2 posts tagged “news & politics”

Rich Lowry over on National Review Online has a nice little piece about the new developments with stem cells and how the "religious fanatics" have been vindicated for their ethics.  A morsel:

Democrats loved this narrative: theology versus science, with its echo of the Inquisition repressing Galileo. It drove the charge that the Bush administration was waging “a war on science.” As if placing ethical bounds on science is a denial of the scientific method and the value of research itself. By this logic, speed limits are “anti-driving,” guardrails are “anti-highway,” and meat inspections “anti-food.”

I love those guys.  I'll tell you something, this whole mess with stem cells got way out of hand.  I'm glad the president handled it the way he did.  It forced scientists to think some more about the role of ethics in science, and it forced the lazy buggers to figure out a way to get more adaptable cells without violating those ethics.
And the ones who decried the action of putting the brakes on such research?

Their muted reaction to the latest development suggests that for some of them what was so exciting about stem-cell research wasn’t the far-off potential therapeutic applications, but the chance to portray pro-lifers as standing in the way of life-enhancing scientific discoveries.

What do you think of Stephen Colbert's satirical bid for the U.S. Presidency?  

I think he's a Democrat, and I'm not familiar with his positions.  I enjoyed his maneuvering to maintain his corporate sponsorship. 

Were I a registered voter in South Carolina, I would vote for him in order to lessen the impact of a Hillary Clinton victory.  Were I registered.

Do people do that?  Register for the opposing party and vote for the weaker candidate?  I bet they do.