Saturday, February 9, 2019

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1
World

Where Europe Would Be Hurt Most by a No-Deal Brexit

Some countries could lose quite badly. A few could benefit.

Britain has an effective central bank.
The E.U. does not.
I will be interested to watch the economies squirm.

2
Business

Trump Loves the New Nafta. Congress Doesn’t.

The president’s most significant achievement on trade — a revised deal with Canada and Mexico — is imperiled amid Democratic and Republican concerns.

Congress has the final say.

3
Opinion

Thank God for Canada!

Our boring neighbor is a moral leader of the free world.

Nickolas Kristof is not distracted.

4
Opinion

Meet Trump’s Worst!

Who’s champion of the race to the bottom?

Doing less was what was promised by Trump.

5
Arts

Frida Kahlo Was a Painter, a Brand Builder, a Survivor. And So Much More.

The artist and pop culture icon meticulously built her own image. A sweeping survey at the Brooklyn Museum examines how she did it, and why.

Go and see the work.

6
U.S.

‘A Match Into a Can of Gasoline’: Measles Outbreak Now an Emergency in Washington State

Measles, believed to be largely wiped out as a public health crisis two decades ago, is affecting dozens of children.

Vaccines are effective.

7
Obituaries

Christine Kay, Editor on Prizewinning Times Projects, Dies at 54

Ms. Kay helped shepherd Pulitzer-winning series, including the celebrated “Portraits of Grief” remembrances of the victims of 9/11.

The casualties were the families who were not there.
People got out or they died.

There is nothing to say about breast cancer.
She did good work.

8
U.S..

State of the Union Fact Check: What Trump Got Right and Wrong

President Trump appeared in front of a joint session of Congress for the annual address. Here is how his remarks stacked up against the facts.

Donald Trump is a stranger to cause and effect.

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Technology

After Uproar, Instacart Backs Off Controversial Tipping Policy

The delivery app’s practice of counting tips toward guaranteed minimum payments for its contract workers drew accusations of wage theft.

Tips are not wages.

The charge of wage theft is justified.

10
New York

Racist? Fair? Biased? Asian-American Alumni Debate Elite High School Admissions

When it comes to integration at New York City’s most competitive high schools, Asian-American alumni have many different reactions.

Score better on the admission test.
Other things should not count.

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U.S.

Stacey Abrams, in Democrats’ Response, Calls for Ballot Fairness

Delivering her party’s rebuttal to the State of the Union speech, Ms. Abrams, who nearly became Georgia’s governor, said voter suppression was a threat to democracy.

A telling point.

12
U.S.

Supreme Court Blocks Louisiana Abortion Law

The law, requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, was very similar to a Texas law the justices struck down in 2016.

The law is stayed.  It is not struck down.

13
World

France Recalls Ambassador to Italy, Revealing Strains at Europe’s Core

Building tensions reached a breaking point after Italy’s deputy prime minister, Luigi Di Maio, met this week in France with a Yellow Vest leader.

Luigi Di Maio should know better.
Invite Christophe Chalencon to Rome.

14 
U.S.

‘It’s the Human Way’: Corruption Scandals Play Out in Big Cities Across U.S.

Major federal corruption investigations have brought dark clouds to Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and Philadelphia.

Urban corruption is Republican party doctrine.

Corruption is everywhere a possibility.

15
World

A Desperate Exodus From ISIS’ Final Village

A stream of families and fighters, many of them hungry or injured, are surrendering on a rocky patch of desert in southeastern Syria.

Overwhelming force will do that.

16
U.S.

Virginia Political Crisis Grows for Democrats and Republicans

Allegations of racism that have besieged Democrats have spread to a G.O.P. lawmaker, who helped oversee a college yearbook with racist photographs and slurs.

Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy.

17
Travel

Italian Alpine Spas, Where Sports Are an Afterthought

The South Tyrol has become a modern wellness destination, where tranquillity imposes itself and soothing waters call.

The Baths.

18
U.S.

Trump Asks for Unity, but Presses Hard Line on Immigration

In his State of the Union address, the president toggled between conciliation and confrontation, and demanded a wall on the nation’s southwestern border.

Trump has not learned.

19
New York

Trump Tells Upstate Residents to Flee New York. Republicans There Don’t Disagree.

“If you’re from upstate New York, you don’t have any future. It’s just an economic nightmare,” one former G.O.P. nominee for governor said.

Those who could did.
Florida and Arizona are loaded with the retired.

20 
Opinion

Andrew Cuomo: Trump’s Assault on Abortion Rights Must Be Rejected

The president and the religious right are spreading falsehoods about abortion laws to inflame their base.

yes

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