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An ethical wake-up call

by R. Albert Mohler

Cover Story | The clonal age is here. We cannot say that we were not warned. Nobel laureate James D. Watson (co-discoverer with Francis Crick of the DNA molecule) predicted the coming of "clonal man" more than 30 years ago. He called for society to make hard decisions about the morality and legality of cloning technologies, warning, "If we do not think about it now, the possibility of our having a free choice will one day suddenly be gone." The Nov. 25 announcement from Advanced Cell Technologies (ACT)

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Monstrous, Inc.

by Tim Graham

Cover Story | Advanced Cell Technologies finally did it: created a human clone. The leading Republican senator battling human cloning hopes he can translate his "horror" over this "advance" into a new law banning it. And pass it now-before any more new developments surface. The House has already voted to outlaw human cloning, the president has criticized the cloners, but one man stands in the way of quick action: Majority Leader Tom Daschle

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In this issue: "Humanity Under the Microscope," Dec. 8, 2001

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The death dive

by Lynn Vincent

National |  Oregon's supply of deadly drugs about to drop, bank CD rates go south, and e-books fall on tough times

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Still ringing true

by Gene Edward Veith

National |  Reading The Lord of the Rings -this time as an adult-remains an overwhelming experience

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Quotables

Someone has got to do the things no one else wants to do. Johnny "Mike" Spann, the first American known to die in combat in Afghanistan, as quoted by his…

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QuickTakes

by The Editors

NO PAIN, NO GAIN: The clock's ticking toward the 2002 election and columnist Bob Novak says one issue has the GOP biting its fingernails: Social Security.

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Flash Traffic

by Joel C. Rosenberg

Political buzz from Washington

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The Buzz

by The Editors

Ashcroft, Chertoff defend detentions and military tribunals Least-kept secret The success of the war against terror has been matched by new battles in…

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Christmas books for kids

by The Editors

Culture |  1 The Teachers' Night Before Christmas Steven L. Layne; illus. by James Rice CONTENT A valentine to hardworking, holiday-stressed teachers loosely based on…

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Battles on the big screen

by Andrew Coffin

Culture |  War movies are hitting the theaters, but the best are at the video stores

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Voices

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Big small-town vision

by Joel Belz

Again this year, WJI deserves your gift support

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Mystery of music

by Andrée Seu

What it's "good" for, after all

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Mailbag

Believe it The Nov. 10 cover story, "Enemy within," by Lynn Vincent, was right on target. While traveling recently through Wisconsin, we stopped at a truck…

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Depressing press

by Marvin Olasky

After a moment of September clarity, the fog returns

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