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ON February 26, 1998, Andy Harris spotted a headline in a copy of the Washington Post that was sitting in the doctor’s lounge of the hospital where he works. “I still remember that it was on the front page of the Metro section, on the right-hand side,” he says. Here’s what it announced: “Md. Senate Delays Bill on Abortion; Issue Won’t Resurface This Year, Officials Say.”

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John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.

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Will conservatives revolt against Rep. Wayne Gilchrest?

ON February 26, 1998, Andy Harris spotted a headline in a copy of the Washington Post that was sitting in the doctor’s lounge of the hospital where he works. “I still remember that it was on the front page of the Metro section, on the right-hand side,” he says. Here’s what it announced: “Md. Senate Delays Bill on Abortion; Issue Won’t Resurface This Year, Officials Say.”

About the Author

John J. Miller

John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.