I am applauded and criticized for my comments about President Obama’s rescission of the Bush “alternative method” executive order over at Belief Net—from the version of the criticism I posted on the First Things blog, which contained slightly different language than I put . . . . Continue Reading »
I’m finally getting around to reading President Obama’s stem cell speech. It contains the usual bromides about how we are in danger of falling behind in science, yadda, yadda, yadda. But it also seems oddly oxymoronic to me. First he said: I can also promise that we will never undertake . . . . Continue Reading »
This is from the “You Just Can’t Make This Stuff Up” Department: A friend of mine who is studying in England ordered a book from the library. His order was canceled for the following reason: UNABLE TO FETCH BOOK KEPT ON TOP SHELF IN GALLERY. DUE TO NEW HEALTH & SAFETY MEASURES . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s a paradox for Obama supporters: The first American president with personal roots in the developing world (Kenyan father, Indonesian stepfather, childhood residence in Indonesia) is doing more harm to the developing world than any American in history. This is clear from a just-released . . . . Continue Reading »
The New York Times’ editorial extolling the lifting the Bush stem cell funding policy—as it ignores the purely gratuitous trashing of the Bush order requiring funding for “alternative sources”—is the usual mix of ignorance and ideology that typifies its side’s . . . . Continue Reading »
When eerily convenient Prop-8 directories and Google maps were released earlier this winter, accounts of threats and thuggery began accumulating. But how much of this was real intimidation from the left, and how much was the pretense of doom from the right? Writing in the latest issue of the Weekly . . . . Continue Reading »
Oh the virtual humanity. The economy in Second Life—the online world where users, known as avatars, can spend actual money on real estate and clothing— is in turmoil : “I am quite amazed that lots of businesses in Second Life still push for higher prices when so many people in the . . . . Continue Reading »
That’s just one of the findings of the American Religious Identification Survey from Trinity College that was published yesterday: A wide-ranging study on American religious life found that the Roman Catholic population has been shifting out of the Northeast to the Southwest, the percentage . . . . Continue Reading »
We all know that President Obama rescinded the Bush funding restrictions for ESCR. But that isn’t all he did today. He also rescinded Executive Order 13435 of June 20, 2007 . The Administration didn’t publicize this part of the President’s nasty work, but the now dead 2007 Bush . . . . Continue Reading »
We all know that President Obama rescinded the Bush funding restrictions for ESCR. But that isn’t all he did. He also rescinded Executive Order 13435 of June 20, 2007.What is that? Of course, the Administration didn’t have the candor or courage to publicize this part of his nasty work, . . . . Continue Reading »
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