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Yesterday, the House passed the embronic-stem cell research bill: The Democratic-controlled House Thursday passed a bill bolstering embryonic stem cell research that advocates say shows promise for numerous medical cures. But the 253-174 vote fell short of the two-thirds margin required to overturn President Bush’s promised veto, despite gains made by supporters in the November…

Jody Bottum at FT: College is time for learning things, and there have been several lessons taught by the accusations of rape made against the Duke University lacrosse players. The first is not to go to Duke. The school that likes to pride itself as the premier university of the South has, in fact, proved…

…For blogger Jen Ambrose (whom some of you remember from her postings from China)…who lost the baby she was carrying, with a due date in February. Heartbreaking. 

Doing a minor bit of research – as in – what is that thing they use to bless us with holy water called –  I came across this: Aspergillus, a genus of mold, was named in 1729 by the Italian priest and biologist Pietro Antonio Micheli. When viewed under a microscope, the mold cells were…

More thoughts, now from the North American Academy of Liturgy (which is an ecumenical group) The outgoing president of the North American Academy of Liturgy and a leading Catholic liturgist has told The Catholic Register the most recent translation of the Roman Missal is “a step backwards” for ecumenical relations. “It’s going to feel like…

My old friend Meggan writes from Lexington to tell me about this program, coming this weekend on the National Geographic Channel – part of there occasional "In the Womb" series – this new one is on multiples – sounds great! Video preview here.

Very good, important read. He lays out a timeline, the major players and his understanding of who knew what, when. (including the tidbit that Wielgus was not even on the original short list for the post.) In 1978, Wielgus spent several months at the University of Munich, the German city where Ratzinger was archbishop at…

Aid to the Church in Need is a group I blog on regularly, partly because I believe they do good work, and partly because they have such an interesting website – regularly update with news from around the globe and such. For example, three recent news bits on their work: A first delivery of 20,000…

Just a couple of notes on Nancy Pelosi and others. The president of Trinity has a blog and has posted some letters that were written in protest of Trinity’s celebration of Pelosi. Her post in response is merely a set of links to various statements on articles on "faithful citizenship," etc., with nothing specific about…

A vote on the embryonic-stem cell research bill is due today in the House, and is expected to pass, but not by a veto-proof margin. As a result, said Douglas Johnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee, House embryonic stem cell research proponents have gained only about a dozen votes. If every…
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