1. Compensation and judge intervention are dangerous solutions to organ waiting lists Letting a child die for a voluntary ideal, USA Today (Sally Satel) 2. Senate will debate immigration reform, but most important debate is among the people ...
1. Plan B contraceptive will now be available over-the-counter to girls of any age Feds: Morning-after pill appeal officially on hold, Associated Press (Tom Hays) Obama to End Effort to Restrict Morning-After Pill, New York Times (Michael D. Sh ...
As the 2013 Southern Baptist Convention convenes this morning in Houston, theological issues will be ever close at hand. This is as it should be, for Baptists are a theological people. The history of the Southern Baptist Convention has been a legacy ...
1. Karpen's clinic in Houston a reminder that every abortion clinic is a house of horrors Anti-abortion group targets doctor, some call it witch hunt, Houston Chronicle (Mike Tolson) 2. Unborn face the danger of geography: Governor Cuomo acts t ...
1. Judge's intervention in organ transplant raises even more ethical problems Judge's ruling challenges US transplant system, Associated Press (Lauran Neergaard) 2. Responding to the surveillance state: What do American's want? NSA revelati ...
1) Surveillance state revelations force Americans to ask what it means to live in a Democracy U.S. Is Secretly Collecting Records of Verizon Calls, New York Times (Charlie Savage and Edward Wyatt) NSA collecting phone records of millions of Veriz ...
Serious readers tend to read by season. A worthy book is ripe for the reading in any season, but winter seems to privilege the weightier volumes over those that seem to be more easily set aside for reading in a more opportune season. Summer is that s ...
1) Recent trials a horrible reminder of murderous humanity Soldier charged in Afghan massacre: ‘Not a good reason in this world’ for what he did, Washington Post (Associated Press) Fort Hood Suspect Says Rampage Was to Defend Afghan Taliban Lea ...
1) Manning and Holmes trials reveal difficulty of achieving perfect justice in imperfect world Judge allows plea of not guilty by insanity for James Holmes, Los Angeles Times (Jenny Deam and Michael Muskal) Suspect in Colorado Movie Killings En ...
1) DNA ruling demonstrates limitations of traditional liberal/conservative divide Justices Allow Police to Take DNA Samples After Arrests, New York Times (Adam Liptak) 2) Americans confused and divided over trusting the government Is rage ag ...