There are at least three elements involved in the case of Noa Pothoven, a 17-year-old girl in The Netherlands who was widely reported to have received state euthanization for severe depression and related suffering. The first is the girl’s illness … Continue reading →
I got back home rather late, and at that point I wasn’t in the mood to write the big long heavy post I’d planned. So maybe tomorrow (always keep ’em wanting more). For now I’ll do this one. After the … Continue reading →
Right now I have to shepherd a friend who can’t drive to a fairly lengthy doctor appointment, and I ran out of time working on a post I was about to publish. So I’m off, and I plan to finish … Continue reading →
And by “the wrong politics” I mean anti-Democrat and pro-Trump. This sort of thing is sickening. It used to even be considered what was quaintly known as “un-American”: The guy posted a silly video (the “drunk Pelosi” video) to make … Continue reading →
North Korean official Kim Yong Chol, widely reported to have been purged (i.e. “re-educated”) following the collapse of the most recent talks between the US and North Korea, has surfaced again, seemingly none the worse for wear and in favor … Continue reading →
First Dershowitz, and now Turley: The concerns over Mueller’s motivations was heightened by the justifications that he has offered for some of his decisions like not reaching a conclusion on the weight of the evidence on obstruction. Many of us … Continue reading →
It’s not possible yet, but they’re working on it: Progress toward making “artificial gametes” has been accelerating. In Japan, mice were born from eggs scientists had manufactured in a dish from a tail cell. Chinese scientists later claimed they had … Continue reading →
Law professor Ilya Somin makes a very poor analogy between Trump’s Mexican tariffs and the Berlin Wall in this article entitled and subtitled, “Trump’s Plan to Force Mexico to Lock In its Own People: The President’s effort to coerce Mexico … Continue reading →
Did you know that, in New York City, Asians have become some sort of
Continue reading →You may have noticed that Nevada recently joined the club of state legislatures that have passed laws joining the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and saying that they would go with the popular vote in an election. Well, this time … Continue reading →
Last night I watched “Passengers,” a movie that was made in 2016 and can roughly be described as science fiction. It’s no masterpiece, but I liked it, which is more than I can say for most movies I see these … Continue reading →
I’m not too keen on parliamentary systems in general. Too many small parties are given power. The one good thing about parliamentary systems, IMHO, is that they are more responsive than ours and elections can be called if there’s no … Continue reading →