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...help cure a wide host of diseases, including juvenile diabetes, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's (recall the hubbub over the stem cell ads that aired during last year's Senate race in Missouri starring Michael J. Fox, who suffers from Parkinson's). Those opposed, including many on the right, regard it as the destruction of early human life. Others see it as a potential gateway to human cloning. Still, polls suggest that more than half of Americans support such research, a fact that Rep. Diana DeGette, a Colorado Democrat, says makes the President's intransigence on the issue even more...
...church is" rather than press for change. He himself does not see sexuality as of "first-order" theological importance. But he believes so many Christians do that pro-gay measures must be preceded by a broad shift in consensus--and thinks the U.S. church failed in that regard. Old allies, he admits, saw his shift on gays as a "betrayal." But it has won him few new friends--certainly not archconservative Nigerian Archbishop Peter Akinola, who has said that God regards homosexuality as the equivalent of humans' having sex with various animals and who has set up his own Anglican...
...seen as uncool? In how many schools are the real heroes those who excel in sports rather than academics? How many parents are not involved enough in their children's education? If we can inspire a greater love of learning--not for test results but just for a high regard for achievement--there would be no need for the NCLB legislation...
...informative and discussions productive. It is essential that they continue. And they ought to extend to more tangible planning efforts with the other schools at Harvard. It is the objective of the newly created Harvard University Committee on Science and Engineering to assess and define various options in this regard. I am pleased to see that the Medical School and the hospitals are well-represented on the committee’s membership...
...blazing the trail for such alliances is no easy task. Reeve says that the extent of the interdisciplinary collaboration that goes on through the institute is unique not only to Harvard, but also with regard to other institutions across the country...