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Chimpanzee - Uganda

Why Does the Proposal for Chimp–Human Hybrids Keep Coming Back?

A few days ago, Templeton Foundation's mailer for its online magazine Nautilus pointed to a five-year-old article by University of Washington psychology prof (emeritus) David P. Barash, advocating the creation of a humanzee: “Doing so would be a terrific idea.” Read More ›
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Definition of word euthanasia in dictionary
Definition of word euthanasia in dictionary

Legalizing Euthanasia Poisons a Nation’s Soul

Euthanasia isn't only bad medicine but also poisons the soul of nations that embrace killing as an answer to human suffering. Read More ›
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Clarke Forsythe on the History and Future of the Pro-Life Movement

When the Supreme Court ruled that abortion was a constitutional right in Roe v. Wade in 1973, it not only throttled an important ongoing democratic debate in the country about legalizing abortion, but it tore this country’s culture apart. In the next fifty years, dedicated pro-life activists committed themselves to democratic engagement and advocacy to reverse Roe and return the Read More ›

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Fridays for future: students hands showing banners and boards

UN Bureaucrat: Destroy Science to Save Us From ‘Global Boiling’

​“Don’t listen to what they say, watch what they do,” is often good advice. But sometimes what they “say” is precisely what they plan to do. Case in point: A United Nations official named Volker Türk just published a column in Nature—the world’s most prestigious scientific journal—in which he proposes to “protect the right to science” to combat “climate change.” Read More ›
Jonathan Choe

Jonathan Choe on the Crisis of our City Streets

The homelessness and addiction catastrophes on our city streets seem intractable. Unhygienic squatter tent cities. Human waste on our sidewalks. Used needles littering our parks. Crime. Collapsing commercial districts. It’s enough to make one turn away in despair and allow areas of our once most beautiful cities to become no-go zones. But some refuse to yield. One is veteran independent Read More ›

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Definition of word euthanasia in dictionary
Definition of word euthanasia in dictionary

Medical Aid in Dying: Euphemism of Choice for Assisted Suicide

The word engineering never stops, does it? When radical policies are proposed, the first step is to change the lexicon to make it seem less extreme, even mundane. Read More ›
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Henry Olsen on the Crisis in American Politics

It is no secret that American politics are in crisis. Polls show that Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives are increasingly estranged from each other, conservative red states and progressive blue states are enacting public policies that are dramatically dichotomous, and millions of people no longer trust the integrity of our electoral system. As this program is being recorded, there Read More ›

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Concept idea of freedom speech freedom of expression and censored, surreal painting, portrait illustration, political art

American College of Clinical Pharmacy Runs Away from Open Scientific Discourse

The scientific method and the crafting of public policy requires open scientific discourse. But these days, that is in increasingly short supply. The science establishment is more dedicated to stifling those who dissent from policy orthodoxies. Read More ›