Wednesday, April 12, 2017

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1
Opinion

Trauma in the I.C.U.

A hospital chaplain writes that family members can be traumatized, too.

The I.C.U. is not gentle.

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Books

‘Locking Up Our Own,’ What Led to Mass Incarceration of Black Men

James Forman Jr. examines how people, acting with the best intentions, could create a problem even more devastating than the one they were trying to solve.

A limited idea is at the root of this problem.
"Power flows from the barrel of a gun."
Chairman Mao knew that no individual can overpower a large organization.
There was no large organization in much of China in 1948.

Small organizations lose armed conflicts with large organizations.

3
N.Y. / Region

Another Reprieve for Expert Testimony That Is Anything But

The Justice Department shuts down a commission that was examining the use of techniques that have helped falsely convict people.

"The witnesses who testify about such obscure matters as teeth and hair often belong to organizations that issue certificates. “Science is not a matter of accreditation,” Judge Rakoff said. “You can have an accredited group of astrologers, and that still wouldn’t make it a science.”"

Jeff Sessions is most concerned with winning.

4
Opinion

Sessions Is Wrong to Take Science Out of Forensic Science

With prosecutors and police officers in control, expect more wrongful convictions.

Yes.

5
Opinion

Jeff Sessions’s Cover-Up for Police Racism

A law professor says the attorney general is seeking to reverse efforts to fight institutional racism.

Jeff Sessions is probably pleased by the racism.
However his objective is probably more and easier convictions.

6
N.Y. / Region

Once Routine, Immigration Check-Ins Are Now High Stakes

Under President Trump, a ritual for some unauthorized immigrants, who are required to meet periodically with an ICE officer, has turned threatening.

Trump is doing as he promised.

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The Upshot

Why Americans Vote ‘Against Their Interest’: Partisanship

For voters in the United States, party affiliation is a way to express a bundle of identities.

Elections are still democratic.

Party organizations are command organizations.

8
Food

Parts Are Greater Than the Sum of the Chicken at Torishin

At a yakitori restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen, each bit of the bird, cooked separately, has a different pleasure to offer.

If you wish.

9
Podcasts

‘The Daily’: Steve Bannon’s Standing

My colleague Jeremy Peters discusses the growing perception that Mr. Bannon is in trouble in the White House, and his deteriorating relationship with Jared Kushner.

Steve Bannon is probably on the way out.

10
Business Day

‘Everyone Has a Price’: Readers React to Passenger Removed from United Flight

Thousands of New York Times readers reacted to an article about a United Airlines passenger who was forcibly removed from a flight.

In some situations an individual's price is high.
United Airlines should not have arbitrarily selected  people to evict from its flight.


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