>Let’s get this straight: SCHIP will not cease to be because of the President’s veto. Last month, we read that Congress had passed a 16 week extension of SCHIP and that the President would veto the SCHIP bill if Congress went ahead with their planned expansion to nearly double the funding. The SCHIP bill that … Continue reading
>The news mimics art. Baylor University, a formerly Southern Baptist owned university in Texas, is being accused in the University’s own newspaper, of censoring one of the faculty, in a letter to the editor from Walt Ruloff, an Executive producer of Premise Media: This is a legitimate question in light of the university’s heavy-handed actions … Continue reading
Many of the scientists who were interviewed for the soon-to-be-released movie, Expelled, are claiming that the film is an argument for Intelligent Design and against evolution. It appears that the working title for the movie was “Crossroads: the intersection of religion and science.” Some of the people interviewed are claiming that they would have said … Continue reading
>Many of the scientists who were interviewed for the soon-to-be-released movie, Expelled, are claiming that the film is an argument for Intelligent Design and against evolution. It appears that the working title for the movie was “Crossroads: the intersection of religion and science.” Some of the people interviewed are claiming that they would have said … Continue reading
We’re finding that nothing changes the rates of pregnancies and STD’s in teens except parental and peer pressure and concerns (“costs”) of pregnancy. I’m afraid that two published reviews of the literature on studies on sex education for adolescents and teens done by Kristen Underhill, Don Operario, and Paul Montgomery at the Centre for Evidence-Based … Continue reading
>We’re finding that nothing changes the rates of pregnancies and STD’s in teens except parental and peer pressure and concerns (“costs”) of pregnancy. I’m afraid that two published reviews of the literature on studies on sex education for adolescents and teens done by Kristen Underhill, Don Operario, and Paul Montgomery at the Centre for Evidence-Based … Continue reading
>Joe Carter at the blog, Evangelical Outpost, reviews a new book (Democrats for Life: Pro-Life Politics and the Silenced Majority by Kristen Day)about the Democrats for Life, which covers how the Democrats became the Party of the Abortion Rights Movement. The true difference between Republicans and Democrats is best demonstrated by taking a look at … Continue reading
Last week I posted on research that shows that Gardasil, the Merck vaccine against four strains of the Human Papilloma Virus, may actually give partial protection against 8 more strains. There’s a comment today on that post from someone who warns us to do our “homework” and gives a link to a video on “You … Continue reading
Last week I posted on research that shows that Gardasil, the Merck vaccine against four strains of the Human Papilloma Virus, may actually give partial protection against 8 more strains. There’s a comment today on that post from someone who warns us to do our “homework” and gives a link to a video on “You … Continue reading
First, I want to say admit that this whole subject gives me the creeps. As an avid science fiction reader, I was surprised to find that I am not ready for disembodied human neural cells sitting around – functioning – in machines. I’m certainly not willing for anymore human embryos to be destroyed for such … Continue reading