I think the original long read article that alerted me may have either been in the Economist or FT from the last year or two (which I currently don’t have time to search for and pull from behind their paywalls), but there’s been plenty written on it, including a cluster following a proposal back in March.

Yep, one of the most interesting pieces I’ve read in a while is how Germany has included - near forcibly at times, since the parents are often entirely opposed - immigrant kids in the required trips to Holocaust camps.

Thanks.

Well, let me put it this way: I had a bout of gallows humour thinking about the gnashing of teeth that must have taken place yesterday in multiple lobbyist and public interest law offices. Those who made a profession out of oh-so-carefully crafted briefs just to appeal to Kennedy as a swing vote - aka Obergefell - may…

The third paragraph that I wrote is also very important; most scholars (and RBG) feel that had Roe’s gains been accomplished politically, they probably would have been far more sustainable and the issue might very well have been settled then and forever.

For the history, I’d recommend a book from 2000 called Articles of Faith: A Frontline History of the Abortion Wars by Cynthia Gorney. It provides a superb overview of how we got to where we are today.

I don’t disagree with your pessimism short term. I do think longer term that a government based on the will of the people does have to answer to them eventually, and that our political history is filled with violent electoral reactions to overreaches by folks running that government.

I’m going to argue something that may come as a surprise and perhaps silver lining to most reading: if (and probably when after yesterday) Roe is overturned, it will be a terrible thing short term but probably ensures that many more battles longer-term are won.

The problem is that I don’t read this as Diana writing about the baseball world’s reaction to this either. Jeff Passan did that earlier today in a much more effective article that really takes apart Dayton Moore’s motivation and claims.

While you’re getting clobbered here, thank you for this.

Ugh.  That makes it a lot more clear.  Thanks.

When he was with the Giants a few years back, because he had apparently written something that ticked him off, Romo actively worked to have players boycott Andy Baggarly, then the writer/TV guy for their team owned network.

Since I suspect you’ve talked to enough detainees from both types to make this judgment, how do CBP facilities compare to the private contracted ones for both food and housing?

While I completely agree with your view that non-Scots doing so is tacky as all hell - and is why for the sake of those unfamiliar with culture north of Hadrian’s Wall that I noted Harrington had no real choice in his attire if he didn’t want to seriously annoy a number of his wife’s countrymen - I have utterly no…

Great catch as that definitely looks a lot closer, although who knows.

I admit that I’m not the best at such things - I’ve been forced on a few occasions to discuss someone’s family heraldry and history during semi drunken evenings, and it bores me to tears - but looking at another picture I’m pretty sure it isn’t.

I owed you for your pronunciation guide to Taoiseach, which I have for years tortured an Irish friend with my butchering thereof. As their family has known several of them, it keeps coming up in our conversations and I kept getting corrected since I couldn’t for the life of me get it consistently right before reading…

The real star of the Harington-Leslie wedding was Madden in his kilt—the strongest Scottish style...

That’s a very interesting take on the problem with trying to adapt Berg’s life, and to me it partially explains why what ended up getting made wasn’t very good.

On top of that, there’s pretty good evidence that Clarke and Harrington actually dated during S1, so it’s good she’s rather close to Leslie or we wouldn’t need to have fantasy drama.