Germany’s on the Wrong Side of History Again

MGM Studio chief Sam Goldwyn once said, “An oral contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.”
Yet now the highest German court ruled that it is okay to end a life based on an old oral contract — something… Read More

Assisted Suicide and Your End-of-Life Chat With Your Doctor

Fifteen years ago, Colorado’s governor Richard Lamm got himself in trouble by saying elderly people have “a duty to die and get out of the way.”
Lamm knew how much end-of-life care costs. About one-third of Medicare’s budget goes for… Read More

No Such Thing as “Assisted Suicide”

Suicide is, by definition, an act you perform by yourself.
By the time you are ready to commit suicide, you have come to certain philosophical conclusions. You believe that your life is no longer worth living, and that there is… Read More

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