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Whose Life is it Anyway? relates the story of Ken Harrison (Tom Chick), a sculptor who has become paralyzed from the neck down in a car accident. Harrison's realization that he will never recover leads him to prefer dying to continuing to live as a creative mind trapped in an immobile body. In addition, Harrison feels dehumanized in the antiseptic atmosphere of the hospital, where compassion is considered unprofessional. His request to die is viewed by his doctors as another symptom of shock--something to be treated with valium. Only through a court order does Harrison finally receive...
...many of the 36 states that have capital-punishment statutes, the decision concerning who shall live and who shall die often has disturbingly little to do with the heinousness of the crime. More pertinent factors commonly involve the race of the victim and the competence of the defendant's counsel. Many legal experts believe the race of the defendant also plays a role -- 12% of the U.S. population is black, though blacks constitute 50% of death-row inmates -- but the evidence is equivocal. "The trouble with the death penalty is that it's like a lottery," says law professor Steven...
...course it's all Bush's fault, since he "left them to die." It's all Bush's fault, since the "United States caused a revolt." Let's not look at the underlying causes of the revolt (i.e., Saddam's ruthless reign). It's all Bush's fault that we devastated the Iraqi army. Let's not put any blame on the man who invaded Kuwait, mutilated its people and failed to respond to our ample warnings...
Many more will die unless massive help from outside arrives quickly. But attempts to coordinate an international relief effort got off to a late start. At the end of last week, however, U.S. military forces stepped in to begin a major effort. Some 50 big helicopters will ferry food, blankets and tents to Kurds on otherwise inaccessible mountaintops. U.S. soldiers will enter Iraq to set up organized refugee camps to replace the sprawls of squatters. The undertaking, dubbed Operation Provide Comfort, aims at supplying at least one meal a day to 700,000 Kurds for a month or so, until...
...into an embittered, stateless and disruptive population. But no political solution to prevent that can be quickly engineered, and the search for one must not be allowed to distract anyone from the immediate problem. That is, quite simply, to save the lives of the thousands of Kurds who will die every day that foot-dragging, bureaucratic bumbling and political maneuvering delay desperately needed relief...