- Bad science dangerous to children
- It turns out that the term “meth babies” has as much basis in truth and science as the term “crack babies”: none whatsoever. Yet again, bad science is being used in defense of bad policy.
- Forfeiture, Racism, and Gun Control
- Racist laws in the post-war south also included forfeiture for pretty much the same reason forfeiture exists today.
- Georgia drug war unfairly targets Indian immigrants
- Federal law enforcement in Georgia has decided to crack-down on Indian-owned convenience stores.
- The self-defense Tuskegee
- Killing the poor with misplaced kindness. President Clinton cries “Never Again”, but that’s just newspeak for “ASAP”.
- Tuskegee deception aimed at whom?
- One major difference between the Tuskegee study and laws against affordable firearms is just how transparent the deceptions in favor of such laws are.
More Information
- Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era• (hardcover)
- Leonard’s purpose is to describe the history of a really bad idea (eugenics) and its marriage to another bad idea (that experts can supersede democracy without horrific results) “Histories of bad ideas show us something about how science works and what happens when it is harnessed to political and economic purposes.” (Thomas C. Leonard)
