Saturday, August 19, 2017

@17:30, 8/18/17

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Arts

Kesha and Taylor Swift Find New Voices

On “Rainbow,” Kesha steps away from her old persona but keeps her former spark. In court, Taylor Swift speaks with no filter. A panel discussion, on Popcast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-Dur3uXXCQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx1RSj4biO4

2
Opinion

Save Your Sanity. Downgrade Your Life.

At work we have no choice but to upgrade to the latest technology. At home, we can say no.

Yes.

I am still learning to code.
I want to do new things.

New things are not advertised.
New things do not require the bleeding edge.

3
Arts

Solid-Gold Toilet to Be Removed From Guggenheim in September

It’s unclear where the artist Maurizio Cattelan’s fully functional, 18-karat interactive sculpture, titled “America,” will move to next.

Donald Trump is not typically American.

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N.Y. / Region

How Michael Strahan, Television Host, Spends His Sundays

Mr. Strahan is enjoying his last few idle Sundays — strolling in Central Park and driving in N.J. — before he resumes his gig with “Fox N.F.L. Sunday.”

I do not watch the NFL in any form.

5
Books

A Science Writer Embraces Buddhism as a Path to Enlightenment

Robert Wright, whose book “Why Buddhism Is True” is a best seller, has been a spiritual seeker for a long time.

Science and religion do not intersect.

6
Business Day

He Didn’t Need the Insurance, or the Ruined Credit Report

Allan Dunlap was among 800,000 Wells Fargo borrowers wrongly charged for auto coverage. The bank admits errors, but he’s had to fight to be made whole.

Wells Fargo proves the need for regulation.

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Opinion

Who Is to Blame for Partition? Above All, Imperial Britain

Many people’s mistakes contributed to the cataclysmic violence that followed Indian independence. But at the root of it was the Raj.

India was religiously unstable before during and after the British Raj.

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Health

The Appointment Ends. Now the Patient Is Listening.


Take notes.

9
Arts

16 Members of White House Arts Committee Resign to Protest Trump

Artists, authors, performers and others stepped down from the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities after Mr. Trump’s remarks about white nationalists.

Empty gestures are easy.

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Opinion

On the Trail of Canada’s Missing Women

A government inquiry should heed the concerns of the indigenous communities at the heart of a dark national tragedy.

Racism is a subtle poison.  It is often not recognized by its victims.
Racism is called natural causes.

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