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...lesbian couple a family? Yes, a Minnesota appeals court ruled last week in a case that has been a focus of gay-rights activism since 1984. Ordering that Karen Thompson, a physical-education professor, be granted guardianship of her brain-damaged lover Sharon Kowalski, the three-judge panel said, "Thompson and Sharon are a family of affinity, which ought to be accorded respect...
Americans are acutely aware of cholesterol. During the presidential campaign, George Bush's doctor issued a medical history that included the candidate's total cholesterol and HDL levels (both well within the safe zone). Two books, Robert E. Kowalski's The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure and Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper's Controlling Cholesterol, have been major sellers this year. The shelves of the nation's grocery stores are lined with products conspicuously labeled "cholesterol free." Oat bran, which moderately lowers cholesterol levels, is selling so briskly that some manufacturers are working around the clock to meet demand. Essentially, all these...
They are the last ethnic group America can comfortably mock. In movies and on TV, the Italian-American male is Stanley Kowalski without the sex appeal, the female a masochistic Judy absorbing too many Punches. So it is a tonic to meet the Italian Americans in John Patrick Shanley's plays (Danny and the Deep Blue Sea) and films (Moonstruck). The residents of Shanley's Little Italy dare to express their feelings in street poetry whose melodic line is closer to Verdi's than to Bon Jovi's. In his new off-Broadway play Shanley goes further, announcing that these...
...last-ditch effort, Thompson has filed a motion to "restore Sharon Kowalski to capacity," meaning to help her reach her full mental and physical potential. Two weeks ago, the court ordered that Sharon undergo a formal evaluation to see if she is capable of making decisions about her future. On the whole, the courts have not been sympathetic to Thompson's case. Most states favor blood relatives as guardians of unmarried disabled people, explains Arthur Caplan, director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Bio-Medical Ethics. "For children that's fine, but not for adults," says Caplan...
Last week disabled- and gay-rights advocates in 21 cities held rallies demanding that the courts "Free Sharon Kowalski." In Minneapolis demonstrators wore buttons proclaiming BRING SHARON HOME. Thompson's supporters argue that as an adult, even a severely handicapped one, Sharon should be free to control her own destiny. "We are asked to let you rest in peace, Sharon," declared Disabled Rights Activist Jaime Becker at the Minneapolis rally, "but you are not dead. You are alive! And next year you will be free...