A Great Man Dies, Unheeded:
George F. Kennan, who out-thought and outlived all the fools who outranked him, is dead at the age of 101. Being America’s wisest diplomat, he was of course misunderstood and ignored for most of his life. He lived to see…
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i dunno… who knows, either he was brilliant or not.

Schiavo:

I’m going to take a contrary view on the Schiavo case. I actually agree with the callous sentiments of the RudePundit: she’s gone. There is no person there. Her cortex is a film of goo. It’s a sad story, but everyone has to face the fact that she’s never going to recover and what’s there right now is nothing but twitching meat.

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well, i agree. there is alive, and then there is being a responsible ‘person’/part of society and that is an important distinction.

and well, i also agree with pharyngula in that if the mommy and poppy want to spend their personal wealth, and no one else will pay to sustain the life, then yes, that should be their choice, but the state and estate rides with the executor.