MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'civil rights'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:02:07 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5103342&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fwhat-should-people-receiving-health-care-be-called-empowered-patient-vs-health-care-consumer%2F2011.08.05 “There is a better way – structural reforms that empower patients with greater choices and increase the role of competition in the health-care marketplace.” Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) August 3, 2011 The highly charged political debates about reforming American health care have provided tempting opportunities to rename the people who receive health services.  But because the impetus for this change has been prompted by cost and quality concerns of health care payers, researchers and policy experts rather than emanating from us out of our own needs, some odd words have been called into service.  Two phrases commonly used to describe us convey meanings that mischaracterize our experiences and undervalue our needs: “empowered patient” and “health care consumer.” As one who has done ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5103342 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:00:35 +0100 5103342 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050742&cid=t_116287_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F07%2F20%2Fclarifying-judicial-understanding-of-stereotyping%2F Kerri Lynn Stone recently posted her article, “Clarifying Stereotyping”  (59 Kansas Law Review 2011) on SSRN. Here’s the abstract. * * * People make comments all the time that include or invoke stereotypes. Sometimes those comments are indicative of their belief systems or values. Sometimes they are feeble – or genuine – attempts at humor or wit. Sometimes people speak rashly and in anger. Many times, people are misunderstood, and their true feelings are belied by a clumsy choice of words. Much of the law of employment discrimination necessarily implicates a searching probe into the often undisclosed – sometimes even to oneself – motivations, beliefs, and intentions that underlie an impel acts alleged to have been discriminatorily premised on someone’s race, ge... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050742 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:01:51 +0100 5050742 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5057869&cid=t_116287_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fi-am-not-anonomous-but-they-have-point.html Our message is simple: Do not lie to the people and you won't have to worry about your lies being exposed. Do not make corrupt deals and you won't have to worry about your corruption being laid bare. Do not break the rules and you won't have to worry about getting in trouble for it."It goes on to warn, "do not make the mistake of challenging Anonymous. Do not make the mistake of believing you can behead a headless snake. If you slice off one head of Hydra, ten more heads will grow in its place. If you cut down one Anon, ten more will join us purely out of anger at your trampling of dissent."Read more: http://techland.time.com/2011/06/10/anonymous-warns-nato-this-is-not-your-world/#ixzz1Q1ysqLeNThis is the response of Anonomous to NATO's public musing of how to respond to this widespread ne... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5057869 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:48:00 +0100 5057869 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4960252&cid=t_116287_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2011%2F06%2Fi-am-not-anonomous-but-they-have-point.html Our message is simple: Do not lie to the people and you won't have to worry about your lies being exposed. Do not make corrupt deals and you won't have to worry about your corruption being laid bare. Do not break the rules and you won't have to worry about getting in trouble for it."It goes on to warn, "do not make the mistake of challenging Anonymous. Do not make the mistake of believing you can behead a headless snake. If you slice off one head of Hydra, ten more heads will grow in its place. If you cut down one Anon, ten more will join us purely out of anger at your trampling of dissent."Read more: http://techland.time.com/2011/06/10/anonymous-warns-nato-this-is-not-your-world/#ixzz1Q1ysqLeNThis is the response of Anonomous to NATO's public musing of how to respond to this widespread ne... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4960252 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:48:00 +0100 4960252 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4960045&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FM0GW84_LlEY%2F By Ilya ShapiroEarlier this month I blogged about the U.S. Department of Education’s recent push to eliminate free speech and due process on campus.  More and more people are starting to notice this attempt by the department’s Office of Civil Rights to force colleges — by threatening an investigation and loss of federal funds — to redefine sexual harrassment to include unwelcome flirting and sex jokes and then lower the burden of proof they use when determining whether students or staff are guilty of violating the new code of behavior. And now we have a characteristically astute article by the Washington Examiner‘s Michael Barone.  Money quote: Education Secretary Arne Duncan has shown an admirable openness to argument and intellectual debate. Perhaps someone ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4960045 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:57:44 +0100 4960045 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4902406&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F6ndcmZQKaWo%2F By Ilya ShapiroIt hasn’t happened that much under my watch, but it’s gratifying when the Supreme Court overwhelmingly endorses Cato’s position in a given case.  Not a 5-4 split dependent on what Justice Kennedy had for breakfast or some narrow “win” that doesn’t reach the issues we care most about, but a solid across-the-board victory for our first principles. But such was the case in Justice Kagan’s (!) opinion for a unanimous Court in Fox v. Vice, in which Cato filed a brief last December that I discussed here: Private lawsuits challenging government violation of civil rights are notoriously difficult and expensive to bring and win. To address such impediments to the vindication of civil rights, Congress passed a law that, among other thi... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4902406 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:21:59 +0100 4902406 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893405&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FBGwwH_nACTM%2F By Ilya ShapiroPeople in the D.C. area maye be familiar with the tragic tale of Fairfax teacher Sean Lanigan, who was falsely accused of sexual molestation, resulting in termination and a destroyed reputation.  As pointed out by friend of Cato and Cato Supreme Court Review contributor Hans Bader, however, the Department of Education is pushing a policy that would allow for more Sean Lanigans, even in cases not involving anything close to rape or molestation: If the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has its way, more teachers like him will end up being fired even if they are acquitted by a jury of any wrongdoing.  It sent a letter to school officials on April 4 ordering them to lower the burden of proof they use when determining whether students or staff are guilt... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893405 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:22:05 +0100 4893405 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4841448&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FnlYx76dXyj8%2F By David BoazTwo weeks ago I wrote about the documentary “Stonewall Uprising” and the line from a police official that caught my attention: “This time they said, ‘We’re not going.’” That’s how Seymour Pine of the New York Police Department’s Morals Division described the raid he led on the Stonewall Inn in New York’s Greenwich Village on June 28, 1969, and the unprecedented refusal of the gay men in the bar to hang their heads in shame and go silently into the paddy wagons. The “Stonewall riots” that resulted are generally regarded as the beginning of the gay rights movement in the United States. Last night on PBS’s “American Experience,” I saw another excellent documentary, “Freedom Riders,” about the white and black civil rig... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4841448 Tue, 17 May 2011 13:46:59 +0100 4841448 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4693272&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FgCEly6uUjxk%2F By David BoazThe government of China finally confirmed that it has detained the artist Ai Weiwei. Meanwhile, Evan Osnos writes from Beijing for the New Yorker about China’s “Big Chill”: Step by step—so quietly, in fact, that the full facts of it can be startling—China has embarked on the most intense crackdown on free expression in years. Overshadowed by news elsewhere in recent weeks, China has been rounding up writers, lawyers, and activists since mid-February, when calls began to circulate for protests inspired by those in the Middle East and North Africa. By now the contours are clear: according to a count by Chinese Human Rights Defenders, an advocacy group, the government has “criminally detained 26 individuals, disappeared more than 30, and put more than 200... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4693272 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:59:05 +0100 4693272 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4653385&cid=t_116287_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F03%2F30%2Fthe-situational-effects-of-iqbal%2F This article examines the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 129 S. Ct. 1937 (2009) from a social-psychological perspective, and empirically studies Iqbal’s disparate effect on claims of race discrimination. In Twombly and then Iqbal, the Court recast Rule 8 into a plausibility standard. Under Iqbal, federal judges must evaluate whether each complaint contains sufficient factual matter “to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.” When doing so, Iqbal requires judges to draw on their “judicial experience and common sense.” Courts apply Iqbal at the pleading stage, before evidence has been presented, when judging the plausibility of all claims, including claims of discrimination by members of stereotyped groups. Decades of social-psychological researc... