You know, I actually felt a bit sorry for McGreevey (far more so for his wife, of course) before reading this article...
Will Walton | 08.30.04 - 1:53 pm | #

Sorta like the fox escorted by force from the henhouse. Only to get a hero's welcome back.
Gerard E. | 08.30.04 - 1:56 pm | #

"After embattled Governor James McGreevey steps down in November, acting Governor Richard Codey is expected to name McGreevey as the head of the New Jersey Stem Cell Institute, the first taxpayer funded embryonic research program, which McGreevey created without taxpayer input."

I tried to draw a diagram of that. It looked kind of like a pentagram.
eadfrith | 08.30.04 - 3:40 pm | #

"New Jersey became the second state to endorse embryonic stem cell research, a process in which a human embryo is cloned then destroyed."

This sentence is flat-out wrong. "Embryonic stem cell research" is not process that involves cloning an embryo and destroying it. That process is called "therapeutic cloning" and that is indeed what McGreevey signed into legislation. Embryonic stem cell research does not necessarily require the cloning of embryos or even the destruction of embryos if current cell lines are being used. Therefore this is inaccurate.

Secondly, "Despite the lack of any scientific evidence that the embryonic stem cells are useful"? Useful for what? Direct and immediate therapeutic strategies? Probably not. Useful for therapeutic strategies somewhere down the road? Possibly. Useful for understanding fetal development and contributing the overall body of scientific knowledge that will lead to future therapies. Most definitely.

Gee, I wish reporters wouldn't stop screwing up when they report on Catholic theolo--- oops, I mean scientific topics.
Michael | Homepage | 08.30.04 - 5:40 pm | #

And I thought he would end up at the Kennedy School...those who can't teach, and all that.
Mark R | 08.30.04 - 7:22 pm | #