The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: "Our knee-jerk reaction is, is this person a saint or a psychopath?"-Mark Fox, a fellow in the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine and chair of the ethics committee of the national kidney-sharing network, on judging the motives of a living donor who used the classifieds to advertise that he was willing to give one of his kidneys to anyone who needed it.

Reuters: "Jails and prisons have become the final destination of the mentally ill in America. It's a huge problem. There are more mentally ill folk in state prisons than in state hospitals. The Los Angeles County Jail has become the nation's largest mental institution. So many people are trapped in what I call a Bermuda Triangle of prison, hospital, and the streets"-Steven Lamberti, associate professor of psychiatry, on Project Link, a clinical outreach program he heads with Robert Weisman, assistant professor of psychiatry. The Rochester effort provides clinical services to mentally ill people in their communities to help them live independently.

The Washington Post: "The prudent public policy, as well as the humane policy, is to screen and identify children who are at risk. This is one where it doesn't take rocket science to help kids"-Michael Weitzman, professor of pediatrics at the Medical Center, on the Bush Administration's plans not to loosen regulations that govern screening of low-income children for lead poisoning.

Associated Press: "The ambition among staffers far exceeds the number who can take advantage of opportunities to run. The open seats are rare, and there are a number of better positioned individuals who may have greater visibility"-Harold Stanley, professor of political science, on the daunting odds facing Congressional staffers who want to be elected to Congress.

Los Angeles Times: "People may be more turned off than not. There's a wariness on the part of patients." -Susan Cohn, associate professor in the infectious diseases unit of the Medical Center, on consent forms for experimental AIDS medical research. The forms, which can be as many as 10 pages, may be one factor why African American and Latino HIV patients are far less likely to enroll in experimental treatment than white patients, researchers say.

The Arizona Republic: "Virtually no one has an interest in funding it except the Indians themselves"-Stephen Kunitz, professor emeritus of community and preventive medicine, on the Indian Health Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Native Americans are dying at a significantly higher rate than other Americans, and experts say the IHS, which provides federal health care support to Native Americans, is underfunded by at least $4 billion.

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