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Obituaries
Lee Radziwill, Ex-Princess and Sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Dies at 85
She shared the qualities of wealth, social status and ambition with her older sister, but she struggled to achieve professional recognition.I did my best to ignore the noise.
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U.S.
Isolated and Adrift, an American Woman Turned Toward Iran
Monica Witt’s defection to Iran appears to have been part of a radicalization that began in military service and accelerated in graduate school.Iran has not forgiven the C.I.A.
The CIA has not forgiven The Revolutionary Guard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran#Contemporary_era
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U.S.
Trump’s Attempt to Circumvent Congress Leaves Uneasy Senate Republicans With Hard Choice
It remains to be seen whether Senate Republicans will act collectively to try to stop the president or how far into uncharted territory they are willing to follow him.The noise about a wall continues.
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U.S.
With Trump’s Tough Deterrents, Many Asylum Seekers on the Border are Giving Up
Thousands of migrants waiting to cross into the United States are returning home or staying in Mexico, dealing the president an apparent win.Follow them and see what eats them.
Quick death is often considered better than slow death.
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Business
In Amazon Fight, Progressives Showed What They Want: A New Economic Agenda
The clash has consequences beyond New York, going to the heart of a national debate likely to dominate the 2020 election: What is the best way to spread prosperity?A way that doesen't work is known,
A way that works is also known.
Take the way that works.
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New York
How Fareed Zakaria, CNN Host, Spends His Sundays
Assam tea. Running in Riverside Park. Dosas and museums with his daughter. Writing in his wood-paneled study. And cooking like Jacques Pépin.Fareed Zakaria is a smarter journalist than many.
https://www.
nytimes.com/2008/05/11/books/review/Joffe-t.html
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Opinion
The King of Pop — and Perversion
A haunting new documentary lays bare Michael Jackson’s predations and forces us to wonder: Why does celebrity continually excuse perversion?I will make no excuses for Michael Jackson.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_with_Scissors_%28memoir%29
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Opinion
Bill de Blasio: The Path Amazon Rejected
It could have answered the concerns of citizens. Instead it bolted.Bill de Blasio is an honest man.
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U.S.
Heather Nauert Withdraws From Consideration as U.N. Ambassador
The former “Fox & Friends” host withdrew from consideration because she had a nanny without a proper work visa, according to people familiar with the process.She is no loss.
Trump must appoint someone who believes in the mission if he can.
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New York
How a Trans Soldier Took On the Jail That Denied Her Medication, and Won
She began her transition during a tour of Iraq. When jail doctors on Long Island denied her hormone therapy, her body turned on her. Now they owe her $355,000.The courts have ruled.
Prison doctors must obey the rulings.
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World
Rift Between Trump and Europe Is Now Open and Angry
Europeans pushed back against the Trump administration’s unilateralism at the Munich Security Conference, signaling a shift that is likely to be exploited by Russia and China.Trump and his Republicans are wrong.
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Opinion
Is Nancy Pelosi a Climate Skeptic?
It’s time to reckon with the internal contradictions of climate policy.The "Green New Deal" is a probe of the opposition.
It has done its job.
Nancy Pelosi is getting on with the project.
The opposition is struggling.
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Obituaries
Bruno Ganz, Who Played an Angel and Hitler, Is Dead at 77
“Wings of Desire” and “Downfall” were among the highlights of Mr. Ganz’s long film career, which he spent mostly in Europe.He will be missed.
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Opinion
Trump Is Driving Out Precious Republican Voters
The young in particular are slipping away.Yes.
Trump and company are not progressive.
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Opinion
Time to Panic
The planet is getting warmer in catastrophic ways. And fear may be the only thing that saves us.Action is absolutely necessary to end the planetary warming.
Do what works.
The random action of panic is unnecessary.
Rapidly ending fossil carbon use is necessary.
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Opinion
Esquire’s Cover Boy and Our Culture of Shame
I’m a trans woman living in Brooklyn. And I have tremendous empathy for the conservative teen in Wisconsin.The fix I can find is a change of name.
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U.S.
A Man in Florida Mistakenly Received a $980,000 Tax Refund, and Officials Say He Tried to Keep It
An incorrect tax return led to a huge check for a 29-year-old resident of Tampa, Fla., according to a forfeiture complaint filed by the federal government.An actual intelligence should look at unusual tax forms.
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Science
Everywhere in the Animal Kingdom, Followers of the Milky Way
As scientists learn more about milk’s evolution and compositional variations, they are redefining what used to be a signature characteristic of mammals.Feeding the young is a world problem.
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Obituaries
Sharon Mattes, 48, Dies; Central Figure in a Gay Custody Case
When she entered into a same-sex relationship, her mother sued for custody of her young son, and won.It could only happen in Virginia.
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Opinion
Don’t Let Sex Distract You From the Revolution
Maybe the Second Wave celibates were on to something.Sadists do not make good lovers.
That is independent of gender.
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