November 3, 2006
In radio interviews and my writing, I have decried the power of Stowers money in promoting Amendment 2. Billionaire and altruistic endower of the Stowers Institute, a medical research facility, James Stowers has personally paid for almost all the initiative … Read More
November 3, 2006
Thomas Sowell makes several good points about media bias in this NRO column. His assertions, at least as to the issues we deal with here, are very well taken. I have concluded that media are like a high school clique. … Read More
November 3, 2006
Well, I won my bet with myself, although there was little chance I would lose: As expected, the American media has utterly ignored the story that UK scientists have transformed umbilical cord blood stem cells into “mini livers,” not working … Read More
November 2, 2006
Charges are being leveled at the NHS in the UK for failing to properly care for men with prostate cancer. The issues are money, access to the proper multi-disciplinary health team, and who should pay for treatments. I raise this … Read More
November 2, 2006
Amendment 2 Hurts Girls An effective ad urging Missouri voters to “protect our daughters” from exploitation for their eggs by voting no to the human cloning legalizing Amendment 2.
November 2, 2006
John Derbyshire, the NRO writer, had a very interesting article a few days ago describing his loss of Christian faith. I would not have commented upon this piece except for his attempt to tear down human exceptionalism along with his … Read More
November 2, 2006
The SEA, which claims to be “pro science” but which is merely a garden variety special interest lobbying organization, has issued a list of questions its “members” should ask people to get them to vote for Democrat, er, I mean … Read More
November 1, 2006
This video supposedly depicts and elephant seeing himself in the mirror, particularly the parts where he appears to touch where a plus sign was painted on his head. I’ll have to take the scientists’ word for it that this is … Read More
November 1, 2006
I know this is getting old, but I wrote a wrap up piece for the Center for Bioethics and Culture newsletter about the Fox ads. I think it is a pretty good summary. Check it out.
November 1, 2006
Big Biotech Breakfast There is more truth to this anti Amendment 2 commercial than its supporters would care to admit. Private investers are generally shunning cloning and ESCR. That is why Big Biotech and its business and ideological fellow travelers … Read More
October 31, 2006
I got up early this morning checked the New York Times, LA Times, USA Today, and other papers to see whether they had reported the big news that scientists had created an artificial liver using umbilical cord blood stem cells. … Read More
October 30, 2006
I did a one hour interview about Amendment 2 today to 99.3 FM, in Columbia, MO. We discuss the Michael J. Fox deception, the fact that Mr. Jim Stowers is trying to buy his own constitutional amendment in MO, the … Read More
October 30, 2006
This is a huge story: Scientists in the UK have transformed umbilical cord blood stem cells into a liver. From the story: As it stands, the mini organ can be used to test new drugs, preventing disasters such as the … Read More
October 30, 2006
Laura Ingraham on O’Reilly – Facts on the cloning bill Laura Ingraham is spot on in this interview! She is right that majorities in public opinion polls oppose human cloning for any reason. For example, in a 2005 poll published … Read More
October 30, 2006
We are told by the media that it is wrong to criticize Michael J. Fox because he has a serious affliction and thus his perspective must be respected. Very well: Let’s apply that standard to James Kelly, who was paralyzed … Read More
October 29, 2006
The political strategy of pro-cloners and pro ESCR advocates to conflate “stem cell research” with “embryonic stem cell research”–as Michael J. Fox did in his deceptive ads–may be causing very real, if unintended, harm to human patients. Apparently some people … Read More
October 29, 2006
Michael J. Fox has stated in an interview on ABC that he hasn’t read Amendment 2, and thus, he hasn’t taken an explicit position on it. Puh-leese. Could he be any more Clinton-like? His ad against Senator Jim Talent claimed … Read More
October 28, 2006
Bogo Wines is promoting both its wines and ethical stem cell research. I have had the wines, and they are very nice–and reasonably priced. And, of course, I like the message about stem cell research, too. Thanks, Bogo!
October 28, 2006
Supports Stem Cell File this under the “What is good for the goose is good for the gander,” file. Maryland Senatorial candidate Michael Steel turns the tide on Michael J. Fox for the calumny that opponents of cloning and giving … Read More
October 28, 2006
I was called by the Charlie Sykes Show on WTMJ out of Milwaukee yesterday to comment about the Michael J. Fox controversy. We had a wide ranging discussion, in which, among other matters, I described how political-scientists are actually corrupting … Read More
October 27, 2006
My friend Eric Cohen, resident scholar at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, has an interesting article” The Ends of Science,” in the current First Things (no link available). “Whenever I meet with scientists,” he writes, “I’m always struck by … Read More
October 26, 2006
Michael J Fox For Ben Cardin More deception from Michael J. Fox. In this ad, he claims that “stem cell research” “offers hope” for Alzheimer’s. But it is well known that of all of the degenerative conditions that either adult … Read More
October 26, 2006
I just heard a sound bite of Michael J. Fox saying that the extent of his symptoms in the ads wasn’t caused by going off his medication, but from “taking too much medication.” If true, and if he did it … Read More
October 26, 2006
The calls are growing to open the door to markets in human eggs. The Telegraph has reported that Dr David Adamson, the president-elect of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, has called for opening the doors wide to purchasing eggs … Read More
October 26, 2006
This story is amazing: A Taiwanese couple has cared for their unconscious daughter for 53 years. In today’s mainstream bioethical view, this is a “burden” that should not have to be countenanced. I say it is as profound an act … Read More