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4653385 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:01:14 +0100 4653385 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4570533&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FMIb12HidjeI%2F By Tim LynchBad enough that people get arrested and jailed for drug offenses, but the proliferation of SWAT teams and the tactic of breaking into homes, especially during the night, is reckless.  In this case, the break-in did not lead to any shooting, but as the 68-year old suspect was lying on the ground, complying with all the police commands, he was accidently shot and killed. FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—A Framingham police officer who shot and killed a 68-year-old man during an early morning drug raid will not face criminal charges. Prosecutors say the shooting was an accident and Duncan's actions "do not rise to the level of criminal conduct." But attorneys for the family of Eurie Stamps said Wednesday that they will launch a civil rights investigation because the shooting was unjustifiable... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4570533 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:00:31 +0100 4570533 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4355702&cid=t_116287_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F16%2Fweekly-news-round-up-two-day-weekend-edition%2F A few stories that have caught my attention over the last week: Unlike many people, the larger workplace does not have MLK Day tomorrow as a holiday. I’m going to two lectures at work, though – the first is from Robert L. Satcher, Jr., physician and astronaut, on “Fulfilling the Dream: Minorities in Biosciences.” The second will be Julian Bond, civil rights activist, on “The Road to Freedom: From Alabama to Obama.” The Julian Bond talk is free and open to the public but tickets are required; on Friday the Sarratt box office still had tickets. The CDC released their first report on health disparities and inequalities. It provides data on a number of issues and disparities, including exposure to air pollution, health insurance coverage, infant deaths, inadequate... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4355702 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 19:37:25 +0100 4355702 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4337907&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FE1X9AI_imIg%2F By Jason KuznickiI’m pleased to announce the publication of my new Cato Policy Analysis, “Marriage against the State: Toward a New View of Civil Marriage.” As I note in the introduction, it’s quite rare that Congress ever considers marriage as a policy area in its own right. There are comprehensive health care bills, defense spending bills, farm bills, and civil rights bills, but no really comprehensive marriage bills. Of course, this might be a good thing, but one of the side effects is that marriage policy can be haphazard in the extreme. Inconsistencies and surprises abound. Marriage influences welfare, immigration, tax law, child custody and support, and many others besides. Are all of these things legitimate? A popular view among libertarians is that the federa... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4337907 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:08:10 +0100 4337907 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4309588&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F-YnuTvqPiM8%2F By Ilya ShapiroPrivate lawsuits challenging government violation of civil rights are notoriously difficult and expensive to bring and win. To address such impediments to the vindication of civil rights, Congress passed a law that, among other things, awards attorneys’ fees to the prevailing parties in certain cases. As noted by the House Judiciary Committee, this was necessary because “a vast majority of the victims of civil rights violations cannot afford legal counsel, they are unable to present their cases to the courts …. [the law at issue, 42 U.S.C. § 1988] is designed to give such persons effective access to the judicial process.” Congress thus harnessed market principles, creating an economic incentive for citizens to vindicate their civil rights directly ra... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4309588 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:21:31 +0100 4309588 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4162958&cid=t_116287_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F11%2F12%2Fthe-legal-policy-situation-of-continued-inequality%2F Judge Michael Wolff posted his article “Stories of Civil Rights Progress and the Persistence of Inequality and Unequal Opportunity 1970-2010” (forthcoming in William Mitchell Law Review) on  SSRN.  Here is the abstract. * * * In this article, Missouri Supreme Court Judge Michael A. Wolff, who also is distinguished visiting professor at St. Louis University School of Law, outlines the judicial and legislative victories and failures of civil rights advocates over the last forty years at both the federal and state level. He details the reform efforts through personal anecdotes of many of his own cases that he pursued as a legal services lawyer and has seen as a judge. Judge Wolff’s stories focus on the rights that legal services programs fought for and obtained and the battles... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4162958 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 04:01:01 +0100 4162958 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4124994&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F5xSmeZ7jCU0%2F By Roger PilonToday POLITICO Arena asks: Given the Civil Rights Commission’s investigation of DOJ’s handling of the New Black Panther case, talk of voter irregularities in Arizona, and the request by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) that DOJ investigate whether tea party groups are intimidating black and Hispanic voters in her Houston-area district, how serious a threat are voter intimidation and irregularities? My response: Relative to elections in many parts of the world, American elections are fairly clean. But that doesn’t mean that we don’t have voter intimidation and election irregularities. I speak from personal experience: As graduate students, my wife and I were election judges in Chicago during the reign of the first Mayor Daley. We saw up close how big ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4124994 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:54:42 +0100 4124994 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3920825&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FoD8Mopiu5RA%2F By Ilya ShapiroOfficials in Montgomery, Alabama, are bulldozing homes in their historic civil rights district — and billing the homeowners for the cost of demolition: Christina Walsh of the Institute for Justice writes about this injustice at the Daily Caller: Imagine you come home from work one day to a notice on your front door that you have 45 days to demolish your house, or the city will do it for you.  Oh, and you’re paying for it. This is happening right now in Montgomery, Ala., and here is how it works: The city decides it doesn’t like your property for one reason or another, so it declares it a “public nuisance.”  It mails you a notice that you have 45 days to demolish your property, at your expense, or the city will do it for you (and, of course, bill you). Yo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3920825 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:10:33 +0100 3920825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3911652&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fblack-children-cant-be-class-president-totally-effed-up-thing-of-the-day%2F Nettleton Middle School in Nettleton, Mississippi, thinks (and worse, acts like) it’s still 1950. A super-racist, completely backward 1950. The school is holding class elections, but there’s a catch. Only white students can run for president. The school sent home a memo outlining for which positions both black and white students were allowed to run. So are we supposed to be impressed that this f.ed-up school will actually trust a black student with money, as Secretary/Treasurer of seventh grade? Or grateful that a black eighth-grader can settle for second-best as VP? A shocked parent contacted the superintendent of the school, who agreed that the policy was outdated and said he was willing to review it. Outdated? Willing to review it?? It’s taken them til 2010 to realize... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3911652 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:08:11 +0100 3911652 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3822897&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_AGp6Y7QB7c%2F By Ilya ShapiroI haven’t even begun to dig into Judge Walker’s 138-page (!) opinion that strikes down Proposition 8 on both due process and equal protection grounds, but here are three key excerpts.  First, the conclusion that government lacks a “rational basis” for preventing same-sex couples from marrying: Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California Constitution the notion that opposite-sex couples are superior to same-sex couples. Then the equal protection conclusion: Because Proposition 8 disadvantages gays and lesbians without any rational justification, Proposition 8 violates the Equal Prot... