Earlier today I noticed some inadvertent factual errors in a Lifesite News story about the unexpected awakening of a woman, the media reported was “brain dead” but was clearly not. I posted a quick response about the matter here in order to do my best to ensure that the differing issues . . . . Continue Reading »
In Saturday’s Wall Street Journal , Peter Berkowitz had an interesting op/ed on ” The Neocons and Iraq .” His thesis? The neocons weren’t neoconish enough. Hardly a new observation, but the piece is worth reading. Here’s a taste: The Moynihan report and the Kirkpatrick . . . . Continue Reading »
I missed it earlier in the week, but this column in The New Republic by literary editor Leon Wieseltier shouldn’t go unnoticed. Here’s his opening: What you think of a presidential candidate is in large measure determined by what you think of the world. Different circumstances call for . . . . Continue Reading »
Bobby Schindler has a column in today’s Washington Times entitled “False Compassion.” He writes about some notable food and fluids cases past and present in an overall piece against dehydrating people with cognitively impairments. He concludes strongly: Make no mistake: thousands . . . . Continue Reading »
The NHS continues to implode. Now dentists are leaving the service, perhaps leading to a collapse of socialized dentistry. From the story:Contract changes that have seen more than 1,000 dentists leave the health service threaten to bring about the end of NHS dentistry, MPs will be warned next week. . . . . Continue Reading »
William Neaves, head of the Stowers Institute, is perhaps the most disingenuous advocate for human cloning that I have ever encountered. To say that I disrespect the man is to say the sky is blue. Well, he’s at it again in this story about human cloning and stem cell research in Missouri. . . . . Continue Reading »
A South Korean company is in the business of cloning dead dogs to “recreate” the beloved pets through reproductive cloning From the story:The world’s first pet cloning service is to offer animal lovers the chance to recreate their dead companions, it was announced today. South . . . . Continue Reading »
Two new papers have just been published documenting further advances with induced pluripotent stem cells—-stem cells that are “embryonic-like” but that are not derived from embryos. When the announcement was made about the successful attempts at creating induced pluripotent stem . . . . Continue Reading »
It is often asserted that the law does not recognize the moral equality of fetuses and embryos. That isn’t entirely true. In the abortion controversy, the battle is over which should be paramount—the life of the fetus or the autonomy of the woman—and the law has concluded that it . . . . Continue Reading »
This is unbelievable: Malaria is a terrible affliction that takes the lives of millions. To their great credit, Bill and Melinda Gates, through their foundation, have poured wheel barrows full of money ($1.2 billion) to fight the disease. And what is their thanks? Dr. Arata Kochi, a World Health . . . . Continue Reading »
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