Dear Friend of Stem Cell Research: For one month, I will make available a short (2–3 paragraphs) daily piece summarizing one aspect of the stem cell research — my layman’s understanding of it — done by scientists connected to the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). The material is drawn…

RON JOHNSON AND THE POLITICS OF CRUELTY By Don C. Reed I almost wish Wisconsin’s Ronald Johnson was running for Senator in California — so I could vote against him. Why do I want a particular Senator voted out of office? Many reasons: let’s choose only three. First, women deserve…

36 reasons to VOTE YES! For Your Scientist Friends By Don C. Reed Author, “STEM CELL BATTLES”, other books www.stemcellbattles.com Dear Friend of Regenerative Medicine: For the next month, I will make available a daily summary of one aspect of stem cell research — my layman’s understanding of it —…

A lawsuit to the United States Supreme Court is being brought by two pregnant people in Rhode Island, on behalf of their unborn children. Will it be considered? The pliaintiffs wish the Court to define personhood. “Personhood” is an opinion: that a fetus, embryo or blastocyst (fertilized human egg) must…

PERSONHOOD BEFORE SUPREME COURT? By Don C. Reed Could conservatives impose a nationwide ban on abortion — without ever saying what they are doing? They could if they passed a personhood law, which gives full legal rights to embryos. Check out the following: a new petition before the United States…

THE “PERSONHOOD” THREAT By Don C. Reed “Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” — Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll (1) “Personhood” is a political opinion: that a fertilized human egg is a person — and therefore has full rights and protections under law. (2) …

DISENFRANCHISE THE DISABLED? Voter Suppression Systematized? In the ancient torture, the death of a thousand cuts, the first slash was across the eyes, so the sufferer was blind and could not see what was coming next. Across the country, voters with a disability are being disenfranchised — having their rights…

by Don C. Reed In the ancient torture, the death of a thousand cuts, the first slash was across the eyes, so the sufferer was blind and could not see what was coming next. Across the country, voters with a disability are being disenfranchised — having their rights to vote…

By Don C. Reed The tale is told of a pioneer found dead, his body shot full of arrows — while in his hands was a single-shot rifle , still loaded, its one bullet left unfired. That is not the way, I think. If I was being attacked, and the…