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Failing the Stem-Cell Test

The embryo debate is among the first real tests of our commitment to the equal protection of every human life in the age of biotechnology, and Obama has failed it. Continue reading

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Paved With Renewable Mandates

Highly informed sources (don’t you love that phrase) tell us that Senate majority leader Harry “Hands-Off-Yucca-Mountain” Reid will be pushing for the Senate to adopt a national renewable energy portfolio within the next two weeks. Continue reading

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Mr. Gore: Apology Accepted

By Harold Ambler
(originally posted Jan 3, 2009 on the “Huffington Post” (?!?))

You are probably wondering whether President-elect Obama owes the world an apology for his actions regarding global warming. The answer is, not yet. There is one person, however, who does. You have probably guessed his name: Al Gore. Continue reading

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Those Odd Atheist Bus-Slogans

British atheists have paid to have buses carry advertisements saying: “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” Professor of Atheism Richard Dawkins, a geneticist by … Continue reading

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Vox, Overrated

Sometimes politics has to take a backseat to science. By Henry I. Miller In 1897, at the urging of an amateur mathematician, the Indiana house of representatives unanimously passed a measure that redefined the calculation of the value of pi, … Continue reading

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