Friday, August 25, 2017

@22:30, 8/23/17

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1
Business Day

Wall Street Journal Editor Admonishes Reporters Over Trump Coverage

In internal emails, Gerard Baker described the draft of an article about the president’s rally in Phoenix as “commentary dressed up as news reporting.”

The WSJ must report facts.

2
U.S.

Catholic Priest Takes Leave After Revealing He Once Belonged to K.K.K.

The Rev. William Aitcheson is temporarily stepping down after writing an editorial about having burned crosses among other “despicable actions” during his youth.

Confession, pennance and forgivness.
We must take him at his word.

3
N.Y. / Region

An Old Fish Farm, but With Gourmet Takeout

As Montauk and Amagansett get fancier, Multi Aquaculture Systems, a rustic fish farm with a market, keeps to a more casual aesthetic.

As convenient.

4
Business Day

ESPN, Citing Safety, Says Robert Lee Won’t Broadcast Virginia Football Game

The network said Mr. Lee, who shares a name with a Confederate general, would cover another football game on Sept. 2 instead of the University of Virginia game.

ESPN is cowardly.

5
Opinion

Kurds’ Risky Dream of Independence

It is an understandable goal. But first they need democratic institutions, a strong economy and support from Iraq and other countries.

Always do the possible when it pleases the residents.
The Kurds have earned a vote.
If a state results from the vote I will not be displeased. 

6
Sports

Billy Payne, Who Allowed Women to Join Augusta National, Retires

Payne’s 11-year tenure as chairman of Augusta National and the Masters included the club adding its first female members and expanding efforts to increase golf participation around the world.

He can play more golf.

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N.Y. / Region

Far from Winner’s Circle, Saratoga Track Workers Fear Deportation

Saratoga’s racetrack is known for pomp and pageantry, but in the gritty backstretch, Latino track workers are nervous, after local immigration arrests

Cheap skilled help without papers should worry.

8
U.S.

In an English-First Moment, the Language of ‘Despacito’ Thrives in the U.S.

Thanks to migration, adaptation, pop culture and commerce, the Spanish language endures in the United States, regardless of any effort to control it.

Puerto Rico is part of the United States.
It speaks Spanish.  Government publications are required to be in English and Spanish.

9
Sports

N.F.L. Protests Go On as Other Groups Fight for Kaepernick

The issue is the most prominent of many facing the league.

Football fans are not my favorite people.

10
Opinion

Live in a Poor Neighborhood? Better Be a Perfect Parent.

Child services holds poor parents of color in the Bronx to a standard that white parents in more privileged areas are not expected to meet.

No one is surprised. 


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