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U.S.

Trump Administration Adds Six Countries to Travel Ban

By Zolan Kanno-Youngs | Jan 31st 2020

President Trump added Africa’s biggest country, Nigeria, as well as Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan and Tanzania, to his restricted travel list.

Steve Bannon is not successful.
Islam is as legitimate as Christianity.
The U.S. may not act with impunity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impunity

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Climate

This Sculpture Holds a Decades-Old C.I.A. Mystery. And Now, Another Clue.

By John Schwartz and Jonathan Corum | Jan 29th 2020

Kryptos has been in a courtyard at C.I.A. headquarters for almost 30 years. Three of its four passages have been decoded. Will one more clue unlock the last?

The mind of another is unknowable.

The puzzle defines humanity.

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Opinion

Does It Matter Who the Democrats Choose?

By Paul Krugman | Jan 31st 2020

In terms of actual policy, probably not very much.

First keep the brain alive.
Then stop the bleeding.

I will vote for Elizabeth Warren if I can
I will vote for the Democrat.

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Opinion

Coronavirus Spreads, and the World Pays for China’s Dictatorship

By Nicholas Kristof | Jan 30th 2020

Xi used his tight rule to control information rather than to stop an epidemic.

There are not enough dead.

The panic may kill the P.R.C. and Xi.

U.S.

A Quick Quiz to Match You With a Democratic Candidate

By Sydney Ember and Lazaro Gamio | Jan 30th 2020

Punch in your answers and find out which of these presidential candidates you agree with most.

Elizabeth Warren

Opinion

America, the Idea, Is Lost

By Charles M. Blow | Jan 27th 2020

The Senate is poised to deliver another blow to voter confidence in our system.

He is not wrong.

Arts

Everything You Think You Know About Housing Is Probably Wrong

By Michael Kimmelman | Jan 28th 2020

In cities, many people think “density” means crowded neighborhoods and greedy developers, but a new show at the Skyscraper Museum tells a different story.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Corbusier

Science

Fourth Spy at Los Alamos Knew A-Bomb’s Inner Secrets

By William J. Broad | Jan 27th 2020

Historians recently uncovered another Soviet spy in the U.S. atomic bomb program. Fresh disclosures show he worked on the device’s explosive trigger.

Trivial.

Opinion

A Dishonorable Senate

By The Editorial Board | Feb 1st 2020

Republican legislators abdicated their duty by refusing to seek the truth.

Agreed

Opinion

Bernie Sanders Can’t Win

By Timothy Egan | Jan 31st 2020

Class loathing feels so good, but it is ultimately self-defeating.

Bernie Sanders is a victim of fake news.
He also indulges in self defeat.

I will vote for Elizabeth Warren if I am allowed.

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