Monday, December 24, 2018

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1
Style

The Big Online Dating Rebrand

Apps like Tinder, Bumble and Grindr want you to fall in love again (with them).

People don't like the results.
Kissing frogs rarely yields princes.
They like the dream.
Editing is a skill.

2
Sports

Everyone Loves to Watch Zion Williamson Play. Maybe as Much as He Loves Playing.

The Duke freshman is earning comparisons to Charles Barkley, Shawn Kemp and, yes, even LeBron James and has everyone in basketball’s attention.

https://nytimes.stats.com/wcbk/schedules.asp?team=0129

#1 Connecticut Huskies (11-0)

Stats | Roster | Schedule

Schedule

DateOpponentTimeTVResult
11/11 vs. Ohio State 12:00 PM ET CBSS W 85 - 53
11/17 vs. Vanderbilt 6:00 PM ET W 80 - 42
11/22 vs. Mississippi* 7:49 PM ET W 90 - 50
11/23 vs. St. John's (NY)* 7:56 PM ET W 65 - 55
11/24 vs. Purdue* 8:23 PM ET W 86 - 40
11/28 vs.
16
DePaul
7:00 PM ET W 99 - 63
12/2 at
1
Notre Dame
4:00 PM ET ESPN W 89 - 71
12/4 at Saint Louis 7:00 PM ET CBSS W 98 - 42
12/8 vs. Seton Hall 1:00 PM ET ESPN3 W 99 - 61
12/19 at Oklahoma 8:30 PM ET FS1 W 72 - 63
12/22 at
14
California
3:00 PM ET PACN W 76 - 66
1/3 at
6
Baylor
9:00 PM ET ESPN 
1/6 at Houston 12:00 PM ET CBSS 
1/9 vs. Cincinnati 7:00 PM ET
1/13 vs. South Florida 1:00 PM ET ESPN 
1/16 at Tulane 8:00 PM ET

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Opinion

Some Old Acquaintances Are Being Forgot

It’s the end of an era on Capitol Hill. What about in the White House?

It is a good thing.
However court appointments are for life.
"Nasty, brutish, and blessedly short."
 I hope.

4
Sports

No Need to Mourn as Missy Franklin Retires From Swimming at 23

Chronic shoulder pain drove Franklin from the sport, but she had a rewarding career full of memories she will carry forever.

Swimming is  a pleasure without  the competition.

5
U.S.

Former Michael Flynn Business Associates Indicted in Turkey Lobbying Case

The indictment is evidence of a crackdown growing from the inquiry by Robert S. Mueller III, who has investigated foreign money devised to manipulate decision-making in Washington.

Guilty!

6
Arts

Penny Marshall Did It Her Way, Yes, Her Way

Remembering Marshall as Laverne DeFazio, the 1950s blue-collar dynamo of a 1970s sitcom.

A dark period for me.

7
Movies

How Dolly Parton Nearly Hired Our Columnist Away

Spoiler alert: He’s still writing for us and not singing for her. But it’s just one example of the way the star has sweet-talked her way into the Oscar race.

She gets paid.

8
Opinion

What We Now Know About Russian Disinformation

The Senate gave my research team data from social media companies. The picture that emerges is grim.

News should have a responsible editor.

9
Sports

The Ravens’ Down-to-Earth Approach Is Unnerving the N.F.L.

In an era when offenses emphasize the pass, Baltimore is doing just the opposite, and its emerging ground game is leaving other teams flummoxed.

Do what works.

10
World

Kurdish Fighters Discuss Releasing Almost 3,200 ISIS Prisoners

Upset by President Trump’s order to withdraw troops, and expecting a Turkish attack, the Syrian Democratic Forces are considering freeing fighters, a monitoring group and official said.

Trump wants his wall.

11
World

Where Reindeer Are a Way of Life


Overgrazing is as bad as too few deer.

Fewer Sami is a solution.

12
Opinion

Would Human Extinction Be a Tragedy?

Our species possesses inherent value, but we are devastating the earth and causing unimaginable animal suffering.

Population collapse is not extinction.

If half the people suddenly died many more would soon follow.
Saving enough to restart would be the problem.

No

13
U.S.

Trump Administration Imposes Ban on Bump Stocks

Under the new regulation, which had been expected, Americans who own bump stocks would have 90 days to destroy their devices or to turn them over to the A.T.F.

Pointless.

14
New York

7 Ways to Fix the M.T.A. (Which Needs a $60 Billion Overhaul)

A new report found the M.T.A. will need a staggering amount of money to fix the system, and it urged the approval of congestion pricing to fund it.

Issue a bond.

15
Reader Center

A Q. and A. With Alice Walker Stoked Outrage. Our Book Review Editor Responds.

In The Times’s latest By the Book column, the author Alice Walker lauded a writer who has been accused of anti-Semitism. Our Book Review editor explains why we featured her.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/books/review/alice-walker-by-the-book.html

The outraged cannot read the words written.

https://www.amazon.com/Truth-Shall-Set-You-Free/dp/0953881059/ref=sr_1_1

It looks like conspiracy theory.

16
Business

A Struggling Desert Town Bets Its Future on Pot


There is no future at the California border in pot.

17
Health

Now Mental Health Patients Can Specify Their Care Before Hallucinations and Voices Overwhelm Them

Psychiatric advance directives allow patients with serious mental illness to specify the treatment they want if they become too sick to say so.
      
It seems like a good idea if the potential patient is sufficiently knowledgeable.

18
Science

Puritan Tiger Beetles, ‘Vicious Predators,’ May Soon Hunt Again

The beetles are New England’s most endangered species. Now scientists have begun an unlikely effort to return them to the banks of the Connecticut River.

