In today’s On the Square , David Mills explains the way in which we are all like James Slattery (aka “Candy Darling”), a transvestite star of Andy Warhol’s famous Factory: According to the New York Press reviewer, Beautiful Darling ends with a quote from his diaries: . . . . Continue Reading »
The Supreme Court has refused to take the Obamacare cases on an expedited basis. From the story:The Supreme Court on Monday turned down Virginia’s request that it rule immediately on the constitutionality of the nation’s health-care overhaul. Various challenges to the health-care . . . . Continue Reading »
With the release of her book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and her article in the WSJ on ” Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior ,” Yale Law School professor Amy Chua ignited a debate about what constitutes “successful” parenting. Pamela J. Nielsen considers the question from . . . . Continue Reading »
Sign of the Times of the Day: A state-funded sex education website in Massachusetts tells teens an abortion is “much easier than it sounds,” “more common than you might think,” and “safe and effective, though some people may experience temporary discomfort.” Read more . . . . Continue Reading »
And a biographical insight into the origins of POSTMODERN RIGHTLY UNDERSTOOD (or POSTMODERN CONSERVATISM). To those (beginning with Paul) who have written to me about Sara: Thanks, she’s in rehab now and slowly but surely figuring out how to walk again. It was a very close call, and once . . . . Continue Reading »
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It is Easter Sunday, and people of the Christian persuasion are joyously celebrating the core event of the faith. This may have atheists feeling left out. So a little Steve Martin fun to get atheist SHSers through the night—and put a smile on everyone’s face. . . . . Continue Reading »
Robert Reich, the former Secretary of Labor under President Clinton, has a column out pushing universal Medicare that fundamentally fails to grapple with reality in making the case. He admits Medicare is breaking the bank and then chides President Obama for relying on the (unnamed) Medicare . . . . Continue Reading »
A Do Not Resuscitate Order (DNR), is not the same thing as a “do not treat” request, although there is sometimes confusion in that regard. It simply means that if the patient has a cardiac arrest, the medical team (or nursing home personnel) are instructed to not try and revive the . . . . Continue Reading »
The Canadian Hospital and its doctors have much to explain. Stating that a tracheotomy was not in Baby Joseph’s interests, and wishing to pull him off life extending care, they clearly decided that the time had come for Joseph to die. But his parents wanted to take him home with them to die . . . . Continue Reading »
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