Both Sides Now

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Both Sides Now "W orse than death, too, is to be on life support listening to my loved ones in a heated debate over whether to terminate me and hear my wife say, 'I think we can pull the plug, it's been 15 minutes and we'll be late for our dinner reservation'."---Woody Allen Born in 1919, my grandfather stands barely five feet tall, with a shiny head and round turtle-shell colored glasses in front of warm blue eyes. He is a lifelong news addict, with a love for bringing up controversial topics and, without fail, concluding that he can "see both sides." Some questions have no good answer, he reminds me; life is not a multiple-choice exam.Recently, he has begun writing down things he reads