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3822897 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:32:37 +0100 3822897 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3790749&cid=t_116287_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F26%2F20-years-of-the-americans-with-disabilities-act%2F Twenty years ago, George W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a broad civil rights law that forbids discrimination based on any kind of disability — physical or mental. It gives similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Some see it as a broad government boondoggle, but it’s the law that makes a simple thing like a curb cut a federal mandate because local governments just didn’t care about the people within their communities who live with a physical or mental disability. Navigating a crosswalk seems like such a simple thing for most of us. But try it in a wheelchair when the curbs don’t have ramps and suddenly it becomes an opportunity to be hit by a car. More importantly, ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3790749 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:35:39 +0100 3790749 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3740760&cid=t_116287_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fthat-strange-sound-you-just-heard-was.html There's an old saying: A Conservative is a liberal who's just been mugged - and a Liberal is a conservative who's just been mugged by a cop. Guess where I'm leading with this?Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is reportedly "outraged" after security guards at a New Orleans-area hospital were accused of punching and tasing his epileptic nephew, a news report states.The Gawker reports a titbit of personal gossip they sourced from Raw Story that might turn out to have vast implications over the next few years. Seems "security" at a New Orleans hospital saw fit to tase Justice Clarance Thomas' nephew because he was gettin' all above himself at folks who knew better what was best for him, him bein' a crazy black man with dreadlocks and all.As for my headline - well, lessee. Go... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3740760 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:16:00 +0100 3740760 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3729847&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fwomens-rights-iranian-woman-to-be-stoned%2F image via The Huffington Post Let’s face it: The Middle East is a dangerous place to be if you’re a woman. Just last week we learned about innocent women locked up in an Afghanistan prison for fabricated crimes, and today we read on The Huffington Post about an Iranian mother of two who could be stoned to death at any moment. Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani was accused of adultery in 2006 and received a punishment of 99 lashes. Her case was then re-opened, and she was put on trial for the alleged murder of her husband. Even though she was acquitted, the judge handed down her death penalty order – even though there was no evidence. Last week, Amnesty International called for Iran to halt all executions, but the International Committee Against Stoning and the Death Penalty says tha... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3729847 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:51:53 +0100 3729847 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3714145&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fshould-aghanistan-be-allowed-to-put-women-in-prison-for-moral-crimes%2F When you think of prison inmates, you probably imagine people who’ve been accused of heinous crimes like murder, armed robbery, or embezzlement, but in Afghanistan, women are jailed for being accused of much less. At the only women’s prison in Afghanistan, at least half the women there are incarcerated under accusations of bad character, and other “moral crimes.” Women are often falsely accused of crimes and jailed because of grudges or vendettas, or merely because their husbands are the ones who accuse them. When one woman’s husband claimed she was an adulteress, she was thrown in prison – all while she was three months pregnant with his child. Putting their wives in jail certainly seems like an easy way for Afghan men to get out of being married and keep w... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3714145 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:50:17 +0100 3714145 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3590338&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FNP5rxK5AAZI%2F By Roger PilonEvery so often an editorial comes along that is so obtuse that you wonder if it came from human hand. I allude, not surprisingly, to the item in this morning’s New York Times, “Limits of Libertarianism,” which arises from the kerfuffle over Rand Paul’s critique of the 1964 Civil Rights Act for its undermining the private right to freedom of association.  The editorial’s main target, however, lies beyond the Paul senatorial campaign. It’s the tea party movement and its libertarian, limited government themes. But from the start the Times conflates limited government with anti government. They’re not the same. More broadly, the editorial shows beyond doubt that the Times, ever the friend of “enlightened government,” finds danger lurking mostly in the private s... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3590338 Sat, 22 May 2010 17:40:12 +0100 3590338 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3524309&cid=t_116287_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F05%2F02%2Fto-tell-or-not-to-tell-your-boss-bipolar-and-depression-in-the-workplace%2F Daniel Lukasik, creator of the site Lawyers With Depression asked me awhile ago to write a guest post on work and depression. You can click here to read the original post. Just when I think our world has moved a baby step in the right direction regarding our understanding of mental illness, I get another blow that tells me otherwise. For example, I awhile back I quoted an intelligent woman who wrote an article in a popular women’s magazine about dating a bipolar guy when she was bipolar herself. She recently discovered that she had jeopardized a job prospect because the article came up –as well as all those who referenced it, like Beyond Blue — when you Googled her name. So she requested everyone who picked up that article to go back and change her real name to a pseudony... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3524309 Sun, 02 May 2010 11:22:38 +0100 3524309 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3487039&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_DRd7kaHz24%2F By Ian VasquezThe presidential election in Chile that brought Sebastián Piñera to power last month was good news for Chile and the region. It confirmed once again that Chile is Latin America’s most modern country, one in which Chileans chose a center-right candidate to lead the country after 20 years of center-left governments that by and large stuck to the free-market model set in place in the 1970s and 1980s and that has made the country one of the most economically free in the world. In Chile, what’s at stake in presidential contests is not a radical change of the rules of the game, but rather policies that build on or depend on high growth. Chile’s mature democracy and economy serve as a model for Latin America. But in just over a month of being in office, Piñera has made two ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3487039 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:48:06 +0100 3487039 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3079311&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fbreastfeeding123%2Fbreastfeeding-in-public-as-a-civil-right%2F When faced with legislation that would amend the state civil rights act so it explicitly covers breastfeeding in public, some legislators ask: Why a civil right and not, for example, another free-standing form of legislation under the rubric of, say, public health? That’s a valid and important question that has a very straightforward answer. International Breastfeeding Symbol on a sign at the Santa Monica Pier; Photo by Wha'ppenA civil right provides the necessary protection to a breastfeeding mother because it is an actionable right that gives mothers the ability to file a discrimination claim if someone has interfered with the mother’s right to breastfeed in public. Other types of laws are essentially unenforceable and merely pay lip service to the idea that women have a righ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3079311 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:30:46 +0100 3079311 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2984779&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FUPeuK9WidMo%2F Today’s episode of “Hagar the Horrible” could be an epigraph for the new Fall 2009 issue of Cato Journal. This issue includes Greek economists Michael Mitsopoulos and Theodore Pelagidis on “Vikings in Greece: Kleptocratic Interest Groups in a Closed, Rent-Seeking Economy” as well as Peter Leeson, author of The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates, writing (with David Skarbek) on the effects of foreign aid. As for taxes, well, editor Jim Dorn has assembled a number of useful papers: Andrew T. Young on taxing, spending, and “fiscal illusion” Michael J. New on the “starve the beast” hypothesis Alan Reynolds on Paul Krugman’s misunderstanding of the monetary and fiscal lessons of the Great Depression and Japan’s l... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2984779 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:44:22 +0100 2984779 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2908568&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FOX92-z34s3o%2F The Department of Justice just invalidated a move by the residents of Kinston, North Carolina, to have non-partisan local elections. Rationale? The Justice Department’s ruling, which affects races for City Council and mayor, went so far as to say partisan elections are needed so that black voters can elect their “candidates of choice” – identified by the department as those who are Democrats and almost exclusively black. The department ruled that white voters in Kinston will vote for blacks only if they are Democrats and that therefore the city cannot get rid of party affiliations for local elections because that would violate black voters’ right to elect the candidates they want. This, coming from the same Department of Justice officials that wouldn’t know ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2908568 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:15:34 +0100 2908568 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2901617&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FO0xaG-advNQ%2F Another oral argument I attended this week was in the case of Perdue v. Kenny A., in which Cato filed a brief at the end of August.  