tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906005.post6963306897876190933..comments2023-10-10T08:11:09.422-04:00Comments on SPARKGRASS.COMmunity: NPR on James HolsingerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906005.post-91668188490797194232007-05-28T11:51:00.000-04:002007-05-28T11:51:00.000-04:00I was surprised you didn't comment on my assessmen...I was surprised you didn't comment on my assessment of Asbury :)<BR/><BR/>There are a certain politics that accompany health policy in academia, and I'd be surprised if someone could deviate absurdly from the party line and that not be the first thing we hear about. And honestly, the current administration probably isn't going to change any of its policies towards abstinence education or drug policies, etc, no matter who the surgeon general is (the NPR story suggests that Koop's prominence is part of the reason that the SG position has since become so dull-toothed).Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01821420867311588899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906005.post-79455481876420461052007-05-28T08:27:00.000-04:002007-05-28T08:27:00.000-04:00Frank Lockwood has coverage on the homosexuality i...<A HREF="http://spirituality.typepad.com/biblebelt/" REL="nofollow">Frank Lockwood</A> has coverage on the homosexuality issue (and indeed, it's the only thing about the story that he is covering), but I agree with your assessment - his interpretation of the United Methodist Book of Discipline likely has very little to do with his LGBT-related health policies. C. Everett Koop was an evangelical, after all, and famously the Surgeon General for <I>all Americans</I>.Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14641068117855718120noreply@blogger.com