Facing death with dignity in Oregon and beyond
Guest columnist Michael McManus contrasts Jittany Maynard's use of the Death with Dignity act with the story of Lauren Hill, an 18 year old with an incurable brain tumor, arguing about courage and medical ethics. He cites AMA opposition and a Consumer Reports survey on end of life preferences and advance directives.
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Jittany Maynard
Oregon
People Magazine
Richard Cohen
Lauren Hill
Lauren
Brittany
The
American Medical Association
AMA
Consumer Reports
Readers debate foul language in modern entertainment
Letter writers argue that profanity and sensational content dominate current culture from stand up to online videos and best selling books. They compare Bob Saget’s act and preteen performances to a broader trend of diminishing substance in favor of smut and shock value.
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Bob Saget
Saget
America
Riverside Casino
Gazette
Diana Nollen
Riverside
Robert and
Lois Buckley
Marion
Veterans Day pledge and plea for small farms support
A Veterans Day message urges reflection and national pride with a pledge to honor veterans and the flag. It includes a veteran’s note from Rick Martin and calls for easing zoning to encourage small scale urban farming near Solon and Little Rock.
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America
United States
Salt Fork
Solon
Little Rock
Ark
Johnson County faces funding clash over courthouse annex bond
Analysis notes 52 000 voters cast ballots for senator and 47 800 for a penny sales tax while about 500 opposed the courthouse annex bond. Officials now face legal hurdles as a simple majority failed to settle the plan for a 113 year old building. Public comments invited.
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Oters
Todd Akin
Anthony Weiner
Johnson County
Iowa
Superman
U.S
Courthouse Annex
Lyndalowa
Lynda
Waddington
Thegazette
Kodak Moments Blur Real Life in Family Photos
Lenore Skenazy argues that camera aimed moments create mythologies of happy families while erasing ordinary scenes. She notes parents capture perfect scenes, omit mess and illness, and later memory fades as life becomes only a sequence of edited moments.
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Dan
Kodak
Mom
Grandpa
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