The Loudest Cricket

First, the ruling does not “block” stem cell research, embryonic or not.  Second, research will still go on in the private sector, even if the government were to stop funding it.  And lastly, scientists have been able to create embryonic-like stem cells from adult stem cells, so the whole issue may be moot.

It increasingly appears that the U.N. agency has placed its political agenda ahead of science and is willing to pass off shoddy research as fact.
No kidding.  The UN places its political agenda ahead of everything.  It’s made up of a bunch of corrupt bureaucrats who get in the way of progress and either cause or [...]

Didn’t the cultists of global warming predict that hurricanes would get deadlier and more frequent?  Not so much this season:
By all measures, the season was below average and far tamer than some of the hyperactive seasons in the past five years, when an average of 16 named storms formed each season.
Nine named storms and only [...]

Michael Jackson may have popularized the moon walk, but Neil Armstrong was the first to set foot on our closest neighbor.  Forty years later and all we have to show for it is a lame space station that will have spent more time under construction than fully functioning before it is forced to burn up [...]

I was in the high school cafetorium eating lunch when my sister, Sharon, came over and told me that the shuttle blew up.  I was stunned and in denial, hoping it was all a mistake and then later hoping that they’d find some survivors.  Just like I felt on 9/11.

I’m torn on Michigan’s other proposal – medical marijuana.  The Freep and The News recommend a yes vote.  I think marijuana should be legal – controlled and taxed like alcohol, but legal.  It’s not a healthy habit, and neither is drinking or smoking.  However, doctor’s don’t recommend you drink or smoke.  Well, at least not [...]

Both local newspapers are supporting Proposal 2, which lifts the ban on embryonic stem cell research in certain circumstances.  First, the embryo in question must have been created specifically for fertility treatment.  Next, the embryo is not suitable for implantation or cannot be used by the clinic, which means that it would just get thrown [...]