Stephen Hawking has died at 76.  I didn't care for his arrogance, but the man was brilliant and had unbelievable courage to keep at it in his pitiful physical condition.  RIP.   The left loved Stephen Hawking because his politics matched the left's.  But had Hawking's parents had those same politics, and had they been told that the baby in his mama's womb would develop a debilitating disease that would render him motionless for most of his life, it's likely they would have aborted him.  Imagine that.  One of the most brilliant minds of his age, aborted because his mama didn't want to be bothered with the chores of raising such a baby. I'm not unsympathetic to the idea of one wanting one's own life rather than having such a baby, which would be a lifelong, heavy, costly burden few could bear stoically.  But those who support abortion need to think about this.  All...(Read Full Post)