I'm really proud of it. The history is very interesting; the philosophical and religious links are provocative; and the contemporary applications are important and wide-ranging.
I hoped the longer version would find a home at a larger newspaper, but there haven't been any takers yet-- not surprising given its length (1800 words). The longer version as well as a shorter version was released to newspapers state-wide today.
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Designer babies:
The British opened the door a few months ago for parents to abort children (girls) with a predisposition to breast cancer.
A few months ago I read some of Galton's essays that are posted on the site that bears his name. Interesting was a paper that advocated colonizing Africa with Chinese. His theory seemed to be that the industrious Chinese would replace the native black population.
You may view it here:
http://galton.org/letters/africa-for-chinese/AfricaForTheChinese.htm
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