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College presidents, provosts, and deans act as if they have discovered a Consitutional right for students not to be offended.

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There is something quite startling in the law that will gladden the hearts of eugenicists, who are considerable in number — though many are still in the closet. The section on Abortion Procedures declares that the state is not permitted to interfere — at any stage — in a woman's decision to terminate a pregnancy if "the fetus is affected by genetic defect or serious deformity or abnormality."

Nat Hentoff

Nat Hentoff

Nat Hentoff

Born: June 10, 1925

Died: January 7, 2016 (aged 90)

Bio: Nathan Irving "Nat" Hentoff was an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media and writes regularly on jazz and country music for The Wall Street Journal.

Known for:

The Day they Came to Arrest the Book. (1982)
Free speech for me--but not for thee (1992)
Boston boy (1986)
Listen to the stories (1995)
The jazz life (1961)

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