NZ police now investigating NZ euthanasia case

Police are investigating an admission by an Auckland-born scientist that he gave his cancer-riddled mother a lethal dose of morphine.
Sean Davison admitted giving the overdose and said he did not fear being charged with a crime. “I have no regrets about what I did. I did the right thing, the compassionate thing,” he told the [...]

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Drawing a Hemline – Sexual Modesty and the Pursuit of Wisdom

I have a suggestion for those in academia who are concerned that women be treated as intellectual equals: Try sexual modesty. Before the lynching party arrives, I hope I will have time to explain.
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President Obama Meets with Catholic Journalists

The president complained about pro-lifers “who keep on anticipating the worst from us,” according to the write-up in CNS. He doesn’t consider their attitude justified, since “it’s not based on anything I’ve said or done, but is rather just a perception, somehow, that we have some hard-line agenda that we’re seeking to push.”
I wonder if [...]

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The demise of fatherhood

It is news to no one that, in the Western world in general and the United States in particular, the call to fatherhood is being heeded less and less. Anyone unfortunate enough to pick up a newspaper is painfully aware that one-third of American children live without any father and that, in many inner cities, [...]

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Son confesses to killing mother in NZ with act of euthanasia

An Auckland-born scientist has admitted in a leaked manuscript to giving his cancer-ravaged mother a lethal overdose of morphine.
Sean Davison published a book last month about his 85-year-old mother’s final days, without disclosing the role he played after his mother summoned him home to Dunedin to help her die.
However, a copy of his original manuscript, [...]

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