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I am not religious. I do not believe that personhood is conferred upon conception. But I also do not believe that a human embryo is the moral equivalent of a hangnail and deserves no more respect than an appendix. Moreover, given the protean power of embryonic manipulation, the temptation it presents to science and the [...]

[News Busters] The owner of a cable TV network created to promote better understanding of Muslims in America was arrested in Orchard Park, New York, Thursday for beheading his wife. If you hadn’t heard about this that wouldn’t be a surprise for the story has been almost completely boycotted here in the states.

Another brilliant Charles Krauthammer essay. Read the whole thing. Is it “new” to acknowledge Muslim interests and show respect to the Muslim world? Obama doesn’t just think so, he said so again to millions in his al-Arabiya interview, insisting on the need to “restore” the “same respect and partnership that America had with the Muslim [...]

[UK Telegraph] A month ago, the Iranian parliament voted in favour of a draft bill, entitled “Islamic Penal Code”, which would codify the death penalty for any male Iranian who leaves his Islamic faith. Women would get life imprisonment. The majority in favour of the new law was overwhelming: 196 votes for, with just seven [...]

Mary Ham points out some misrepresentation by ABC News’ Charles Gibson, during his interview with Sarah Palin: ABC [News] has two clips up now, one in which Gibson asks her if she’s ready to be vice president and possibly president. In the other, he asks her “if the Iraq war is a holy war.” The [...]