January 3, 2007
Bioethics and The Public Interest
For forty years, some of the best commentary on American public policy could be found in the pages of The Public...
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September 20, 2006
Notes & Briefs
In vitro fertilization has generally been thought of as an option of last resort for would-be parents who have long...
September 20, 2006
Too Speculative?
On December 18, 2002, in a decision memorandum regarding the licensing of federal nuclear facilities designed to handle...
September 20, 2006
The Dotcomrade
The Germans, whose language maintains the formal and informal “you” in common usage, have a mechanism for...
September 20, 2006
The Touchy-Feely Laboratory
Every so often, a new report appears detailing the supposedly woeful state of women in American society. The most...
September 20, 2006
Space Deals
The late summer of 2006 provided many exciting developments for those interested in the high frontier — including...
September 20, 2006
Eco-Censorship
Eppur si muove — “and yet it moves” — was supposedly Galileo’s final statement after...
September 20, 2006
Techno-Horror in Hollywood
The recent stream of Hollywood adaptations of Asian horror films shows no sign of drying up. The Grudge 2 was released...
September 20, 2006
‘Oblivious’
On July 25, 2006, the Committee on Science in the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing on the scientific and...
June 21, 2006
Notes & Briefs
In a commencement address at Oklahoma State University on May 6, 2006, President Bush described the wonders of modern...