Opinion: In today’s pages: Paid parenting, coughing kids, pro-life Jonah
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Columnist Jonah Goldberg says when in doubt, be pro-life:
I confess that I lack passion about debates over RU-486, Plan B and other measures that terminate a pregnancy in the first few hours or days after conception, because that’s when I’m least sure that a life is at stake. But when it comes to, say, partial-birth abortion, I am adamantly pro-life. I don’t know if a fertilized egg has rights. But I am convinced that a baby minutes, days or weeks before full term is, simply, a baby. And despite what you constantly hear, Roe vs. Wade doesn’t recognize that fact.
Foster mom Mary Callahan reconsiders parenting for pay. Middlebury College scholar in residence Bill McKibben notes that if you want political power, all you need is a message, e-mail, and a widget. Retired Brig. Gen. Kevin Ryan says it’s time to either expand or scrap a Cold War era missile ban that’s hurting U.S. and Russian security.
The editorial board praises local and state agencies for their quick response to the Newhall Pass crash. The board also says it’s time drug makers acknowledged that cough medicines don’t work on kids, and asks the House of Representatives to vote yes today on a bill that would protect journalists from having to reveal their sources.
Readers mostly congratulate Al Gore for his Nobel Prize. Anaheim’s Kee Kim says, ‘Congratulations, Nobel committee; you guys finally caught up with Gore’s brilliance. He should have been honored years ago for inventing the Internet.’