For all of the talk about ESCR and therapeutic cloning, in just two short years, induced pluripotent stem cells are already achieving what remains only a theoretical possibility in ethically problematic approaches: Tailor made, disease specific, stem cell lines have been created which are being used . . . . Continue Reading »
On page four of this morning’s Washington Post (Politics & The Nation Section) we find “Dean Challenges Obama to Deliver Reform: ‘Public Option Non-Negotiable Democrat Says “: “The worst thing that could happen is to pass a bill without a public option,” he told . . . . Continue Reading »
President Obama gave humankind a huge promotion the other day, claiming a partnership with God. Hubristic? Yes, and clueless about matters theological. More over at Secondhand Smoke . . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter Singer is the most popular bioethicist around for the “in crowd” of the MSM. The New York Times loves him, often offering him its coveted pages within which to engage in punditry, for example in support of medically mutilating a profound disabled girl so she . . . . Continue Reading »
President Obama said something yesterday that, given the brouhaha over death panels and health care rationing, might not have been prudent. From the story:A reader points out that President Obama’s call with the rabbis today — as recorded in Rabbi Jack Moline’s and other . . . . Continue Reading »
Greg Graffin, the legendary punk rocker turned evolutionary biologist, concluded in his doctoral dissertation, “Monism, Atheism, and the Naturalist World-View: Perspectives from Evolutionary Biology,” that there’s “no conflict between evolutionary theory and religion on the one . . . . Continue Reading »
Imagine if every church in America—or even one in every ten churches—would make this same offer : Last weekend an Atlanta pastor made a promise that stunned his congregation and most of the people who heard it. In a speech that discussed abortion, the President, and the sanctity of life, . . . . Continue Reading »
Notes Rick Brookhiser : “We already know what Dr. Obama thinks about the beginning of life. Not confidence-making for the end.” . . . . Continue Reading »
There’s been some discussion about the similarities between Nietzsche and Strauss here lately so I thought I’d make a brief comment of my own on the subject. While it’s often the case that comparative studies of the two focus on the possibility that they shared nihilistic . . . . Continue Reading »
The civil libertarian Nat Hentoff is no right winger. He used to write for the Village Voice and has long been one of the country’s most noted civil libertarians, most recently adamantly opposing President George W. Bush’s policies in what used to be called the War on Terror. But . . . . Continue Reading »
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