Denialism

Month: March 2009

  • Lifting the stem cell ban – was there any point?

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    MarkH
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    President Obama has lifted the ban on embryonic stem cell research enacted by Bush, but I’m left feeling that this intervention came many years too late. Pledging that his administration will “make scientific decisions based on facts, not ideology,” President Obama on Monday lifted the Bush administration’s strict limits on human embryonic stem cell research.…

  • Rating your doctor online – is this a good idea?

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    MarkH
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    I have just finished taking my last major exam of medical school – Step 2 of the boards (including Step 2 Clinical Skills, or CS, which costs 1200 bucks, requires you to travel to one of a few cities in the country hosting it, and is sealed by a EULA that forbids me from talking…

  • Will the Lead Toy Industry Get Bailed Out?

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    Chris
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    Who cares about moral hazard anymore! AEI, Cato, where are you when we need you? It goes something like this: A group of companies that chose to put lead in children’s toys, or to offshore their operations to countries with poor manufacturing controls in order to save money, are now upset that their schemes are…

  • WaPo’s ombudsman just doesn’t get it

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    MarkH
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    Is he being purposefully obtuse? Once again the ombudsman decides to defend George Will, but only on a single point. A key paragraph, aimed at those who believe in man-made global warming, asserted: “According to the University of Illinois’ Arctic Climate Research Center, global sea ice levels now equal those of 1979.” Bizarrely, he acknowledges…