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1 Apr 2015, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
On March 17, the New York Times ran a story about the troubling inconclusiveness of breast biopsy results. [read post]
3 Feb 2015, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
.In December of 2014, a study was published suggesting that mental health professionals experience different degrees of empathy for patients with a mental disorder, depending on whether the disorder is explained using biological (genetic and neurobiological) factors or psychosocial (experiential or life history) factors. [read post]
10 Nov 2015, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
In my last column here, I discussed the paradoxical nature of violent activism in the pursuit of nonviolent ends. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
Last month, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill that will generally prohibit the tattooing and piercing of one’s companion animals, through an amendment to New York’s Agriculture & Markets Law. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
Last month, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill that will generally prohibit the tattooing and piercing of one’s companion animals, through an amendment to New York’s Agriculture & Markets Law. [read post]
28 Oct 2014, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
In September of this year, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill that changed the meaning of sexual consent for undergraduate campuses whose students may receive financial assistance from the State of California. [read post]
24 Jun 2014, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
Two weeks ago, I spent four full days in training to become a volunteer mediator with the Community Dispute Resolution Center (“CDRC”). [read post]
4 Feb 2014, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
In 2008, Mark Jensen of Wisconsin was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide in the killing of his wife, Julie Jensen. [read post]
23 Jul 2013, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
This past March, France’s National Ethics Committee made the determination that sexual surrogacy is an “unethical use of the human body for commercial purposes. [read post]
6 Jan 2015, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
Last month, unknown malefactors who may have been affiliated with the government of North Korea hacked into Sony’s computer databases, seemingly in retribution for the production of “The Interview,” a comic film depicting a plot to assassinate Kim Jong-un, the dictator of North Korea. [read post]
21 Dec 2014, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
Earlier this year, Henry Rayhons was arrested for sexually assaulting his wife, Donna Young, who has now died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. [read post]
31 Aug 2015, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
In late July, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (“the court”), the final appeals court for global sports, suspended the practice of “hyperandrogenism regulation” by the International Association of Athletics Federations (“the I.A.A.F. [read post]
4 Apr 2016, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
John Kasich was quick to stake out his own contrasting position on abortion that “[o]f course, women shouldn’t be punished. [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
Recently, I was listening to a podcast, and a caller asked the following question of the hosts: Does a transgender person have an ethical or moral obligation to inform a potential sex partner of his or her transgender status before the two people have sexual relations? [read post]