At the height of the great Embryonic Stem Cell Hype, Hwang Woo-suk fraudulently claimed to have created human cloned embryos and derived stem cells therefrom. He paid a price in reputation but not his freedom, despite obtaining research grants under false pretenses. Now, another Korean stem . . . . Continue Reading »
Tuning the Preacher’s Ear Cornelius Plantinga, Jr., Books & Culture Christopher Lasch’s Complicated Politics Seth J. Bartee, University Bookman Archbishop of Canterbury: Who’ll Get the Impossible Job? Peter Stanford, The Telegraph Studying the Bible with . . . . Continue Reading »
No, I’m not trying to sell you a piece of property; these are all bands featured in the latest Carl’s Rock Songbook below. Because sometimes, two titles are better than one. . . . . Continue Reading »
The last five or so years there’s been something of a renaissance, something of a new charge, rippling through indie rock. Quite a few college radio stations seem to be playing an awful lot of good stuff as far as rock goes . . . at least, to my ears much of it sounds as good as what was on . . . . Continue Reading »
Matt Anderson has a bee in his bonnet. The apostles of the Third Way - you know the type - have lately been pushing yet another effort to recycle the idea that “conservatism” is dead among young evangelicals because they despise “culture war.” For two weeks, Matt has been . . . . Continue Reading »
Helen De Cruz at Prosblogion has just returned from a philosophy of religion workshop (where arguments for and against theism are erected and tested for structural integrity, presumably) at which the Common Consent Argument for the existence of God was revived. In its simplest form: 1. Most people . . . . Continue Reading »
The New Criterion ‘s latest issue is a memorial to Hilton Kramer, the recently deceased art and culture critic known for his acerbic wit. There’s plenty to read about all aspects of his life, from the professional to the personal, over at their website , but Roger Kimball’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Good science and good ethics go together like bread and butter. Now, scientists have used cell reprogramming to treat Huntington’s disease—which killed Woodie Guthrie and remains incurable—in rats. From the Michigan Live story:A stem cell treatment investigated for . . . . Continue Reading »
George Weigel on the Leadership Conference of Women Religious : There’s not a whole lot of “common ground” to be found between these two readings of the post-conciliar history of women’s religious life in these United States. Either Tom Fox is right in his general view of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Central Control has released the “National Bioeconomy Blueprint” that outlines how the sector can transform our struggling economy into soaring prosperity, and how the government-business partnership will make that happen. Perhaps, but why do I keep seeing visions of the public . . . . Continue Reading »
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