Science is back. As promised, President Obama today signed a bill lifting George Bush’s religion-based restrictions on stem cell research. The move heralds a return to free, open, unfettered scientific inquiry. In a very heated and ongoing debate, religious ideologues argue that it is immoral to use/destroy embryonic stem cells — “human life” — for … Continue reading Stem cell research gets green light again
At the same time I was enjoying the optimistic tone of President Obama’s speech last night, I was wondering how on earth he thought he was going to do all that feel-good stuff he was talking about. Of course it would be great if he could end the wars, stop the waste, balance the budget, … Continue reading Obama trades gloom for ‘yes we can’
• Former President George W. Bush starts a 2009 speaking tour next month that will take him to several foreign nations. He’s now listed with the Washington Speakers Bureau and, to date, has ten speeches scheduled. I can’t help wondering who would actually pay good money to hear him speak. Public speaker he is not. … Continue reading Political snapshots
… there’s the issue of how to track and tax all that mileage. Continue reading Tax on miles driven would be unfair to many
Monday I wrote about Betsy McCaughey’s Bloomberg commentary on health care provisions in the stimulus bill. Based on what she said, I grew quite concerned about the future of my health care in particular. Since then, I’ve tried to confirm what McCaughey said, primarily by looking up text of the bill so I could read … Continue reading McCaughey off the mark on stimulus bill
Because our government tried so hard to keep pictures like this out of the press, I thought I’d hang on to this one. This is what we are accomplishing in Iraq. This is why we should get out, now. Photos like this first became public in 2004 because a brave young photographer, Tami Silicio, and … Continue reading Gates reviewing Bush’s photo ban
