Scientists have developed a new strain of wheat that can increase yields and resist a virulent fungus. From the Greenwire story via the NYT:A multinational group of scientists has developed farm-ready wheat resistant to a virulent and devastating plague that has slowly spread from Africa into the . . . . Continue Reading »
ESCR scientists are mounting a furious political assault against the lawsuit, currently back in Royce Lamberth’s court urging that human embryonic stem cell research continue to be funded by the Feds, hoping to pressure the judge to see it their way. From the Science Daily Story:Banning . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Bike vs. Car vs. Pedestrian °°°°°° 2. Top 10 Misused English Words °°°°°° 3. Why is America the ‘no-vacation nation’? Let’s be blunt: If you like to take lots of vacation, the United States is not the place to work. Besides a . . . . Continue Reading »
The world has a big problem with Christian exclusivism—the belief that there is one God uniquely revealed in Jesus Christ, who is the one way, truth, and life for all people at all times. Theologians and apologists have defended exclusivism’s truth since time out of mind, but never so . . . . Continue Reading »
In the comments on Songbook #5, I was reminded that Bono said he wrote the central verse of U2’s “New Year’s Day” with Solidarity’s struggle in mind. My reply there lays out the erotic and political elements any full analysis of that song would address, and why the . . . . Continue Reading »
Earlier this week I mentioned a project that performed quantitative analysis on Hamlet and wondered whether it would prove to be a useful approach to literary analysis. Last night I stumbled across an example that shows how, when used creatively, such techniques can expand our knowledge and . . . . Continue Reading »
I can think of few things that would undermine universal human equality than for society to think that killing despairing people with serious illnesses or disabilities could be a splendid means of incresasing the supply of transplant organs. I warned about this likelihood in my very first . . . . Continue Reading »
When I had the honor of interviewing the founder of hospice, Dame Cecily Saunders, for my book Culture of Death, at the end of our conversation, I asked the usual catchall question of whether there was anything else she wanted to say. She thought a moment and told me that her one regret . . . . Continue Reading »
A woman’s tribute to Kevorkian—a tattoo of one of his paintings. He was a committed nihilist who said that the worst moment of his life was when he was born. I don’t know the woman, but tattooing that painting on your back for the rest of your life...well that’s a . . . . Continue Reading »
Alan Wisdom brings back an old word for an even older concept : In ancient times, there was an option for a man who desired a regular sex partner but did not wish to marry her. He could take a low-status woman as a concubine. He could enjoy her company as long as it pleased him, and he could . . . . Continue Reading »
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