@23:30, 11/17/16

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1. Sidebar

   Trump’s Supreme Court List: Ivy League? Out. The Heartland? In. 

   Trump will not be allowed to seat a justice  I hope.
2. 

   A Heavy Heart May Have Rolled Pluto Over 

   The argument is sound so far as it goes.  

   The nature of Sputnick Platina is unknown.

   
   

   
   
3. 

   Taking Note

   Republican Falsehoods About Obamacare 

   "There are no good reasons to repeal the A.C.A.

    It is helping 20 million people directly and

    it is not harming hundreds of millions who are insured outside the A.C.A." 

   
   

   
   
4. 

   Ahmad Rahimi Pleads Not Guilty in Manhattan Bombing 

   It is his constitutional right.

   He gets a moment in the spotlight. 

   
   

   
   
5. 

   Wheels

   At the Los Angeles Auto Show, an Industry Ponders Its Digital Future 

   Auto design is and will remain art.

   The self driving car is equivalent to a weatherproof wheelchair. 

   
   

   
   
6. 

   With a Cuckoo’s Journey From China, a Mystery Is Solved, and Cheers Go Up 

   No, 

   cuckoos are solitary birds.  

   Getting to wintering grounds requires learning. 

   
   

   
   
7. 

   Video Shows Baltimore Teacher Using Racial Slur in Class 

   I am not shocked.  

   She should have found other words.

   
   

   
   
8. 

   Wordplay

   Targets of Close Shaves 

   Tinker to Evers to Chance was real.

   Stubble is plural.  There can be more than one area of stubble. 

   
   

   
   
9. 

   For the Mid-Manhattan Library, a Redesign for the Future 

   The Mid Manhattan Library is a research library.

   It should remain one. 

   The collection should not circulate.

   There is more than enough room for children and light reading at other branches.

10. White Plains Police Cleared in Suit Over 2011 Shooting Death 

    The court is constrained by the matter brought before it. 

    The prosecution must be brought into question.