Cancer’s unexpected blessings
Christianity Today
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow discovered he had colon cancer in 2005. It's a disease he continues to fight today, with God at his side. Snow writes about how God offers the possibility of salvation and grace through suffering.

"We owe them the highest gratitude"
New York Times (registration site)
Fort Lewis in Washington announced a change in how it would honor its dead:
instead of units holding services after each death, they would be held collectively once a month. Fort Lewis is one of the largest Army bases in the country and has made the decision because the death toll is rising and time for services is limited. The change has met with resistance from soldiers and families since, as the Church has long known, funeral services offer closure and healing as families mourn the passing of a loved one.

Were the patients vindicated?
Times Picayune
Closing one of the most sensational chapters in post-Katrina New Orleans, a grand jury refused to charge Dr. Anna Pou with murdering patients in the dark, fetid rooms of Memorial Medical Center in the nightmarish days after the hurricane struck on Aug. 29, 2005. This case raised many questions about euthanasia and the dignity of the patients in their last hours.