Heard about adult stem cell news lately? Sheila December 2, 2009 Research on them is “rocking and rolling along”, as Wesley Smith puts it. It is really quite remarkable how impressively Read More
What new textbooks will teach our children Sheila December 2, 2009 About Islam and its role in history and modern civilization. The Weekly Standard has a thorough review of some revised Read More
Important decisions are now being made Sheila December 1, 2009 …or soon will be made. These decisions will either uphold or undermine what is just and good. There is no Read More
A million acts of kindness….untold? Sheila December 1, 2009 Here’s the walkup to Thomas Friedman’s incisive piece in the New York Times about what Maj. Hasan may Read More
At last count… Sheila November 30, 2009 The Manhattan Declaration is spreading at an astonishing rate. Just the other day, it had nearly 50,000 signatures. Last time I Read More
Consistency for some? Sheila November 30, 2009 That’s an oxymoron, when you’re talking about social policies that should affect everyone equally. And a double standard. Read More
Smoke & mirrors in Congress Sheila November 30, 2009 We’ve already got problems in health care delivery in the US. Some of it is in Medicaid. That and Read More
Regressive politics Sheila November 29, 2009 How we’ve fallen back into the politics of race and class and victimization in the past year. This exceptional Read More
What job? Sheila November 29, 2009 Barack Obama has referred to himself as a blank screen on which people could project anything they wanted (a reference Read More
What deserves attention at the UN Sheila November 28, 2009 C-Fam reports the goings-on in some of the United Nations’ committees. They’re covering issues that deserve more widespread attention. Read More