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...refuse to believe that the Justice Department has no better means of investigating the attacks than blanket canvassing. This measure will be successful only in alienating and offending the Arab-American community by presuming, without any investigative efforts to determine whether such suspicion is warranted, that all Middle Eastern young men should be questioned about terrorist activities. Is the next step a letter to all Muslims...
These distinctions are often ignored by politicians and religious leaders. All too often religious views are used as justification for sweeping public policy reforms. But this blanket resistance to anything related to cloning is problematic. If we say that these unfertilized eggs are too close to life to be destroyed, what follows? Will sperm banks still be legal? Will masturbation be outlawed...
Before it passed a blanket ban on somatic cell nuclear transfer this July, the House also considered a bill which would have placed a temporary ban on reproductive cloning and would have established some government oversight of this largely unregulated field. The latter approach offers far more promise to prevent dangerous experimentation while allowing vital research to continue. With the health and lives of so many Americans on the line, it is the only ethical choice...
...which you often eat beluga on the spur of the moment, Dean & Deluca www.deandeluca.com has what it calls Her Caviar Gift. This handwoven silk bag comes with a mother-of-pearl caviar plate built in. We suspect the plate could also be used to hold pigs in a blanket, but that doesn't sound as elegant, does...
...that Tecumseh High School’s choir suffers from a significant drug problem, or that illegal drugs pose a heightened risk of injury to the singers. Although subsequent decisions by appeals courts have tried to expand this decision, the Court should uphold its previous standard and prevent the blanket use of drug tests in all extracurricular activities...