Stem cell research ban to be lifted

I'm an economic populist first and foremost. But the other side has always thought they had such a big statement to make about culture war issues that I don't always get to talk about the economy.

Since it's a weekend, I'm going to be brief but clear: The Bush regime's ban on stem cell research was wrong. Not much more to say about it.

I suspect Bush's cultists knew it, but didn't care, because making a point was more important to them.

But now President Obama is set to overturn this ban.

Is it just me, or does it seem like most of Obama's time in office has been spent reversing Bush's many errors? It's good that Obama's doing this, of course, but it's a shame Bush was such a cretin that his misrule has forced everything else to be delayed.

As an example of Bush standing in the way of progress, he twice vetoed efforts that would have overturned his stem cell research ban.

But now science is finally winning the day - at long last.

(Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/06/AR2009030602285.html)