Archive for May 11th, 2008

Genetic-discrimination legislation scares me

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

The journal Nature had a news story about the bill prohibiting genetic discrimination that breezed through the Senate and that will undoubtedly become law very shortly. Since you'd have to have access to the full content of the Nature website to read it, I will paste the text of the ...

Shoddy but equal

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

In the UK, hospital maternity wards have been rejecting pregnant women because they are full. Well, it's something to look forward to here.

Happy Mother’s Day

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

It was considered a pretty stupid idea back when it was introduced as a potential official holiday in the Senate.