UK Death Panel in Action

London - Charlie Gard, an infant with an inherited disease died after being died treatment in the UK. The parents had raised money, and had US hospitals offering to help. However, "three British courts ruled that further treatment of Charlie’s disease would cause the infant “significant harm.” Is that not just some amazing Orwellian newspeak?
 
 In 2008, liberals mocked Sarah Palin for talking about death panels with regard to Obamacare. Is this not a death panel?

Opposing the Revolution

The American Revolution was not always a forgone conclusion. Leading up to Independence there was many dissenting voices. On this day in 1776, John Dickinson, a Pennsylvania representative to the Continental Congress, rose up in opposition to Independence.


With all sincerity , Dickinson believed that the colonies were unprepared militarily, economically, and politically for war with England. The frontiers would be abandoned and Indians would set loose to create havoc. Instead of supporting the colonies, France and Spain would capitalize on the internal struggle to invade and recapture territory lost in the Seven Years War.


His concerns were entirely reasonable, and shows how risky the Revolution was.