January 07, 2005

Jailed Doc, Tortured Patient
From the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

The guest column posted by national news service, UPI, outlines the collateral damage resulting from conviction last month of Dr. William Hurwitz, nationally recognized pain specialist.

Dr. Orient writes that convicting Dr. Hurwitz will have absolutely no impact on illegal drug diversion in Northern Virginia, but many patients “will suffer torture because of the deterrent effect on other doctors. But it's not the DEA's problem. It did its duty. A message has been sent, in the interest of protecting the public health from demon drugs. Shouldn't all patients be willing to be sacrificed for such a noble objective?” (Read the rest here)

Libertarian Commentary on The News
By Nathan A. Barton © 2004

As much of the country gets hit with the first major snow storm of the year, let us see what is happening across the nation and world, remembering that friends of liberty need to be winter soldiers, and not just summer patriots. Sometimes, though, it is hard to be as incisive and critical as we should be, when we just want a cup of hot cocoa and a warm fire to curl up in front of. Of course, that is my opinion, and may not be yours, TPoL, or FND’s opinion!

AU troops requested to force government on Somalia
BBC News [UK]
"The African Union has agreed in principle to provide troops to allow the newly elected [sic] Somali government to be installed in the capital, Mogadishu. At present the Somali president and parliament are working out of Kenya, because of fears for their security. The African Union provided no details of when the force would be deployed, or what their mandate would be. Somalia has been without an effective government since the overthrow of President Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991." (01/05/05)

Ah, and here we see the democratic principle (majority rule) at work - the other “nations” of Africa intend to force the people of Somalia to accept a government that they don’t want, and that it appears, they do not need. (Read the rest of the Commentary here)

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