempest in a [...]

I hope to have more to say on the issue of euthanasia and assisted suicide in the near future. In the meantime, I highly recommend this article by Herbert Hendin, M.D. Dr. Hendin’s book, Seduced by Death: Doctors, Patients, and Assisted Suicide, is an excellent resource on the topic, the result of extensive research and [...]

  Here’s a collection of archival photographs from Pearl Harbor, Dec 7th 1941. Most were obtained from the naval archives.