http://www.metafilter.com/tags/MichaelKinsley Posts tagged with 'MichaelKinsley' at MetaFilter. Mon, 04 May 2009 14:53:09 -0800 Mon, 04 May 2009 14:53:09 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/81395/Condi%2DCriminal%2DConspiracy%2DConfession%2DCaught%2Don%2DCamera Recently, Fmr. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijEED_iviTA&feature=player_embedded">was asked some pointed torture questions</a> by two Stanford students after an informal reception in a dorm building <a href="http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/04/30/condi_rice_defends_torture_as_legal_and_right">(transcript)</a>. Did she unwittingly confess to a role in a criminal conspiracy? <a href="http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/05/hbc-90004883">Signs point to yes</a>. Writers like <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/white-house-watch/torture/torture-watch-5.html?wprss=white-house-watch">Dan Froomkin</a> and <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/05/01/shifts/index.html">Glenn Greenwald</a> are staying on top of the torture beat even as the President prefers to look forward, and not back, <a href="http://blog.nj.com/njv_guest_blog/2009/05/torture_memos_and_the_bush_adm.html">because it's time to move on</a> <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/195622">(and we're</a> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/30/AR2009043003301.html?hpid=opinionsbox1">all responsible</a>). For hard-hitting journalistic inquiry when it comes to U.S. torturers, it seems we must now turn to college students or <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/03/AR2009050301739.html?hpid=artslot">4th graders</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.81395 Mon, 04 May 2009 14:53:09 -0800 bush cheney condi condoleezza conspiracy criminal danfroomkin glenngreenwald michaelkinsley stanford torture tortureconspiracy Hat Maui http://www.metafilter.com/33402/Stem%2DCell%2DResearch <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040531-641157,00.html">The False Controversy of Stem Cell Research.</a> Kinsley: In fact, thinking it through is a moral obligation, especially if you are on the side of the argument that wants to stop or slow this research. It's not complicated. An embryo used in stem-cell research (and fertility treatments) is three to five days past conception. It consists of a few dozen cells that together are too small to be seen without a microscope. It has no consciousness, no self-awareness, no ability to feel love or pain. The smallest insect is far more human in every respect except potential. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.33402 Mon, 31 May 2004 10:17:05 -0800 embryo ethics MichaelKinsley research science stemcells Time skallas