In Praise of Things Breaking Down

  My father was a master grade electrician and for a while he worked at the Ballantine brewing facility in Newark, N.J. Once, during a family car trip, he pointed it out as we passed by. I remember a huge expanse of buildings and cylindrical structures. He said an important...
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The Myth of Dobbs Losing the Midterms (Part I)

  Political commentary on the 2022 midterm elections in much of the establishment media has coalesced into a mantra that support for abortion rights was a big winner for Democrats, even the main cause of the anticipated “red wave” not materializing. Correlatively, this...
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INTRODUCTION Spring 2023

    Where to begin? Since the Dobbs decision last June, abortion has dominated the news and even made a brief return to the Supreme Court. As I write, the justices have just issued an order overturning lower-court restrictions on the abortion drug mifepristone. While...
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