The issue is whether a court can ever increase the statutorily set fees attorneys receive from the government when they successfully bring civil rights challenges to state action. In order to enforce civil rights guarantees, Congress had two choices: either expand the Department of Justice to cover all civil rights cases, or privatize the system and allow free market principles to encourage private attorneys to prosecute violations. Congress chose the latter, creating a system of market incentives to encourage private attorneys to enforce civil rights and hold elected representatives responsible for the waste of taxpayer dollars lost in the defense of legiti... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2901617 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:54:01 +0100 2901617 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2734197&cid=t_116287_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2009%2F08%2Ferotic-truth-gotoplessorg-new-raelan.html Here's a rights and ethics blog post that I can't put here because it needs pictures of boobies to ... um... support my point.So to speak.Erotic Truth: Gotopless.org - a new Raelan RevelationGoTopless We are a US organization, claiming that women have the same constitutional right to be bare chested in public places as men.Maitreya, Rael, spiritual leader and founder of goTopless.org states: "as long as men can be topless, constitutionally women should have the same right, or men should also be forced to wear something hiding their chest."I must give credit where credit is due; the Raelians have done something worth doing, and are taking heat for doing it. From where? Well, it's not from where you might expect... it's from Terribly Serious Nudists, who grump about how the Raeliens are caus... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2734197 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:20:00 +0100 2734197 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2683964&cid=t_116287_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fwho-shall-guard-guardians.html I can only speak for myself, to be sure, but it seems to me that anyone with any sense of history and the slightest degree of rational paranoia felt a distinct chill when Bush announced the formation of The Department of Homeland Security, with it's eerie resonance to the Fascist "Fatherland" and the Stalinist "Motherland."Note that both Stalinist and Fascist states have one thing in common - a certain disdain for human rights and dignity when any particular person or idea is thought to be a threat to the state, for whatever reason, by whatever pinhead happens to be wearing the jackboots.It was no real surprise to me that the response of Homeland Security was lackadaisical in response to Hurricane Katrina, or that in absorbing FEMA (which was arguably one of the two most competent agencies... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2683964 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:53:00 +0100 2683964 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2621835&cid=t_116287_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F21%2Fthe-situation-of-the-law-school-classroom-abstract%2F Robert Chang and Adrienne Davis have posted their interesting article, “Making Up is Hard to Do: Race/Gender/Sexual Orientation in the Law School Classroom” (forthcoming Harvard Journal of Law and Gender (2009)) on SSRN.  Here’s the abstract. * * * This exchange of letters picks up where Professors Adrienne Davis and Robert Chang left off in an earlier exchange that examined who speaks, who is allowed to speak, and what is remembered. Here, Professors Davis and Chang explore the dynamics of race, gender, and sexual orientation in the law school classroom. They compare the experiences of African American women and Asian American men in trying to perform as law professors, considering how makeup and other gender tools simultaneously assist and hinder such performances. Th... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2621835 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:01:26 +0100 2621835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2364955&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fbreastfeeding123%2Fnew-washington-state-civil-rights-law%2F Excellent news on the breastfeeding legislation front as today Governor Chris Gregoire signed into law a breastfeeding civil rights bill. House Bill 1596 (PDF) amends the state anti-discrimination statutes RCW 49.60.030 and 2007 c 187 s 3 to add the following civil right: (g) the right of a mother to breastfeed her child in any place of public resort, accommodation, assemblage, or amusement. Photo by Jason Anfinsen The law goes into effect in late July, 90 days after today. It adds on to the existing Washington laws that exempt breastfeeding and expressing breast milk from indecent exposure, and allow employers to call themselves “infant-friendly” if they meet certain requirements. This is the kind of breastfeeding law I like to see in place because it creates an actionable ri... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2364955 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:12:39 +0100 2364955 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349314&cid=t_116287_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fwhen-government-becomes-alarmed-by.html No "Rush" Whining! by webcarveCreate a custom sticker Using www.zazzle.comGlenn Greenwald: The Ultimate Reaping of What One Sows: Right-Wing Edition:It's certainly true that federal police efforts directed at domestic political movements -- even ones with a history of inspiring violence in both the distant and recent past -- require real vigilance and oversight, and it's also true that the DHS description of these groups seems excessively broad with the potential for mischief. But the political faction screeching about the dangers of the DHS is the same one that spent the last eight years vastly expanding the domestic Surveillance State and federal police powers in every area. DHS -- and the still-creepy phrase "homeland security" -- became George Bush's calling card. The Republicans won t... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349314 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:57:00 +0100 2349314 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2116067&cid=t_116287_154_f&fid=36333&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.enotes.com%2Fblogs%2Fnews-blog%2F2009-01%2Fdr-martin-luther-king-jr-day-2009%2F Today is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day in the United States, a day designated to remember one of the greatest 20th Century Americans. Start with our Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. information page, and move on to our Martin Luther King literary criticism, a complete overview of the I have a Dream speech, and our review of the civil rights movement he led. (Source: eNotes News Blog) eNotes News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2116067 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:31:02 +0100 2116067 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2116313&cid=t_116287_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F01%2F19%2Fthe-artistic-situation-of-us-civil-rights-history%2F Sometimes an image needs no explanation, and the cover of the new issue of The Nation seems to fit that description: For a key to the persons in the portrait, click here.  For a diary by the artist behind the image, click here.        (Source: The Situationist) The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2116313 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:00:52 +0100 2116313 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2056134&cid=t_116287_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FVlMp_Gb2gTo%2F Soon as December started, my students started asking me what we were getting Charlie for Christmas. I fumbled with an answer—what do you get for the child who doesn’t ask for anything?—and they seemed quite incredulous that he’d no desire for any electronic devices or a football jersey with X player’s last name emblazoned on it. I’ve been used to telling people that things are different with Charlie but, on further reflection, the thought occurred to me: Charlie, at 11 1/2, is getting closer and closer in age to my college-students. Certainly there’s more than a few similarities between him and the tall guys with really big sneakers or Timberlands with legs too long to fit in the desks and always fishing around in a beyond dog-eared notebook for th... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2056134 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:47:58 +0100 2056134 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1970937&cid=t_116287_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2008%2F11%2F17%2Fthey-learned-to-fly%2F Little Rock Central High, 1957 After blogging “I Will” covers, I was curious to see what a search of Blackbird would turn up. One singer prefaced his cover with an apology: There are more versions of “Blackbird” on YouTube than grains of sand on the beach, but he’s going to sing it anyway. Indeed, when I did a search, there were a dozen new “Blackbird” covers uploaded in just the last 24 hours. I always liked “Blackbird,” but recent events make it even more relevant. Paul McCartney wrote the song in his kitchen in Scotland after watching race riots erupt in America. Below are 12 unique covers of “Blackbird.” But first, the Beatles original in SailorBrownie’s tribute to our new president Barack Obama, to the citizens wh... