Monday, April 9, 2018

@1:25, 4/9/18

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1
Opinion

The Tragedy of James Comey

How to understand the man who may be the most significant supporting player of the Trump era, as he prepares to barnstorm the country on a book tour.

Yes but . . .
I suspect James Comey is the exception, an honorable Republican.

2
Style

‘A Culture Free of Sexual Violence’

Each generation, Antioch College pushes the culture forward. First America laughs — then it follows.

The institution started with abolition and equal rights for women in 1852.

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

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

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

Education as opposed to training.

3
Business Day

YouTube Is Improperly Collecting Children’s Data, Consumer Groups Say

More than 20 organizations are joining forces to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission.

The Business model is data collection and data sales.

4
Arts

Review: American Composers Orchestra Brings Jazz to Classical, Effortlessly

More than half of Friday’s program was devoted to world premieres by composers with backgrounds in jazz performance — a practice that should be more common.

Charts are traditional for touring groups.
There is no shock in charted performance by large ensembles.
"If it sounds good it is good"

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Smarter Living

3 Steps to Avoid Giving Biased Feedback

Our criticism is sometimes influenced in ways we don’t realize. Here’s how to head that off.

Talk.

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

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Obituaries

Eric Bristow, the First Superstar of Darts, Dies at 60

Described as “brash and arrogant,” Mr. Bristow won more than 70 darts tournaments, and his colorful personality helped fuel the game’s popularity.

I cannot comment.
He seems to have suffered from a failure to mature.
He grew old without growing up.

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Times Insider

‘I Kept Thinking of Antioch’: Long Before #MeToo, a Times Video Journalist Remembered a Form She Signed in 2004

Before I could spend the night in my younger sister’s dorm room, I had to report to security...

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch_College#Sexual_Offense_Prevention_Policy

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N.Y. / Region

At the Public Theater, a Mother, a Daughter and Deportation

A new musical with a book by the Pulitzer winner Quiara Alegría Hudes focuses on a fractured relationship against a backdrop of immigration policy.

The problem is real and intensifying.

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

"
Preceded by Whig Party
Succeeded by Constitutional Union Party
Headquarters New York City
Secret wing Order of the Star Spangled Banner
Ideology American nationalism
Anti-Catholicism
Populism
Nativism
Republicanism
"

9
Arts

‘Trust’ Season 1, Episode 3: Change of Management

Even with the best laid plans, there’s no accounting for a psychopath.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Paul_Getty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Paul_Getty#Kidnapping_of_grandson_John_Paul_Getty_III

Being correct is not the same as being just.

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U.S.

South Carolina Congressman Pulls Out Gun at a Meeting With Voters



This representative is going armed to constituent meetings.
He is afraid of the people he represents.

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