LA Times Op-Ed: “Different assisted-suicide groups, one goal”

March 27, 2009assisted suicide, california, final exit network, media coverage, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

On March 23, the LA Times published an editorial titled Sense and suicide, which bemoaned the damage that the Final Exit Network could do to the mainstream assisted suicide movement. From that starting point, they went on to extol the virtues of legalized assisted suicide, arguing that the expansive eligibility criteria of the FEN would … Continue reading LA Times Op-Ed: “Different assisted-suicide groups, one goal” →

LA Times and ProPublica: Dozens of Calif. Nurses with Felony Convictions Fully Licensed to Practice

October 6, 2008california, media coverage, Oregon, Our News & Commentary Blog, professional accountabilityStephen Drake

Over the weekend, an anonymous reader of this blog tipped me off to an important investigative piece published in the Los Angeles Times, in collaboration with ProPublica, ” an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.” To many readers, the following article might have been shocking: Dozens of registered nurses convicted … Continue reading LA Times and ProPublica: Dozens of Calif. Nurses with Felony Convictions Fully Licensed to Practice →