From today’s edition of the Wisconsin State Journal: Two days before Gov. Scott Walker won election, a gigantic splash rippled across the lagoon of Lake Mendota. Bystanders ran to the lagoon, calling 911 on their cell phones. Seconds later fire trucks and emergency vehicles soared across Northport Drive, sirens blaring. As local television reporters appeared … Continue reading Steven Salmon: Wisconsin budget cuts will hurt the disabled
Yesterday – March 8, 2011 – Vermont Public Radio aired a debate of the current bill that would legalized physician-prescribed suicide. The entire program is about 30 minutes long. You can listen directly in MP3 format here. You can also download the program in MP3 format off of this page (I couldn’t figure out how … Continue reading Vermont: VPR Debate on Proposed “Death With Dignity” Legislation
Some people might have figured that it was possible that Rep. Steve Vaillancourt might have been simply blowing off steam when he was quoted in the March 1st Union Leader as having said: “If it were up to me, I would say anybody should be able to end their life,” he said snapping his fingers, … Continue reading NH: More on Steve Vaillancourt, Libertarian/Tea Party and Incrementalist/Slippery Slope Strategies
Yesterday, February 28th, the NH House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on a “Death With Dignity” Bill. The outcome was not to the sponsors’ liking. From the Union Leader: CONCORD – It should’ve been called the “Live Free or Die Free” bill, Rep. Charles Weed said of his bill to allow the terminally ill to … Continue reading NH: After Hearing on Assisted Suicide Bill, Sponsor Says Bill is “DOA”
Back in November last year, I was contacted by a reporter at Milwaukee Magazine in preparation for a feature story on a local elderly couple who had allegedly died through a “suicide pact.” I succeeded in a few things during our conversation: Made the point that if the death was a suicide pact, it was … Continue reading Milwaukee Magazine: NDY featured in profile of elderly couple who died through a suspected suicide pact
