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Business Day
Falcons, Drones, Data: A Winery Battles Climate Change
Jackson Family Wines of Sonoma, Calif., is among winemakers employing both high-tech and old-school techniques to adapt to hotter, drier conditions.Smart farming.
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U.S.
Congress Remains ‘Overwhelmingly Christian,’ Report Says
Even as the percentage of self-described Christians is declining across the country, the number in the United States Congress is holding steady.Religion is a form of social addiction.
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Opinion
Reality Politics, Starring Donald Trump
It’s here and it can’t be canceled for four years.The humor is missing.
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Opinion
A Black Transgender Man Attacked on the Subway
These hate crimes and incidents of harassment were reported in the last two weeks.I am more interested in the rate of these incidents.
Are there more this month than last month, are there more than a year ago this month, a decade ago?
I try to pay attention and act against panic.
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Business Day
Fed Sees Faster Economic Growth Under Trump, but Not a Boom
Minutes of its December meeting offer more evidence that the central bank sees itself as a counterweight to campaign promises on tax cuts and spending.The federal reserve is ultimately a committee of bankers operating under Roberts Rules.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%27s_Rules_of_Order
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/?s=Growth
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/14/globalization-and-growth/
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/11/opinion/trade-and-tribulation.html
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U.S.
Paul Ryan Wins Re-election as House Speaker
The vote was a formality for Mr. Ryan, affirming his role as the steward of conservative policy making in the age of President-elect Donald J. Trump.http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/paul-ryan-and-the-trump-fail/
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N.Y. / Region
Did It Always Take This Long to Build a Subway Line?
In days of old, requirements for building stations and tunnels were not as stringent, and fire and safety requirements have been strengthened significantly.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRT_Second_Avenue_Line
Financing was faster and more stable.
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N.Y. / Region
New York Police Urged to Fix Inequities in Deployment of Investigators
Elected officials responded to an article that found that detective squads in some areas with high rates of violent crime were sorely understaffed.Cheap policing has been a goal.
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U.S.
Watching Trump, Many Fear a Leap Backward on Torture
Although the president-elect has equivocated, his campaign rhetoric favoring torture has experts concerned that years of progress could be erased and the world plunged into a darker place.Trump and his party believe in hell.
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N.Y. / Region
Shootings in New York Fall to Lowest Number Since the ’90s
The city recorded 998 shootings in 2016, the lowest of any year since at least 1994. Officials credited the decline to the Police Department’s focus on gang violence.Focusing on gang violence does not seem like the answer.
Community pressure is more likely.
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