Did Karl Rove Lose a Generation of Republicans?

James Carville has an editorial in the Financial Times, of all places, explaining "How Karl Rove lost a generation of Republicans." He's generous in noting that, "If we concluded our analysis in 2007 and confined our judgment merely to Mr Rove’s immediate electoral record, we would have no choice but to judge him a spectacular success. There is no doubt that ...

Sleeping Pill Ambien Cure for Persistent Vegetative State?

A story in yesterday's Guardian would seem to provide hope that a simple sleeping pill can revive people from a persistent vegetative state. We have always been told there is no recovery from persistent vegetative state - doctors can only make a sufferer's last days as painless as possible. But is that really the truth? Across three continents, severely brain-damaged patients ...

Another Reason to Wonder if Michelle Malkin Is All That Smart

The guest blogger Allahpundit is guest blogging form Michelle and points out that today is the anniversary of Terri Schiavo's death. Allahpundit says, Michelle's Schiavo archive runs to eleven pages on Google, but for me it's this short post that resonates the most. The link to another post by Michelle points to this article by economist Steven Landsburg. In that ...

The Implosion of the Canadian Health Care System?

That is what it is looking like. Russell Roberts at Cafe Hayek points to this New York Times article that paints and interesting picture in Canada. Here are the key paragraphs, The country's publicly financed health insurance system — frequently described as the third rail of its political system and a core value of its national identity — is ...

Man Fights to Keep Stepdaughter He Beat into Coma Alive

Michael Demmons passes on word of a tragedy with some eerie similarities to the Schiavo case: AP - The photos hanging on Allison Avrett's living room wall conceal the heartache they've come to represent. [...] Most of them were taken before Avrett gave Haleigh up for adoption five years ago, long before the abusive blows that police say landed the 11-year-old ...

Michael Schiavo: “I Kept My Promise”

xlrq wonders why several of us who supported Michael Schiavo in his right to decide the fate of his wife against state action have not condemned him for his rather smug inscription on Terri Schiavo's tombstone: Schiavo's Remains Buried Amid Acrimony (AP) The burial of Terri Schiavo's cremated remains didn't bring an end to the acrimony between her husband and her family. ...

Schiavo Autopsy Shows Massive Brain Damage

Terri Schiavo was in a persistent vegetative state, would not have been able to function even if fed by mouth, and was not abused prior to her death, according to the official autopsy. As predicted, however, the Schindler family continues to charge that Michael Schiavo abused her and that she would have recovered had she been fed. Schiavo Autopsy Shows ...

Schiavo Autopsy Report to Be Released Today

The results of Terri Schiavo's autopsy will be released today, likely sparking yet another round of controversy and irresponsible charges from both sides of the debate that gripped the nation for several weeks earlier this year. Schiavo Autopsy Report to Be Released (AP) The medical examiner's office plans to release its autopsy report Wednesday on Terri Schiavo — findings her family hopes ...

Death Row Inmate Can’t Donate Organs — Too Expensive

Michael Demmons points us to the interesting case of Gregory Scott Johnson, an Indiana death row inmate who wants to donate his liver to his dying sister but is being denied on the grounds that it would require him to undergo expensive tests that at taxpayer expense. There's another complication: Many organs used in transplants come from the bodies of those ...

Terri Schiavo Activists Move On to Mae Magouirk

Several bloggers have jumped on the story of Mae Magouirk, a Georgia woman who they charge is being starved to death despite her wishes. Oddly, the only reports I can find on this case [See Google and GoogleNews] are on personal websites or other sites (FreePress, WorldNetDaily) with an agenda. The lone exception is this News 11 story: Last ...

Senator Martinez’ Office Source of Schiavo Memo

Senator Mel Martinez (R, FL) says his office is the source of the infamous Terri Schiavo talking points memo. Senator's Office Source of Schiavo Memo (AP) Florida Republican Sen. Mel Martinez says an infamous unsigned memo passed around on Capitol Hill emphasizing the politics of the Terri Schiavo case originated in his office. The memo — first reported by ABC ...

Schiavo Discussion

I don't seek to open old wounds, but since it's the weekend and blogging is usually light, I want to provide a forum in which the Terri Schiavo case can be discussed. In an earlier post I said that my hope is that we'd err on the side of individual liberty rather than on that of government intervention. But there ...

Terri Schiavo Has Died

Terri Schiavo died shortly before 10 A.M., according to news reports. Terri Schiavo, 41, Dies in Fla. Hospice (Washington Post) Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged Florida woman whose condition ignited a protracted legal struggle, died today at a Florida hospice, 13 days after her feeding tube was removed under a court order. Representatives of both sides in a dispute over her ...

Will the GOP Need Life Support?

Glenn Reynolds explores the political fallout of the Terri Schiavo case in, of all places, Salon magazine. (An odd venue for a "conservative pundit.") The piece is entitled, "Will the GOP need life support?" Schiavo hysteria certainly has some Republicans in its grip. Bill Bennett wrote that state law doesn't deserve our respect if it conflicts with natural law. ...

Stotch on Schiavo

I haven't posted at all about the Terri Schiavo case for one fundamental reason: I sincerely believe that it's none of my business. Which means that I also believe that it's none of your business as well. For the record, I personally understand that this individual is being starved to death, but I can't say with the conviction that many ...