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Opinion
From the New York City Buildings Commissioner
The commissioner writes that the agency won’t let construction proceed unless the building is safe.Government exists for the public good rather than the private good.
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U.S.
Confident and Assertive, Gorsuch Hurries to Make His Mark
Most justices take years to find their footing at the Supreme Court, but Neil M. Gorsuch has already written self-assured opinions and tussled with colleagues.Justice Gorsuch seems to assume that the court should adjust to him rather than he to the court.
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Opinion
Happy Fourth of July! Show Us Your Papers
Dozens of states rightly gave President Trump’s voter-fraud commission the back of their hand.State sovereignty requires that the voter roles are the individual state's responsibility.
It is one of the issues left unresolved by the constitutional convention.
Federal law has regulated voter qualification without moving responsibility from the individual states.
Certification of the vote in elections is a state rather than a federal function.
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World
Trump Presses Xi for Help in Addressing ‘Growing Threat’ of North Korea
President Xi Jinping said the United States-China relationship had shown progress but was also affected by “negative factors,” according to Chinese news reports.Let the State Department work.
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U.S.
Five Misleading Republican Claims About Health Care
Republicans have misinformed Americans on the Senate health care bill’s impact in several areas and have exaggerated the Affordable Care Act’s problems."Once over lightly"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_hazard
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Arts
Rumba 101 With Two Ballet Pros
On a ballroom night, James Whiteside and Cassandra Trenary of American Ballet Theater danced a flashy rumba with tricky partnering and fast turns.Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Opinion
The Making of a Non-Patriot
The process of patriotic disillusionment is a complicated process, and takes time.Teach: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_hazard
The child will begin to understand flawed humanity doing
what it can toward the "pursuit of happiness".
That child may learn that: Speaking truth to power is an individuals duty to the world.
Hope for the possible is the "Golden Door".
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Sports
A Banner Day for Germany at the Tour de France
Marcel Kittel won a sprint victory in the second stage as German riders put doping scandals behind them and drew large crowds on the route through Düsseldorf.The Tour de France is a bicycle race.
It is a silly event of no great significance.
A stage is a fraction of a triviality.
Bicycles are transportation.
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Opinion
Going to Hooters and Seeing America
The restaurant exposed four Pakistani kids to the crass yet oddly family-friendly side of this country.The innocents received some education on one part of American Culture.
Weeds are everywhere.
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Crosswords & Games
Pioneering High Jump Maneuver
Randall J. Hartman needs some cheering up.the FOSBURY FLOP at 25A.
Failures that didn't fail.
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Arts
What’s on TV Monday: ‘Life’s a Beach’ and ‘Janet King’
No sand or surf this holiday weekend? Stream a few of the 21 summery tales on Fandor. Or sleuth alongside Marta Dusseldorp, one of Australia’s busiest actresses.I am suffering a visitation of siblings.
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Watching
Margaret’s Picks for the Best TV of 2017 (So Far)
We’re halfway through the year. Here’s where things stand.I do like you. I also Love you.
I will watch you watching almost anything.
Watching you watching me is not broadly informative.
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U.S.
Michael Cohen Goes From Trump’s Inner Circle to Scrutiny in Russia Investigation
The former personal injury lawyer worked his way up to an office at Trump Tower. Now he’s further from the family fold and under scrutiny.The relationship is causal.
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Technology
After Ransomware Attack, Windows XP Is Not Back From the Dead
Microsoft recently issued an emergency patch for the operating system it retired in 2014, but the company has no plans to restore full support.Windows XP died of natural causes.
Bad design was, ultimately, irredeemable.
It continues to serve behind Firefox.
It is never seen by other net users.
Firefox retains the cookies and executable code.
It forgets on command.
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Books
‘I Have Passed the Point of Reacting’: How the Watergate News Cycle Reads Today
Jon Meacham looks at three signature works about Watergate — by Elizabeth Drew, Art Buchwald and Theodore H. White — to see how the news of the ’70s resonates."Watergate is the stuff of grand tragedy, the great passion play of our politics. It long ago seemed to pass from history to art, from the actual clips of The Washington Post to Alan J. Pakula’s film “All the President’s Men” and, more recently, to Peter Morgan’s “Frost/Nixon.” Yet one lesson of Ms. Drew’s book is that events of immense historical significance are not the exclusive province of a distant past but can fill the days — and, in the time of Twitter, the moments — of our workaday worlds. Headlines are not always destined to live down the years. But sometimes they do."
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Crosswords & Games
Pioneering High Jump Maneuver
Randall J. Hartman needs some cheering up.The "Fonsbury Flop" was a successful maneuver.
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Opinion
Relax and Let Your Kids Indulge in TV
Putting limits on screen time for children has become a statement of class, order, purity and parental authority.We learn more from bad television than from most things.
Screens must hold one's attention or be turned off.
Then we would not be buying.
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World
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With its immense riches, Qatar can withstand the effects of a blockade. But the longer the dispute lasts, the more likely it is to destabilize the region.
The Saudi campaign against the "West" is becomming more apparent.
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U.S.
Five Misleading Republican Claims About Health Care
Republicans have misinformed Americans on the Senate health care bill’s impact in several areas and have exaggerated the Affordable Care Act’s problems.The Republican party is desperate to keep their funding.
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Books
Stories of a Lifelong Fascination With Africa
In “Love, Africa,” Jeffrey Gettleman describes his enduring preoccupation with the continent and the career it has engendered.Jeffrey Gettleman set out to have an adventure in Africa like Richard Burton
and Gertrude Bell had in the Middle East.
He seems to have succeeded. I would have to read the book to say more.
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