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A protracted and bitter family dispute over the removal of a disabled woman's feeding tube is being fought on the national stage. Diane and her guests discuss some of the moral, legal and political issues involved.
James Q Wilson, professor emeritus at Harvard University and UCLA, public policy analyst, author of several books including "The Moral Sense"
Thomas Mann, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-author of "The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America and How To Get It Back On Track"
Kenneth Goodman, director, Bioethics Program, University of Miami
Jessica Berg, associate professor of Law and Biomedical Ethics at Case Western Reserve University
The well-loved classic "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott is about the four March sisters and their mother - Father spends much of the book away as a Civil War chaplain. In her new novel, author Geraldine Brooks imagines Mr. March's side of the story.
Geraldine Brooks, also author of the novel "Year of Wonders" and the nonfiction books "Nine Parts of Desire" and "Foreign Correspondence."
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