Politics

Frist Supports Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tennessee), M.D., today announced that he supports a bill currently before the Senate, which would allow federal funds to be used in the destruction of embryos in order to extract stem cells. I’m not going to dive into the merits of embryonic stem cell research, itself; as I’ve said before, […]

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It’s Not Just in the US of A

No, bureaucrats do stupid things, everywhere. It turns out that UK officials prevented the US from interrogating one Haroon Rashid Aswat, one month before the London bombings; of course, it turns out Aswat was lending support to the bombers. Details on CNN.com.

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Social Studies

Kids used to study History, Geography, and Western Civ. Well before the time I hit middle school, though, we switched over to Social Studies, which presumably is supposed to evoke the idea of sociology. My main memories of social studies were obscure listings of the principal exports of a handful of African countries, a few

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The Hypocrisy Continues

John Kerry is insisting that the White House release “in their entirety” all documents and memos from John Roberts’s time there. Kerry, despite repeated claims to the contrary, never made public most of his (relevant) Vietnam records, including medical forms, discharge papers, and award citations. Apparently, routine memos are important if John Kerry is to

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Why Greenpeace has Zero Credibility

Greenpeace apparently thinks a claymation-style ad portraying a sexual encounter between Bush and Blair is an appropriate way to get attention. The ad is on IFILM: Blair Blows Bush. Warning: this is not “work safe.” Not lunch safe, either. Thanks to Michelle Malkin. Note: I am still trying to verify the legitimacy of this ad

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