Article: “Obama’s ‘Science’ Fiction”
Writer: Charles Krauthammer
Source: The Washington Post
Date: Friday, March 13, 2009
Writer, Charles Krauthammer was on President Bush’s Council on Bioethics for five years and has always been in staunch opposition of Bush’s executive order that prohibits the use of embryonic stem cell research. While he was expecting to be thrilled by President Obama’s overturn of the order, he was in fact turned off that Obama didn’t put an restrictions on the subject. Krauthammer supports the use of discarded embryos from fertility clinics but under Obama’s decision it is possible for scientists to conduct stem cell research on cloned and noncloned sperm-and-egg derived human embryos solely for the purpose of dismemberment and use for parts.
While Krauthammer disagrees, I believe that Obama’s decision may be a direct result of intellectual laziness. Because Obama is a president taking over in a state of national financial and economic crisis, I believe that he is unable to put his full attention on anything but the economy. I find him irresponsible because I don’t think that he should have made such a serious decision without having access to the proper amount of time to think through his choice and the repercussions/consequences of his action.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Current Event #4 ~ Editorials
Article: "Stabbing D.C. in the Back"
Writer: Colbert I. King
Source: The Washington Post
Date: Monday, March 9, 2009
While most D.C. natives are overjoyed with the passing of the D.C. House Voting Rights Act, writer Colbert King doesn’t believe that it’s supporters in Congress deserve any over-the-top praise. King is disappointed by the passing of legislation for the National Rifle Association within the D.C. voting act. The act will remove under 21 age restriction safety laws and even keeping guns out of the hands of people with poor vision. King also brings up the fact that the only reason GOP Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah supported the bill is because his home state will also gain a House seat with the passing of the bill.
I don’t believe that the blame should be placed on the supporters in Congress but rather the interest groups that pushed NRA’s agenda into legislation to be tagged onto a completely unrelated bill. I truly think that if Senator John McCain had been elected, far fewer senseless tack-ons would be able to slip under the radar in either the House or Senate. The district needs to give their praise instead to Democratic senators Diane Feinstein (CA) and Charles Schumer (NY) who are devoted to make it obvious who is at fault for the gun rights amendments.
Writer: Colbert I. King
Source: The Washington Post
Date: Monday, March 9, 2009
While most D.C. natives are overjoyed with the passing of the D.C. House Voting Rights Act, writer Colbert King doesn’t believe that it’s supporters in Congress deserve any over-the-top praise. King is disappointed by the passing of legislation for the National Rifle Association within the D.C. voting act. The act will remove under 21 age restriction safety laws and even keeping guns out of the hands of people with poor vision. King also brings up the fact that the only reason GOP Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah supported the bill is because his home state will also gain a House seat with the passing of the bill.
I don’t believe that the blame should be placed on the supporters in Congress but rather the interest groups that pushed NRA’s agenda into legislation to be tagged onto a completely unrelated bill. I truly think that if Senator John McCain had been elected, far fewer senseless tack-ons would be able to slip under the radar in either the House or Senate. The district needs to give their praise instead to Democratic senators Diane Feinstein (CA) and Charles Schumer (NY) who are devoted to make it obvious who is at fault for the gun rights amendments.
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