Growing New Body Parts
Humanity is taking another step toward being like God. Japanese researcher Haruko Obokata and her team have discovered a way to create personalized stem cells that do not involve human embryos or manipulating DNA. So ethical issues are minimized or erased. Obokata’s idea was so crazy, that no one really thought it would work. But it did. She immerses the tissue cells of newborn mice in mild acid, which causes a near-fatal shock, which makes the cells “pluripotent”–capable of growing into any type of body cell. She, and others, theorize that the procedure could very likely work with humans….
American or Kingdom Citizen
The German magazine Der Spiegel reports evidence that the National Security Agency has been spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cell phone since 2002. God help us all. Angela Merkel has long proven herself to be among the world’s finest national leaders. And she’s one of my heroes. The revelation that my country has been tapping her cell phone–along with earlier revelations in France, and now Spain, and who knows how many more national leaders and citizens whose victimization haven’t yet been revealed–is a shock, and I am left ashamed of my own country’s betrayal of our closest allies. It…
A Christian’s Dual Citizenship
As an American I understand the logic behind the rapid changes happening in my country. Whether I like them or not, they are understandable results of a modernized Western nation steeped in individualism and wealth. People confuse privileges and wants with rights. We hear people speaking the language of rights, but it’s often times more an issue of getting what they want. Same-sex marriage is a glaring case in point. But people also do all kinds of sexually immoral things that are legal. And yes, according to the Constitution and it’s amendments, it can be construed that they have their rights…
Why Non-Westerners Hate Westerners
Ever wonder why non-Westerners seem to hate Westerners? C.S. Doemner quotes from Meic Pearse’s new book: Why the Rest Hates the West: Understanding the Roots of Global Rage. To generalize a global phenomenon: Westerners are increased perceived by non-Westerners as “rich, technologically sophisticated, economically and politically dominant, morally contemptible barbarians.” Westerners are E-mail this Page.Tweet
Lance Didn’t Even Need the Drugs
I posted on Lance Armstrong last week. Get this: AP News reports that his disgraced former doctor and co-conspirator, Michele Ferrari, says that Armstrong “could have been just as successful without doping.” Gee, thanks, doc. We’re so glad to know that now–after you gave him the illegal drugs for years. I’ll bet Armstrong is thrilled to know that too. AP goes on to say: “Ferrari describes the effects of testosterone, EPO and blood transfusions, and says that had Armstrong taken testosterone in the manner and amount described by his former teammates, it would have simply had a ‘placebo effect. ….
