Sunday, July 30, 2017

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1
Opinion

Mr. McCain and The Mooch

Let’s hope that Senator McCain’s words, rather than Mr. Scaramucci’s expletives, echo in Americans’ ears in the days to come.

Remember both.

2
Crosswords & Games

Variety: Split Decisions

Fred Piscop likes forks in the road.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZEURntrQOg

Sooner is better.     As soon as you can is best.  

3
Opinion

John McCain’s Dramatic Vote on the Republican Health Bill

Readers praise the senator as they decry what one calls “perhaps the most disgraceful and dishonest legislative gambit” in the Senate’s history.

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

4
Well

Good News on Headphones and Hearing Loss

A reassuring new study found that hearing impairment rates among teens have dropped since an alarming spike in hearing loss was reported a decade ago.

I am glad he rate is down.
Hearing is important.

5
Technology

Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: The End of the iPod, Plus Uber News

In this week’s tech newsletter, Farhad and Mike discuss Uber’s C.E.O. search and their love of C-Span.

Use a broadcaster on the net.  Radio is also good if you can stand the noise.

6
Style

Keeping Up, on Camera, Is No Longer Just for the Kardashians

A growing number of entrepreneurs are turning their lives into do-it-yourself reality shows, hiring videographers to document their every move.

I am not in search of a national reputation.

7
Your Money

Riding Out the Senate Debate With a Massachusetts Medicaid Guru

Nearly two-thirds of people in nursing homes rely on Medicaid to pay at least some of the bill. And many of them rely on specialists like Estelle Stasz for help.

The Eskimo tale of elders abandoned on the ice will not be accepted if it is seen as current.
Disability can be due to advanced age.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_with_Disabilities_Act_of_1990

8
Books

‘Lights On, Rats Out’

Cree LeFavour talks about her new memoir, and Andrew Sean Greer discusses his new novel, “Less.”

Depression is easy.
It is part of getting out of bed.

9
Science

Dr. Herbert Needleman, Who Saw Lead’s Wider Harm to Children, Dies at 89

Dr. Needleman studied lost baby teeth to show that any level of absorbed lead can damage young brains.

He had finished his part of the work.
He earned his exit.

10
Well

Overweight at 17? Your Colon Cancer Risk Rises

Teens who were overweight were at significantly increased risk for developing colon cancer as adults.

Get a diagnosis.

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1
Opinion

Mr. McCain and The Mooch

Let’s hope that Senator McCain’s words, rather than Mr. Scaramucci’s expletives, echo in Americans’ ears in the days to come.

Remember both.

2
Food

Your Next Lesson: Godello From Spain

This white grape almost disappeared from Spain in the middle of the 20th century, but a dedicated group succeeded in reviving it.

I like the stuff. 
I will not buy it.

3
Crosswords & Games

Variety: Split Decisions

Fred Piscop likes forks in the road.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRCe5L1imxg

Sooner is better.    As soon as you can is best.

4
Opinion

Fight Plastic Pollution

The Surfrider Foundation calls on legislators to solve this crisis.

There are measures against plastic polution.
Merchandisers hate them. 

5
Fashion & Style

Open Thread: This Week in Style News

An ode to shopping malls, a new luxury arms race — and
more.

The style news is, it is summer.
Go among strangers.
What is unreported is unremarked.

6
Technology

A New Way for Therapists to Get Inside Heads: Virtual Reality

Limbix, a start-up using Google headsets, helps psychologists expose patients to their anxieties in the safety of an office.

Cheap exposure therapy.

7
Magazine

The Emptiness of Trump’s Promises of Tolerance

The identity politics of the president’s supporters have always been deceptively complicated — but his own have been less so.

A null set.

8
Crosswords & Games

By Design

Isaac Mizrahi and David J. Kahn fashion a puzzle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyQeFOTnFn4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjv4ESS2LqY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD80eJmB1Dk

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N.Y. / Region

In Boy Scouts Speech, Trump Hails and Puts Down Creator of Levittown

President Trump held up the developer William Levitt as a symbol of lost momentum, a mention that struck relatives and residents as hypocritical.

William Levitt and Robert Moses beat Fred Trump at the sprawl game.

10
Podcasts

Introducing ‘The New Washington’

We’ll be interviewing the person in Washington you want to hear from each week for our new podcast series.

I doubt that.

Sooner is better.       As soon as you can is best,

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