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With our youth being bombarded by all kinds of harmful influences, you’d think reading children’s nature books would be a…
Living in Washington, it’s a fact of life that one has to read the Washington Post. For better or worse,…
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Cloning is no longer science fiction. Not long ago, scientists announced the first cloning of a human being. And the…
Little Michael has four parents: His mothers are two lesbian lovers, one of whom conceived Michael through artificial insemination, and…
More and more Americans are selling themselves—piecemeal. Tissue, semen, eggs, and even children are all part of a fast-growing market…
I don’t often return to subjects that I have recently discussed. But in this case I feel compelled to do…
This winter, Washingtonians suffered through the worst blizzard in 50 years. The snow piled up, the government shut down, and…
Astronomer Carl Sagan became well-known around the country as a spokesman for the view that the universe evolved as the…
