To his credit, after months of me and others nagging him about this, Joe at Evangelical Outpost finally addresses the ethics of in-vitro fertilization. Why is this important? Because it’s morally and ethically inconsistent to vocally oppose embryonic stem cell research while supporting or remaining silent on IVF. Unfortunately, he misses the point, and still [...]
Archive for June 15th, 2005
The Ethics of IVF
Posted in Health, Politics, Religion on June 15, 2005 | 23 Comments »
Sheets in the Cloakroom
Posted in Politics on June 15, 2005 | 2 Comments »
The shameful lynching apology shenanigans have resurrected the notion that the GOP doesn’t pander to racists. Let’s look at the tape on that one, shall we? We could discuss the history of code words, the Southern Strategy and the welcoming of Dixiecrats with open arms, but we don’t need to — there are much more [...]
Priorities
Posted in Politics on June 15, 2005 | 9 Comments »
$200 billion (and thousands of lives) for Iraq? An excellent use of taxpayer dollars! Anyone who opposes this is unpatriotic and un-American! $400 million for public broadcasting, educational programming, and quality radio and television? An excessive government boondoggle! We currently spend less than 1.7% 0.0167% of the federal budget on public broadcasting. But remember the [...]