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U.S.
Trump’s Emergency Powers Threat Could End Shutdown Crisis, but at What Cost?
If the president invokes emergency powers to build a wall, it could be a mutually face-saving way to reopen the government, but also a violation of constitutional norms.There is no causal relationship between Trump's refusal to fund "normal" government operation and The Houses refusal to construct an unnecessary barrier on the southern border.
This is a Trump tantrum.
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U.S.
Trump Storms Out of White House Meeting With Democrats on Shutdown
President Trump slammed a table, then stormed out of a negotiating session with Democrats, declaring it “a total waste of time” as the shutdown stretches on.Trump is refusing to negotiate funding of normal operations.
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Business
Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Bezos Announce Divorce on Twitter
In a statement posted on his Twitter account, Mr. Bezos, the Amazon founder and richest man in the world, and Ms. Bezos, a novelist, said they would “remain cherished friends.”If they are getting on so well why divorce?
The announcement is a polite lie.
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New York
El Chapo Trial: Kingpin Used Spyware to Obsessively Monitor His Wife and Mistress
An I.T. expert working for the crime lord helped the F.B.I. obtain dozens of intimate — and incriminating — text messages he wrote to the women.It seems unnecessary to me.
They are both guilty.
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World
A Norwegian Air Jet Landed in Iran 4 Weeks Ago. It Can’t Leave Yet.
Stranded passengers moved on safely the next day, but repairs for the plane have been delayed because of U.S. sanctions.Fly in Norwegian Air mechanics and parts.
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Opinion
Trump Hits the Wall
And what's all that sniffling about?Gail Collins can listen.
Why can't Trump listen?
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U.S.
Trump Thinks He’s His Own Best Messenger. Where Does That Leave Bill Shine?
It didn’t take long before Mr. Shine, President Trump’s latest communications director, faced skepticism from Mr. Trump, who thought that in the ex-Fox executive he was getting another Roger Ailes.Bill Shine is just passing through.
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Magazine
How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution
The extravagant splendor of the animal kingdom can’t be explained by natural selection alone — so how did it come to be?I have little interest in nonsequiturs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non_sequitur_%28literary_device%29
Humans like to play with their food.
Everything for sex.
Without it there is no biological future.
Nature has no notion of efficiency or anything else.
It always does what works. What does not work dies young.
The cycle of the seasons is always present.
There will be a next moment
The worms get what is leftover.
The teleology of nature is not human and thus not devine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleology
I do not read minds other than my own.
Beauty is found in the mind of the observer.
I can sometimes put it there.
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U.S.
Washington’s Strong Economy, Financed by Taxpayers, Takes a Hit From Shutdown
As the country nears the end of its third week of a government shutdown, the nation’s capital has borne the brunt of its consequences.Yes.
It is not good.
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Style
Colorado’s Got a Gay Governor. Who Cares?
Colorado elected a rich, gay, Jewish governor. It’s either a historic moment or progress-with-a-shrug — or both.Yes
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U.S.
Rod Rosenstein, a Tough-on-Crime Conservative Thrust Into a Political Maelstrom
Mr. Rosenstein was eager to put his stamp on the Justice Department as deputy attorney general. Instead, he was dropped into the Russia inquiry. Now he plans to step down.Simple conservatism is not viable in the turbulent political environment of the world, the nation, the states, and the individuals.
Justice is founded in relationships.
Relationships are in flux.
Law must mutate while remaining just.
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Magazine
May I Cut My Daughter Out of My Life?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether a parent can cut off contact with a difficult child, when a parent can break a child’s confidence and more.The convent is a traditional solution.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finishing_school
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_academy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_school
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeshiva
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Business_School
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Eastern_Orthodox_monasteries_in_the_United_States
Running away from home does not work well.
The Military no longer serves as a shelter.
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U.S.
C.E.O. Resigns Over Case of Woman in Vegetative State Who Gave Birth
Bill Timmons, the C.E.O. of Hacienda HealthCare, resigned after a woman in a vegetative state at one of the company’s facilities was sexually assaulted and later gave birth.Rape is a crime.
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U.S.
Trump, Along the Border in Texas, Reiterates Demand for Wall
With the government shutdown nearing the end of its third week, the president also suggested that he might declare a national emergency to bypass Congress.A false fixed idea is a quality of insanity.
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Opinion
Greece’s Great Hemorrhaging
Everyone wants to see an end to the crisis — not least the Greek people — but the country is a long way from “normalcy.”Greece must exit the Euro if it is to have a government.
Greece is bankrupt.
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Opinion
The Lobbyists Blocking Nancy Pelosi and Her New Majority
She and her allies face some old, determined adversaries.There is no easy way out.
The interests of the whole nation must control.
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Opinion
Have We Had Enough of the Imperial Presidency Yet?
Even a feeble president can impose his will on the nation if he lacks any sense of restraint or respect for political norms and guardrails.I have had more than enough.
There is no escaping a carbon tax.
The use of fossil carbon must end now.
Sooner is better.
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Smarter Living
A Simple Way to Better Remember Things: Draw a Picture
Activating more parts of your brain helps stuff stick.Yes. Usually I need more detail.
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World
Brexit Is Coming Down to a Game of Brinkmanship
After postponing a vote on her unpopular E.U. withdrawal agreement last month, little has changed for Prime Minister Theresa May. But the endgame could be weeks away.Brexit will be hard.
The E.U. has bargained.
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U.S.
Pastor Who Praised Pulse Nightclub Gunman Resigns After Allegedly Paying for Sex
Donnie Romero, a pastor who praised the killing of 49 people at a gay bar in Orlando, Fla., in 2016, stepped down for allegedly paying for prostitutes.Not soon enough.
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