Salon.com column
• On Republican opposition to a bill legislating dental care for pregnant prisoners.
• On Republican opposition to a bill legislating dental care for pregnant prisoners.
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Why are the architects of the family-values agenda so eager to punish into the next generation? What is being served by seeking, quite literally, a tooth for a tooth?
— Ayelet Waldman
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• On Republican opposition to a bill legislating dental care for pregnant prisoners." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Ayelet Waldman
Ayelet Waldman (born December 11, 1964) is an American writer of fiction, born in Jerusalem, and raised in Montreal and New Jersey. She is married to the novelist Michael Chabon.
About Ayelet Waldman
Ayelet Waldman (born December 11, 1964) is an American writer of fiction, born in Jerusalem, and raised in Montreal and New Jersey. She is married to the novelist Michael Chabon.
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