William Saletan

William Saletan
Born Texas, United States
Nationality American
Occupation Writer, national correspondent

William Saletan is a writer and the national correspondent at Slate.com.

Background and education

William Saletan, an Ashkenazi Jewish native of Texas, graduated from Swarthmore College in 1987.

Work

Books

In 2004, he wrote the book Bearing Right: How Conservatives Won the Abortion War.[1]

Intelligence studies

In a series initially posted on November 18, 2007 on Slate.com, Saletan assessed the relationship between race and intelligence, specifically the question of whether race is a genetically determining factor in intelligence. He ultimately did not discount the hypothesis that it is, concluding: "When I look at all the data, studies, and arguments, I see a prima facie case for partial genetic influence."[2] Counterarguments were subsequently published by Richard Nisbett[3] in The New York Times, Stephen Metcalf[4] in Slate and Malcolm Gladwell[5] in The New Yorker. Saletan's fourth entry in his series on race, IQ and equality, entitled "Regrets", acknowledged overlooking ties between one of his primary sources, J. Philippe Rushton, and advocates of white supremacy, saying, "I was negligent in failing to research and report this."[6]

Personal

Saletan currently resides in Bethesda, Maryland.

References

  1. ↑ Stanley I. Kutler. "Our Thirty Years' War: the fight over abortion". The Los Angeles Times.
  2. ↑ William Saletan (28 November 2007). "Regrets". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "All Brains Are the Same Color". The New York Times. 9 December 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Stephen Metcalf (3 December 2007). "A response to "Liberal Creationism."". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "None of the Above". The New Yorker. 17 December 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  6. ↑ William Saletan (28 November 2007). "Regrets". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
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