| Apr 16, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyCompassion for the dying is gaining traction. It’s about time. In 1948, 37 percent of Americans supported the idea behind the “death with dignity” movement. Last year, 70 percent of us did. While that number leveled off two decades back, how big a majority does...
| Mar 13, 2013 | Environment / HealthSpare me, Lord, From those who say That I need pain, Till my dying day. There’s no quick path to a new personal freedom. Whether it’s civil rights, women’s rights, gay rights, reproductive rights, or the right to die with dignity, winning is not...
| Mar 12, 2012 | Environment / HealthNow that death Is at your door; Hope you planned it Long before. You may have missed it amid all this fuss about Catholics and contraception. The Church’s pushback over routine birth control methods stemmed in large part from an important edict the U.S....
| Oct 18, 2010 | Environment / HealthYears of struggle, Joy and strife; Body’s done, But not my life. It’s been 25 years now since an AP poll revealed that a majority of Americans thought terminally ill patients should have the right to die. Assuming, of course, that they wanted to. Fat lot...
| Aug 5, 2010 | Environment / HealthRemember the hullabaloo over so-called “death panels,” last summer? Faced with screeching right-wing opportunists who tried to kill healthcare reform by accusing the Obama administration of being out to snuff out our grandparents, the folks responsible for...
