Archive for ‘February, 2007’

Doing Double Duty

When Dolly the sheep made headlines in 1996 for being the first mammal cloned from an adult cell, the science of cloning still seemed far displaced from the average American’s life. But a recent decision by the Food and Drug Administration may bring cloned animals right to Americans’ dinner plates.

LETTER: Blogging editorial leans too far to the left

n I read your brief “informational” editorial on blogs (“Campaign blogging reform,” Feb. 16, p. 4) with great interest. Why is it, however, that you only cite Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama? Don’t the Republican candidates warrant your attention? To read your article almost leads one to think these two people are the only ones who are worthy of mention.

LETTER: Journalism schools assure ‘quality of future generations’

n Thank you for your report (“COM faculty members debate journalism split,” Feb. 15, p. 1). Allow me to add these points: The journalism department’s exploration of a new structure within which to build and strengthen its programs is predicated on the possibilities that might accrue from a new set of academic relationships, a higher profile among journalism programs nationally and the energy and support that a school of journalism might generate.

SHAMAN: What would Angra Mainyu do?

Recently, I have become bored with religion. It is always filled with “moral” codes and “ethical” guidelines. Every time I convert to a new one, I am stuck being “good” — however that religion defines it. Why can’t I find a world-system that advocates self-interest and not giving a damn about anyone else? Now, I know that I can choose to follow some of the fundamentalist denominations of our favorite world religions and not be constrained by morality.

EDITORIAL: Preserving the pushcarts

Imagine tumbleweeds rolling through Faneuil Hall Marketplace instead of vendors rolling their pushcarts. When nine of the 34 pushcarts were vacant last week, one merchant, Linda DeMarco, compared the popular tourist attraction to a “ghost town” in a Feb. 19 Boston Globe article.