Archive | December, 2007
UN climate conference taking the World in entirely the wrong direction, say 100 scientists in open letter to UN Secretary General
Open Letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Dec. 13, 2007 His Excellency Ban Ki-Moon Secretary-General, United Nations New York, N.Y. Dear Mr. Secretary-General, Re: UN climate conference taking the World in entirely the wrong direction It is not possible to stop climate change, a natural phenomenon that has affected humanity through the ages. [...]
Continue reading...John R. Bolton: The Flaws In the Iran Report
Published Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Rarely has a document from the supposedly hidden world of intelligence had such an impact as the National Intelligence Estimate released this week. Rarely has an administration been so unprepared for such an event. And rarely have vehement critics of the “intelligence community” on issues such as Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction reversed themselves so [...]
Continue reading...Orson Scott Card: A Stand-up President
Published Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 7:38 pm
George W. Bush has made plenty of mistakes. Probably the biggest one was thinking that just because he could get along with Democrats in Texas, he could get along with Democrats in Congress. Silly man! Democrats in Texas care about governing Texas. Democrats in Congress care only about gaining political advantage. Slow learner, there, Mr. [...]
Continue reading...Charles Krauthammer: Technology Vindicates Morality
Published Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 7:37 pm
A decade ago, Thomson was the first to isolate human embryonic stem cells. Last week, he (and Japan’s Shinya Yamanaka) announced one of the great scientific breakthroughs since the discovery of DNA: an embryo-free way to produce genetically matched stem cells. Even a scientist who cares not a whit about the morality of embryo destruction [...]
Continue reading...Phil’s networks
Published Monday, December 17, 2007 at 10:57 pm
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