Improving Mental Health Care in the Military
Plus: Is Wisconsin Going... Sane?
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WILL SELBER: Improving Mental Health Care in the Military
“WILL, YOU GOT A MINUTE?” It was mid-September 2022, and my group commander had called on a Saturday afternoon—never a good sign.
“Yes, sir.”
“I’ve got bad news,” he said.
I knew immediately what he was going to say. It was the phone call all commanders dread. One of my airmen had died.
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BILL LUEDERS: Is Wisconsin Going Sane?
I DON’T WANT TO JINX IT BY pointing it out, but lately there have been some welcome indications that my dear state of Wisconsin may be stepping back from the abyss. Chief among them is that the GOP-dominated state legislature has approved, and the state’s Democratic governor, Tony Evers, has signed into law, new voter boundaries that will greatly increase the number of competitive legislative districts. It may even give Democrats a fair shot at winning one or both houses, so long as they manage to get more total votes than Republicans. What a concept.
MONA CHAREN: IVF and the GOP.
THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT set off political tremors last week with its decision that frozen embryos have the status of “extrauterine children” and thus are covered by a state law that permits parents to seek damages for the wrongful death of a “minor child.” The implication that in vitro fertilization (IVF) cannot be practiced if embryos have legal standing led some commentators immediately to describe the ruling as a “ban.” Alabama’s attorney general issued a statement reassuring people that IVF providers and patients would not face prosecution, even as clinics around the state were phoning their patients to cancel procedures. There is, IVF industry representatives told lawmakers and the press, too much risk of legal liability if a clinic accidentally causes the death of an embryo by piercing it with a pipette; or if, in consultation with parents, it discards a genetically damaged embryo; or if a power failure causes freezers to malfunction. The possible lawsuits are limitless.
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How the Warner Brothers got their start… In Ohio.
Utah gets a re-do on its social media law… But it’s doing the same thing (R Street.)
"My wish for you is that one day you find that one dog.. That one dog. It's the best."
Republicans can't stop swallowing… Russian propaganda (Matthew Yglesias.)
The Juror Who Found Herself Guilty… She was pressured into convicting a man she believed was innocent—and was haunted by remorse. Three decades later, she did something about it. (Texas Monthly)
Justice Alito… Is too smart not to know the difference between public and private entities, what he’s doing/saying re: “censorship” is dangerous. Here’s why.
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