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1970937 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:13:54 +0100 1970937 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1930297&cid=t_116287_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FjPUDNbiqRPc%2F It’s so often said that If you’ve met one person/child with autism, you’ve met one person/child with autism. And of course this is true. It’s why, for one thing, I (like many others parents) emphasize the “I” in “IEP”—”Individual Education Plan.” Many’s the time that Jim and I have sat at the table with the Child Study Team and insisted that Charlie needs to be taught as he needs to be taught, not as “autistic children in general.” It takes awhile—weeks, months—for teachers and therapists, for anyone—to get to know Charlie’s patterns of speech and his way of doing things; to know who he is, as an individual. And it’s after this that they can teach him well, and better, even. It... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1930297 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:05:55 +0100 1930297 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1927856&cid=t_116287_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FE_D9bnLh1_o%2F The claim that vaccines can be linked to autism suggests that a child became autistic and was somehow “damaged” by a vaccine. According to such a view, not only is autism something that happened to a child; it is something bad that happened—-a recent CBC News special feature, Positively Autistic, says that “since the early 90’s, an autistic rights movement has sprung up, challenging the official view of autism and working to change how the world sees autism.” Interviewed are: Amanda Baggs, Estée Klar-Wolfond of The Autism Acceptance Project, Michael Moon, Michelle Dawson, Dr. Laurent Motron, and Ari Ne’eman and Scott Robertson of the Autisitc Self-Advocacy Network. One comment from a mother : This news story gave me a real jolt -it is by far, the ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1927856 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:05:08 +0100 1927856 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1859609&cid=t_116287_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FW5Cq2Hqi0P4%2F The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has upheld a complaint against Canada post by Michelle Dawson, a former mail carrier in Montreal and—in the words of the October 6th Leader-Post—an “internationally known researcher and writer on autism issues.” The details are on Dawson’s The Autism Crisis blog; her post (and the comments) need to be read in full. I quote from the end: …..this Tribunal decision, for all its faults with respect to the facts of the specific case, is instead a step in the right direction. It’s a step towards human rights for autistics in Canada, and towards all the possibilities human beings have, when we are regarded and treated as equals, and can proceed in society as fully human beings with human rights and dignity. Congratulati... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1859609 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:33:39 +0100 1859609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1856121&cid=t_116287_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FpZejz9cOq08%2F A new study from Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics asks What Can We Learn about Autism from Autistic Persons? Is that a question that needs to be asked? Over at Science Daily, a review of the study is given the title “What Happens When We Ask Autistic Persons What Is Wrong With Them?“ I kind of think that’s the wrong question to be asking. Tags: asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, civil rights, disabilities blog, disability, Disability Rights, Education, Health, human rightsShare This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1856121 Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:56:41 +0100 1856121 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1809835&cid=t_116287_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FGQkDOYKaDiw%2F The September 18th New York Times reports that Congress has passed the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act, a “major civil rights bill” that expands protections for disabled individuals and makes it easier for workers to prove discrimination. The bill also expands the definition of disability and restores the promise of the Americans with Disabilities Act: The bill declares that the court went wrong by “eliminating protection for many individuals whom Congress intended to protect” under the 1990 law. “The Supreme Court misconstrued our intent,” said Representative Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland, the House Democratic leader. “Our intent was to be inclusive.” In an effort to clarify the intent of Congress, the bill says, “The definition of disability in this act ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1809835 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:17:22 +0100 1809835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1750247&cid=t_116287_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FPGK3i28rNhg%2F Forgive me for writing another post about Governor Sarah Palin and her family. Her selection as Senator John McCain’s running mate, and the recent reporting of her 17-year-old daughter, Bristol Palin, being pregnant, have cast her thoroughly into the public eye and, one suspects, in more than unexpected ways. What first piqued my interest about Sarah Palin was that she’s the mother of a (very young) special needs child and, too, a working mother. The September 1st New York Times describes the uproar over Palin as “Mommy Wars: Special Campaign Edition”: With five children, including an infant with Down syndrome and, as the country learned Monday, a pregnant 17-year-old, Ms. Palin has set off a fierce argument among women about whether there are enough hours in the da... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1750247 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:35:51 +0100 1750247 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1742806&cid=t_116287_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FbFKTmO582JM%2F Both Senators Barack Obama and John McCain have statements on their websites about autism. Obama’s is in a section on healthcare and is entitled Support Americans with Autism; he also has a plan on Autism Spectrum Disorders in his section on disabilities. McCain’s statement is also in a section on health care, with a statement about Combating Autism in America on a separate webpage. Back in November, Senator Hillary Clinton’s website was the comprehensive about autism issues. Obama’s current two-paragraph statement on autism is the same as it was in November, as was his plan to empower Americans with disabilities. McCain’s website did not yet contain a section on autism. McCain made his entrance into autism politics with a February reference to thimerosal and ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1742806 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:01:19 +0100 1742806 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1738954&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F08%2Flincoln-king-garrison-douglas-stanton.html This is not a political endorsement: But it is a celebration of the culmination and success of an earlier fight on behalf of human exceptionalism--Abolitionism and racial equality.Abraham Lincoln who grew into abolitionism during his presidency, is smiling tonight as the first African-American in history accepts his party's nomination to be its candidate for President of the United States. So is the great William Lloyd Garrison, who not only stood for abolition, but full equal moral worth between blacks and whites--and men and women--at a time when only a very few did either. Ditto the great Frederick Douglas, who escaped slavery and became a clarion beacon for equality.And Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who before she was a feminist, cut her teeth in the abolitionist movement. Also, Booker T. Wa... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1738954 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 1738954 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1730719&cid=t_116287_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F8A46v-EQ3DA%2F Now another countdown begins: Two more weeks before Charlie starts school. He knows exactly where he’s going and who the teacher is and has a tag on his backpack with his bus number and locker number on it, and the postcard from the Board of Ed announcing when the bus is coming is prominently displayed on our refrigerator. Charlie’s been at several schools and classrooms over the years and one reason he’s looking forward to September 8th so much is because he knows what to expect and where he’s going—-not so for 9-year-old Tyler Baker, who was assigned to attend Reagan Elementary School, his fifth school since 2004. Tyler has Asperger’s Syndrome and his mother Stephanie Baker has filed a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights on the grounds of discri... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1730719 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:11:15 +0100 1730719 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1532152&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F315493259%2F Today, by a vote of 7-2, the Supreme Court overturned a California statute that prohibited employers from speaking out on issues relating to unions and labor policy.  The restriction even applied to the payment of salaries, speaking about unions to employees working on state contracts, and meeting with employees on state property to discuss union-related issues.  The statute, passed after intense lobbying by the AFL-CIO, applied to any employers who received over $10,000 in state program funds – including everything from MediCal reimbursements to payments for building roads and schools.  The only significant exceptions all relate to employer speech favoring union activity. Cato filed a brief supporting the petitioners in this case — the Chamber of Commerce and a grou... