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Creationism & Abortion

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Andrew Stuttaford

Razib/David, in your follow-up post on the subject of Sarah Palin and Creationism, you comment as follows: It strikes me that those on the Right & Republicans seem more divided and emotive on this issue than abortion. More specifically, libertarian … Continue reading →

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Fake fact: Catholics care about abortion more than non-Catholics

Posted on November 15, 2009 by David Hume

Political punditry is rife with “fake facts.” Basically, empirical assertions which are false but assumed to be true. Perhaps the readership of political journalism is stupid. Perhaps the writers of political journalism are stupid. Perhaps both. No idea. So a … Continue reading →

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Creationism vs. Abortion, Left, Right, elites and the masses

Posted on November 14, 2009 by David Hume

As a follow up to the post below on Sarah Palin and Creationism, it strikes me that those on the Right & Republicans seem more divided and emotive on this issue than abortion. More specifically, libertarian and secular Rightists seem … Continue reading →

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In Congress sex matters on abortion

Posted on November 7, 2009 by David Hume

Below are the mean ratings from an abortion rights group for the year 2007-2008. The number of women in Congress at any given time is small, so the inclusion of two very moderate Republicans such as Olympia Snowe and Susan … Continue reading →

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Abortion, men & women on the same page

Posted on November 7, 2009 by David Hume

Over at The Washington Post Ezra Klein has a post, The gender politics of the abortion “compromise”: It’s sadly telling that the “compromise” proposal limiting abortion was offered by Bart Stupak, and seconded by a Republican male. The opposition was … Continue reading →

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It’s better in Europe (again)

Posted on October 7, 2009 by David Hume

Hendrik Hertzberg in The New Yorker, A SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC SIGH: Furthermore, it’s not as if German conservatives are a bunch of crazy far-right nihilists. This is not the Republicans we’re talking about. Both the CDU and the FDP recognize the … Continue reading →

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European dreams, a uniquely American pastime

Posted on August 2, 2009 by David Hume

Americans are rather stupid people, as is the norm among humans. This stupidity is manifest in a general lack of knowledge or understanding of the goings on in the rest of the world. And just as dull elementary school age … Continue reading →

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Abortion, the forgotten years….

Posted on June 23, 2009 by David Hume

I’ve mentioned before that in the early-to-mid-1970s abortion did not have the valence on the Right that it does today. It was primarily the Roman Catholic Church which opposed Roe vs. Wade with concerted and strenuous vigor. Though to a … Continue reading →

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Religion & abortion, the international trends

Posted on June 4, 2009 by David Hume

It is a well known fact that in the United States that opposition to abortion tends to be concentrated among the most religious segment of the population. It is also a fact that the more secular nations tend to be … Continue reading →

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Abortion & slavery: analogies and logic

Posted on June 2, 2009 by David Hume

Richard Spencer asks, Did George Tiller Deserve to Die?. While Megan McArdle has A Really Long Post About Abortion and Reasoning By Historical Analogy That is Going to Make Virtually All of My Readers Very Angry At Me. Though Spencer’s … Continue reading →

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