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...public support of removal from ordinary sustenance, I believe, is not that most people understand or care about Terri Schiavo. Like many others with disabilities, I believe that the American public, to one degree or another, holds that disabled people are better off dead. To put it in a simpler way, many Americans are bigots. A close examination of the facts of the Schiavo case reveals not a case of difficult decisions but a basic test of this country’s decency...

Author: By Joe Ford, | Title: FOCUS: Bigotry and the Murder of Terri Schiavo | 3/25/2005 | See Source »

...them at least 30% of the time) is an arrangement seldom imposed by the Family Court: judges ordered it in only 2.5% of cases in 2000-01, down from 5.1% in 1994-95. While Chief Justice Diana Bryant argues that shared care is a more likely outcome of the simpler cases, which tend to be determined in the Federal Magistrates Court, it happens most often when parents agree between themselves to try it. Recent research by the Australian Institute of Family Studies suggests that some 6% of separated parents use shared care - and that it's parents more than judges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making It Work | 3/14/2005 | See Source »

...rare marriage bust from which both parties walk away smiling, but those not involving children are generally simpler. Most people need lawyers to help them divide up property - a task that can inflame passions, to be sure, though not usually as explosively (nor over as long a period) as the business of dividing up time with one's kids. In both Australia and New Zealand, one child in four lives apart from one of his natural parents. What troubles many is that the parent on the outer is usually the dad. Mothers gain residential custody in a fraction less than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Giving Fathers A Fairer Go | 3/6/2005 | See Source »

...them anymore. Thus, the most reasonable solution to bring back these jobs that have been lost is to revitalize the economy. Many suggest that the government should introduce a new cash flow into the economy, either through tax rebates or through massive public projects, but there is a simpler way. Many of the United States’ largest employment industries often spend much of their money complying with very strict Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations on the release of certain compounds such as carbon monoxide and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the Clean Air Act alone...

Author: By Ashish Agrawal, | Title: A Modest Temperature Increase | 3/1/2005 | See Source »

...Long, Johnny The passing of late-night television entertainer Johnny Carson [Feb. 7] brought back memories of a simpler, more comforting time. During his nearly 30-year tenure on the Tonight Show, Carson delivered a special brand of wit and class, particularly during his sharp opening monologues. He interacted with a fascinating array of guests, accentuating his intriguing and often hilarious interviews with his deadpan expression. Heeere's to a legendary master of late-night talk TV who had an unforgettable impact on people's lives. David Kaliner Las Vegas

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 2/28/2005 | See Source »

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