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Sunday Review
By NICHOLAS KULISH | Jan 10th 2015
A lasting influence in the Mideast, in life and in death.
Holocaust and the Nazi Era; War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against
Humanity; International Relations; Nineteen Hundred Fifties
They just fade away.
I am not interested in revenge.
It is not justice.
Antisemitism is new in Islam.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protocols_of_the_Elders_of_Zion 1903
Sunday Review
By SOMINI SENGUPTA | Jan 10th 2015
The Palestinian situation is only the latest challenge.
War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity; Palestinians;
Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; International Relations
The International Criminal Court is a proper part of a world government.
Its problem is the United Nations is not a world government.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereignty
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U.S.
By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS | Jan 10th 2015
With the country’s record-setting trash output unyielding, new
waste-to-energy plants are being considered, raising concerns about
emissions.
Waste Materials and Disposal; Recycling of Waste Materials; Air
Pollution; Electric Light and Power; Alternative and Renewable Energy;
Environment
The world must regulate the pigments on packaging.
We can do a good job of removing particulates and oxidizing organics.
Heavy metals will continue to be a problem.
Let us try to leave the art pigments alone. Colors will rarely get into the trash stream.
We can treat all art waste as the toxic material it is.
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U.S.
By MONICA DAVEY | Jan 10th 2015
Bruce Rauner, a Republican businessman who has never held elective
office, has called for tax cuts in a state that received the worst
credit rating in the country.
Elections, Governors; Midterm Elections (2014); Budgets and Budgeting
The Republicans have been manipulating the accounting rules for a hundred years.
The budget realities for the states are more income from progressive taxes and
better understanding of contractual liabilities and risks.
Bruce Rauner will make the problems worse.
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Opinion
By ISABEL WILKERSON | Jan 10th 2015
The protests against police shootings are a referendum on the black condition since the Great Migration.
Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings; Blacks; Race and
Ethnicity; Immigration and Emigration; Civil Rights and Liberties;
Segregation and Desegregation; Discrimination
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States#Northern_abolition
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_draft_riots
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Newark_riots
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_race_riot_of_1943
We keep trying. See the present police resistance to Mayor de Blasio.
Consider Chris Christie's resistance to trans Hudson rail connections.
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Opinion
By SISONKE MSIMANG | Jan 10th 2015
They are powerful in government, but harassed on the street.
Women and Girls; Women's Rights; Sexual Harassment; Social Conditions and Trends
The National Geographic was such a resource for prepubescent boys.
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Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Jan 10th 2015
Now that drivers have seen the cost of fuel fall so much and so quickly, a modest increase would hardly be noticeable.
Gasoline Tax (US); Infrastructure (Public Works); Oil (Petroleum)
and Gasoline; Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates); Bridges and Tunnels; Roads
and Traffic; Sales and Excise Taxes
I do not expect rational behavior from congress.
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Business Day
By GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Jan 10th 2015
New legislation, promoted as making only technical changes in a
financial regulation law, could end up gutting some of its provisions.
Opinion
By FRANK BRUNI | Jan 10th 2015
Faith warrants respect, but it shouldn’t earn anyone an exemption from laws or permission to discriminate.
Freedom of Religion; Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions and Domestic
Partnerships; Religion-State Relations; Law and Legislation
Frank Bruni is too forgiving of religion.
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Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Jan 10th 2015
An agreement would carry risks, but a bigger risk would be squandering this moment.
Embargoes and Sanctions; Nuclear Weapons
Do the deal.
We or they can throw a fit later.
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World
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR | Jan 10th 2015
The prime minister and other officials have said the seized
property is being nationalized because it was originally acquired
illegally.
Land Use Policies; Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Real Estate (Commercial)
It is what the Russians know.
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U.S.
By MICHAEL BARBARO | Jan 10th 2015
Allies say the former governor of Florida, a possible Republican
contender for the presidency in 2016, has tried to present himself as
less harsh than in the past.
Presidential Election of 2016
The sales effort starts early.
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Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Jan 9th 2015
The problem is especially urgent in Buffalo, where federal
officials are promoting minority access to the better parts of a
dysfunctional system.
Education (K-12); Minorities; Segregation and Desegregation; Civil Rights and Liberties
End the property tax.
Pay for the schools from the graduated income tax.
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Opinion
By COREY BRETTSCHNEIDER and NELSON TEBBE | Jan 9th 2015
Specialty license plates are a new frontier in debates over freedom of speech.
Freedom of Speech and Expression; Automobile Registration and License Plates; Abortion; Suits and Litigation (Civil)
Good.
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Science
By KENNETH CHANG | Jan 10th 2015
SpaceX put the Falcon 9 into orbit, but the company’s audacious
bid to land the rocket’s first stage on a floating platform was
unsuccessful.
Rocket Science and Propulsion
"Mr. Musk had guessed that the chance of success on the first try would be 50-50 at best."
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World
By JOE COCHRANE | Jan 10th 2015
After being thwarted for days by severe currents and low
visibility, Indonesian Navy divers were finally able to tie special
lifting balloons to the tail.
AirAsia Flight 8501; Aviation Accidents, Safety and Disasters
The pingers will mark the boxes positions.
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Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Jan 9th 2015
Cutting aid precipitously would be unwise, but a managed decrease is in order.
Foreign Aid; Nuclear Weapons; Defense and Military Forces; United States International Relations
If we can buy them we should.
We must have a care with what the blood money is called.
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U.S.
By ABBY GOODNOUGH | Jan 10th 2015
Relatively few Republican state officials are signing on to briefs
in a case challenging subsidies, which may reflect a more pragmatic
view of the law.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010); States (US);
Health Insurance and Managed Care; Federal Aid (US); Law and Legislation
Tiny differences.
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Business Day
By PATRICIA COHEN | Jan 10th 2015
Wealthy art collectors are benefiting from tax breaks when they
build museums with limited public access, often near their homes.
Art; Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions; Museums; Philanthropy; Collectors and Collections
A variation on Nature Conservancy.
World
By DECLAN WALSH | Jan 10th 2015
The government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is hanging on,
extending a nearly seven-year stretch of nominal civilian rule, but
otherwise, the military is back in the driver’s seat.
Defense and Military Forces
Business as usual.
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