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Caring for Life Near the End of Life
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Caring for Life Near the End of Life

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by on Oct 25, 2013 in Disability, Sickness & Suffering, Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Featured
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My wife, LaRee, and I were asked to address a conference about critical life issues sponsored by the Diocese of Metuchen in New Jersey. They wanted us to speak about a Christian perspective on suffering, disability and end of life care. It is a timely topic because New Jersey is considering a law to allow […]

How Vulture Capitalism Endangers America's Elderly
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How Vulture Capitalism Endangers America’s Elderly

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by on Jan 20, 2012 in Featured, Law & Justice
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GOP presidential hopefuls – most notably Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry – have been attempting to derail Golden Boy Mitt Romney’s campaign momentum by attacking his background as a venture capitalist, deriding as “vulture capitalism” the practice of acquiring businesses through leveraged buyouts and attempting to increase their value through cutting costs, laying off workers and […]

Heaven Help the Aged
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Heaven Help the Aged

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by on Sep 05, 2011 in Featured, Life Issues & Bioethics
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They say there are only two sure things in life: death and taxes.  Thanks to unbelievable gains in medical technology in recent years however, most Americans are now able to delay the former inevitability for decades longer than their ancestors.  Because of this, at a time when America’s real estate industry is struggling, there’s one […]

Failing to Protect Our Own in America's Nursing Homes
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Failing to Protect Our Own in America’s Nursing Homes

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by on Mar 18, 2011 in The Economy
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“Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members”  Pearl S. Buck, My Several Worlds. In an economy that is increasingly calibrated for a two-person income, millions […]