ethics

By Carrie K. Hutchens • November 7th, 2009

By Carrie K. Hutchens
 
Gary Harvey is the brain injured man from New York, who seems to have his own private “death panel” determined to kill him off and to make his and his wife’s life as miserable as possible, until the sentence is carried out.  One might think it could get no worse than it [...] Read more »

 
 
By Carrie K. Hutchens
 
The holidays are fast approaching and Gary Harvey isn’t home yet.  Why not?
 
The wheels of justice turn slowly?  Someone needs to get out the grease because this situation has gone beyond unreasonable, illogical, irresponsible and control-freak mode.  It’s unacceptable!
 
In review:
 

“This is a case where a 55 year old man had a heart [...] Read more »

by Carrie K. Hutchens
The headlines seem full of road rage murders and men and women killing their mates and babies, as though we, as a society, have walked through a dark door into a realm where there is no value left on life. Then comes the headline of all headlines. The headline not [...] Read more »

by Carrie K. Hutchens
It was a day in court like any other day, or was it?
The Corning Leader’s John Zick and Star Gazette’s Ray Finger reported on the September 17, 2009 Gary Harvey hearing. A hearing that sees a county fighting desperately to hold onto Gary Harvey, though the reasons behind their desperation seems [...] Read more »

From the Anchorage Daily News comes word that a new report from Independent Counsel Timothy Petumenos finds Governor Sarah Palin did nothing wrong or improper in the matter that has become known as Troopergate.
Some time back, the Palin family filed a complaint against state trooper Mike Wooten who was Sarah Palin’s brother-in-law until he and [...] Read more »

Instead of obfuscating, dodging and covering up like you usually see from the Left, Sarah Palin is taking the trooper scandal in Alaska bull by the horns.
The Politico reports Governor Palin has not only invited the inquiry into the firing of her former brother-in-law state trooper Mike Wooten, but has formally requested the Alaska Personnel [...] Read more »

Brain death and coma are not the same. Often confused, even by health professionals and judges, a “persistent vegetative state,” such as that of Terry Sciavo implies neither cessation of brain function or irreversibility, both basic criteria of brain death. These criteria are codified in the Uniform Definition of Death Act, now recognized [...] Read more »

From the Yankton Press & Dakotan:
Legislative leaders said they expect the proposed code, aimed at reminding lawmakers they are expected to follow high standards of behavior, will be approved in the first few days of this year’s legislative session, which opens Tuesday.

The brief code, written in broad terms, says the public requires that lawmakers [...] Read more »

“Stem-cell advance opens up the field

By Peter N. Spotts
Fri Nov 23, 3:00 AM ET

Colonies of tiny cells flourishing in petri dishes in the US and Japan are reshaping the political and ethical landscape surrounding human stem-cell research.
In the process, these diminutive colonies also may level the playing field in stem-cell [...] Read more »

The Argus Leader has information on a new four-paragraph code of conduct which was unanimously approved by the Legislative Research Council yesterday.
The code of conduct comes in response to concerns after allegations that Senator Dan Sutton’s inappropriately touched a male page in his hotel room, and former Rep. Ted Klaudt was found to be performing [...] Read more »

John Whitehead’s recent column on the congressional investigation of several high-profile ministries should be even more disturbing to Christians than non-Christians.
I don’t know whether they’re guilty of the thing of anything criminal; for the sake of the Gospel’s credibility, I hope they’re not (I know that the moral failures of human beings does nothing [...] Read more »

Cory Heidelberger at the Madville Times is right: the legislative code of ethics being called for in the wake of the Dan Sutton and Ted Klaudt cases wouldn’t do any good, and we shouldn’t waste our time on one.
I talked to House Majority Leader Larry Rhoden of Union Center back in June and wrote [...] Read more »

To raise money for the fight to bring Baby Max home , I think Gary Stocklaufer ought to auction off a piece (or two) of clothing that is outgrowing him! Clothing (now too big) that represents the length’s that a Daddy will go to for the love of a child!

What do you think about [...] Read more »

Judge finds Duke prosecutor in contempt

By AARON BEARD, Associated Press Writer 2 minutes ago

DURHAM, N.C. – Mike Nifong, the disgraced former Durham County district attorney, was held in criminal contempt of court Friday for lying to a judge when pursuing rape charges against three falsely accused Duke University lacrosse players.

Superior [...] Read more »

Just wanted to give you a quick update. Gary had surgery on Friday. He is now home and doing well. Now we have one more family member to get home and that is Baby Max. We are praying that the courts will grant us a rehearing soon. Everyday he is not here is another day [...] Read more »

California Lawmakers Reject Assisted Suicide Bill
by Janice Sanford
justice1949@aol.com

Assisted Suicide by Any Other Name is still assisted suicide…..

On February 15, 2007, Assembly members Patty Berg and Lloyd Levine introduced AB 374, a bill to legalize assisted suicide in California.

AB 374 California Compassionate Choice Act is virtually identical to [...] Read more »

Man Ready For Foster Kid After Weight Loss Surgery
Tiani JonesReportingCBS11TV (Aug 26, 2007 4:43 pm US/Central)
(CBS 11 News) DALLAS A judge said he was too overweight to be a father. But thanks to a Dallas hospital, a Missouri dad is on his way to being half [...] Read more »

Cancer Patient Fights Insurance Company Over Surgery
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“SMITHVILLE, Mo. –
A Smithville, Mo. man battling cancer says he’s also fighting his insurance company.
Ed Fenton, 45, claims Coventry Health Care won’t pay for a surgery he needs [...] Read more »

California Woman Dead After Abortion Attempt – Mother Sues

By Hilary White
RIVERSIDE, California, June 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Erica Goode died of toxic shock syndrome at the age of 21 after an abortion at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Riverside, California. Her mother, Aletheia Meloncon, has filed a wrongful death and medical malpractice suit against [...] Read more »

The Euthanasia Crowd Keeps Playing With Words
Euthanasia activists are obsessed with lexicon. They believe that if only they can find the right words to use in identifying mercy killing and assisted suicide, people will see the wisdom of their proposal and embrace medicalized homicide.
This obsession with words and terms has marked the euthanasia movement from [...] Read more »

June 2007 Online Issue
The Alliance Defense Fund: Fighting for Jesse Ramirez
by Jason T. Christy

Jesse Ramirez, the Gulf War Veteran who remains hospitalized as a result of his injuries from a car accident on May 30, has a powerful ally on his side – the Alliance Defense Fund. Only 240 [...] Read more »