For the record, this post by Megan McArdle is a good illustration of the things I like about her writing: her willingness to question her own underlying assumptions, to take her political opponents’ ideas seriously, and to take unusual stands on even taboo topics like terrorism. (It’s worth noting McArdle does a far better job [...]

The murder of late-term abortionist George Tiller by a pro-life extremist has provoked several interesting arguments in the blogosphere. A number of pro-choice writers (notably Will Saletan and Richard Spencer) have made the case that Tiller’s assassin was simply taking the logic of the pro-life argument – that abortion is morally equivalent to the murder [...]