My kind of writer*
Stem cell policy shift brings a sinking feeling (John Kass, Chicago Tribune)
In signing the order last week, the president said that the Bush administration, which strictly limited such research, had offered a false choice between science and morality. He said his new order "is about ensuring that scientific data is never distorted or concealed to serve a political agenda—and that we make scientific decisions based on facts, not ideology."
There it was. Ideology, a pejorative applied to faith, offered up during Lent by our president.
As a Greek Orthodox Christian, I'm troubled by all of this, as are many Roman Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Muslims and others who are taught by the faiths of our fathers that life is sacred. And I know there are many who belong to these faiths and see nothing wrong with stem cell research.
But many of us watch in quiet horror as America rationalizes the conversion of life into a medical product to further other lives, as our culture ignores the cost to our humanity.
There are many reasons why this guy is my favorite columnist, but sometimes it's best just to let the prose make the case. Go read the whole thing. Gawd, it must be nice to live in a town that has metro columnists who crank out this kind of fare.
* In my kind of town, of course.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 03/14/09 23:02 | Media Matters | Technorati
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