When I began writing my book on the animal rights movement, I believed that there was the “mainstream” movement—if that term is applicable to any ideology as radical as animal rights—and extremists who were violent and dangerous. And I puzzled at the generally muted or . . . . Continue Reading »
Gee, I wonder why? From the story:Nearly 70 percent of Americans believe traditional journalism is out of touch, and nearly half are turning to the Internet to get their news, according to a new survey. While most people think journalism is important to the quality of life, 64 percent are . . . . Continue Reading »
My obituary for William F. Buckley is online here at the Weekly Standard . A sad time for all who knew the man. . . . . Continue Reading »
While “the scientists” have groused about the Bush policy as interfering with ESCR advances, the real hindrance in the field have been the patents claimed by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, based on James Thomson’s original work. As I wrote previously here and here, those . . . . Continue Reading »
The point of teaching is to clarify, to bring the truth to light so that the student might understand it. Unless the truth is not that something is , only something that might be . In this case, the teacher might seek to “complicate,” “contextualize,” . . . . Continue Reading »
In the last debate between Senators Obama and Clinton, the candidates were asked what their greatest mistake had been. Clinton went to her Iraq vote but Obama said it was his agreeing to the federal law that tried to save Terri Schiavo’s life. He stated:I think professionally, the biggest . . . . Continue Reading »
Richard Cizik, who is Vice-President for Governmental Affairs of the National Association of Evangelicals, has created quite a stir among his constituency by breaking ranks with the NAE’s neutrality on issues of climate change (a.k.a. “global warming”). Using the language of . . . . Continue Reading »
What passes for health care these days in the UK keeps going from bad to worse. The latest bad news is a surge in deaths caused by hospital acquired infection. From The Guardian story:A 72% increase in deaths linked to the hospital superbug Clostridium difficile was disclosed yesterday by the Office . . . . Continue Reading »
The Humane Society has outed itself as indifferent to human welfare. When the HSUS revealed abuses by a meat packer, leading to a massive meat recall, many applauded. But apparently, the HSUS kept the news of animal abuse and downer cows entering the food chain to themselves for months. From the . . . . Continue Reading »
Haleigh Poutre, now 14, was on the verge of being dehydrated to death by court order. She was spared a potentially agonizing and slow death because she showed unmistakable signs of consciousness just prior to the deed being done.Now, apparently, she is talking. From the story: A motion filed in . . . . Continue Reading »
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