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...ed “The Mirage of the Maverick” stated that HR 810 would provide funding for adult stem cell research but not embryonic stem cell research, and that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) voted for the resolution. In fact, HR 810 sought to increase embryonic stem cell research by providing stricter ethical standards for such research. McCain voted for the resolution in order “to ensure that this research does not expand into ethically objectionable ground in balancing the promise on the foreseeable horizon of stem cell research with the protection of human life...
...influence, and Jefferson may find it harder to work with his Democratic colleagues as long as the clouds of suspicion follow him. "He looks like a person who will have political difficulties operating in the House, and that's not good for his constituents," says Loyola University political scientist Ed Renwick. "If he doesn't operate from a position of strength, that makes it very hard to get bills that are favorable to us passed...
...outcry has grown loud enough to bring out DHS officials for an aggressive counterattack. DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, who weighed in with an op-ed article in the Washington Post this week, told TIME in an interview that the ATS program is an "essential" way to look for the connections that terrorists have used in the past before they struck. "The ATS system", Chertoff says, "allows us to see connections like terrorists have known to have in the past and analyze them before something happens." Chertoff asserts that if this kind of data mining had been in place before Sept...
Caucasian boys in co-ed schools were thought to be doing pretty well: Teachers seem to favor boys, engaging them, correcting them, and guiding them. They are encouraged to be leaders, to dominate discussion, and to forge ahead intellectually...
...when researchers looked at boys closely, they saw that boys have lower reading and literacy rates than girls, and higher rates of suspension, expulsion, and dropping out. Researchers are now concerned that co-ed schools, especially at elementary grades, are neglecting boys’ needs, and not treating them fairly. Some educators and parents have cautiously suggested that single sex education might also make sense for boys...