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Opinion
Keep America Wild
Trump has set his developer’s eye on our national monuments.
"In
“Walden,” Thoreau wrote that a “man is rich in proportion to the number
of things which he can afford to let alone.” For Thoreau’s 200th
birthday, let’s let the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument —
and all those other deeply treasured, absurdly beautiful American vistas
— alone. We can afford to.
Let’s
call these places ours, the solid earth, the actual world, held and
revered and looked after in common, as common members of this
magnificent country. Let’s make America rich again, as deliriously rich
as it was on the day Thoreau tried to climb that wild mountain."2
Food
What to Cook This Weekend
It’s time for a cocktail — a new one, fit for classic tastes.In the ordinary course of events I do not drink.
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Arts
Stephen Colbert Doesn’t Think Trump Is the Subject of a ‘Witch Hunt’
The “Late Show” host doesn’t agree with President Trump’s recent Twitter declaration.The Trump misadministration.
I want their heads on spikes.
They should not burn in the public square.
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Real Estate
Not Your Mother’s Jersey Shore
Five years after Hurricane Sandy destroyed communities along the shore, some towns have used the rebuilding process as a time to reinvent themselves.https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/44726
I have not found a way to live my life on a boat.
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N.Y. / Region
Legionnaires’ Outbreak on Upper East Side Kills One and Sickens Six
The city’s health department is investigating the cause of the outbreak in Lenox Hill. The disease infects 200 to 400 New Yorkers a year, the city says.Cooling towers need more attention.
Another reason for regulation.
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U.S.
Minnesota Officer Acquitted in Killing of Philando Castile
The officer fatally shot Philando Castile, a black motorist, during a traffic stop last summer. Mr. Castile’s girlfriend streamed the aftermath.Civilians must be allowed to fire the first shot.
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Opinion
Beyond Blades of Grass
Why do we consider a neatly trimmed lawn the pinnacle of what the ground should be?Paul Bogard has the right idea.
He is limited by his knowledge.
Reading helps mend our limits and reduces our attention to the immediate.
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Opinion
Why Fathers Leave Their Children
It’s not because they don’t care.David Brooks is trying to revolutionize the social contract.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contract
I am not so ambitious.
It is enough for work to pay a "living wage"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_wage.
https://twitter.com/paulkrugman
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Opinion
A New Kind of Jail for the Opioid Age
Faced with an opiate-addiction epidemic, Kentucky jails are having success helping inmates kick their habits with comprehensive drug treatment.Some addicts rescue themselves.
Society should help as much as it can.
"It
also matters who is hired to run these new jail pods. Mr. Merrick, for
example, is highly regarded among Kenton County elected officials and
judges for his passion for the job. It’s unclear whether others with
less enthusiasm might have the energy for the experiment.
Nor are these pods some magical cure-all to our national affliction. There is no one
solution to what our country faces. But what Kentucky jails are doing
seems like a smarter use of public money than the counterproductive way
so many jails across the country function today.
Amid
this national epidemic of opiate addiction, rethinking jail, as
Kentucky has, as a place of sanctuary and recovery for a population that
has lost hope, might not just be advisable; it may be indispensable."
An effort to end addiction is doomed to failure.
Most addicts will die.
Increasing the pain of addiction only deepens the addiction.
The counter intuitive action of reducing the pain of addiction will help those
who can kick to do so.
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Opinion
Sketching the Bill Cosby Trial
Photography wasn’t permitted at Bill Cosby’s trial. I was asked to be a camera." On June 5, Bill Cosby went to trial for the alleged sexual assault of Andrea Constand. After jurors reported being hopelessly deadlocked, the judge in the case declared a mistrial."
I hope that is an end to the matter.
There is no question that Bill Cosby should have behaved differently.
His public life is ended.
Lauren Tamaki is a brilliant observer.
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