...the Watchmen?

If you're keeping score, the movie now has the Archfiend Stamp of Approval, whatever that's worth.

I'm in violent agreement with this sentiment, actually...

This gem on MSNBC.com by Arthur Caplan pretty much sums up my sentiment on the lifting of the ban on Federal funding for stem cell research and is far more articulate about the benefits (and potential pitfalls) of such research than I could be.

It worked in Afghanistan, didn't it...?

I'm going to pretend I didn't read this.

Talk about a perfectly good example of "in order to save the village, we had to destroy it" thinking at work.

On the other hand, good news for a change

Since I just used BBC News to mention some bad news a few minutes ago, here's a much more uplifting piece concerning a potential breakthrough in medical science.

Sometimes life doesn't suck so bad when you read news like this.