The Washington Post headline is misleading: “Scientists Report Possibly Crucial Advance in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research.” In actuality, this is a potential advance in human cloning research.(Scientists have long known how to create ES cell lines from destroyed embryos.)The story, . . . . Continue Reading »
The quest by some in the Republican Party for a savior is unseemly. We have a choice between the incumbent president and a long list of good men and women with strong backgrounds. This list includes the governor of one of our largest states, a former governor and business leader, a former . . . . Continue Reading »
In his latest On the Square column , Joe Carter offers a very brief theology of new media culture: One of the areas that I think about most is online media and how Christians can use them to influence the production, consumption, and redemption of culture. The first step in developing a theology of . . . . Continue Reading »
I wish single payer plans could work in the USA. I really do. But alas, they don’t, and they can’t.Here’s an example of the mess we are in. Doctors and recipients are suing California for cutting compensation to doctors, and the case has landed in the Supreme . . . . Continue Reading »
In a wonderful article that I wish I had read when my daughter was younger, Graham Scharf explains the importance of the vocation of parenting a young child : For the past four years, I have taken my now-seven-year-old daughter to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a weekly class called Start with . . . . Continue Reading »
Lawsuit in N.C. seeks to undo abortion law requiring ultrasound Washington Times, Cheryl Wetzstein Contraceptive Used in Africa May Double Risk of H.I.V. New York Times , Pam Belluck Bishops’ Group: Religious Freedom Under Siege Roll Call , Ambreen Ali Washington Wants a Say Over Your Minister . . . . Continue Reading »
Seven Kosovars are being tried for the odious crime of organ trafficking. The allegations vividly depict how the destitute are exploited at all levels of this odious form of oppression. From the New York Times story:The suspects are accused of luring victims from Turkey and former . . . . Continue Reading »
In the new CBS poll, Cain has pulled even with Romney. Not only that, the same link will show you four different state polls (including Nebraska) that show Cain in the lead. In Georgia, it’s a landslide for Herman right now, who is hugely popular among all the South’s Republicans. I . . . . Continue Reading »
Michael Gerson’s most recent column —”Who’s Afraid of Mitt Romney’s Mormonism”—is a must read. He takes as his point of departure some polling data that suggests a durable unwillingness to vote for a Mormon presidential candidate, a reluctance that has . . . . Continue Reading »
I saw this fine Israeli 2008 film last week. So far as I am aware, it is the first film by writer-director Omri Givon. At first the main theme seems to be terrorism. Galia was on a bus that was blown up. She was terribly burned and her lover, Oren, killed. Galia was actually clinically dead for . . . . Continue Reading »
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