There is an interesting story in the New York Times today that illustrates the difficulties of reforming our health care system to provide universal access. Massachusetts recently required universal coverage through private or public means. The consequence has been greater health insurance coverage . . . . Continue Reading »
As you may or may not know, Oliver Stone is making a film based on the life of the president, entitled W , starring Josh Brolin as Bush. It’s way too easy to begin with the jokes—not about W, but about W , and the director’s “gift” for creative re-imaginings: Think JFK . . . . Continue Reading »
The news this morning is that Father Servais Pinckaers, O.P., has died after a long period of debilitation. His history of Christian ethics and other writings—and especially his acute distinction between the “freedom of indifference” and the “freedom of . . . . Continue Reading »
A new study has just been released finding that the new Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells were efficacious in alleviating the symptoms of Parkinson’s in rats. From the story: A novel and untested stem cell therapy has significantly improved the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease in rats, . . . . Continue Reading »
” I have a son. His name is Christopher. He would be nearly thirty-three years old, if I hadn’t made that fateful choice when I was nineteen. . . . On July 2, 1973, I walked into the hospital pregnant, and walked out without an infant in my arms.” So begins the story of . . . . Continue Reading »
Will Saletan, with whom I often disagree but whose journalism and pondering in the area of biotechnology is top notch, has an article out in Slate about how sex selection is coming to America. From his column: Two days ago, economists Douglas Almond and Lena Edlund published an article in . . . . Continue Reading »
Parkinson’s Patients who received fetal cadaver tissue grafts and whose brains were studied after they died, showed that the disease continued to affect healthy tissue and thus cell grafts may not function long term. From the story: “These findings give us a bit of pause for the value of . . . . Continue Reading »
I was speaking in beautiful Eugene, Oregon yesterday—and so was Hillary Clinton. (For some reason she made the front page of the Register Guard instead of me.) During the Q and A session, she was asked about Oregon’s assisted suicide law and gave quite the Clintonesque support for . . . . Continue Reading »
The man who parted the Red Sea, who dared dicker with his pontiff, who sought justice in a border town, who fought zombies, talking apes, and pagans: Charlton Heston is dead at age 84. Richard Corliss over at Time has a respectful overview of his life and career. Christianity Today film reviewer . . . . Continue Reading »
This is so repugnant: Four seal hunters drowned when their boat capsized while being towed—a terrible tragedy. But to the radical Paul Watson, head of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the deaths of the seals killed in the hunt is worse. From the story:Fishermen were infuriated when they . . . . Continue Reading »
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