Our main plea was to the U.N. and the "Major Powers" to influence the Lebanese government into deploying their army along the border.Two weeks ago, while Israel was already involved with a major kidnapping incident in Gaza, the Hezbollah launched another well planned incursion over the border, killed 3 soldiers, kidnapped 2 soldiers, and then (probably to aid the escape of the kidnappers) opened full fire with rockets and automatic guns at Israeli positions across most of the… [read post]

Ashcroft exceeded his legal authority in 2001 when he threatened to prohibit doctors from prescribing federally controlled drugs if they authorized lethal doses of the medications under the Oregon Death With Dignity Act....A Pew Research Center for the People and the Press poll released Jan. 5 found that 46 percent of Americans support a right to assisted suicide while 45 percent oppose it. [read post]

On September 9, 2003, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published final regulations that modify the obligations of a Medicare-participating hospital under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (“EMTALA”). [read post]