Michael Cook
Michael Cook did a BA at Harvard and an incredibly long cadetship at the Sydney Morning Herald’s subs desk changing semi-colons into commas. After wandering aimlessly through life he stumbled upon bioethics during a decade of bushwalking in Hobart. Eventually he climbed the greasy pole and became one of the world’s approximately two bioethics journalists. His op-ed contributions have been published in most Australian papers and in the UK and US. He edits an on-line bioethics newsletter, BioEdge, and an internet magazine, MercatorNet, from Melbourne. Apart from barracking for Collingwood, he has no criminal record.
Articles by Michael Cook
Groovy inventions of the baby boomer age
Was there ever a generation more filled with self-doubt and self-loathing than the baby-boomers? If you had the misfortune to…... Read more
Nurses not neutral on lethal needle
With the battle over legalised euthanasia touch and go in South Australia and Tasmania, the president of the Australian Nursing…... Read more
Dr Death makes suicide a laughing matter
Jim Carrey. Ricky Gervais. Adam Sandler. Steve Martin. All well-known funny men. Well, move over, guys. Philip Nitschke, the world’s…... Read more
Peter Singer: the Jerry Springer of philosophy
The Jerry Springer of modern philosophy was in good form when he addressed a packed crowd on Wednesday evening in…... Read more
Latest push for mercy killings is dangerously ill informed
Once again euthanasia activist Dr Philip Nitschke is playing games with the law. Today he’s holding a meeting in Hobart…... Read more
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From: Hasbro, go straight to gaol, do not pass go
Tim says:
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Kel says:
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Superman needs saving
Can somebody please save Superman? He seems to be going through a bit of a crisis. Eighteen months ago,… Read more
