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...when a person dies, his organs may be harvested unless he has explicitly refused. It's an approach that can save the lives of thousands who would otherwise die each year waiting for a transplant. Today about 50% of registered organ donors have their wishes overruled by next of kin at the time of death. This has to stop. Organ donation is not a decision that should be made when everyone is upset over the death of a loved one. A nondonor registry would solve all these problems and preserve everyone's freedom of choice. TERENCE MCCARTHY, PRESIDENT PRESUMED CONSENT...
...KIN: NEW AMBASSADOR TO GUYLAND...
...released a book, Satellite Sisters' UnCommon Senses (Riverhead; 370 pages; $24.95). It posits, through a series of anecdotes told by each sister, that when you grow up in a large family, you develop an extra set of senses that help you both stand out from and connect to your kin. This, at least, is the conceit. But the underlying mantra of the book and the radio show is the same: talk is good. Even seemingly insignificant banter, such as the discussion about the aforementioned gravy boat, is really a way of coping with big life changes, such as Julie...
...violent town; there are murders most every night. Gang wars, vendettas, crimes over women or money. And nobody collected the bodies. Then, a few years back, Edhi started going around the city at night with a cart, gathering up the bodies as though they were his own kin, washing them and giving then a decent Muslim burial. He still does that, but now he also runs hospitals, drug rehab centers, orphanages and a free ambulance service...
...about it. U.S. troops could already be firing weapons on Afghan soil, and we might not know about it. Of course, the Pentagon has already told us that if a U.S. special forces soldier is killed, they will inform the media in a timely manner once the next of kin have been informed. So if we take them at their word, which can be risky, there have been no U.S. fatalities on the ground in Afghanistan to date. And that suggests there haven't been any major firefights or anything of that nature...