Making Distinctions

The recent article by John Tagg, “Understanding Mario Cuomo” (February 8), alerted the readers of national review to the “pernicious” nature of my ideas, calling me a “dangerous man.” Beware Cuomo, the reader is warned—“he makes distinctions.”

What triggered this solemn caution was a lecture I delivered last September at the University of Notre Dame, in which I attempted to explain, among other things, my stand on the abortion issue.