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1532152 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:15:35 +0100 1532152 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1527348&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F314903499%2F As my colleague Tim Lynch, product of Marquette Law School, can attest, graduates of Wisconsin law schools become members of that state’s bar without having to take an exam.  Understandably, out-of-staters (or even Wisconsonians who go elsewhere for law school and then want to return home) might be jealous.  Now a federal judge has granted class status to a group of law school graduates who have earned law degrees outside Wisconsin and want the same right as in-state grads to practice in the state without passing a bar exam.  (The judge also dismissed the suit as moot because the plaintiff had since passed the bar exam, but apparently this plaintiff has since added his wife and another recent law grad and hopes to take another bite at that apple.) Wisconsin’s policy is ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1527348 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:58:40 +0100 1527348 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1522690&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F313412289%2F Sometimes the Supreme Court makes news for the cases it doesn’t take, not just the opinions it produces in cases it hears.  Today marked one such occasion, when the Court denied cert in Dupuy v. McEwen, in which Cato filed an amicus brief. For more than a decade, the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services has investigated parents based on anonymous tips of abuse or neglect, and deemed them “indicated” after a cursory investigation by state officials who have no effective check on their unilateral authority. Unlike actual child abuse cases, in which the State removes children from abusive situations with judicial approval, the State takes a different route with “indicated” parents – threatening them with what it calls a “Safety Plan.” In so doing, the State de... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1522690 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:38:44 +0100 1522690 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1508710&cid=t_116287_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F09%2Fso-im-learning-what-its-like-to-type-in-all-caps%2F Angelbait is home and convalescing better than expected. Kamikaze is hissy and I feel drunk. Think mental health reform is contentious? I think the similarities with feline diabetes are about to blow my mind. The learning curve is steep, a week ago I did not know feline diabetes existed and today I’ve got a handle on the basics of diet, syringes, lancets, meters, ketones, spreadsheets, blood glucose home-testing, and my favorite, how to introduce hyperglycemia during insulin shock, which led to complete meltdown and eccentric 3 AM googling (guess which one is mine, ha ha ha). Yes, long-term hyperglycemia is bad, but you have to introduce it temporarily during hypoglycemia to save the cat’s life. Oh, ok. Now then, spend 3 days tracking down the ingredients in a can of cat food, ... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1508710 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:59:50 +0100 1508710 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1497981&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F305306726%2F Many people expected that after his painful electoral defeat in the constitutional referendum last year, Hugo Chávez was going to stop his systematic assault against democracy and civil liberties in Venezuela. Last week, he decreed a new intelligence law (no need for a National Assembly here) that basically turns Venezuela into a police state. The new law requires that people: “… comply with requests to assist the agencies, secret police or community activist groups loyal to Mr. Chávez. Refusal can result in prison terms of two to four years for most people and four to six years for government employees.” The law also stipulates that the police agencies can conduct surveillance activities on the population, like wiretapping, without a warrant. Furthermore, the authorities can... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1497981 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:32:24 +0100 1497981 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1481074&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F301423401%2F Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Texas ruled that Child Protective Services (CPS) abused its discretion by seizing 468 children from the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints ranch in Eldorado. Eugene Volokh has a roundup of the legal analysis. I wrote about this case a few days ago at NRO, but space limitations kept me from going into more detail about how the women and children were treated while in state custody. For those who have not followed this matter closely, the children were seized by CPS but the mothers were ”permitted” to remain with their children on the condition that they comply with all CPS rules and commands.  CPS invited some mental health workers to the various shelters to help care for the hundreds of children. The mental health workers were d... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1481074 Fri, 30 May 2008 18:30:14 +0100 1481074 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1478418&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F300712611%2F “The Supreme Court this week made big news because it hardly changed the law at all,” reports The Washington Post. “The court broke no new ground in deciding that workers are protected from retaliation for complaining about discrimination, just as they are protected from discrimination itself.”  The story goes on to quote part of this press release that I wrote yesterday: The Gómez-Pérez and Humphries rulings reinforce what should be readily apparent to objective Court-watchers: The Roberts Court is neither necessarily “pro-business” nor “conservative.” Instead, the Court evaluates the legal merits of each case and rules accordingly. Even where the Chief Justice disagreed with his colleagues (and notably with an opinion written by Justi... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1478418 Thu, 29 May 2008 18:25:49 +0100 1478418 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1466120&cid=t_116287_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F296694844%2F Discussion/debate/dissent about Adam Race and the parish of St. Joseph’s continues—–and here’s another case involving an autistic child and a discrimination suit. Over a year ago, the parents of 14-year-old Casey Reilly, who has Asperger’s, filed a lawsuit against Pacific Palisades Boy Scout Troop 223. As reported in the May 22nd Palisadian Post: The parents, Palisades residents Jane Dubovy and Mike Reilly, argue that Boy Scout Troop 223 violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when the Scout leaders excluded their son, Casey Reilly, from a week-long scouting trip, which prevented him from advancing in rank. In October 2006, Federal District Court Judge S. James Otero dismissed the case, ruling that the Boy Scouts is a private club that does not hav... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1466120 Fri, 23 May 2008 17:00:33 +0100 1466120 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1463860&cid=t_116287_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F295948444%2F We’ve had our problems with school districts and at (low) one point took Charlie out of school and homeschooled him for a month back in the fall of 2005. But things were always pretty local. In Louisiana, the St. Landry School Board is being investigated by the US Department of Education. According to WDSU news: According to a letter from the office of civil rights, the department is investigating whether the board failed to identify Port Barre Elementary School students who need special education services, failed to evaluate students who qualified for services and failed to provide services for the students once they had been identified. Concerns about the services provided for students with special needs have crossed into the district’s 43-year-old desegregation case. The com... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1463860 Thu, 22 May 2008 16:48:22 +0100 1463860 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1461428&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F295327293%2F Cato has long had a strong relationship with the ACLU, an organization that has been on the forefront of efforts to protect civil liberties and constitutional government. But every once in a while, the venerable public interest organization wanders off the reservation and takes a position that’s unrelated to—if not outright at odds with—civil liberties. We saw a good example of this last week when the group threw its weight behind efforts to repeal the FCC’s absurdly timid deregulation of media ownership rules. The proposal would allow a newspaper in one of the 20 largest cities to purchase a TV or radio station—but not one of the metro area’s four largest TV stations.  None of the FCC’s other media ownership rules would be changed. In other words, a newspape... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1461428 Wed, 21 May 2008 20:57:40 +0100 1461428 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1440213&cid=t_116287_158_f&fid=36160&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popeinstitute.com%2Fcaregivingminutes%2F%3Fp%3D84 I am fascinated by many things. Well to be accurate, I’m perplexed by some, awed by others, and for better or worse I’m amazed by the rest. One of the events that I find fascinating is the token celebration. You know- the event/occasion/or person we celebrate on a designated day, week, or month. I can appreciate the merit of having a time of distinction for people, places, and events that have value. Parents, civil rights, secretaries (I mean administrative professionals), and hotdogs (yes there actually is a hotdog day). Truly, I get it-“demonstrate value by remembrance and recognition.” To be honest, like everybody else, I overeat and buy random presents because I’m supposed to. More important than the gift or dinner, I enjoy the time spent focusing on the reason for the cele... CaregivingMinutes™ by Pope Institute blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1440213 Tue, 13 May 2008 01:42:13 +0100 1440213 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1433032&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F287036164%2F Drew Carey and our friends at Reason have produced a great 25 minute documentary about the Corey Maye case. For additional background on the Maye case, go here. