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The Island of Two Stories: Part Three of Four

THREE — Across the Universe: Getting Home Is Hard To Do

I had moved to San Francisco from Boston in late 1975, following my daughters, who were there with my soon-to-be ex-wife. Starting over as a writer/reporter there kept me on a tight budget.

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The Island of Two Tales — Part Two

TWO: Twists & Gimmicks, but No Nude Beaches
Molly, Chuck & Kiki, circa 1977

When I landed on Nantucket in the fall of 1976, I had a head full of the [American] Revolution, enough cash for a cramped bedroom in an unfashionable boardinghouse, but no nanny. So my two daughters, Annika (self-nicknamed “Kiki,”) age 7 and Molly, a precocious 4, were back in San Francisco with their mother, from whom I was quietly getting divorced.

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Breaking: Could the 13th Amendment Revive Abortion Rights?

Judge suggests abortion might be protected by 13th Amendment despite Supreme Court ruling

By Dan Mangan

  • Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly,

    A federal judge in Washington, D.C., suggested in a court order in a criminal case against a group of anti-abortion activists that the federal right to abortion might still be protected by the Constitution’s 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery.

      • The Supreme Court last year, in a majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito, ruled there was no constitutional right to abortion, overturning the 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade.
      • A number of states moved to sharply restrict or ban access to abortion on the heels of the high court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
      • Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, who was appointed by President Bill Clinton, asked lawyers to file briefs on the question of whether the Supreme Court’s decision is only limited to the 14th Amendment.

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