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Mission Territory
There's nothing new under the sun
Edmund C. wrote 2 years ago: First Origen… Now, environmentalist would-be saints. … more →
Actions have consequences
Edmund C. wrote 2 years ago: Something I’ve been pondering on lately: Every one of our actions could have unintended, serio … more →
Mighty mouse?
Edmund C. wrote 2 years ago: Scientists modify a mouse gene to create a super-active, super-long-lived, super-healthy mouse. My q … more →
The real battle
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Edmund C. wrote 2 years ago: WARNING: What follows is going to be a pretty bitter rant. Let me qualify everything I may say (sinc … more →
And I thought mandatory health care was bad
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Edmund C. wrote 2 years ago: Now, the Conservative Party in the U.K. is proposing that care be denied to people who don’t s … more →
Mandatory health care?
Edmund C. wrote 2 years ago: Heaven help us if John Edwards becomes president. I think I might actually pull for Hillary. What a … more →
When humanity and homo sapiens clash
Edmund C. wrote 2 years ago: I should be studying (as always) before heading off to Latin Mass this afternoon, but I had an odd s … more →
The wager
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Edmund C. wrote 2 years ago: “Yes, but you have to wager,” said Blaise Pascal in response to agnosticism. In the end, … more →
The real reason not to make animal-human hybrids
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Edmund C. wrote 2 years ago: The Caveman has discovered why we should not mix human and animal DNA to create a hybrid. Don’ … more →
Another wonder drug fails
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Edmund C. wrote 2 years ago: First it was Vioxx and Celebrex, which really helped arthritis but unfortunately, due to their mode … more →
Athletic scholarships vs. unborn children
Edmund C. wrote 2 years ago: Take a guess as to which won. I don’t know which makes me more upset: that those Clemson athle … more →
Catholic hospitals and "emergency" contraception
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Edmund C. wrote 2 years ago: I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised, but it turns out that some bishops allow their Catholic ho … more →
Doctors and drug companies
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Edmund C. wrote 2 years ago: One of the big news flashes this morning was the results of a study looking into the contact doctors … more →
Cuckoos out of the nest
Edmund C. wrote 2 years ago: Over the past week, the consistently best op-eds on the VT shooting have come out of the Wall Street … more →
A wonder drug for cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy?
Edmund C. wrote 2 years ago: Check this out! I’ll have more to say later, but this is incredibly exciting. One of my good f … more →
Treating symptoms doesn't cure
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Edmund C. wrote 2 years ago: It’s a basic fact of medicine that just treating the symptoms seldom leads to a cure. It merel … more →
Ego, the gene, te absolvo
Edmund C. wrote 2 years ago: Now there’s a “fat gene.” 16% of the population have two copies of a variant of a … more →
More good news from Raleigh
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Edmund C. wrote 2 years ago: These are being inserted in the bulletins of every parish the next three weeks… … more →
Bad premises
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Edmund C. wrote 2 years ago: If you’re truly against embryonic stem cell research, because you believe the embryo is a huma … more →
