This column in the Guardian (by college lecturer Dylan Evans) about the supposed inevitability of transhumanism is, I think, overly pessimistic. Evans worries that the social pressures set in motion by transhumanist technologies will one day force most people to enhance their children genetically . . . . Continue Reading »
The venerable political columnist John Leo has weighed in on a favorite pet peeve of mine; the ubiquitous use of euphemisms rather than accurate descriptive language to describe facts or actions that are controversial or disturbing. He speaks of euphemisms used in areas as far ranging as plane . . . . Continue Reading »
There is a big furor in California over whether doctors should participate in executions. Many in bioethics and the media claim that it is unethical for doctors to cooperate in executions, since killing is not a medical act.I have great sympathy for that view. But if that is true, it should go . . . . Continue Reading »
In the summer of 2001, I toured Australia criticizing the “Down Under” Dr. Death (Phillip Nitschke) for his advocacy of assisted suicide, even for troubled teens. It was one of my most successful advocacy ventures. For two weeks I was at the epicenter of a media firestorm, resulting . . . . Continue Reading »
This is a story too infrequently told: Of people cruelly victimized by the terrorists of Stop Hungingdon Animal Cruelty and other such radical extreme animal rights/liberationist terrorists. And if you don’t think that terrorists is precisely the right word, read the following quote (and then . . . . Continue Reading »
A side note on the post below: The only reason we know that bone marrow stem cells might one day be able to be used as a treatment for Alzheimer’s is due to animal experimentation. In this particular case, mice were genetically altered, they were caused to have Alzheimer’s disease, they . . . . Continue Reading »
We must be wary of making too much of this story since it is early research, but it could be very good news. Bone marrow stem cells may be able to treat Alzheimer’s, according to mouse studies. If so, all we can say is, wow!I have been very critical of cloning and ESCR boosters for almost . . . . Continue Reading »
The London Times has apparently exposed one of the promoters of animal rights violence against a planned Oxford University laboratory that will engage in animal testing. The Oxford struggle is as important as the war against Huntingdon Life Sciences. If the Brownshirts win, no animal using industry . . . . Continue Reading »
The British National Health Service is rationing health care. Of this, there can no longer be substantial doubt. And it has been supported by the British Lords, the equivalent to our Supreme Court.The case in question involves a woman who has a type of breast cancer that is susceptible to treatment . . . . Continue Reading »
William Schatten and the disgraced Woo-suk Hwang from South Korea used to be bosom buddies. But then, Schatten jumped ship, Hwang sank deeper than the Titanic, and their entire partnership fell apart. Schatten apparently has attempted to patent cloning technologies that Hwang claims he (Schatten) . . . . Continue Reading »
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