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Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Taken Out of Context? While former Reagan Education Secretary Bill Bennett (search), who is staunchly pro-life, argued on his radio show that aborting black babies would theoretically reduce the crime rate, he immediately called the idea “impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible.” But …

At a book signing in Detroit this morning, I ran into a wonderful family whose son is serving right now in Afghanistan. I asked them how he was doing. “Very well,” they said. “He’s always upbeat.” When I inquired about the media coverage of the war there and in Iraq …

I’m not sure what the president will say to the nation on the Iraq (search) war. But I have a pretty good idea what he shouldn’t say. He should not say the war will be quick. It won’t. He should not say the insurgency is falling apart. It’s not. He …