I was in France when word came through that AB 651 had failed in the California Senate Judiciary Committee. Splendid news. I was so pleased that Senator Joseph Dunn, the Democratic committee chair, came down on the side of true compassion and patient care by voting no to assisted suicide. When I . . . . Continue Reading »
Secondhand Smoke is pooped. It’s been a very busy winter and spring and after yesterday’s informational hearing, I am completely out of gas. So, Secondhand Smokette and I are heading to Europe for three weeks. Chances are, I won’t blog, but I will be checking the site and may post . . . . Continue Reading »
My piece on the transhumanism conference is in this week’s Weekly Standard, but there is no link available other than for subscribers. Here is a brief overview. In the article, I describe how transhumanism advocates obliterating the belief in intrinsic human value and replacing it with . . . . Continue Reading »
It was a very intense but fair hearing in Sacramento today. I was expecting a low key affair but the press was out in force and the hearing room full of both supporters and opponents of AB 651, the assisted suicide legalization bill. Here is my written testimony, an abridged version of which I read . . . . Continue Reading »
This is a hoot: Say hello to the all new “Genpets.” They are “allergen free, child safe,” and “life perfected.” These “mass produced” bio-engineered pets come in plastic packages where your “new buddy” rests in suspended animation” . . . . Continue Reading »
Advocates for assisted suicide know that when their agenda is described accurately and descriptively—they lose. So, they are ever about the task of trying to come up with new gooey euphemisms to describe assisted suicide—to be, if you will, the sugar that helps the hemlock go down.Latest . . . . Continue Reading »
Another mass fraud in the making in biotechnology—this time out of China. It appears that Dr. Hongyun Huang has been claiming that his aborted fetal stem cell treatments have had amazing restorative powers. But now, a study soon to be published reveals it may all be a fraud—worse than a . . . . Continue Reading »
There is a place in science for putting human cells in animals as a method of examining disease precesses and biological development, which according to this report is growing in frequency and potency. But what is the limit? Or to put it another way, how much human in an animal is too much human in . . . . Continue Reading »
I am beginning to receive comments on my cup. Some of the reactions read much more into my quote than I intended, and seem to miss the point I was trying to make. But that’s fine. The point of the “As I See It” program, as it was described to me, is to generate thought and . . . . Continue Reading »
The world of animal liberation continues to buzz with the potential that Spain will soon grant human-type rights to great apes. I weigh in on this issue in today’s San Francisco Chronicle, by pointing out that not only do animal not understand the concept of rights, but that granting rights to . . . . Continue Reading »
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