News Roundup

Vogue published a feature story about a woman who had a partial-birth abortion. Pro-lifers object that it glamorizes abortion.

New rules about ID may complicate airline security. The government is trying to phase in the REAL ID Act, but states object to the cost and possible civil liberty violations.

Exit polls don't ask Democrats if they're evangelicals, The Swamp says. Democratic evangelicals exist, but the stereotype that evangelicalism = Republicanism persists.

The Economist asks if Democracy is compatible with Islam. There are Muslim scholars who argue that it is, "But arguments in favour of Islam's compatibility with democracy are in perpetual danger of being drowned out."

Johns Hopkins University researchers found that blacks were about 40 percent less willing to participate in a mock clinical trial. They found that 58 percent of blacks, compared to just 25 percent of whites, said they believed doctors use drugs to experiment on people without a patient's consent. African-American distrust may stem from a legacy of past abuses, like the Tuskegee Institute syphilis experiment.

After four preventable deaths in one week, a pastor urged the men in his church to get check-ups. The church will help pay for visits and provide transportation for those who need it. Experts are working with churches to encourage men to seek health care.

In a free speech case in Canada, the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Committee is looking at the publication of a controversial Muslim cartoon. Western Standard publisher Ezra Levant maintains, "I have the right to publish this for the most offensive reason, for the most unreasonable reasons."

Announcing the Darwin Awards Winners for 2007! The Darwin Awards recognize dim-witted people who do the world a favor by removing themselves from the gene pool.