Study: “Existential Distress” Drives Patients to Assisted Suicide, Not Pain

On Wednesday, The New England Journal of Medicine released a study which calls into question the primary talking point used by supporters of assisted suicide — that people who ask for assisted suicide are suffering so much pain that forcing them to continue living is cruel and unjust. The study, based on information collected by Canada’s University Health Network from March 2016 to March 2017, found that most patients pursue assisted suicide simply because they are not satisfied with their lives. It is not primarily due to pain from their illnesses. Madeline Li, an associate professor at the University of

Maine School Employee Disciplined for Telling Co-worker “I Will Pray for You”

It has been over 50 years since the Supreme Court ruled in the 1962 case Engel v. Vitale that voluntary, non-denominational prayer in public schools was unconstitutional under the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause. Now, a high school in Augusta, Maine, is taking the prohibition of prayer in public schools to a new level. Last September, Cony High School informed an employee, Toni Richardson, that she could no longer tell her co-workers that she would pray for them. The Augusta School Department has even begun an investigation of Richardson for saying things like “I will pray for you” and “You were

For Trump’s Path to 270, It All Comes Down to One State

Last Friday, The Pulse 2016’s Frank Cannon and Jon Schweppe laid out the most likely path to 270 electoral votes for Donald Trump, arguing that if he were to win all the closest toss-up states at that time, he would need only one more state to go his way in order to overtake Hillary Clinton. After a week, it looks like the final piece of the puzzle for Trump may be New Hampshire. New polling in the Granite State has been very favorable to Republicans, and the RealClearPolitics average now has Trump leading by 1.5 points with just four days

Trump’s Path to 270 Is Easier Than You Think

“It’s over. Trump can’t win.” That’s the narrative the Clinton campaign and the mainstream media have relentlessly promoted over the past several days. The problem with that narrative is that it is a bald-faced lie. This election is nowhere near over. Not even close! Let’s take a look at the electoral map. Remember, to become the next president of the United States, Trump needs to win 270 electoral votes. Conversely, he needs to hold Hillary Clinton to 269 electoral votes because, with a Republican House of Representatives, a 269-269 tie is likely to also result in a Trump presidency. Trump’s baseline

The Five Battleground States Trump Needs to Win

The media has grown obsessed with driving the narrative that Hillary Clinton has this election in the bag. Supposedly, according to our elite overlords, this election is so over. You might as well stay home! But when you analyze the data, placed in context, especially on a state-by-state basis, this narrative reveals itself to be ridiculous. The presidential race is still very close. It’s not over yet. Some pollsters say Clinton is up double digits. Others say the race is a virtual tie. The stark differences can be chalked up to differing turnout models: Will Democrats turn out for Hillary Clinton

New Polls Show Trump Needs Just One More State to Win

A new Florida poll from Suffolk University was released today showing Donald Trump with a slim, single-point lead over Hillary Clinton. But while this was only the latest poll showing a close race in the Sunshine State, it was enough to tip RealClearPolitics’ Florida polling average in the direction of Trump, who now leads by a slender 0.1-point margin. This means, going by RCP’s polling average in each state, Trump has closed to within six electoral votes of Clinton if the election were held today:   So, assuming all current polling is generally accurate, Trump still needs to see significant

Could Trump and Clinton Really Finish in a Tie? It’s Possible…

A couple weeks ago, I wrote about the Electoral College and how Donald Trump could stop Hillary Clinton from winning 270 electoral votes. The implied assumption from my piece was that Trump would automatically win by stopping Clinton. Of course, that’s not necessarily true — I left out an obvious outcome. What if nobody wins? What if neither candidate reaches 270 electoral votes? There are two main ways this could happen: 1.) Libertarian Gary Johnson wins a state (or two) and throws off the electoral map. This seemed like a more likely outcome in July and August. It’s little more than

Republicans Never Dreamed of Winning These States — Until Trump Came Along

Much attention is being paid this election to the relatively small polling leads Donald Trump holds in many traditional Republican strongholds — states such as Texas, Utah, South Carolina, and Georgia to name a few. This led, especially during the summer, to speculation of a Hillary Clinton blow out, with both liberal pundits and staunch #NeverTrump’ers pushing the narrative that Clinton could be poised to flip many red states into the Democratic column. What these pundits have ignored, however, is that while Trump’s leads in red states have indeed been unusually small, he has also been running much more competitively