It seems a good idea.

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New York

Private Jet to the Super Bowl: Bribes Described in N.Y. Police Trial

Two businessmen wanted to be “big shots.” Prosecutors claim the men bribed several police officials with expensive gifts — including prostitutes — in return for favors.

Prove it and convict them all.

20
Style

Zachary Levi of ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Embraces His Inner Geek

Browsing Midtown Comics with the star of the forthcoming “Shazam!” (Yes, fanboy selfies were taken.)

No surprise.


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@6:30,     12/21/18

 1
Style

The Big Online Dating Rebrand


2
Business

The Itsy-Bitsy, Teenie-Weenie, Very Litigious Bikini

Who is the rightful inventor of the blockbuster swimsuit known as the Kiini?

An I.P. fight.
Ignore them.

3

Arts

Penny Marshall Did It Her Way, Yes, Her Way


Ok

4
Opinion

Some Old Acquaintances Are Being Forgot

It’s the end of an era on Capitol Hill. What about in the White House?

Trump will not last.

5
Well

Is There an Optimal Diet for Humans?

A study of modern hunter-gatherer groups found that they exhibit generally excellent metabolic health while consuming a wide range of diets.

No

6
New York

Federal Officials Accuse N.Y. County of Blocking Investigation Into Limo Crash That Killed 20

Two months after the nation’s deadliest accident in years, federal investigators say they cannot get access to the limo and other evidence.

Cooperate.

There is no "winner.

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New York

7 Ways to Fix the M.T.A. (Which Needs a $60 Billion Overhaul)


Issue a bond.

8
Opinion

What We Now Know About Russian Disinformation


Editing helps.

9
Style

2018: The Year in Stuff

Cardi couture, genderless handbags, CBD skin care, natural wine and more: 11 wearables, massagables and drinkables that defined a strange, fractious year.

Professional interest only.

10
U.S.

Former Michael Flynn Business Associates Indicted in Turkey Lobbying Case

The indictment is evidence of a crackdown growing from the inquiry by Robert S. Mueller III, who has investigated foreign money devised to manipulate decision-making in Washington.

Ok

11
Smarter Living

How to Write a Family Newsletter Your Friends Will Actually Read

Your family is great, but no one wants to read about it for 10 minutes. Here’s what to do.

12 

Smarter Living

5 Cheap(ish) Things For a Romantic Date Night

Cuuuuute!

Good things.

13
Sports

No Need to Mourn as Missy Franklin Retires From Swimming at 23


Not competitive
is not dead.  swim

14
Books

A Masterpiece That Requires Your Full Attention — and a Lot of Time

At nearly 1,700 pages, Uwe Johnson’s novel “Anniversaries” takes the form of a yearlong diary covering 1968, written by a German woman who has moved to New York City with her young daughter.

1968 was a different world.

"The smallest model of a universe is the thing itself."

15
Sports

Everyone Loves to Watch Zion Williamson Play. Maybe as Much as He Loves Playing.

The Duke freshman is earning comparisons to Charles Barkley, Shawn Kemp and, yes, even LeBron James and has everyone in basketball’s attention.

1 Connecticut Huskies (10-0)

Stats | Roster | Schedule

Schedule

DateOpponentTimeTVResult
11/11 vs. Ohio State 12:00 PM ET CBSS W 85 - 53
11/17 vs. Vanderbilt 6:00 PM ET W 80 - 42
11/22 vs. Mississippi* 7:49 PM ET W 90 - 50
11/23 vs. St. John's (NY)* 7:56 PM ET W 65 - 55
11/24 vs. Purdue* 8:23 PM ET W 86 - 40
11/28 vs.
16
DePaul
7:00 PM ET W 99 - 63
12/2 at
1
Notre Dame
4:00 PM ET ESPN W 89 - 71
12/4 at Saint Louis 7:00 PM ET CBSS W 98 - 42
12/8 vs. Seton Hall 1:00 PM ET ESPN3 W 99 - 61
12/19 at Oklahoma 8:30 PM ET FS1 W 72 - 63
12/22 at
14
California
3:00 PM ET PACN 
1/3 at
6
Baylor
9:00 PM ET ESPN 
1/6 at Houston 12:00 PM ET CBSS 
1/9 vs. Cincinnati 7:00 PM ET
1/13 vs. South Florida 1:00 PM ET ESPN 

The Huskies are slipping slightly.  Only an eleven point victory.
The "B" team needs more practice.

16
Opinion

Put Down the Golf Clubs, Visit the Troops

President Trump, the commander in chief, should not look away from the wars he oversees.

I would rather he hid in Miami.

17
U.S.

Trump Officials Say Drug Prices Are Inflated. So Are Some of Their Claims on a Solution.

The administration has sometimes made misleading statements to garner support for its plan on what it has accurately identified as a problem for many Americans.

Let Medicare bargain with Pharma.

18
U.S.

Lamar Alexander Will Not Seek Re-election in 2020

Mr. Alexander, a United States senator since 2003 and former Tennessee governor, said that “now it is time for someone else to have that privilege.”

Reaction is exhausted as a political principle.

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World

Where Reindeer Are a Way of Life

The indigenous Sami people have fought for generations to preserve their identity. The latest battles are against Norway’s limits on reindeer herds.

Norway and the Sami have a common goal.
The reindeer must continue.

20
World

Kurdish Fighters Discuss Releasing Almost 3,200 ISIS Prisoners

Upset by President Trump’s order to withdraw troops, and expecting a Turkish attack, the Syrian Democratic Forces are considering freeing fighters, a monitoring group and official said.

Trump is backing down.
Trump dares not back down.
One fourth of the government is shut down.

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