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
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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Wrap of the week: It’s the economy, stupid
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From: Punch on: Open thread 09/02/2012
marley says:
I'm one of the older ones, so I've certainly seen a few changes in my time. When I started school I learned to write with a nib pen, dipped in an inkwell (no, I'm not kidding). My mother became a dab hand at getting inkstains out of my clothes. Flicking ink at one another in the classroom was an essential… [read more]From: I’d rather have a piece of toast than listen to crap lyrics
Erick says:
Led Zeppelin are responsible for my all-time favourite mixed metaphor: "There you sit, sit and stare, like a book on a shelf rusting." (Misty Mountain Hop) I laugh every time I hear it. Hmmm, I believe I've decided what to play on the way to work today. [read more]Gentle jabs to the ribs
No wuckin forries. These nuckin futs are tuckin fops
Well, puck me with a fitchfork. The F-word is apparently an acceptable part of Australian speech. That’s… Read more
