The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
Answers to Questions Nobody Is Asking
“Clarence Thomas Hits Five Years Without Asking a Question”–headline, Los Angeles Times website, Feb. 22
Bottom Story of the Day
“No Threat Seen to Libya’s Seat on Top U.N. Human Rights Body”–headline, CNSNews.com, Feb. 24
Metaphor Alert
“This nonpartisan study proves that the House Republicans’ proposal is a recipe for a double-dip recession. Just as the economy is beginning to pick up a little steam, the Republican budget would snuff out any chance of recovery. This analysis puts a dagger through the heart of their ‘cut-and-grow’ fantasy.”–Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), quoted by CNBC.com, Feb. 24
Great Moments in Socialized Medicine
“One of England’s largest health authorities has said it is not opposed to assisted suicide and called for a change in the law to give patients more ‘choice’ over how they die,” London’s Daily Telegraph reports:
The current law, under which helping someone commit suicide is illegal, is not fit for the 21st century, according to the West Midlands NHS Strategic Health Authority.
Pauline Smith, the end of life care lead for the region, said it was “not good enough” that only those who could afford to travel to Dignitas suicide clinics in Switzerland were able to control their own deaths.
This isn’t quite a horror story, so we’ll skip the ritual Krugman quote. Still, there’s something chilling about an egalitarianism that seeks to make it easier for poor people to commit suicide.
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