Arthur Caplan
By Arthur Caplan
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News Beware of Stem-cell Foes Putting Scientific Method Under Microscope
It is often said that science is racing far ahead of our ethics. But bending science to try and meet ethical concerns is not the way to catch up. That is exactly what happened recently when two articles appeared in the prestigious British scientific journal Nature, touting “alternative” approaches to finding sources of stem cells…
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News The End of the Stem-cell Debate
While the media apparently cannot bring themselves to say so, and some right-to-life and religious leaders might never be able to admit it, the frenzied debate in the United States over embryonic stem-cell research is over. On the same Election Day that handed President Bush four more years, scientific progress earned a broad and very…
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Theater Hidden in this picture, the murder of 1.1 million Jews
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News The great tent conspiracy theory: Are ‘outside agitators’ supplying protesters’ tents?
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Opinion Edward Said tried to erase Jews. So do the pro-Palestinian Columbia protesters citing his legacy
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Opinion Yes, antisemitism is rising. But pro-Palestinian protests aren’t the real threat to our campuses
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Opinion USC taught its pro-Palestinian valedictorian to ask good questions — then axed commencement because it was afraid of them
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Fast Forward Hundreds of students arrested from Texas to California as college Israel protests continue
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Fast Forward USC cancels graduation amid tumult over Israel and Gaza
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News Columbia’s campus is rocked by protests. The surrounding neighborhood? Not so much