............Embryonic stem cell research is a most promising way to find cures for many diseases. It has nothing to do with the issue of abortion or preservation of human life. Other methods like using adult stem cells or deriving synthetic embryos from skin cells are less promising and still require comparative results that can be found only through research with real embryonic stem cells.
The Terri Schiavo case is another example of ideology trumping reality. It is understandable that her parents would be in denial about her condition, but it is absolutely unconscionable that politicians would seize upon the human tragedy for political gain. "Persistent vegetative state" cannot be denied for political reasons.
Science is reality, ideology is a construct. Let's not confuse the two.........
Political leaders must acknowledge science
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A book review, and a glimpse into the fevered mind of the left...
In the carnival house of mirrors, their vantage point, they must think they see us, but really see themselves as distorted reflections.
I think it was the Terry Schiavo case that really scared me. The Religious Inquisitors seemed to be clumping around the corner on hobnailed boots, bellies heavy with righteous belief, hellbent on entering our sickrooms on the way to our bedrooms while looking to trample any semblance of independent thought and action.
It's always wise to remember that America was settled by a group of religious cranks unwelcome anyplace else. You might say our frequent eruptions of rampant religiosity are bred in the bone. In one sense, it's odd that America has such a long history of anti-enlightenment; the country may have been settled by Puritans, but it was invented by card-carrying intellectuals - Franklin, Jefferson, Madison, and so forth...........
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