Daily Archives: November 20th, 2007 «

 

Tuesday open thread

Posted by: ST on November 20, 2007 at 6:41 pm » Comments Off

The Thanksgiving prep begins for yours truly tonight Not sure if I’ll have the time tonight to compose and post all the foliage pix I have rec’d but if not, I’ll definitely do so tomorrow as I want to have them up before TGiving. I should, however, have some time to do some general posting, [...]

 

It’s on: USSC decides to hear DC gun case

Posted by: ST on November 20, 2007 at 2:53 pm » 4 Comments

Lyle Denniston at the SCOTUSBlog reports: After a hiatus of 68 years, the Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to rule on the meaning of the Second Amendment — the hotly contested part of the Constitution that guarantees “a right to keep and bear arms.” Not since 1939 has the Court heard a case directly testing [...]

 

More breakthroughs in stem cell research

Posted by: ST on November 20, 2007 at 11:01 am » 41 Comments

And once again the news has nothing to do with embryonic stem cell research: NEW YORK — Scientists have made ordinary human skin cells take on the chameleon-like powers of embryonic stem cells, a startling breakthrough that might someday deliver the medical payoffs of embryo cloning without the controversy. Laboratory teams on two continents report [...]

 

NYT begrudgingly admits that progress is being made in Iraq

Posted by: ST on November 20, 2007 at 9:25 am » 28 Comments

On the front page, no less. But just this past Saturday, they repeated their calls for Democrats to keep pushing for a cut and run strategy that would effectively cut off progress in Iraq at the knees. In light of their recent discovery that the situation on the ground in Iraq is improving, will we [...]