Informed Dissent

The Herschel Walker dilemma

Republicans have a choice: pursue political power, or keep faith with their own stated convictions. Guess which one they’ve chosen.

By Jeffrey C. Billman

The important thing is not that Herschel Walker paid for an ex-girlfriend’s abortion in 2009, or that he broke up with the woman when she refused to terminate a second pregnancy in 2011. It’s not that he’s obviously lying about all of this, either...

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