Category Archives: Law, suits and order

Other people’s legal problems, aside from my own.

“A Mother in Jail for Helping Her Daughter Have an Abortion”

Posted on July 11, 2022 by Naomi

Yesterday, I began to review the numerous articles I’d clipped and stored here, running as far back as 2010. Obviously, many of them no longer prompted me to comment so I hit the delete button. But then there was this. … Continue reading →

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An oddly thrilling must-read for everyone in this country

Posted on July 10, 2022 by Naomi

Dan Barry’s article in the New York Times today, about a tiny town in New Hampshire, “One Small Step for Democracy in a ‘Live Free or Die’ Town: A cautionary tale from Croydon, N.H., where one man tried to foist … Continue reading →

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Should parents bear criminal responsibility for their killer kids?

Posted on July 10, 2022 by Naomi

Today the New York Times takes up a country-wide discussion about how much responsibility parents have when their armed scions kill. A few days ago, as part of an aspirational piece about how we can add further controls to our … Continue reading →

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