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Autism Becomes an Electoral Issue
I agree with the comment of Orac on Respectful Insolence that it was remarkable in the last Presidential debate how discussions of autism treatment and research became mainline issues in the campaign. Oddly, Sarah Palin was credited (by McCain) with this sudden realization that autism (a disease that now effects... (read the rest)
I Love Joe the Plumber
If any one watched the third and final Presidential Debate last night, they learned absolutely nothing new about the future of the American healthcare system. Except of course that there's a guy named Joe the Plumber whom both of the candidates were making love to or pandering to....it's hard to... (read the rest)
Karlawish Votes for Ballots on Wheels
With the upcoming Presidential election, Jason Karlawish, from the University of Pennsylvania, says that he's worried that the elderly in long-term care facilities won't get to vote. In the story from WPTV.com, Karlawish says that "Elderly voters - especially elderly voters who live in long-term care settings - are at... (read the rest)
Flashback: where the presidential candidates stand on cloning
Back in November when news of cloned monkey embryos surfaced, we surveyed the leading presidential candidates' stands on cloning human embryos to produce stem cells for potential therapies. The issue was roughly split between Republicans and Democrats -- the Republicans generally against, the Democrats generally supportive. But the candidates have... (read the rest)
Speed reading the December 13 Democratic debate
The Democrats running for the presidential nomination got together in Iowa Thursday for their last debate before the caucuses. We've pulled highlights from the transcript that might be of interest here at our little intersection of the web. Topics included health care spending, biomedical research and torture. The breakdown is... (read the rest)
Speed reading the December 12 Republican debate
The Republicans running for the presidential nomination got together in Iowa Wednesday for another debate. We've pulled highlights from the transcript that might be of interest here at our little intersection of the web. The breakdown is after the jump.... (read the rest)
Speed reading the December 4 Democratic debate
The Democrats running for the presidential nomination got together in Iowa Tuesday for another debate (this time it was on the radio). We've pulled highlights from the transcript that might be of interest here at our little intersection of the web. Our usual list of topics didn't get much attention... (read the rest)
Speed reading the November 28 Republican debate
The Republicans running for the presidential nomination got together in St. Petersburg, FL Wednesday for another debate. We've pulled highlights from the transcript that might be of interest here at our little intersection of the web. Topics included spending on health care, torture, the death penalty, and charging doctors or... (read the rest)
Speed reading the November 15 Democratic debate
The Democrats running for the presidential nomination got together in Las Vegas Wednesday for another debate. We've pulled highlights from the transcript that might be of interest here at our little intersection of the web. Topics included universal health care, Medicare funding, torture and birth control. The breakdown is after... (read the rest)
Where the leading presidential candidates stand on cloning
Now that cloned monkey embryos have been created, the issue of creating cloned human embryos for the purposes of research and potential therapies moves back to the forefront. As a representative of the National Catholic Bioethics Center recently told the New York Times, "I certainly think that this represents a... (read the rest)
Stem cell federalism flunks in NJ? Not.
by James Fossett One of the noteworthy things about American federalism is that one defeat is seldom decisive. What loses in one state can easily win in others where political conditions are more propitious, and the fate of any particular enterprise doesn’t rise or fall on centralized national decisions. So... (read the rest)
Speed reading the October 30 Democratic debate
The Democrats running for the presidential nomination got together in Philadelphia Tuesday for another debate. We've pulled highlights from the transcript that might be of interest here at our little intersection of the web. Topics included universal health care, drawing talented people to the health care field, cancer research... (read the rest)
Speed reading the October 21 Republican debate
The Republicans running for the presidential nomination got together in Orlando, Florida Sunday for another debate. We've pulled highlights from the transcript that might be of interest here at our little intersection of the web. There were no mentions of stem cells, cloning, chimeras or biomedical research. The breakdown --... (read the rest)
Speed reading the October 9 Republican debate
The Republicans running for the presidential nomination got together in Dearborn, Michigan yesterday to debate topics related to the economy. We've pulled highlights from the transcript that might be of interest here on the blog. (We'll try to do this for future debates.) For yesterday's debate, that meant comments from... (read the rest)
Mitt's moment on stem cells
The 2008 US presidential election is still more than a year away and it's still way, way too early to predict what's going to happen (ask Howard Dean), but the general outlines of the situation are starting to come together. Mitt Romney won the Iowa Republican straw poll this past... (read the rest)
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