Tuesday, August 22, 2017

@20:40, 8/21/17

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1
Arts

‘I’m Grateful for What Taylor Swift Did’: Readers React to the Verdict

The New York Times asked women to share their experiences and thoughts about the testimony given by the pop star on sexual assault.

Another nasty is removed.

2
Magazine

Charlie Sykes Is Unsure About the Future of the G.O.P.

The conservative radio host on the Republican response to Charlottesville and being friends with Paul Ryan.

Charlie Sykes is less wrong.

3
Theater

Review: Live Naked Boys, and a Modern Marriage, in ‘Afterglow’

A younger lover threatens a marriage in S. Asher Gelman’s new play. The twist: Both husbands are in on the affair.

Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

4
Health

The Appointment Ends. Now the Patient Is Listening.

Patients often don’t recall what was said in the doctor’s office. Should you record the visit to review later?

Put it in writing.

5
U.S.

Bannon Was Set for a Graceful Exit. Then Came Charlottesville.

What was supposed to be an amicable departure for the president’s chief strategist became a messy exit after public furor over the president’s response to a race-fueled melee.

Bannon has supporters.
Trump has allies.
The coalition is under strain.

6
Your Money

Is the Stuff You Buy Over 20 Years Worth 40,000 Hours of Time?

If time equals life, and money equals stuff, then life equals stuff. Are you trading too much of your life and not getting enough stuff in return?

"Things are worth what you pay for them."

"We bring nothing into the world and we take nothing out of it."


7
Business Day

Bannon Said to Be Planning His Return to Breitbart News

The onetime chairman comeback could help reanimate the website as a gathering spot for President Trump’s most ardent populist supporters.

No essential change.

8
Real Estate

Neighbor Complains Bamboo Is Taking Over

One man’s leafy privacy screen is another’s dread invasive species.

The bamboo on the writer's side of the property line stays.

9
Opinion

Farewell, President Bannon

Steve Bannon, Mr. Trump’s brain, is leaving the White House, but his political influence could grow.

Bannon has a phone.

10
Theater

Dominique Morisseau: The First Time I Imagined I Was Pregnant

“Now I had no idea how one got pregnant. But that was inconsequential.”


Words can fix many things.

I am thinking through the smart phone.
It has a GPS engine and a permanent battery.
The solution that occurs to me is not to tell it my name.

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