I don’t claim a monopoly on wisdom about the issues about which I advocate (some would say, obsess). But I can’t stand it when advocates just lie in support of their position. I have blogged on Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack’s false assertions that advances in cloning medical treatments require a change in Iowa’s ban on all human cloning. But I thought it needed further analysis. Here it is, from today’s Daily Standard.
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