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...life issues. Indeed, things have already begun to heat up. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed last month to take up a Bush Administration challenge to the Oregon law. The White House wants to revoke the license of any doctor who writes a lethal prescription, arguing that federal drug laws trump states' rights to regulate medical practice. Meanwhile, legislative committees in Vermont and California will vote this month on whether to adopt Oregon-style statutes. Other states have considered similar laws. If the polls are to be believed, the public is ready to give such measures a close look...
...living will always trump a family's convictions. A study published last July in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that 65% of doctors surveyed said they would not necessarily follow a living will under special circumstances, such as intrafamily conflict. Prager recently consulted with the relatives of an elderly woman who had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and was clearly going to die. Her advance directive specified that no extraordinary measures be taken to save her. But her devoutly Jewish son believed that taking his mother off a ventilator would be murder. Prager's committee, the family members, their rabbi...
...been landing my ideal mate all my life! I’ve always been in great relationships that I really value. In terms of ideal mate, things have evolved. My ideal mate is someone who has the looks of Antonio Sabato, the confidence of Donald Trump, the ability to nurture a woman like P. Diddy, one who has great moves on and off the stage like Usher, and a real man’s man like Vin Diesel...
...Syrian withdrawal may be a major setback to Hizbollah, because Syria guarantees the air bridge from Iran that keeps Nasrallah's militias supplied with weapons. (For Damascus, enabling Hizballah in this manner was considered a strategic trump card in pressing Israel towards concluding a peace deal that would return the occupied Golan Heights to Syria. ) But the U.S. has made shutting down the movement's armed wing a priority, shared by Israel and, of course, legally mandated by Resolution...
...well as laughter. “The Apprentice in Bombay” pitted a team of Indians against a team of Indian-Americans in a battle for Trump’s affection, and jokes and jabs were served up equally against both teams, along with a number against Trump himself. The extreme nature of both teams served to highlight quirks and idiosyncrasies in both cultures, while Trump’s bumbling and stereotyping of the team members pointed out misconceptions on the part of other Americans...