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Entries from August 2007

Gravel the Bellwether?

August 1st, 2007 · 3 Comments

John Tabin asks: There’s no question that Mike Gravel has a libertarian streak. That Gravel is almost certainly going to do even worse than Dennis Kucinich in the Democratic primaries is a telling indicator of how infertile the ground on the left is for Brink Lindsey’s big idea, no? Err, no. It’s a telling indicator […]

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Tags: Horse Race Politics

Are We All Eugenicists Now?

August 1st, 2007 · 3 Comments

Ross Douthat is defending his application of the term “eugenicist” to people who don’t have any quarrel with selective abortion of fetuses with Down Syndrome, in part on the grounds that some people who support reproductive freedom take the position that, in fact, there is nothing wrong with the “eugenic” goal of seeking to ensure […]

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Tags: Science