Science == Prosperity
by The National Academies of Science recently produced a report titled “Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics: The Science of the World Around Us” and in it says …
Month: June 2007
Elder Care
Reading Ken Connor’s article “Embryo to Elderly—A Consistent Life Ethic” I was reminded of my great-grandmother. She lived with my grandparents during my early childhood …
Republicans Fumbling Immigration
Republicans have been whining and dragging their feet on this topic for years. I fail to understand why, unless their support for American businesses extends …
Why Won’t Congress Do What I Want?
That’s the question that’s burning up, that’s literally on fire at many of the so-called “progressive” – liberal – chatterbox blogs these days. It’s an interesting question, …
Earmarks, the Other Pork Flavor
Speaking of politicians who change their tune as soon as they reach office, what ever happened to Democrats’ promises to run an open and transparent …
Conservatism
Fred Barnes of the Weekly Standard says that Republicans desperately want to become fiscal conservatives again: In the good old days when Republicans ruled Congress, …
Stem Cells
It’s not popular to say that Bush’s veto of the recent bill promoting embryonic stell cell research is for the best. But I’ll go on …
Liberalism Distilled
It’s humbling to realize that after all of the posts I’ve written in the past few years that I’ve never managed to properly capture the …
Border Security
Charles Krauthammer says that there’s only one thing Americans agree on when it comes to immigration reform: fixing the border. At least that’s one thing …
Obama on Fatherhood
Here’s an example of why it’s great to have Barack Obama in the presidential primaries: “There are a lot of men out there who need …