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Opinion
What Real Border Security Looks Like
Republicans and Democrats should agree to build an Israeli-style “smart fence.”No. The refugees do not hate us.
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Style
Their Warhols Are at the Whitney. Their Ugly Divorce Is on Display, Too.
The tawdry divorce of Libbie and David Mugrabi is not just a tabloid story. At stake are a trophy townhouse, works by Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons, and the inner-workings of one of the world’s most influential art dealer families.Ugly people owning ugly art.
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Movies
‘Touch Me Not’ Review: Our Bodies Examined
Adina Pintilie’s debut feature, winner of the Golden Bear in Berlin last year, lays bare the philosophical complications of carnality.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxmz3RcNNBE
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Opinion
John Bolton’s Wars
It falls to the national security adviser to defend the incomprehensible.John Bolton is dealing with the mess he made.
5
Opinion
The Man Who Humbled Qassim Suleimani
An interview with Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, Israel’s chief of staff.My preference is that Israel resolves their conflicts with
Other claimants to the territory without a genocide.
The conflicts are religious.
The wars will continue.
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World
Poland Arrests 2, Including Huawei Employee, Accused of Spying for China
A Polish citizen who works for the French telecommunications company Orange was also charged, officials said.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames
"The only way to win is not to play"
There is no exit strategy.
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World
Saudi Women, Tired of Restraints, Find Ways to Flee
Often aided and inspired by social media, an increasing number of young Saudi women are taking enormous gambles to escape the country, rights groups say.The Saudi women are doing what they must.
I will produce an essay on Persian culture if I must.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Persian_culture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdah
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Arts
Trevor Noah Is Underwhelmed by Democrats’ Response to Trump
After watching Democratic congressional leaders’ dry rebuttal to President Trump’s nationally televised address on immigration, Noah had some choice words.A proper response to Trump would place one third of the U.S. at war with another third.
The war of all against all must be avoided.
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Opinion
Ronald Reagan’s Hopeful Farewell
His last speech as president was about his faith in America and its people. Our current president could not be more different.Both of them are wrong in slightly different ways.
10
Business
Everything You Thought You Knew About Driving on Snow Was Wrong
The biggest problem is speed, and not knowing it will take much longer to stop, experts say.Maybe.
I hope I am not overconfident.
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Food
The Supreme Court May Change the Way You Buy Wine
The justices will hear oral arguments in a contentious case involving whether consumers can order from out-of-state wine shops.I may not notice.
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U.S.
Democrats Focus on Shutdown’s Cost and Steer Away From Trump’s Wall
President Trump’s relentless demands for a wall could divide Democrats over border security alternatives, so they are sticking to what unifies them: Reopening the government.I am not worried about Trump's wall.
It is a solution without a problem.
The attempt to extort the congress must be resisted.
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U.S.
Manafort Accused of Sharing Trump Polling Data With Russian Associate
The accusations that Paul Manafort shared polling data were inadvertently revealed in a court filing by his lawyers. The associate, Konstantin V. Kilimnik, had links to Russian intelligence.Paul Manafort is an opportunist.
Russia pays him.
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Real Estate
Better Than the Powerball
For New Yorkers looking for an affordable home, the odds of winning a housing lottery are 1 in 592.I am not constrained to live in easy range of the city.
The odds are still bad.
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Business
Federal Shutdown’s Uneven Toll: Some Americans Are Devastated, Others Oblivious
As the shutdown approached record length, it was being felt by Americans in widely varying ways. For some, it is invisible; for others, it’s inescapable.Devastated federal employees are not a good thing.
They do necessary work for the most part.
When the work they are doing is unnecessary they can be assigned other work.
Almost all of them need their incomes.
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Magazine
For Gay Conservatives, the Trump Era is the Best and Worst of Times
Inside the emboldened, if hardly unified, ranks of the LGBT right.Some like rough sex.
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Opinion
The Remoralization of the Market
The right response to economic populism.That or allow the societal values to pass to the regulatory aspect of government.
That would require "big government".
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Opinion
Is the President Making Middle School Worse?
In Virginia, school bullying is up in regions that voted for Trump.It would follow.
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Opinion
Jair Bolsonaro Takes Power. With a Vengeance.
His presidency is off to a shaky start in Brazil.The Brazilian reactionaries are unchanged.
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World
American Boy, 16, Caught Fighting for ISIS in Syria, Militia Says
The teenager, whose capture was announced by the Syrian Democratic Forces, would be the only American minor apprehended fighting on behalf of the Islamic State on the battlefield.Prior restraint has not been part of U.S. law.
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