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...they had prescribed placebos - 96% believed that dummy pills could have real therapeutic effects. But does that make it acceptable to administer them? If placebos work by manipulating a patient's expectations, then prescribing them suggests that doctors are deliberately deceiving their patients. That undermines one of the key principles of Western medical ethics: informed consent. Most patients believe they have the right to know - and in most cases to refuse - the treatments that doctors recommend...
...poll. But politicians know that a 69% approval rating is nothing to sneeze at. Only one state has abolished capital punishment since the Supreme Court reinstated it in 1976: New Jersey, last month. Legislatures in New Mexico, Montana, Nebraska and Maryland appear to be within one or a few key votes of following suit. New York's high court struck down that state's death penalty without stirring up much protest. But while that means 14 states now have no death-penalty law in effect, the majority of states are a long, long way from giving...
GENERAL BOONRAWD SOMTAS, Thai Defense Minister, after deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's party won a key election...
...that everyone looks at Iran's approach to nuclear-weapons development from a traditional-warfare point of view. To counter terrorism you have to think like a terrorist. Think of the disruption a few well-placed dirty bombs could cause if they were set off in a couple of key strategic locations, like midtown Manhattan and outside the Capitol. I would be more concerned with the enrichment program than with the weaponization or delivery-systems side. Developing systems to detect and track this material would be my priority. Tom Ockuly, GLENWOOD...
Most candidates have heeded those concerns. Edwards, a former North Carolina Senator, Illinois Senator Barack Obama and Delaware Senator Joe Biden all plan to spend the holiday privately with their families in Des Moines, after campaigning during the day. Senator Chris Dodd will hold a low-key gathering in Dubuque. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is expected to spend the evening with his wife, Anne, and other family members in Waterloo. And former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson has planned several events during the day, finishing up in the Des Moines area - but his staff is still trying to decide what...