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<em>Boomsday</em>: Coming to a Theater Near You
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Boomsday: Coming to a Theater Near You

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by on Jul 20, 2012 in Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, Featured
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In his 2007 book Boomsday, Christopher Buckley writes of a fictional future where an overwhelming number of elderly baby boomers are given tax incentives to end their lives early.  With recent developments out of Switzerland, Buckley’s tongue-in-cheek novel may prove all-too-prescient. The Swiss canton of Vaud just passed a law mandating that doctors in hospitals and nursing homes provide […]

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 […]