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“So You Think You Know the Second Amendment?”
I’m pretty backed up in reading my New Yorkers but thanks to my friend, Jerry Coyne, who, in turn, thanks Adam Gopnick who, in turn, refers us all to Jeffrey Toobin who wrote this for the New Yorker: So You … Continue reading
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Two lawsuits, and two remarkable women
Please read this wonderful piece, by Peter Applebome, about Edith Windsor, whose landmark, powerfully justifiable case challenging the Defense of Marriage Act has now been taken up by the Supreme Court. I want her to be my best friend. Edith … Continue reading
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“Tipping the Scales in Housing Court”
The night after I appeared in Housing Court, I read this terrific opinion piece in the Times by a guy named Matthew Desmond, an assist prof of sociology and social studies at Harvard, whose special concentration (and he’s writing a … Continue reading
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