If Harvesting Embryos is OK, How About Fetuses?

by Ryan Sayre Patrico

Slopes don’t get much slipperier . . . . . Continue Reading »

13 Mar 2009 0

American Adults, Presidents, Flunk Basic Science

by Ryan Sayre Patrico

Not too surprising : A new national survey commissioned by the California Academy of Sciences and conducted by Harris Interactive reveals that the U.S. public is unable to pass even a basic scientific literacy test. ? Only 53% of adults know how long it takes for the Earth to revolve around the . . . . Continue Reading »

13 Mar 2009 0

Dishonesty Piled Upon Dishonesty by Obama Administration on Stem Cells

by Wesley J. Smith

It wasn’t bad enough that President Obama stealthily removed a pro science/pro ethics pluripotent Bush stem cell policy, pretending that he was fighting the forces of anti-science. Now Melody Barnes, the president’s domestic policy adviser, has written an article extolling the . . . . Continue Reading »

12 Mar 2009 0

Deconstructing Obama’s Stem Cell Policy

by Wesley J. Smith

I have been mouthing off at President Obama’s stem cell actions all week, particularly with regard to his silent evisceration of the “alternative methods” federal funding requirement. Toward that end, I did what I do when steam is coming out my ears; wrote a piece for the Daily . . . . Continue Reading »

12 Mar 2009 0

“Yeah. Absolutely.”

by Ryan Sayre Patrico

Oh bother. No wonder pro-lifers sometimes feel uncertain about the Republican Party’s commitment to opposing abortion. Here’s Party Chairman Michael Steele in an interview with GQ: How much of your pro-life stance, for you, is informed not just by your Catholic faith but by the fact . . . . Continue Reading »

12 Mar 2009 0

Stem-Cell Doubletalk

by Wesley J. Smith

I have a piece up on today’s Daily Standard in which I deconstruct President Obama’s stem cell policy. Not only did he revoke former president Bush’s embryonic stem cell funding restrictions, but he also rescinded Bush’s executive order requiring funding of . . . . Continue Reading »

12 Mar 2009 0

Oprah Culture Strikes Again

by Wesley J. Smith

Oprah Culture, named after the hyper successful daytime television powerhouse Oprah Winfrey, is soap opera in real life—which in the cause of destroying moralism so that nobody feels badly over their various dyfunctions—extols people pushing the envelope of cultural values, those . . . . Continue Reading »

12 Mar 2009 0

Rybak Receives Pro-life Award

by Ryan Sayre Patrico

Congratulations are in order for our outstanding managing editor, Mary Rose Rybak, who is in Washington DC today receiving the “Susan B. Anthony List Young Leader Award.” According to Susan B. Anthony List : The awards are presented to a group of young women who embody the pro-life . . . . Continue Reading »

12 Mar 2009 0

In the Art Scene, a Glimmer of Hope and Metal

by Ryan Sayre Patrico

With the economy struggling as it is, it’s no surprise to hear that the market for art is down as well. But one segment of the art scene is actually thriving . Believe it or not, medieval armor is big business: Thanks to shifting tastes and fortunes, armor is again migrating from the foyers . . . . Continue Reading »

12 Mar 2009 0

Obama Frees Himself of Freeman

by Keith Pavlischek

This week, after withering pressure from a wide range of critics, Charles W. Freeman Jr. withdrew his name after President Obama nominated him to serve as head of the National Intelligence Council. This opening paragraph in the lead editorial of the Washington Post sums up the problems that lead to . . . . Continue Reading »

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