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...moral landscape of the era of high imperialism—the book’s subtitle, “One Man’s Battle for Human Rights in South America’s Heart of Darkness,” makes explicit allusion to Joseph Conrad’s famous novella, especially apt given the fact that Conrad and Casement met in 1889 in the Congo Free State. Casement’s own description of Arana recalls “the unseen presence of victorious corruption” that Marlow senses in Colonel Kurtz. “There...
...will find out, as this year’s commencement speaker is former Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter ’61. Souter is an excellent choice, and we commend the University for choosing a commencement speaker well known for his public service, instead of someone made famous through finance or other better-trodden paths of success...
...celebrity clients with substance-abuse problems, or with other real or imagined illnesses, finding doctors to give them the medicines and care they crave, even if it goes against proper medical practice? Or are the temptations - whether the generous pay or the ego gratification of being patronized by a famous person - simply too great to resist? (See Michael Jackson's death: How culpable are the doctors...
Part of the problem is that many times, when a doctor is treating a famous individual, the traditional relationship is reversed and boundaries are blurred, with the celebrity dictating what drugs or care they want and using their allure, threat of banishment and lucrative pay as means to get their...
...alcohol problem, then I'd be much more likely to refer them than to manage them in my office. It's going to make people much more cautious about the potential risks, and that's a good thing. People shouldn't get worse care just because they're famous. That's clearly the concern here. By virtue of his incredible wealth and celebrity, [Jackson] actually got worse treatment...