Bloomberg: A federal judge in Tampa today again refused to order that Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube be reinserted, leaving the parents of the brain-damaged Florida woman with few legal options as they fight to keep her alive. U.S. District Judge James Whittemore ruled that Schiavo’s parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, “cannot establish a substantial likelihood of success on the merits’’ of their case. Schiavo’s parents filed notice that they’ll take

Cut it out, Tom.

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From the AP: he Supreme Court on Thursday refused to order Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube reinserted, rejecting a desperate appeal by her parents to keep their severely brain-damaged daughter alive. The decision, announced in a terse one-page order, marked the end of a dramatic and disheartening four-day dash through the federal court system by Bob and Mary Schindler. Justices did not explain their decision, which was at least the fifth

This item in the Weekly Standard’s “Scrapbook” caught my eye: An international team of 250 scientists, conducting research first reported last Thursday in the British journal Nature, has completed a full map of the X or “female” chromosome which helps determine sex in human beings. The researchers found much greater genetic variation between the sexes than they had expected. All told, as the Los Angeles Times described the team’s conclusions,

…I bet if I grew a ‘stache, Coulter’d be on me like sandals on an A-rab…

so much depends upon a shaker of salt first in the spice rack beside the white pepper.

From the New York Sun After months of denials, the United Nations admitted yesterday that, in an exception to its own rules, it has paid for the legal defense of Benon Sevan. The U.N.’s own investigation panel denounced Mr. Sevan for his central role in the oil-for-food scandal that has engulfed the world body. Questions regarding whether the U.N. would cover Mr. Sevan’s legal fees were raised soon after the

From The New York Times: A federal appeals court panel in Atlanta refused early today to order that the feeding tube of the brain-damaged Terri Schiavo be reinserted, saying her parents had “failed to demonstrate a substantial case on the merits of any of their claims.” “There is no denying the absolute tragedy that has befallen Mrs. Schiavo,” the judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th