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SHS Funnies

I am connecting too many dots today. Time for the SHS Funnies.Zebra learns that while he may have a right to life against humans, he doesn’t against lions.Dusty’s 24/7 barbeque is getting him in deep trouble. Animals are being cooked! The earth is warming! His neighbor sues. He is . . . . Continue Reading »

Good for LIFE SITE NEWS

Earlier today I noticed some inadvertent factual errors in a Lifesite News story about the unexpected awakening of a woman, the media reported was “brain dead” but was clearly not. I posted a quick response about the matter here in order to do my best to ensure that the differing issues . . . . Continue Reading »

Neocon Reconsiderations

In Saturday’s Wall Street Journal , Peter Berkowitz had an interesting op/ed on ” The Neocons and Iraq .” His thesis? The neocons weren’t neoconish enough. Hardly a new observation, but the piece is worth reading. Here’s a taste: The Moynihan report and the Kirkpatrick . . . . Continue Reading »

More on Obama

I missed it earlier in the week, but this column in The New Republic by literary editor Leon Wieseltier shouldn’t go unnoticed. Here’s his opening: What you think of a presidential candidate is in large measure determined by what you think of the world. Different circumstances call for . . . . Continue Reading »

NHS Meltdown: Dentistry in Disarray

The NHS continues to implode. Now dentists are leaving the service, perhaps leading to a collapse of socialized dentistry. From the story:Contract changes that have seen more than 1,000 dentists leave the health service threaten to bring about the end of NHS dentistry, MPs will be warned next week. . . . . Continue Reading »

Once More William Neaves Misleads

William Neaves, head of the Stowers Institute, is perhaps the most disingenuous advocate for human cloning that I have ever encountered. To say that I disrespect the man is to say the sky is blue. Well, he’s at it again in this story about human cloning and stem cell research in Missouri. . . . . Continue Reading »

More Good News on the Stem Cell Front

Two new papers have just been published documenting further advances with induced pluripotent stem cells—-stem cells that are “embryonic-like” but that are not derived from embryos. When the announcement was made about the successful attempts at creating induced pluripotent stem . . . . Continue Reading »

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