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Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Eugenics

Ross Douthat (the newest addition to my blogroll) points out that Lefty blogger Kevin Drum is "scoffing at the suggestion that contemporary progressives might be enabling eugenics." Drum doth protest too much. There is no doubt in my mind that contemporary regressives (le mot juste) are enabling eugenics.

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Posted by Loquitur Veritatem at 5:00 PM
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