Month: July 2006

Embryos v. the Lebanese: No Moral Equivalency?

News reports today tell us that Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed at least 295 Lebanese: The fighting has killed about 295 people in Lebanon and 25 Israelis, mostly civilians. […] Ahmed Fatfat, the Lebanese acting...

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It’s Blogosphere Day!!

Today is Blogosphere Day and, no, Skippy did not coin that term. Blogosphere Day originated exactly two years ago, while I was in Sarasota registering voters and seriously offline. On July 19th, 2004 the blogosphere raised $50K...

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Don’t Think of a Troll

Cross posted at Daily Kos. I’m not writing this diary to stir up controversy or make trouble, I’m writing because I sincerely believe that language has power. Language is the physical manifestation of our thoughts...

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Help Me! Stop George!

I have been partially paralyzed for ten years – tried every medical and  esoteric treatment for a cure that I could find. At this point in my affliction I conclude that stem cell research is my only hope of recovery....

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