July 10, 2005
First slander, then go fishing
Jeb Bush can't be reached for comment about his latest failed attempt to implicate Michael Schiavo in his wife's death because he's on vacation.
July 08, 2005
Prosecutor to Jeb: No dice!
Yet again, Michael Schiavo is exonerated from the absurd charge that he was somehow culpable in his wife's collapse. Waiting for an apology from Jeb.
June 21, 2005
Misdirection
Orin Kerr politely wonders what the hell Jeb Bush thinks he's up to in asking the Pinellas county prosecutor to "investigate" supposed inconsistencies in Michael Schiavo's account of his wife's collapse and his subsequent call to 911. He might equally wonder what the prosecutor is up to announcing that he will in fact proceed with the "investigation." The answer seems...
April 17, 2005
Apologies, please
Remember all those charges of "abuse" directed at Michael Schiavo? Bogus, says the very same Florida agency that, on Jeb's orders tried at the last minute to take custody of Terri Schiavo.
April 11, 2005
Magouirk update
At last, some facts from an actual newspaper and an actual TV station. I'm still puzzled about what's really going on, but the judge has received the death threats that now seem to be normal when such cases are taken up by the wingnut media.
April 01, 2005
March 31, 2005
March 30, 2005
All-star team
What are the odds that a proposition agreed on by Jesse Jackson and Rush Limbaugh is nevertheless true? Pretty long, wouldn't you say?
Cathy Young checks some facts
... and finds that some of the people on the feed-Terri are veridically challenged.
March 29, 2005
Persons, corpses, and toasters
Can it really be true that Steven Landsburg can't tell the difference?
March 28, 2005
Strategery backfires
The Schiavo case seems to be costing GWB support among conservatives and churchgoers. That makes sense if you imagine, just for a moment, that you thought this was a case of judicial murder. You'd think the President hadn't said or done nearly enough. You'd think that he'd been weak and cowardly.
March 27, 2005
Death, money, and freedom
The Texas "futile care" law creates situations in which, of two otherwise identical patients, the one with insurance or cash stays on life support and the one without has life support removed. Should we be comfortable with that?
Terminological inexactitude
The Rev. Robert Johansen's well-written brief for the feed-Terri forces has been rocketing around the Right Blogosphere and right-wing talk radio. Alas, a Blog demonstrates that Johansen appears to ... ummmm ... depart from the facts ... at several points. Would it be rude of me, on this Easter Sunday, to remind Fr. Johansen and his allies of Lev. 19:11...
March 26, 2005
Jeb Bush, degrees of insanity, and the rule of law
A governor shouldn't need people with guns to make him obey court orders.
March 25, 2005
Her body, her self
Terri Schiavo shouldn't be "given back to her parents" because she isn't property.
Not too late to save Terri
The Republican leadership in Congress could have postponed Terri Schiavo's death by leaving in the "shall issue" clause it took out. It could still do so. But it won't.
Yes, he heard her say it.
No, that doesn't make it "hearsay."
Evidence 101: Testimony about what Terri Schiavo said about not wanting to be on life support isn't hearsay; it's eyewitness evidence of her statements and thus about her desires.
March 24, 2005
The process conservatives aren't happy, either
Charles Fried looks at the Schiavo bill, and doesn't like what he sees.
John Cole is sick at heart
John Cole just can't believe that the Party of Goldwater has morphed into the Party of Falwell.
March 23, 2005
The Schiavo bill and the "nuclear option"
Was the whole point to mobilize Christian Right voters to help change the filibuster rule?
Public attitudes on Schiavo: Update
Reason for cautious optimism. But can't we get a poll that asks the questions straight?
Wish I'd said that (cont'd)
When the Founders wrote the Constitution, they devoted the largest section to spelling out the powers of Congress. Nowhere did they include the right to play doctor.
A heartrending letter from a brave and noble woman
Here's some of what's being projected on to Terri Schiavo.
Wish I'd said that
"Thou shalt not bear false witness" is just as much a commandment as "Thou shalt not kill."
Schiavo and tort reform
How would "tort reform" have influenced the Terri Schiavo malpractice settlement?
March 22, 2005
Schiavo, futile care, and money
"Bush signed bill to kill patients for money": false. "Bush signed bill that would have allowed killing Schiavo": true.
The Texas Futile Care Law and the Schiavo case:
The Note gets taken out for a spin
What part of "being disconnected from life support against your express wishes" does Mark Halperin need explained more slowly?
March 21, 2005
Hudson/Nikolouzos update and correction
The two Texas cases I cited earlier turn out to have involved patients in persistent vegetative states, just like Terri Schiavo. Unlike her, they couldn't even breathe on their own, which is a distinction some people find relevant. However, the Texas Futile Care law signed by Gov. Bush would clearly have allowed Schiavo's plug to be pulled, even if it were clear she wanted to stay alive: even, in fact, if she were fully awake and asking to be kept alive.
Did DeLay underestimate the intelligence of the voters?
An overwhelming majority thinks that Congress should butt out.
Texas Futile Care Law: edging into the news?
The Note mentions it, but crypically, and gets the name of the law wrong.
March 20, 2005
Schiavo, Hudson, and Nikolouzos
Two Texans, one young and one old, are being taken off life support by their health care providers over their families' objections. So where's the outrage, Mr. Delay? Mr. Bush?
