Wise words from former Polish president, Lech Walesa
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 31st, 2010
Monthly Archive for January, 2010
Fellas, if you are 50+ it’s time to get screened
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 30th, 2010
. . . for potential prostate problems, that is. This from the University of Maryland Medical Center: Prostate cancer is the third most common cause of death from cancer in men of all ages and is the most common cause of death from cancer in men over 75 years old. Men younger than 40 rarely [...]
Ladies, your clock really is ticking: 88% of eggs lost by age 30
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 30th, 2010
In the Let’s Start Encouraging Young Folks to Marry and Procreate Sooner department, we have this from The London Telegraph: The new research by the Univeristy of St Andrews and Edinburgh University is the first to colate the actual decline of the “ovarian reserve” – the potential number of eggs women are born with – [...]
Above and beyond: Four ethical considerations for IRBs
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 30th, 2010
Above and Beyond: Four Ethical Considerations for IRBs For partial credit in MHE 602 Section I: Research Ethics – Spring 2010 Robert C. Baker In the past 70 years, notorious ethical infractions have necessitated the development of principles and frameworks to protect individual participants from research abuse. Generally, the Nuremberg Doctors’ Trial (1946-47), which focused [...]
Nice PBS Video on Lutheran Church–Missouri Work in Haiti
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 30th, 2010
Rasmussen: 61 percent say it’s time for Congress to ditch health care
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 23rd, 2010
Rasmussen’s latest poll confirms what the American people have been trying to tell Congress and the President all along: Drop health care. It’s the economy and jobs, stupid!
Actress, author Jennifer O’Neill: Abortion hurts women, but Jesus saves
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2010
Photo and update from Haiti
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2010
From my friend, Al Collver’s, ABC3s of Miscellany blog. Al is employed by LCMS World Relief and Human Care and is currently deployed with Rev. Matt Harrison and WRHC staff in Haiti. An update from Matt Harrison: I have been having trouble updating my blog for the past day or two. In fact, as I [...]
Photoshop paints a thousand words
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2010
Ding-dong, health care reform is dead
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2010
Without the Senate’s 60-vote supermajority, health care reform is simply dead this time around. From The Washington Examiner: Congressional Democrats are abandoning their massive health care package in the face of strong public resistance manifested in the election of Republican Scott Brown of Massachusetts to the Senate. Brown’s victory Tuesday halted the intense backroom negotiations [...]
About the Author
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., M.S., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves as an adjunct professor of philosophy at Lindenwood University's Belleville, IL campus. He is general editor of Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal (CPH, 2011), author of "Natural Law, Human Sexuality, and Forde's 'Acid Test'" appearing in that volume, is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas?, and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.
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