Sunday, June 24, 2018

@20:50, 6/24/18

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Opinion

Why We Are Leaving the G.O.P.

The Republican Party once opposed government intervention in the bedroom and the doctor’s office. No longer.

I celebrate the action.

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New York

A Truly Good-Mannered Man

Waiting for, losing and getting a cab.

I only wish it had been me.

3
U.S.

Elizabeth Warren Condemned Trump in Reno. He Answered in Las Vegas With a Slur.

Ms. Warren and President Trump were both campaigning for Senate candidates in Nevada Saturday, but their fast-burning exchange had the feel of a 2020 presidential campaign confrontation.

Elizabeth Warren is useful in the senate.
If another candidate for president can be found Warren should stay in the senate.


Opinion

I’m an MSNBC Mom, Too

A reader says the TV channel saves her sanity.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/opinion/sunday
/msnbc-cable-news-viewers-moms.html

I prefer PBS but that is tast.  I get to pick my hours.
Kid's programming is unbearable.
Technology is wonderful enough without magical doctoring.

5
Opinion

How Entitled Parents Hurt Schools

Affluent parents who wield connections and resources to get their way can wreak havoc on schools.

Highly modified school programs should be private.

6
Opinion

White Extinction Anxiety

Trump’s immigration policy stems from panic over white loss of power.

Raising those fears has worked well in the past.

Majority factions were a fear of the constitutional convention
There is no good fix for the problem.

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Arts

He Couldn’t Refuse a Deathbed Plea. Now He’s Got 10,000 Pieces of Art.

A Seattle man agreed to watch over his grandfather’s artworks. They were not acclaimed or even known, but this was more about the promise than the art.

Often incineration is the only real solution.

Many things should not leave the studio.

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Health

A Drug Costs $272,000 a Year. Not So Fast, Says New York State.

New York’s Medicaid program says Orkambi, a new drug to treat cystic fibrosis, is not worth the price. The case is being closely watched around the country.

Risk pools should be as large as possible.
Cystic Fibrosis is a rare disease.

272,000/3,000,000 = $0.09 

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Business Day

Former Trump Aide Apologizes for ‘Cotton-Picking’ Remark to Black Guest on Fox News

The remarks by David Bossie prompted a rare on-air repudiation from Fox News, which released a statement calling the outburst “deeply offensive and wholly inappropriate.”

Faux does know better.

10
World

Mexico’s Hardball Politics Get Even Harder as PRI Fights to Hold Onto Power

Faced with dismal polls, the ruling party is putting the levers of government to its ends. It also considered using the Trump campaign consultant Cambridge Analytica.

Mexico needs to clean house.

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U.S.

Postcards From Another Era: Obama Team Memoirs Flood the Stores

If it seems as if everyone who worked for former President Barack Obama has a new book out, that’s not far off the mark. And there are more to come.

yes.

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Opinion

The Best Book for 2018 Is 25 Years Old

Everyone should read “Stone Butch Blues.”

Probably.

The gay pride parade was yesterday.

5
Arts

He Couldn’t Refuse a Deathbed Plea. Now He’s Got 10,000 Pieces of Art.


Set up a digital archive.

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Opinion

Ivanka and Vodka, on the Rocks


7
Fashion & Style

Elizabeth Hoffman, Benjamin Kubic

The couple met at Harvard, from which each received an M.B.A.

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

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Fashion & Style

Jacqueline Kahn, David Sobel

The couple met at a dodgeball game in March 2014; they were married at the Rittenhouse Hotel in Philadelphia.

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

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Fashion & Style

Ashley Fischer, Jonathan Mabry

The couple met in 2014 through the dating app Hinge; they married at the Central Park Zoo.

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

10
Arts

Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin Don’t Talk. They Sing.

New operas about two German-Jewish intellectuals who fled the Nazis have appeared on German stages this spring. Only one will blow you away.

You would have to drag me.

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