October 31, 2006
For those who have followed the election coverage of the major news networks this study came as no surprise:An analysis by the Center for Media and Public Affairs of midterm election stories aired on the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts Sept. 5-Oct. 22 found that 2006's coverage has been...
October 27, 2006
Proposition 107 is about keeping marriage between one man and one woman. Opponents use red herrings, scare tactics, exaggerations and misinformation rather than take ownership of their extreme advocacy of gay marriage, a practice the majority of Arizonans oppose. Here’s one example - a sign I passed on my drive...
October 25, 2006
Here's the wake-up call:New Jersey’s highest court today ruled that “there is no fundamental right to same-sex marriage” but gave the legislature six months to create a structure for same-sex couples to receive all the same benefits of marriage. In December, attorneys for the Alliance Defense Fund coordinated friend-of-the-court briefs...
How liberal is Barack Obama? His wife used the ban on partial birth abortion (sucking the brains out of half-delivered babies) as a scare tactic and fundraising ploy - read the rest by Jill Stanek...
October 24, 2006
Nine months after taking office in 2003, Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano said she would sign a bill giving driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants. One problem among many with this position is that a driver's license is the main source of identification needed to travel freely within the United States, board...
October 22, 2006
We have a problem. Arizona's governor has outspent 48 of her peers: A new study gives Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano an "F" grade when it comes to government spending and fiscal restraint. The conservative Cato Institute gives the Arizona Democrat a grade of 43 percent for her spending policies during...
Join the Cactus Alliance, an association of pro-life conservatives from Arizona and the greater South-West. Hotazitgets aptly describes the Alliance as sort of the online antithesis to the local liberal print media conglomeration. With elections upon us, it is crucial that bloggers network together and report the news that is...
October 20, 2006
Once upon a time, everyone thought that marriage was well defined and absolute in its essential elements, an unshakable institution, tested through time and foundational to an upright and healthy society. No one imagined that public debate would one-day center on whether or not to allow sodomite couples to marry....
Election Day is just around the corner, and some people have already begun to fill out and return their early ballots. One of the most powerful ways of encouraging people to vote for Prop. 107 is to tell them how important it is to you. Below is a sample email...
October 19, 2006
Yes, I'm voting for Len Munsil. HT: Sonoran Alliance...
October 13, 2006
Imagine an integrated yet comprehensive interface for writing and publishing blog posts that is independent of one's blogging platform. An online document management system that provides all the features of a leading edge wordprocessor and has a simple mechanism for deploying articles online. Several of these systems do exist and,...
That's what Air America's chief executive said after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection following a legacy of controversy, accusations, scandal and financial failure. The basic problem is that Air America failed to attract an audience, which happens to be an essential quality for a radio network. The network has...
October 11, 2006
On Oct. 7, 2004, Devon Rivers became sickened with a mysterious illness that left in a coma:Eventually, he was moved to a pediatric nursing care center, where he received daily physical therapy that kept his muscles from atrophying and his joints from locking up. Yet every time doctors checked on...
The Family Research Council blog notes that Missouri is on the verge of making human cloning a constitutional right and to giving biotech special interests a blank check to do it with taxpayer money. Although the proposed constitutional amendment bans cloning (on page 1), the fine print gives biotech firms...
October 8, 2006
Over the past couple of years I’ve had sufficient experience that others may find useful regarding the in and outs of registering domain names at discount (inexpensive) registrars. This is not meant to be a comprehensive guide although I plan to add to the list of points as my knowledgebase...
October 7, 2006
Called the "Raise the Minimum Wage for Working Arizonans Act,"Arizona Proposition 202 would establish a $6.75-per-hour state minimum wage. In addition, it includes annual raises based on inflation for minimum-wage earners and creates an intricate and invasive system for wage complaints. One of the chief proponents of the measure is...
The title of this post, a statement made by J. Gresham Machen, is quoted along with many other notable writers in this post by Theologica on the anti-intellectualism of the evangelical mind. I'm struck by the appeal to spiritualism that forms the basis for the modern (evangelical) Christian's drive away...
October 6, 2006
The October 2006 issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics (JME) features an opinion piece penned by Dr. Heather Draper of the Centre for Biomedical Ethics titled "Research and patients in a permanent vegetative state". In it, Draper concludes that experiments involving the transplantation of certain animal organs to humans...
October 5, 2006
A recent article appearing in the Journal of Medical Ethics addresses the suggestion that medical experiments should be conducted on those who are considered in a permanent vegetative state. A chilling, if not frightening, account is reported by BioEdge:What should be done with patients deemed to be in a "permanent...
It's a violation of church and state to pray to God in public schools. However, the same standard does not appear to apply to those who worship Allah:The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday by evangelical Christian students and their parents who said a Contra Costa County school district...
October 4, 2006
Adult stem cells have reportedly been used to treat autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus, and scleroderma. According to the Journal of Rheumatology:During the past 10 yrs, over 700 patients suffering from severe autoimmune disease (AD) have received an autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplant as treatment of...
October 2006
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