When I wrote “A Death on His Own Terms” last month, I did so knowing that it was going to be controversial, particularly among conservatives. The story dealt with political strategist Hal Malchow, who traveled to Switzerland to submit himself to voluntary euthanasia after he began losing his cognitive abilities to Alzheimer’s disease. (As an update, Malchow died on schedule.) This is a touchy subject as I’m well aware. When we discuss it around here, most of us are at least able to understand a person seeking to put an end to horrible suffering from an incurable condition as death inevitably approaches, even if some still don’t approve.
I went one step further, endorsing Malchow’s right to make that choice for himself with the support of his family. This appeared to create some confusion among readers, some of whom seemed to think that I had gone whole hog into the MAID camp the…
