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Posted in Uncategorized on May 6th, 2009
Call me a paranoid conspiracy theorist, but here’s a quote from today’s The Washington Post. True, the article focuses on the CDCP retracting its previous advice on school closures, and likewise true Richard E. Besser, acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, could be offering his personal opinion. But nevertheless, Besser’s quote [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 26th, 2009
According to this Wall Street Journal report,
Federal officials declared a health emergency on Sunday, as they confirmed 20 cases of swine flu in five states, mobilized medicine stockpiles, and warned the public that the number and severity of incidences were likely to increase.
According to Michael Hiltzik in this March 30 piece from the Los Angeles Times, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine isn’t doing too well these days:
The $6-billion [stem cell] program was enacted by voters in 2004 as Proposition 71 after a campaign of exceptional intellectual dishonesty, featuring vignettes of sufferers from diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other heartbreaking [...]
Posted in Abortion on Mar 6th, 2009
You can read a troubling article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about a potential showdown between pro-abort forces in Congress and Catholic healthcare providers here. Lord, have mercy!
The Reverend Robert C. Baker, B.B.A, M.Div., is an ordained pastor in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, and serves the Church as an editor at the denomination's publishing house. He is currently pursuing an M.S. degree in Health Care Ethics at Creighton University. He is the author of What Happened To Merry Christmas? and How Do You Start a Fire with Water? and has authored or edited numerous Bible studies and books.