Barack Obama Presidential Library - Why Not at NIU?

What an idea!

The Chicago Tribune's prominent placement of Dennis Byrne's column on Governor Rod Blagojevich's plan to memorialize the Northern Illinois massacre by tearing down Cole Hall and spending $40 million to replace it and build an on-campus memorial inspires another idea.

Why not put the Barack Obama
Presidential Library there?

After all, Senator Obama went to the NIU massacre memorial service.

His presidential library doesn't have to be in Chicago. DeKalb is pretty close. The senator represents all of Illinois.

At least private donors would be picking up most of the cost.

And putting his presidential library in DeKalb would help change the image of the campus.

I'll have some thoughts about the NIU massacre memorial on McHenry County Blog on Wednesday and Thursday.

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MouseTail Stem Cells

The Chicago Tribune has finally figured out that stem cells might come somewhere other than from an embryo.

Now, I am sure there have been minor stories before, but this one made the front page of this oh-so-politically correct newspaper Thursday.

It’s even the lead story.

In its third paragraph, reporter Jeremy Manier expresses the prevailing media viewpoint on the subject:

"Advocates of embryonic stem cell research, on the other hand, argue that only embryo-derived cells can form any type of tissue, offering unique hope for diseases such as Parkinson’s and diabetes."

And today is the day pro-abortion Democrats will lead the fight in the U.S. House to allow our taxpayer dollars to finance embryonic stem cell research.

Even though President George W. Bush says he will veto the bill.

The Sun-Times takes a less political approach, but puts its article on page 27.

Still in a PC mode, but at least giving the other side of the issue its deserved headline.

Wasn’t yesterday an inconvenient day for this research to be published?

Not the end of the debate, but it is interesting to see mainstream media finally pointing out what Tribune columnist Dennis Byrne has been saying for some time.

Posted first on McHenry County Blog.

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