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Indiana AG Reprimanded for Going After Doctor Who Gave Abortion to 10-Year-Old Rape Victim
Jezebel,
On Thursday, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled that state Attorney General Todd Rokita violated rules of professional conduct through public comments he made last year about Dr. Caitlin Bernard, the Indiana doctor who provided abortion care to a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio last July. As a result of the ruling,… Read more...
https://www.manton.org/2023/11/03/back-on-the.html
Manton Reese,
Back on the road. Sun coming up from Coconino National Forest.
For What It's Worth, I’d Watch an HBO Series About This Fake Vegan Herbalist Trolling TV Critics
If you crave stories about espionage, moles, and infiltrating enemy territory, boy do I have a story you’re going to be underwhelmed by. But you’ll still probably get a little laugh. Read more...
Lisa Marie Presley Accused Sofia Coppola's 'Priscilla' of Being 'Shockingly Vengeful'
“Why are you coming for my Dad and my family?” is a line I imagine flows quite naturally in a spat between housewives in a second-tier Bravo show. But reshuffle the context to be between the late Lisa Marie Presley and Sofia Coppola and my interest is considerably more piqued. Read more...
https://www.manton.org/2023/11/02/between-audiobooks-and.html
In between audiobooks and podcasts, had a lot of time to think on the road today. Why do we travel? The more I see, the more obvious it is that there are nearly countless beautiful things still to find. Only our time is limited.
https://www.manton.org/2023/11/02/wasnt-planning-on.html
Wasn’t planning on stopping at Petrified Forest National Park but it was a great break from I-40. Tiponi Point over the Painted Desert.
Teens and Doctors Appeal Ban on Gender-Affirming Care to the Supreme Court
On Wednesday, a group of transgender young people asked the Supreme Court to block a Tennessee law that bans minors from getting gender-affirming care. Lawyers in Kentucky announced they’d be filing a similar petition soon. If the court agrees to hear either case, it would be the first time they’ve weighed in on… Read more...
Songwriters File Very Confident $20 Million Lawsuit Against Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You'
Everybody knows that Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is derivative—it’s meant to evoke the girlish confections on the seminal holiday album A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector (specifically Darlene Love’s “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”). But someone else got a different memo. The writers… Read more...