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...]
Friend of God and Evangelicals?
"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...]
Golden Eggs: Engineered hens lay drugs
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...]
Has Hell Frozen Over?
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...]
Is Grassroots Lobbying being quashed?
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...]
MFI calls for dialogue on same-sex marriage
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...]
Let’s talk about Grace Ross’s interesting post
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...]
Next steps for marriage equality
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...]
Not So Golden Global Warming
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...]
Process over People
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...]