Category Archives: SCOTUS

I’m reading about Hitler’s intelligence agencies. Can’t imagine why

Posted on May 3, 2025 by Naomi

Re-reading, actually, the exhaustive history of Hitler’s intelligence operations, Hitler’s Spies: German Military Intelligence In World War II, by David Kahn. Exhaustive it may be, but Kahn was such a terrific storyteller the book reads like the complex thriller it … Continue reading →

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How are women’s physicians faring in anti-abortion states?

Posted on July 20, 2024 by Naomi

We know about the states, the laws and the women who have been victimized by them since Dobbs. So what’s happening with women’s physicians in these states? From Harper’s August 2024 Index: Percentage decrease in OB-GYN residency applicants in the … Continue reading →

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What is there to say? This

Posted on July 3, 2024 by Naomi

Today, the ultra-estimable Linda Greenhouse, once the Supreme Court reporter for the NYT, published a NYT opinion essay about a SCOTUS case concerning women’s emergency health needs and abortion in Idaho, a case which was surprisingly dismissed. No decision. Greenhouse … Continue reading →

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