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New research and experiments reveal its past invisibility, a parable of patriarchal culture. The complete anatomy of the organ that gives women pleasure was not known until 1998

A presidential candidate is assailed for speaking the truth.

Regulators have long targeted tobacco products, but there's new energy behind outright bans on vapes and cigarettes.

What is happening today, both inside Congress and out, is not benign. It is a fight for our country and our form of government, not a debate over policy.

As a reminder of that historical reality, Evolution News has been republishing some of our past ample coverage on the theme. However, this had escaped me when it was first published: an essay at Tablet by Ohio State bioethicist Ashley K. Fernandes asking, "Why Did So Many Doctors Become Nazis?" Perhaps more so today than ever, there is a tendency to sanctify the medical profession, with the white coat serving as an icon of wisdom, compassion, and morality. But history offers a warning. ...

bleeding heart liberal These are terms of vile against me and others for fighting for the simple rights of people — some of the most able, of the land and poor village people and farmers whose lives are torn up, destroyed, disposed of, displaced through the strong arm and long arm of economic-cultural-political-military warfare. You can be labeled “anti-American/anti-business/anti-poor” for questioning Walmart. You can be called a “traitor” for questioning bombing, chemical spraying, ...

by Allan Carlson Euthanasia, or “mercy killing,” has twice been an issue in the recent history of our common Western civilization: the first time, about three generations ago; and the second time, over the last 20 years. While there are certainly differences between these two episodes, I am more interested at this point in their similarities. The common features are three: (1) a shift in medical ethics brought on by leaders in the medical profession itself; (2) the dominance...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Michael Hiltzik: Why I never ‘agree to disagree’ — I just tell you when you’re wrong [Los Angeles Times :: BC-HILTZIK-DISAGREE-COLUMN:LA] Is there a more weaselly dodge in the English language than the phrase “let’s agree to disagree”? On the surface it’s an offer to set aside one’s differences in the name of civility. Most often, however, it’s a confession of defeat by someone attempting to wriggle out of a losing argument by abandoning the cont...

Is there a more weaselly dodge in the English language than the phrase “let’s agree to disagree”? On the surface it’s an offer to set aside one’s differences in the name of civility. Most often, however, it’s a confession of defeat by someone attempting to wriggle out of a losing argument by abandoning the contest and asking for a draw. That’s why I won’t “agree to disagree.” Sometimes I’ll merely disagree. And sometimes I’ll see off rivals with the observation that the...