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“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
― George Washington

Looting and Burning — Trampling the Rule of Law!
Today we awakened to the dramatic headlines: “Ferguson Businesses Torched in Overnight Protests,” “Ferguson Explodes Following Grand Jury Decision Not to Indict,” “Ferguson Businesses Burned,

Living in a Chaotic — and Dangerous World! by James I. Ausman, MD, PhD
After talking with young neurosurgeons and residents around the world, they often ask “How do I know what I read is the truth?” I answered

A defense of Western culture and civilization without apologies by Miguel A. Faria, MD
If the errors committed in the building of the edifice of Western civilization are compared with Plato’s ideal Republic and the perfect State, protected by

Bioethics and why I hope to live beyond age 75 attaining wisdom! — A rebuttal to Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel’s 75 age limit
Abstract — American bioethicists have been providing persuasive arguments for rationing medical care via the theory of the necessary “rational allocation of nite health care

Charles Martel, Where Are You? by David C. Stolinsky, MD
Recently we observed — or rather, failed to observe — two important anniversaries. The first was October 12, Columbus Day, which we largely ignore. The

The road being paved to neuroethics: A path leading to bioethics or to neuroscience medical ethics?
Abstract — In 2013, U.S. President Barack Obama decreed the creation of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, as part of his