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1433032 Fri, 09 May 2008 18:56:57 +0100 1433032 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1410131&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F280933334%2F This Sunday, the department of Santa Cruz, the richest region of Bolivia, will hold a referendum on regional autonomy. Other departments in the eastern half of the country will likely follow suit in the upcoming months. The central government in La Paz opposes the project and calls it “separatist.” Despite that, polls show that an overwhelming majority of “cruceños” will vote in favor of autonomy. As a consequence, the ruling party has threatened to use violence against the citizens of Santa Cruz who show up to vote on Sunday. It wouldn’t be the first time. Last December, the government forced the approval of a new constitution in a Constituent Assembly while a pro-government mob outside the building prevented opposition assemblymen from attending the session... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1410131 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:37:59 +0100 1410131 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1396596&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F276911821%2F Yon Goicoechea, leader of the pro-democracy student movement in Venezuela, has been awarded the 2008 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty. Under Goicoechea’s leadership, the student movement organized mass opposition to the erosion of human and civil rights in Venezuela and played the key role in defeating Hugo Chávez’s bid for a constitutional reform that would have turned the country into a dictatorship. Goicoechea’s vision of optimism, tolerance, and modernity has breathed new life into efforts to defend basic freedoms in Venezuela and elsewhere in Latin America where freedom is threatened. Full Details (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1396596 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:26:47 +0100 1396596 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1396597&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F276895176%2F Good column on the seizure of 400+ children from the FLDS ranch in Texas. (HT: Volokh). As I said in this Cato podcast,  I think it is telling that no young adult or child has been found saying “Thank you so much for rescuing me!  It is nice to be in a place where I am not beaten up!”  The absence of proof is now considered evidence of massive “cult” brainwashing.  If a child says “I love my parents and want to go home,” it means he has been brainwashed by the “cult.”  And if a child says “I like my foster parents a lot.  They give me candy and the video games are awesome,” it means the child’s actual parents are unfit. State authorities talk a lot about rape and forced marriages, but 300 children are ages 4... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1396597 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:03:48 +0100 1396597 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1396599&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F276879410%2F Much as I hate to rain on my colleague Juan Carlos Hidalgo’s understandable happiness at the decriminalization of personal consumption/possession of small amounts of drugs, this doesn’t exactly represent a ray of hope in Argentina’s otherwise gloomy policy mix.  Not because I believe in the War on Drugs – I can’t imagine anybody at Cato does – but because it was a court that reached this decision instead of a policymaking body. Imagine the outcry if the U.S. Supreme Court simply decreed a policy it didn’t like to be unconstitutional – I know, with Justices Stevens and Kennedy at the apogee of their powers, it’s not a far stretch.  Better yet, recall the poison the Court injected into our legal and political systems when it short... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1396599 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:28:31 +0100 1396599 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1361439&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F266994324%2F The Universal Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2007 (H.R. 281) recently passed the House Committee on House Administration. It would amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require states to allow eligible voters to request a mail-in ballot for all federal elections without having to provide a reason. In a TechKnowledge piece called “Voter ID: A Tempest in a Teapot that Could Burn Us All,” I shared some thoughts that are relevant to this bill: Increasing voter participation has been a policy fetish for the last decade or two-never mind whether more voting for its own sake makes a better democracy. . . . The growth in absentee balloting has undone some of the protections against voter impersonation and multiple voting that previously existed. People are much more reticent to comm... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1361439 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:35:14 +0100 1361439 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1329353&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F258449824%2F Yesterday, in addition to announcing its decision in the Medellin case (which I blogged about here), the Supreme Court heard argument in two cases relating to the War on Terror.  First, in Munaf v. Geren, two U.S. citizens (also citizens of Jordan and Iraq, respectively) held captive in Iraq by U.S. forces — as part of Multi-National Force-Iraq, which may but should be a key determinant – challenged their detention and potential transfer to Iraqi authorities for what they fear will be torture as part of criminal prosecution in Iraqi courts.  This seems to be an easier case than Boumediene, a case argued in December wherein Guantanamo detainees challenge their containment and the military commissions by which they are to be tried.  (My colleague Tim Lynch blogged abou... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1329353 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:33:04 +0100 1329353 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1315488&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F254674431%2F Imagine that you do business in California.  Maybe you’re in construction, or health care, or auto repair.  Now imagine some or all of your income comes from state contracts; using the above examples, perhaps you build schools, or take care of patients on Medi-Cal, or fix broken-down LAPD squad cars.  Now imagine that the state comes in and says, aha, because we pay your bills — again, on contracts relating to construction, health care, auto repair, etc. — and we love unions, you can’t talk to your employees about any negative aspects of unionization.  Ridiculous, right?  Who is a customer to tell you what to do with money that’s already in your pocket? Well, that’s precisely what the great state of California is trying to do with a new statute tha... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1315488 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:31:26 +0100 1315488 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1308011&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F253056236%2F Last week, former Federal Election Commissioner Hans A. von Spakovsky published a Heritage Foundation Legal Memorandum entitled Stolen Identities, Stolen Votes: A Case Study in Voter Impersonation. Contrary to claims made by prominent newspapers and attorneys, he argues, in-person voting fraud is a real problem. The evidence he provides is a vote fraud ring that began operating in 1968 and that was broken up more than 25 years ago in 1982. Impersonation fraud can be committed at polling places, and a voter-ID requirement would make it a little harder, but a quarter-century-old case is hardly evidence of a significant problem. How states secure their voting processes should turn on how they structure their voting processes. States might choose a voter ID requirement if they can do so in a w... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1308011 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:21:26 +0100 1308011 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1300879&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F250737388%2F In a new plan to combat crime on the streets of our fair city, Mayor Adrian Fenty and Police Chief Cathy Lanier are encouraging residents to submit to voluntary searches of their homes in exchange for amnesty if the residents have illegal guns (or drugs).  (”Excuse me, ma’am, mind if I take a look around… “) Well, this isn’t illegal — consent is, after all, one of the exceptions to the warrant requirement — but it is head-scratchingly poor public policy.  Those who don’t want to give up their contraband won’t consent to searches, those who want to get rid of it will find a way to do that without signaling “check here again next week,” and the police will waste their resources rifling through the homes of people with nothin... