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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Weekly Standard -- Volume 014, Issue 07 / October 27, 2008
Obama and Infanticide
Yuval Levin
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Public Discourse / October 16, 2008