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Sanger, Eugenics and Baby Rowan

The legacy of Margaret Sanger, founder and warmly remembered hero of Planned Parenthood, is more than legalized abortion. As Jonah Goldberg has documented in his excellent new book Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning, her legacy is eugenics - and this was her plan all along. Through birth control and forced sterilization,...

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You Can't Fuel All the People All the Time

The sometimes caustic, but always insightful Ann Coulter hit a home run today in her column.  You can read it here:"You Can't Fuel All the People All the Time" by Ann Coulter...

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"As long as it doesn't hurt anyone else..."

Two brilliant examples today of why silly phrases such as "Everyone can choose their own morality/religion/worldview, as long as it doesn't hurt someone else" fail what I called in my book "The Test of the Real World."  Some ideas sound great when you hear them, or look fine on paper, until they meet the real world of the human predicament. My...

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Amused to Death?

Two sessions have been completed in Colorado, and I am just returning from my second trip to Ohio to speak to the Summit Student Conference there.  What great students we have had so far!  I first learned of the Summit from Jeff Myers. His description was something like this: "It is a conference where high school and college students come...

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The Media and Barak Obama

A few weeks ago, Saturday Night Live did a parody of how the media swoons over Barak Obama.  It was really, really funny. Basically, the skit was a debate between Obama and Hillary.  After the reporter asked Hillary Clinton a very tough policy question, the question for Obama was "Can I get you a glass of water."  When Obama replies,...

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