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...such distinctions exist for many activists, who believe zoo keepers are guilty of "speciesism," the movement's politically correct counterpart to racism. Animals, PETA insists, are no different from people and should be treated accordingly. "There really is no rational reason for saying a human being has special rights," says PETA co-founder Ingrid Newkirk, whose credo...
...care to our patients. True, our health-care system needs better transparency so patients can make informed choices. We need to run efficient operating rooms and hospitals. But we are able to achieve those goals much more often than consumers are led to believe. High-quality health care does exist throughout the U.S.--most of the time within a few miles of our homes. I'm staying here if I need surgery...
Though Murtha had been quietly sounding out colleagues about a possible leadership race for some time, nearly everyone on Capitol Hill was perplexed as to why he would publicly announce a bid for a post that may not even exist for the Democrats after November. Said a Democratic aide, with a sigh: "Let's just focus on winning some seats...
...crisis of governance in the late 1960s, established the so-called Gilbert Committee, which considered three subjects: whether changes should be made to the Overseers’ visitation process, whether the Board’s selection process was appropriate, and whether the Overseers should continue to exist...
...enough, hip literary circles have been rocked by the revelation that the author JT LeRoy is just a phantom of two washed-up rockers’ imaginations. LeRoy, HIV-positive queer writer of “autobiographical” childhood truck-stop prostitute tales, does not exist, and his rags-to-riches memoirs are a hoax. Oh, the critics bemoan, what happened to the importance of being honest? Where lies the lost virtue of authenticity? A better question might be, “Have we lost our grip on reality?”For several years, everyone acted...