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Barney Frank on "his Critical Moment" FROM THE STANDPOINT of GLBT rights, it now seems likely - although by no means certain - that 2008 will be the year in which the political system caught up to the country.

TERRI Schiavo's family was offered a faint glimmer of hope in their frantic campaign to keep her from death yesterday, after judges allowed them to file a fresh appeal.

For any family who has paced anxiously in the halls of a hospital, mulling over decisions about loved ones near death, bills and attorneys' documents are far from their minds.

A 57-year-old woman at the center of a legal dispute similar to the battle for Terri Schiavo has died.

Before social conservatives bite my head off, yes President George W. Bush is socially conservative in his views against abortion and saving the life of a brain dead lady by the name of Terri Schiavo in Florida ...