‘Brain Death’ at the DMV

  With a title like this, I could easily write a spoof about how clerks at the Department of Motor Vehicles are brain dead, or even about the brain death we suffer by standing in DMV lines. No, this is about a more serious topic having to do with the most important question:...
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Coming To Peace with Brain Death

This will be personal. Ten years ago, my best friend had a stroke. He lay unconscious on his bathroom floor for about 20 hours before anyone (me!) realized he wasn’t answering his phone. I called the police before dashing to his house. Officers were there when I arrived; Richard...
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