If you know of any seniors in college that might like $40,000 to improve the world, encourage them to apply for the Intercollegiate Studies Institute’s Simon Fellowship for Noble Purpose. More information can be found here , but hurry because the deadline is January 16. . . . . Continue Reading »
Scientists have been working on this for nearly a decade now on making ES cells capable of being used directly in therapies. They have been stymied by three primary problems; the potential for tissue rejection (which we will not get into in this post), the cells’ propensity to form tumors . . . . Continue Reading »
Monday’s Wall Street Journal has a nice editorial review of the shenanigans going on in the Minnesota senate-race recount. After clearly explaining how—and why—vote totals could have swung so frequently in Mr. Franken’s favor, failing to mark duplicate ballots, judiciously . . . . Continue Reading »
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) has called for a United Nations investigation into Israel’s attacks on Gaza. Kucinich likened the Israeli attacks on Gaza to its war with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon in 2006. In both cases, he said, civilian populations were attacked and “countless . . . . Continue Reading »
For the Feast of the Epiphany, here’s a gentle, beautiful piece by Peter Cornelius called “The Three Kings,” sung by the King’s College Choir. . . . . Continue Reading »
Often, while trying to explain my rejection of the death penalty , I use the term “poetic justice,” that great narrative satisfaction that comes in certain stories like the clicking shut of a well-made box. And just as often, I’m asked for an example. Well, here for the record, is . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at the law professors’ blog the Volokh Conspiracy , they’re noting the sixtieth anniversary of the movie Adam’s Rib —which prompts one commentator to quote the movie’s best line: “Lawyers should never marry other lawyers. This is called inbreeding, from which . . . . Continue Reading »
Down in the flood of remembrance, I weep like a child for the past. . . . . Continue Reading »
AP has the story here . . . . . Continue Reading »
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