Genetics
The Anti-Life Opposition to Embryonic Stem Cell Research
David Holcberg Alex Epstein | 22 May 2005
In the name of the sanctity of human life and the inviolability of rights, embryonic stem cell research must be allowed to proceed unimpeded.
In the name of the sanctity of human life and the inviolability of rights, embryonic stem cell research must be allowed to proceed unimpeded.
Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness: Council on Bioethics Antagonistic to Man's Well-Being
Elan Journo | 15 April 2004The President's Council on Bioethics holds a moral viewpoint that conflicts with man's well-being.
Mandatory Labelling Is A Bad Idea
Gregory Conko | 23 March 2003Although GM food labelling is already mandatory, advocates claim that the stronger new labelling and traceability rules will ensure that consumers have more complete information, enabling them to make informed choices. In truth, the measures will do no such thing.
Reason, Not Pretense
S Oliva | 31 January 2003National Review Online has highlighted a column by senior editor Ramesh Ponnuru that claims the title "Reason, Not Faith," in calling for a total cloning ban. This essay is a red herring, as it lures the reader with the siren of rational argument, while ultimately resorting to appeal to faith.
The Big Chill: Politics vs. the Science of Stem Cell Research
Scott Anderson | 16 August 2002"The potential benefits of stem cell research promise to transform healthcare and stimulate economic growth. But they will accrue to countries where the policies and funding encourage, rather than hobble, the stem cell enterprise."
The Virtue of "Playing God"
Alex Epstein | 17 June 2002Congressional infighting has temporarily prevented a ban on human cloning--but to protect this life-saving technology permanently, we must recognize that it is moral.
The Morality of Genetic Engineering
David Holcberg | 8 June 2002The battle next week between the bio-tech industry and environmentalists will be a battle between those who hold human life as the basic value and those who don't.
We Must Protect Science
Nicholas Provenzo | 30 May 2002The bill outlawing human cloning offers us a simple choice. We can either let the irrational fear of science & technology choke a budding field of great value, or we can let reason be our guide to a potentially better future.
Should Genes Be Patented?
David Holcberg | 13 April 2002It would be unjust not to grant a patent to a scientist for a gene he worked to discover, isolate, and find a use for.
Biotech Comes Down With Enronitis
Don Luskin | 21 February 2002The ImClone imPlosion has made a risky sector look even riskier. But that's not all that ails biotech.
Dollars and Crosses
- Jane Orient on Quitting Medicare
- Ayn Rand’s Essay “To Whom It May Concern” Now Online
- Uses and Sources of Gold
- New Book: How to be Profitable and Moral: A Rational Egoist Approach to Business
- Democracy and Self Determination of Peoples: Euphenisms for Mob Rule in the Middle East
- Private Schools for the Poor
- Holleran on Anti-Hero Worship
- Salsman on the Anti-Capitalist Conservatives
- New Website: Checking Premises
- Job Creators: Who Do those Immigrants Think They Are?

