Safety as Ethics?
by James PoulosMaybe. On the other (wrung) hand, the concept of safety itself depends on, and derives from, one’s ethics. Oops. Please chime in, “usual cabal of bioconservatives.” . . . . Continue Reading »
Maybe. On the other (wrung) hand, the concept of safety itself depends on, and derives from, one’s ethics. Oops. Please chime in, “usual cabal of bioconservatives.” . . . . Continue Reading »
The shortest route to the advantages of wealth is to want what you have. . . . . Continue Reading »
The more people read the House Bill—the prime Obamacare vehicle—the worse it gets. Now, in the name of health reform, all of our tax information will be made available to our health overseers. From the CBS story:Section 431(a) of the bill says that the IRS must divulge taxpayer identity . . . . Continue Reading »
The much vaunted—and now delayed—human trial for Geron’s ESCR product for acute spinal cord injury was stopped because the treatment caused cysts in animals. From the story:Animals being tested using Geron Corporation’s treatment for spinal cord injury developed cysts . . . . Continue Reading »
The Bioethics Establishment are sure a thin skinned lot. When my book Culture of Death came out, criticizing entirely mainstream views within the the bioethics movement, you should have heard the screaming. One bioethicist even wrote a review in a major bioethical journal asserting that the . . . . Continue Reading »
Heres a letter to the editor of the Washington Post regarding Yales cartoon controversy : The Aug. 23 editorial Self-Muzzled at Yale criticized Yale University Press for its decision to exclude controversial Danish cartoons of the prophet Muhammad from a forthcoming book. We . . . . Continue Reading »
As Muslims across the world celebrate Ramadan, theyll be joined in their fast by Brian D. McLaren . McLaren, the controversial godfather of the emergent church movement, says he and a handful of his friends are fasting during the Islamic holy month in order to come close to our Muslim . . . . Continue Reading »
If youre a law nerd, you will thoroughly enjoy John P. Elwoods brilliant and irreverent article, What were they thinking?: The Supreme Court in Revue, October Term 2008 , which appears in the most recent issue of The Green Bag . Heres a taste of Elwoods biting . . . . Continue Reading »
The Anchoress writes that she has bought, by hook, crook, and little miracle, this beautiful crucifix which I’d featured last week in another eBaywatch. I am beyond delighted that something so beautiful has found such a good home. She’s promised to send me a photograph of it in her . . . . Continue Reading »
The pathetic defense of the NHS, mounted recently here and on the other side of the Pond to try and save Obamacare, continues to collapse. Today, even more bad news came out about the appalling standards of care in the NHS. From the story:One million NHS patients have been the victims of . . . . Continue Reading »