The President Politicizes Stem-Cell Research

Yuval Levin

Yesterday President Barack Obama issued an executive order that authorizes expanded federal funding for research using stem cells produced by…

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Wall Street Journal / March 10, 2009

The Republicans' Road Back

Yuval Levin

Conservatism in a liberal society has an inherently oppositional mission: seeking to preserve the best of the given world in…

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Newsweek - March 16, 2009 / March 7, 2009

Science Over All?

Yuval Levin

In announcing his policy on federal funding of stem cell research, President Obama inadvertently cast a bright light on a…

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Washington Post / March 10, 2009

Obama's False Choice

Yuval Levin

Almost eight years ago, on the evening of Aug. 9, 2001, a new president addressed the nation about the complex…

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National Review Online / March 9, 2009

Biotech: What to Expect

Yuval Levin

Over the past fifteen years, the pro-life movement has succeeded in enacting some modest limitations on embryo-destructive research. Passage of…

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First Things March 2009 / February 20, 2009

Partisanship Is Good

Yuval Levin

Like most presidents, Barack Obama came to The White House hoping his unique gifts might overcome party divisions in Washington….

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Newsweek -- February 23, 2009 / February 14, 2009

Reflections on the Inaugural Address

Yuval Levin

I watched today’s speech from the Capitol lawn, with a million or so shivering fellow citizens. I’ve been there for…

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Nation Review Online / January 21, 2009

Back to Basics, Ahead to Particulars

Yuval Levin

American elections tend to give voters mere approximations of what they want. When the public chooses between two candidates, one…

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National Review, Vol LX, No. 22 / December 1, 2008

Transitional Lincoln

Yuval Levin

Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point by Lewis E. LehrmanStackpole, 350 pp., $29.95. Our world has many problems, but a…

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Obama and Infanticide

Yuval Levin

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Public Discourse / October 16, 2008

The Cabinet of Dr. Obama

Yuval Levin

Over the past few weeks, in a series of television ads, in stump speeches, and in the presidential and vice…

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An Unhealthy Debate

Yuval Levin

The rule of thumb for fact checkers of Thursday night's vice-presidential debate was that every time Joe Biden sounded especially…

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National Review Online / October 3, 2008