Monday, May 1, 2017

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U.S.

Doctor Linked to Senator Menendez’s Corruption Case Is Convicted of Fraud

The conviction of Dr. Salomon E. Melgen could pose significant ramifications for his federal corruption case with Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey.

Money has not bought everything.

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The Upshot

For Bad Backs, It’s Time to Rethink Biases About Chiropractors

Spinal manipulation and other therapies seem at least as effective and safe as more traditional treatment.

It is hard for M.D.s to admit that Chiropractic works for the treatment of lower back pain, the problem for which it was invented.
Other uses of Chiropractic appear to be quackery.

3
Food

What to Cook This Week

Soupe au pistou, Vietnamese rice noodles, tarragon chicken: The days ahead are ready to be packed with satisfying seasonal meals.

"Eat food, mostly vegetables."

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N.Y. / Region

New York Correction Chief Spent a Quarter of 2016 Elsewhere


DeBlasio should try again.

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U.S.

Report Compares Texas’ Solitary Confinement Policies to Torture


The report is honorable.
The next action is not apparent.

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Opinion

How the Left Learned to Hate Like the Right

Liberals are discovering what conservatives have known for years: Negative energy is a powerful force.

"For decades, Democrats have envied the Republicans’ passionate, locally attuned base. It turns out that what Democrats were missing was a sense of existential emergency. Mr. Trump has provided it."

Liberalism, what remains of the left after a century of attempted extirpation, has awakened.
The liberal coalition must find a national voice and build national as well as state and local power.
There is little time to do so.
Infighting must be discouraged.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism

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Opinion

Mr. Trump Goes to Washington

“The dysfunction in this White House,” a Republican who deals regularly with the Trump administration told me, “just knows no bounds.”

"What troubles many of us who have devoted much of our lives to politics is that we have a president who doesn’t believe in the higher purpose of his office, which is grounded in the conviction that governing well can advance the human good. There are many things for which Mr. Trump will finally have to answer. My guess is that his daily denigration of politics and governing will be right near the top."

The destruction of "The Administrative State" is a stated Trump goal.

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U.S.

Too Scared to Report Sexual Abuse. The Fear: Deportation.

There has been a sharp downturn in reports of sexual assault and domestic violence among Latinos in the months since the presidential election.

This is an intended result of the Trump agenda.

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Opinion

The Readers’ Turn: Grading Trump’s First 100 Days

Our readers offer harsh assessments. “Arguably the most chaotic first 100 days in American presidential history,” one writes.

General failure.

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N.Y. / Region

New Kosciuszko Bridge. Same Old Traffic.

It’s the first major new bridge built in New York City since 1964. The main traffic benefits may arrive in 2020, when a second crossing opens.

It is half the planned crossing.
The traffic is a bit better going north.

The approaches are incomplete.

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