1. Statline:

Public Rebukes Congress for Intervening in Schiavo Case

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=3/28/2005&;id=03280518204183

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2. Commentary by Rushworth M. Kidder:

What is Life?

Several times in recent weeks, I've clicked on the news in my hotel room to find Terri Schiavo's now-familiar face staring at me from her hospital bed. That's not surprising, except that the hotels were in Budapest, Vienna, and Prague. Why has the case of a brain-damaged woman in a Florida hospice achieved such global resonance?...

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=3/28/2005&;id=03280518211417

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3. What They're Saying:

Breaking It Down

"It's just too sexually oriented, you know, the way they're shaking their behinds and going on, breaking it down. And then we say to them, 'Don't get involved in sex unless it's marriage or love, it's dangerous out there,' and yet the teachers and directors are helping them go through those kind of gyrations."

-- Texas State Rep. Al Edwards, discussing the reasoning behind his proposed legislation to curb "sexually suggestive" cheerleading, dance, and other performances at school functions...

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=3/28/2005&;id=0328051821404

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4. Parents, Congress Fail to Get Terri Schiavo Back on Feeding Tube

WASHINGTON

Legislators, lawyers, pundits, protestors, and competing family members all squared off last week in a fierce ethical and legal debate over the fate of Terri Schiavo, a Florida woman in a "persistent vegetative state" for the past 15 years....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=3/28/2005&;id=03280518221557

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5. Pentagon Refuses to Reopen Inquiry into Alleged Abuse of Reuters Workers

WASHINGTON

The U.S. Defense Department last week said it would not reopen an investigation into allegations that U.S. soldiers abused three Iraqis working for the Reuters news agency in January 2004....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=3/28/2005&;id=03280518224782

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6. Government Accused of Redacting Memos to Hide Unflattering Charges

WASHINGTON

The U.S. Justice Department was accused last week of blacking out portions of official documents simply to shield the government from embarrassment, not to protect national security as allowed by law....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=3/28/2005&;id=03280518231477

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7. U.S. Soldier Denied Refugee Status In Canada

TORONTO

An Immigration and Refugee Board Panel last week denied refugee status to a U.S. paratrooper who sought refuge in Canada to avoid being sent to fight in Iraq....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=3/28/2005&;id=0328051823416

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8. New Report Slams British Military for Bullying Recruits

LONDON

Young recruits in the British Army continue to face unacceptable levels of bullying, harassment, and injury, highlighting the need for immediate reform, an independent inquiry concluded last week....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=3/28/2005&;id=03280518352748

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9. United Nations Issues Report on Sexual Abuse of Refugees

UNITED NATIONS

Conceding that refugees have been sexually abused by the peacekeepers sent to protect them, the United Nations last week called for stronger action from nations typically slack in prosecuting such abuse....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=3/28/2005&;id=03280518355936

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10. AIG Fires Two Executives for Failing to Cooperate with Investigators

NEW YORK

Insurance firm American International Group (AIG) last week fired two of its top executives after they refused to cooperate with an investigation into possible accounting fraud at the firm....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=3/28/2005&;id=03280518362874

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11. Time Warner Settles Fraud Charges for $300 Million

WASHINGTON

Three months after settling related criminal charges, Time Warner Inc. last week agreed to pay $300 million to settle civil charges of fraud for overstating the company's revenues from 2000 through 2002....

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=3/28/2005&;id=03280518370249

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12. Research Report:

'No Role for Government in Schiavo Case': ABC Poll

From ABC News, with analysis by Gary Langer:

"Americans broadly and strongly disapprove of federal intervention in the Terri Schiavo case, with sizable majorities saying Congress is overstepping its bounds for political gain. The public, by 63 percent-28 percent, supports the removal of Schiavo's feeding tube, and by a 25-point margin opposes a law mandating federal review of her case. Congress passed such legislation and President Bush signed it.... That legislative action is distinctly unpopular...."

Full story: http://www.globalethics.org/redir/nl.html?d=3/28/2005&;id=03280518373431

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13. Quote from the Ethics File:

The Value of Life

"A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life."

-- Charles Darwin (English scientist, 1809-1882)

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