A doctor who lethally injected an elderly stroke patient has been sentenced to jail for negligent homicide, in a plea bargain in which he was originally charged with murder. This case shows that not all euthanasia or assisted suicides in this country are winked at, as some would claim.The doctor has . . . . Continue Reading »
Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) animal liberation terrorists, who engaged in “tertiary targeting” against people for working for companies that dared to do business with Huntingdon Life Sciences are going to jail for 4-6 years. Good. But don’t expect these wild ideologues to . . . . Continue Reading »
The only question I have about the Missouri media is whether they are intentionally ignorant about the scientific facts of human cloning, or they just don’t care. The latest example of such journalistic malpractice comes in a St. Louis Post Dispatch column by Sylvester Brown, Jr.. Brown writes . . . . Continue Reading »
This is a distrubing turn of events: The NHS is so broke it is going to be closing whole departments in hospitals around the country, including many maternity wards. I am of the belief that we have to find a way to improve access to health care for Americans. But the socialized system, epitomized by . . . . Continue Reading »
Apparently so, according to animal liberationist guru, Gary Francione. Over at the First Things blog, I discuss this and other aspects of Francione’s ideology. I also point out that, in my view, Francione, while profoundly misguided, is a man worthy of respect based on his integrity and . . . . Continue Reading »
As I have deconstructed the great ACT deception about its embryonic stem cell experiment, I have worked off the following assumptions: The paper published in Nature was bonafide, but that the PR that ACT attempted to generate about its experiment was profoundly misleading, as was Nature’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Derek Humphry, the founder of the Hemlock Society, has written a little essay that demonstrates the utter amorality of the euthanasia movement. For example, he states that he is contacted by the mentally ill several times a week with requests for help with suicide. What does Hummphry do? “I . . . . Continue Reading »
A little sanity from Texas. PETA tried to have chimpanzees named as party plaintiffs in a lawsuit about the proper care of primates. Before you laugh, this is a major goal of the animal liberation movement. Indeed, in Brazil, a chimp was awarded an injunction in his own name.The point of this is to . . . . Continue Reading »
I have a piece in today’s Daily Standard, which is intended as a follow up to my piece two weeks ago in the Weekly Standard. I recap the incorrect reporting about ACT’s embryonic stem cell non-breakthrough, point out that the walk back on the story has been much more subdued than the . . . . Continue Reading »
I didn’t blog this, but I wish I had: Nancy Reyes, over at Finestkind Clinic and fish market, has a perfect and succinct analysis of what ACT has been about. Follow the money, she says.“It’s about money money money...by moving an office branch to California, ACT will be able to get . . . . Continue Reading »
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