... and avoid crackpot theories, too

Some elected officials are passing around a rumor that Al Qaeda is sending pregnant women to the United States to have babies who can then, armed with citizenship, become terrorists later in life. The ludicrousness of this theory is self-evident. So is the crazy extremism of the officials who promote it. (Full article: 327 words)

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