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1925–2017 United States

Nathan Irving "Nat" Hentoff (June 10, 1925 –January 7, 2017) was an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media.

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I'm always intrigued at how few people understand that free speech encompasses a little more than the speech you like.

There is something quite startling in the law that will gladden the hearts of eugenicists, who are considerable in number -- though many are still in the closet. The section on Abortion Procedures declares that the state is not permitted to interfere -- at any stage -- in a woman's decision to terminate a pregnancy if "the fetus is affected by genetic defect or serious deformity or abnormality."

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