Physician-Assisted Suicide Compromises Family

Physician-Assisted Suicide Compromises Family

By Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D. | Allowing physician-assisted suicide (PAS) would be a grave mistake for four reasons, as explained in a Heritage Foundation Backgrounder, “Always Care, Never Kill.”[1] First, it would endanger the weak and vulnerable. Second, it would...
Poverty and Welfare in the American Founding

Poverty and Welfare in the American Founding

By Thomas G. West | Did Americans before the 20th century lack compassion for the poor? Did they treat the poor with indifference or even cruelty? That is the impression given by most high school and college textbooks. Few students ever learn that government-funded...