For years, Swiss scientists have blithely created genetically modified rice, corn and apples. But did they ever stop to consider just how humiliating such experiments may be to plants?
That’s a question they must now ask. Last spring, this small Alpine nation began mandating that geneticists conduct their research without trampling on a plant’s dignity.
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Things took a surreal turn when it was disclosed that some panel members believe plants have feelings, Dr. Poirier says.
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This article has a good discussion of a key part of Obama’s position on abortion. Also, I think the writer does a good job in demonstrating that there are some aspects about a baby’s right to life that we can all [...]
Alexander Solzhenitsyn died at the age of 89. He and Robert Conquest were two of the heros who painfully (especially in Solzhenitsyn’s personal case) documented the horrors of Soviet Russia.
In 1973, the first of the three volumes of Archipelago, a detailed account of the systematic Soviet abuses from 1918 to 1956 in the vast network of [...]
Obama (Oct 2007) on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA bill:
To be clear, Barack will support a filibuster of any bill that includes retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies.
Obama (Dec 2007):
“Senator Obama unequivocally opposes giving retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies and has cosponsored Senator Dodd’s efforts to remove that provision from the FISA bill. Granting such [...]
I found a really helpful article on Iraq today. Here is [...]
Athos, my first response to your post below is from the Washington Post:
The study detailed Americans’ deep and broad religiosity, finding that 92 percent believe in God or a universal spirit — including one in five of those who call themselves atheists. More than half of Americans polled pray at least once a day. (emphasis mine)
Just [...]
Check out this article.  It indicates that many Christians (including Evangelicals) in America no longer see Christianity as the only path [...]
And people wonder why I like Mochas so much: Eat (Chocolate), Drink (Coffee) and [...]
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