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GOP chairman Michael Steele (sort of) on SNL…
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David Gibson
…He gives an answer to the earlier question, “Whose party is it, anyway?” Hat tip: dotCommonweal
Obama splits the baby. And denounces cloning.
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David Gibson
So in the earlier thread on Obama’s stem cell order today, “Reaganite” took me to task for wondering about the possible paths Obama would choose: “Please don’t pretend to us that there is any doubt or suspense in your mind on this. David, the readers of your blog are not as dumb as you think.”…
A Purim spiel
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David Gibson
Monday at sundown marks the start of the Jewish festival of Purim, drawn from the story of Queen Esther and recounting the deliverance of the Jews from disaster at the hands of the Persians. As The Jewish Encyclopedia notes, this is the most secular of all holidays–barely registering as “holy”–much like the biblical Book of Esther…
Stem cells: WWOD?
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David Gibson
What will Obama do Monday morning when he announces a lifting of the ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research? He could add some conditions, which would perhaps mitigate some of the blow-back from the Christian (not Mormon–they hold that it’s not human until implantation) right, though I doubt it. Father Tom Reese,…
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