Current Affairs

> Most and possibly all of the human embryonic stem cell cultures reportedly made by a South Korean research team this year were fake, a member of the team told Korean news outlets yesterday. WaPo Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/15/AR2005121502243.html] . This was

In his column this morning, George Will writes about drilling in Alaska. WaPo Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/14/AR2005121401933.html] . He makes this funny, but helpful, observation: > For some people, environmentalism is collectivism in drag. Such people use environmental causes and rhetoric not

Ford to renew commitment to stand behind gays. WaPo Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/14/AR2005121402361.html] . > Ford Motor Co. yesterday said it will resume advertising Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles in gay-themed publications, following an outpouring of fury from gay groups that said

The whole idea of face transplant surgery is eerie, and it got off to an even eerier start with last month's first successful one: > Among the most disturbing aspects of the debate are conflicting reports from doctors about whether the transplant was the result of two suicide

NYC has become a haven for late-term abortions (after 21 weeks). According to this article [http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/features/15249/index.html] in New York magazine, about 100 people are part of the "Haven Coalition," a group of volunteers that open their apartments to these pregnant

David Ignatius writes in this morning's WaPo: [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/13/AR2005121301512.html] > The shame for America isn't that we have tried to topple the rule of the assassins but that we have so far been unsuccessful. We thought

Common sense is a border-line crime in homosexual-sensitive Britain: > Lynette Burrows, an author on children's rights and a family campaigner, took part in a discussion on the Victoria Derbyshire show on Radio Five Live about the new civil partnerships act. > During the programme, she said she

A picture is worth a thousand words: A map of the Earth that shows countries by the size of their populations [http://www.odt.org/Pictures/poplcart.jpg].

> Just like human boys and girls, male monkeys like to play with toy cars while female monkeys prefer dolls, a research project has shown. > This intriguing discovery is one of many signs of deep-rooted behavioral differences between the sexes that scientists are exploring with the latest tools of