It's not very often we can praise the Daily Nebraskan (UNL's student publication) for publishing a thorough, well-balanced article dealing with pro-life matters. But I'm pleased to say that Teresa Lostroh's article detailing the local response to Barack Obama's reversal of President Bush's stem cell policies was, indeed, a fine example of old-school journalism. Give the facts. Give various sides their due. Let the reader make his own inferences.
In particular, Lostroh is to be commended for including in her story a critical issue missing from most MSM reports on the matter; namely, the breakthrough work in "direct programming" that, unlike embryonic stem cell research, shows tremendous promise and kills no one.