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1300879 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:35:43 +0100 1300879 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1298112&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F250217817%2F A site for community review of police officers called RateMyCop.com gets the benefit of the “Streisand effect” today. For a period of time, it was shut down by its web registrar, GoDaddy.com, most likely because of law enforcement complaints about being subject to public oversight. (The “Streisand effect” is the phenomenon where an attempt to censor or remove information from the Internet backfires, causing it to be more widely publicized. The term refers to a 2003 incident in which Barbra Streisand sued a photographer and Web site in an attempt to have an aerial photo of her house removed from a publicly available collection of 12,000 California coastline photographs. The lawsuit made the photo very popular.) (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1298112 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:07:26 +0100 1298112 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1201568&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F229100670%2F Disturbing video clip here of government agents employing forced nudity against a prisoner. (more…) (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1201568 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:06:54 +0100 1201568 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1195126&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F227348885%2F I’ve taken issue with plenty of things Ted Kennedy has done in the past, most recently his suggested reforms to the judicial confirmation system.  My response [$] to his proposals was essentially that he ought to go back to Civics 101 and learn the difference between law and politics, and between the respective powers of the judicial and legislative branches. Apparently, someone on Kennedy’s staff has done just that because this week the good senator introduced two bills designed essentially to remedy what he sees as Supreme Court error in the field of employment discrimination.  This action naturally caught the attention of the New York Times editorial page: One of the most troubling rulings was in the case of Lilly Ledbetter, a supervisor at a Goodyear Tire and Rubbe... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1195126 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:00:00 +0100 1195126 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1133951&cid=t_116287_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F07%2Four-overlord-foucault-is-at-it-again%2F A witfree friend of the mentally ill left a comment at ama’s blog, claiming that the SPMI have all but been abandoned by the “consumertocracy literati.” Doesn’t that just roll off the tongue. The myth that we are hippie pomo philosophy majors with no real world knowledge of what we denounce is standard low-hanging [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1133951 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:32:43 +0100 1133951 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1044053&cid=t_116287_133_f&fid=35105&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjoyofautism.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fmedium-is-not-whole-message.html As many of you know, Amanda Baggs and many people at the AutCom conference in Edmonton which was held in October, will be on CNN this Friday night on Anderson Cooper 360. The shortened version aired Monday night and you can read the transcript here. I am interested in the way people construe meaning. TAAProject has heard from more autistic people as a result of the broadcast. It has also received calls from people who want to "heal" those they saw on the broadcast (which of course would be offensive to those very people who were on CNN). It is the nature of the media beast, of expression and art itself: what one sees and hears is a result of one's own experience and the challenge is to study and stretch beyond ourselves (the proverbial "comfort zone"). Please read Amanda's post on her feel... The Joy of Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1044053 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:54:00 +0100 1044053 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=996745&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F178216200%2F November 9 will mark 1 year in jail for an innocent young man, sentenced to four years in prison for expressing his opinions on his blog. Raja Kamal of the University of Chicago and I told the story in “Freedom for an Egyptian Blogger and Freethinker” last February in the Washington Post. You can get more details, including how you can help take part in a dignified protest for human rights, write letters to Egyptian officials, and more, at www.freekareem.org. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=996745 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:41:02 +0100 996745 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=959831&cid=t_116287_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F18%2Fhow-to-kill-empathy%2F This was especially useful tonight, but his speeches are often a thing of beauty, both intellectually and emotionally, and there are a ton of them at youtube. I’ll save my own impressions for later so as not to mar the experience of the viewer, but just offer thanks for Dr. John Breeding, who has taken [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=959831 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 05:56:38 +0100 959831 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=944645&cid=t_116287_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F11%2Fdear-god-your-sockpuppets-are-calling%2F That would be the self-named Chosen who speak as icons of lucidity, praying to the Flying Spaghetti Monster on behalf of the crazy folk. Included in this week’s devotion to exploiting the children they deny they drove insane, NAMI held their National Day of Prayer for Those with Mental Illness on Tuesday. Though [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=944645 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:39:21 +0100 944645 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=925604&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F163771664%2F Discussion-Page.htm?InfoNo=024006 The Post says the private organization in question is the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, or PIRE, in Calverton, MD. Their Web site seems to be down but can be viewed here: http://web.archive.org/web/20050826173038/www.pire.org/ The thoroughly-misnamed PIRE is a major DC government contractor (and in fact its offices are within walking distance of the Beltway). It specializes in funneling over $35 million of taxpayer money a year into its own coffers through law enforcement contracts of dubious utility, mostly dealing with drugs and alcohol, from sources including the U.S. Department of Justice. 100 percent of its budget appears to come from government contracts or grants. Although PIRE pretends to be a “nonprofit” organization &... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=925604 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:06:23 +0100 925604 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=908673&cid=t_116287_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F09%2F27%2Fthe-pedagogy-of-the-oppressed%2F I’m back from the SHAC. My first impression is that the consumers are infantilized, they didn’t want to engage the medical director, they wanted to squabble with each other about soda and pizza. Not much dialogue, lots more when is the pizza coming? God! One consumer asked if there could be MORE [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=908673 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:29:08 +0100 908673 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=586021&cid=t_116287_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2007%2F05%2F01%2Fmy-dogs-get-more-respect%2F **once again, I have yet to form a complete thought….but am heading to DocNo’s, so maybe I’ll have something later** So you get a leftover from my personal blog: ************************************* Good questions being raised today here at  Psych Central, about just this question, regarding the taking of rights “for the good of society” H/T Furious Seasons  okay, on with [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=586021 Tue, 01 May 2007 17:07:45 +0100 586021 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=583209&cid=t_116287_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F05%2F01%2Fgenetic-modification-to-control-the-forces-of-nature%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Lifestyle, Drugs, Research, OpinionIt's logical that the Nation is up-in-arms about putting genetically modified meats and produce on the shelves in grocery stores and getting due diligence from the government for it. It makes a lot of sense to test something you will use to fuel your body before it is permitted to penetrate the market. So how did genetically modified human insulin overtake the market again? Oh - there must not be any side effects like a diabetes epidemic or something crazy like that, right? But I digress on the topic in honor of springtime, when "love is in the air". As we all know, love is one of the strongest forces of nature. So is it fair that it went unnoticed by the FDA that human synthetic insulin results in a lo... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=583209 Tue, 01 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 583209 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=470309&cid=t_116287_109_f&fid=34730&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychiatrist-blog.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F12%2Fmy-three-shrinks-podcast-2-roots.html We'd like to thank our readers and listeners for your kind comments and suggestions about our first podcast. This one's a bit longer, at about 33 minutes. I think we'll get better about the time. About 20 minutes seems to be a good balance. This is actually the second half of the original podcast, which went long so we sliced it into two podcasts. Don't expect to get a podcast every other day... if we do one every other week, I'll be pleasantly surprised (though I'm striving for every Sunday). Maybe we can be like Digg's Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht and drink alcohol at the beginning of each podcast... that would be interesting.Here are the show notes for the podcast: December 10, 2006: RootsTopics include: Dr Anonymous is again not mentioned in this podcast (but we do thank him for the id... Shrink Rap blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=470309 Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:57:00 +0100 470309