Category Archives: Journal

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Edited Twins, Genetic Engineering and Bioethics

Gene-editing rules showed up in my news feed last Monday. So, indirectly, did genetically-edited twins who, as far as I know, are still alive. If I’d known how little I’d be able to verify about Dr. He Jiankui’s famous (or … Continue reading

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Lent 2023: Prayer and Prepping For Easter

This post should be online just after midnight, on the morning of Ash Wednesday. Meanwhile, New Orleans will have almost six hours of their Mardi Gras left. There’s a reason for that, and it’s not that New Orleans Mardi Gras … Continue reading

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Technical Difficulties

I have a post ready. It should have been online 56 minutes ago. But I have been unable to post/publish it. I may not be able to post this, either. But maybe something very short and simple will work; where … Continue reading

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Organ Donations: Rolly, Options and Decisions

It’s not a happy ending, but the situation could have been worse. “Organ donation: ‘My daughter was shot but lives on in those she saved’“Harry Low, BBC News (January 30, 2023)“…Rolly Prajapati was sleeping peacefully last April in the home … Continue reading

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Euthanasia for the Mentally Ill: Not a Good Idea?

Suicide was in the news, briefly, this weekend. Euthanasia, actually. Or assisted death. Whatever folks call the process, it’s arranging for someone to die. Or, being impolite in my choice of words, killing someone. For thoroughly nice motives. “Who can … Continue reading

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