Here’s a remarkably, if not completely, fair and balanced account of the arguments on both sides of the so-called stem cell war. You may or may not think embryos are human beings with dignity and rights, but you only a fool would refuse to think deeply about the fact that we’re starting to mess seriously with the foundations of human life. On this issue, as on some others, the Democrats’ appeals to compassion and fundamentalist bashing are meant to stifle reflection.