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Arizona Outlaws Non-Existent Abortions

The Arizona legislature, to its eternal frustration, can’t simply make abortion illegal. Its phony “conservative” Republicans want to shrink “Big Government” just small enough to fit under people’s bedroom doors. But the state is still part of America, however much they—or we—might regret this. Arizona can, of course, make the experience of a simple abortion as miserable as possible for residents who have the nerve to pursue a legal medical procedure. And the state can throw a fit and just invent reasons that people can’t have abortions. One imagines them criminalizing abortions taking place on February 30; banning abortions if…

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The Couple Who Don’t Celebrate Valentine’s Day

I know this couple who don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day. These happily married people—call them Nick and Nora— aren’t very romantic, either. They share money, so they don’t really “take” each other out. At their age they have most of the stuff they really want, so neither really wants a “gift;” besides, they can each shop for themselves way better than for each other. On top of that, they both dislike shopping. Nick and Nora laugh about not celebrating Valentine’s Day, sort of a private joke. What they do is treat each other well during the year. They go places, enjoy…

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