Sarah Palin's
least favorite physician, concedes
she was right about him all along;
Americans seem to be obsessed with exercising, doing mental puzzles,
consuming various juice and protein concoctions, sticking to strict
diets, and popping vitamins and supplements, all in a valiant effort to
cheat death and prolong life as long as possible. This has become so
pervasive that it now defines a cultural type: what I call the American
immortal.
I reject this aspiration. I think this manic desperation to endlessly
extend life is misguided and potentially destructive. For many reasons,
75 is a pretty good age to aim to stop.
Not that he's a death panel kinda guy. Not at all.
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