The web has been filled with contentiousness and hot air over yesterday’s presidential stem cell directive (including here), but these two pieces present an analysis a cut above the rest:

Slate’s William Saletan offers a fresh perspective on the issue and how it relates to another moral policy dilemma currently confronting the country.

In today’s Washington Post, Yuval Levin, who for my money is the smartest young conservative thinker in Washington, discusses why we should be careful about falling into the technocracy trap.