Philosophical


Kansas doctor accused of running `pill mill’ out on bond

Apr 25, 2008
By: Roxana Hegeman
The Associated Press
HAYSVILLE, Kan. (AP) — Upon arriving home Friday from jail, Dr. Stephen Schneider petted the barking dogs who greeted him in his yard. He hugged his two teenage daughters. And he vowed to prove his innocence [...]

The Fiction and Tyranny of “Administrative Law”

Feb 21, 2007By: Kelley L. Ross, Ph.D.Friesian.com
"If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, squeezing his hat emphatically in both hands, "the law is a ass — a idiot."–
Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
The conservative columnist Joseph Sobran has a lecture on audio tape called "How Tyranny Came to America." This seems like a shocking and absurd [...]

Constitutional Claim on Behalf of Americans In Pain

Nov 13, 2005
Press Release
Painreliefnetwork.org
Constitutional Claim on Behalf of Americans In Pain
Presented By Siobhan Reynolds
President, Pain Relief Network
“Men feared witches and burnt women.”
Justice Louis D. Brandeis 1927
The Problem
People in severe pain are unable to mobilize to defend their rights. Chronic pain is a disease and when left untreated sufferers often find it beyond their power to [...]

Gorback’s Thoughts

Oct 31, 2005
By: Michael Gorback M.D.
Placebojournal.com
Living here in Houston near all the refineries, it’s easy to understand why people would want to get rid of local chemical industries. That’s why I sympathize with those states that decided to put pseudoephedrine (PSE) behind the counter. Stay with me - there is a connection here between environmental [...]

Defending Our Privacy, Except When They Abuse It

Apr 1, 2004
By: Howard Troxler
The St. Petersburg Times (FL)
There’s a bill in the Legislature that would make it illegal for anybody, even police, to keep track of which citizens owned guns in Florida.
Here’s the argument in favor of the bill. This is a free country. Owning a gun is a guaranteed right. It’s none of [...]

Interpersonal Medical Ethics

Jan 1, 2003
By: Siobhan Reynolds
Painreliefnetwork.org
The prospect of unfettered access to pain relief excites our deep-seated fear that to allow more doctors to prescribe more medications, we run the risk of getting more people addicted to prescription drugs. Since many families have suffered because one or more of their loved ones have found themselves “lost” in [...]