The current stem cell debate is best framed as a contest between freedom and fear. Progressive Democrats believe that if we give freedom to our finest minds cures may result for scourges like Parkinson's disease, diabetes, and Multiple … [Read more...]
History 101: Bill Frist, Cat Torturer
An occasional series on U.S. History.Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist wrote In his 1989 book "Transplant" that when he was a student at Harvard Medical School in the 1970s he routinely went to animal shelters, pretended to adopt … [Read more...]
Tom DeLay: Cancer
Last year I sent a few bucks to Richard Morrison, who was running against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, The Most Corrupt Man in Congress. (Many of those links require registration... you can surely find your own.)I don't think of Tom … [Read more...]
History 101: Iraqi WMD
An occasional series on U.S. history.7 October 2004 from The Washington Post: "The 1991 Persian Gulf War and subsequent U.N. inspections destroyed Iraq's illicit weapons capability and, for the most part, Saddam Hussein did not try to … [Read more...]
MA stem cell update
The state legislature's Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies released its proposed stem cell research bill yesterday. The revised bill is more detailed that the original proposal to which we linked in this … [Read more...]
Or, “those who can’t do, teach”
Orin Kerr, a law prof at George Washington University and one of the Volokh conspirators, has pointed to an interesting essay by Amy Cohen (scroll down), a professor at Western New England College School of Law (located in Springfield, … [Read more...]
No, look, they really are trying to kill you.
Supersize me: MIAMI - Burger King began offering two new breakfast sandwiches Monday, including one that packs more calories and fat than a Whopper.The Enormous Omelet Sandwich carries 730calories and 47 grams of fat and comes with two … [Read more...]
Willard to Teen Mothers: Get a Job
Willard wants all women who get pregnant to be forced by law to carry their babies to term. "I had a meeting with him one-on-one and he told me he is definitely pro-life," the chairman of South Carolina's Spartanburg County … [Read more...]
Scientific American tells it like it is
The current issue of Scientific American contains a superb editorial blasting creationism, intelligent design, and other faux science. You have to be a subscriber to read all of the editorial on SciAm's site, but another site has … [Read more...]
“Culture of life” bites GOP on the ass
The LA Times reports that "'Culture of Life' Issues Split GOP." Indeed. We've already pointed out that a true "culture of life" does not slavishly adhere to the views of Jerry Falwell and his ilk, and that … [Read more...]