My reactions to what passes for a “health care” discussion in the US kind of vacillates – between eye-rolling and outright gagging. The ad below evokes both reactions. It’s the latest from the Family Research Council, defenders of “family values” and who claim to respect and value human life. In the clip below, however, is … Continue reading New Ad from FRC Seems to Say Old People Shouldn’t Get Expensive Operations
Update on the article that appeared in yesterday’s edition of the Princetonian, which contained inaccurate and defamatory remarks about NDY. The online article has been revised. The article also carries an Editor’s note at the end of the article, which we’re told was published in today’s print edition of the Princetonian: Due to an editing … Continue reading Followup on Princetonian – and more thoughts from Bill Peace and Gary Presley
(Addendum) – Up top, in the interest of fairness. I just got off the phone with the Princetonian’s Editor-in-Chief. He says that tomorrow’s edition will carry an apology and correction. The post below is still relevant, though – everyone should know what the fuss is about. –Stephen Drake Last week, I was contacted by a … Continue reading Princetonian Celebrates Ten Years of Peter Singer – By Libeling NDY And Fabricating a “Violent Protest”
Just a brief alert on this one, for anyone interested. Last week, I participated in a taping of a discussion of euthanasia with Dr. Bert Keizer on the show “The State We’re In” on the English version of Radio Netherlands. It was a polite discussion, and we covered a lot of territory. Among other things, … Continue reading Media: Broadcast of Discussion of Euthanasia with Me and Dutch Doctor
For the most complete information on the Betancourt case, including links to other amicus briefs, the best resource I’ve found is the Medical Futility Blog by Thaddeus Mason Pope. Pope disagrees with NDY on a significant number of issues, but he’s an impressive researcher who has posted links to research and news coverage that I’ve … Continue reading More on Betancourt
