Ed West

Journalist and writer

Puncturing the myth of the Scopes Monkey Trial

July 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Books, Catholic Herald

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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