Ed West

The Political Gene
by Dennis Sewell
Picador, £16.99
Between 1915 and 1919 a leading Chicago surgeon, Harry Haiselden, quite openly and publicly allowed six infants in his care to die, in one case actively killing the child. The justification was that his victims were “hereditarily unfit”. But rather than being arrested or vilified, Dr Haiselden became a cause [...]

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There’s no proof that it works, so why is the NHS spending £4 million a year on a placebo, asks Ed West (from the Daily Telegraph)
It was a small victory for science, and an even smaller one for taxpayers. But opponents of public-sector mission creep will be cheered by this week’s news from the British [...]

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