Sunday, June 4, 2017

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Well

Can Air-Conditioners Cause Sinus Congestion?

Air-conditioners can make some people’s noses clog or run for several reasons.

Yes.

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The Learning Network

Questions for: ‘Homework? First I Need to Get to the Bottom of This Comey Story’

How does this high school student’s passion for political reporting come through in his work?

He is an obsessed kid.

Usually a calling does not show so young.

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U.S.

Does Trump Still Think Climate Change Is a Hoax? No One Can Say

No one working for President Trump who has been sent out to explain his decision on the Paris accords knows whether he believes in climate change.

Does Trump think?

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The Learning Network

Parenting Skills

Should parents say “no” more often when their children ask for new things?

Limited new things.

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Style

Making a Marriage Magically Tidy

At her husband’s suggestion (and with the wisdom of Marie Kondo), a recovering slob discovers the sexiness of
cleanliness.

I am not yet reformed.

I spend my time on line.

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U.S.

Democrats Sought Inquiry of Testimony by Sessions at His Confirmation Hearing

Senators Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont and Al Franken of Minnesota wrote letters asking the F.B.I. to investigate whether Attorney General Jeff Sessions perjured himself.

I would like Jeff Sessions to be retired.

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Crosswords & Games

Cowboys May Ride Off Into It

Derek Bowman and Sarah Keller offer a puzzle that revolves around something very important.

There are too many things I do not know.
Sister Ann works them in ink.

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Real Estate

Homes for Sale in New York and Connecticut

This week’s properties include a five-bedroom house in Old Westbury, N.Y., and a three-bedroom penthouse in Stamford, Conn.

Studio space is not found in condos.

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U.S.

Comey Expected to Testify Before Senate, but Trump Could Try to Block Him

The testimony about conversations with the president would force Mr. Trump to decide whether to invoke executive privilege to try to stop Mr. Comey from testifying.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_privilege
Trump would have a tough time proving his case.

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U.S.

White House Waivers May Have Violated Ethics Rules

Ethics experts questioned the validity of a retroactive exemption that allowed Stephen K. Bannon, the senior strategist, to communicate with editors at Breitbart.

Get Steve Bannon out if possible.


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Opinion

How Interracial Love Is Saving America

Through intimacy across racial lines, more whites are able to see and name racism.

I am not encouraged.

I see a good deal of it.  I wish them luck.

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N.Y. / Region

In a Brief Prep School Career, a Growing List of Sexual Misconduct Allegations

A teacher named in the Choate sexual abuse report now stands accused of inappropriate conduct at three of the four schools where he taught. “Take a chance,” he urged a 14-year-old.

He did not learn the first time.

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Opinion

When America Barred Italians

My impoverished relatives came to America illegally in an era when Italians were widely viewed as natural born criminals. Sound familiar?

Immigrant bans have been tried and failed.


Science

A New Formula to Help Tame China’s Yellow River

China discharges water from the Xiaolangdi Dam in an annual cleansing ritual to prevent flooding along the Yellow River. New research could improve the results.

Look at the snow load in the mountains.
Satellite pictures are good enough.


Opinion

A Meaningful Move on Voting Rights in Alabama

A new law weakens a century-old constitutional provision that was explicitly intended to disenfranchise black people.

Alabama has far to go.


Opinion

Conservatives on Campus

A Princeton student writes that she has too often seen her conservative friends remain silent.

Supporting the madness of "repeating the same action and expecting a different result" is difficult.

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N.Y. / Region

Bill Woods, New York Urban Planner and ‘Hero of the Harbor,’ Dies at 78

Mr. Woods mobilized public and private constituencies to revitalize New York’s waterfront, helping to coordinate various transportation, recreation and housing projects.

The harbor no longer bustles.
There is no rail connection to the wharves.  Tuck traffic is now discouraged in newly residential neighborhoods.

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Opinion

Choosing Our Fate: Trump’s Decision on Climate Pact

An oceanographer says that 100 years from now, what people will remember is “what we did or did not do about global warming.”

The choice for chaos has been made.


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The Upshot

A Revitalized Pittsburgh Suggests the President Used a Rusty Metaphor

In defiance of President Trump, city leaders vowed to pursue their own climate action.



Paul Krugman on twitter.

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U.S.

The Single-Payer Party? Democrats Shift Left on Health Care

Liberal Democrats have pressed lawmakers to support a single-payer health care system, and strident supporters say the party has moved further left on the issue.

If Obama care must be replaced,  single payer is better.


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