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Brian H. Gill
I was born in 1951. I'm a husband, father and grandfather. One of the kids graduated from college in December, 2008, and is helping her husband run businesses and raise my granddaughter; another is a cartoonist and artist; #3 daughter is a writer; my son is developing a digital game with #3 and #1 daughters. I'm also a writer and artist.
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Couney’s Baby Incubators vs. the Progressive Era
(Babies under glass at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific-Exposition, Seattle, Washington. (1909)) Martin A. Couney was not your typical Progressive Era American doctor. For one thing, Couney may not have been an officially-approved doctor. He said that he’d studied under Dr Pierre-Constant Budin. … Continue reading
Posted in Discursive Detours, Journal
Tagged America, eugenics, health, history, life issues, technology
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Life and Death, Laws and Principles
On the whole, I prefer being alive. Particularly when I consider the alternative. I don’t consistently enjoy the moment I’m in: whatever is “now.” Relishing some of the “nows” I’ve experienced would have been reason for concern, and that’s another … Continue reading
Posted in Being, Catholic, Journal
Tagged law, life issues, natural law, positive law
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New COVID-19 Vaccines: Goodish News, Ethical Issues
The first shipments of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine arrived in America this week. Folks are getting immunized, including health care workers. I think that’s good news. But the pandemic isn’t over yet. This year’s New Year’s Eve street party in NYC’s … Continue reading
Posted in Being, Catholic, Discursive Detours, Science News
Tagged America, bioethics, common good, coronavirus, COVID-19, ethics, faith, faith and works, health, life issues, medicine, science
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Election-Year Weirdness: An American Tradition
A presidential election is looming in my country. We have one every four years. Maybe I’d get more attention by demonizing or deifying a candidate. Or saying that nobody should vote, because “they” put subliminal messages in ballots. Oddly enough, … Continue reading
Posted in a Citizen, Being, Catholic, Discursive Detours
Tagged America, citizenship, faith, faith and works, history, life issues, politics, tolerance
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