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MIT Prof on Hunger Strike. Racism or something else?

February 9, 2007 By kira 33 Comments

The Catholic Exchange, reporting on the hunger strike, mentions racism only as another reason, but one linked to his stance on stem cell research. Sherley himself alleges that he was opposed for tenure at MIT by his colleagues in part … [Read more...]

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Friend of God and Evangelicals?

January 22, 2007 By kira 7 Comments

"Pastor Ted" (aka disgraced closeted homophobe Ted Haggard) was her "tour guide." "He was so good to me. He took me under his wing. . . .He was reasonable, an everyday normal man." This was before the scandal broke. That it did, broke her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gay-marriage, religion

Golden Eggs: Engineered hens lay drugs

January 20, 2007 By kira Leave a Comment

Science News reports: Scottish scientists have genetically engineered hens that can not only produce useful drugs in their eggs but also reliably pass on this characteristic to new generations of chickens. Successfully combining these two … [Read more...]

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Has Hell Frozen Over?

January 17, 2007 By kira 20 Comments

But back to Grist:Green reactions to Stevens' and Obama's bills reveal a tension between energy security and environmental protection that's likely to escalate in coming months and years. As NRDC's [policy director David] Doniger says, … [Read more...]

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Is Grassroots Lobbying being quashed?

January 12, 2007 By kira 3 Comments

Christian groups are all in a snit about sec. 220 of S. 1 (the "ethics reform" bill). I got an e-mail from Mass. Family Institute asking me to call Kennedy and Kerry to support the Bennett Amendment that would remove Sec. 220.From … [Read more...]

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MFI calls for dialogue on same-sex marriage

January 11, 2007 By kira 63 Comments

I'd go. But notice how they frame the issue as them being portrayed as poor, put-upon voices of reason, undeservedly being called bigots.Maybe they'll disavow the following from October's Liberty Sunday as reported in Bay Windows: "We know … [Read more...]

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Let’s talk about Grace Ross’s interesting post

January 10, 2007 By kira 4 Comments

Even though not voting violated their oaths of office, said the SJC, the only punishment could come at the ballot box. I think we've proven to legislators time and again, that voting for marriage will not harm them. It was purely pressure … [Read more...]

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Next steps for marriage equality

January 8, 2007 By kira 24 Comments

Hold pundits, political bloggers and newspaper editorialists responsible for their unprincipled calls for fealty to an arcane provision of a heretofore obscure constitutional amendment versus longstanding democratic principles that … [Read more...]

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Not So Golden Global Warming

January 8, 2007 By kira Leave a Comment

The report, Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air describes how ExxonMobil uses Big Tobacco-like tactics to spread doubt about climate science that overwhelmingly points to human-causes of global warming. ExxonMobil has "funded about $16 million … [Read more...]

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Process over People

January 3, 2007 By kira 23 Comments

What if those young black men had followed the law and not sat down at the whites-only lunch counter? What if those colonists hadn't thrown the tea into the harbor?What if Schindler hadn't made his list?"Let the people vote and they'll do … [Read more...]

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