ILD Blog

For most of us death is not an easy subject and when it is related to a diagnosis of terminal illness, it is even more so. Patients don’t want to hear that they’re dying, and doctors either don’t know how or don’t want to tell them they are. The issues surrounding death and dying have…

There are those who ask if Arabs are ready for freedom. It’s a question that makes my blood boil, for I can think of no human being anywhere who is not ready for the end of oppression. Indeed Egypt, Tunisia and any other country where tyrannical, exploitive regimes have toppled—or will—are bound to fumble their…

There’s a sense of alarm I experience whenever I read about comments made by Rush Limbaugh. The latest is his criticism of First Lady Michelle Obama for her “Let’s Move” campaign, the White House Super Bowl menu, her eating ribs in Vail, Co, the fact that she wouldn’t make it as a Sports Illustrated cover,…