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U.S.

Parents Killed After Warning Daughter About Boyfriend’s Racist Views, Family Says

By JACEY FORTIN | Dec 24th 2017

The 17-year-old gunman, who was dating the couple’s daughter, had posted white supremacist and Nazi content on social media, according to the family and news reports.

The parents rousted him in her room at 4:30 in the morning.
He was armed.

Thoughtless.

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World

Why Saad Hariri Had That Strange Sojourn in Saudi Arabia

By ANNE BARNARD and MARIA ABI-HABIB | Dec 24th 2017

Mr. Hariri, Lebanon’s prime minister, expected the royal treatment when he was summoned to Riyadh. Instead, he was told to resign. Here is the back story.

"How did our oil get under their sand?"

Saudi Arabia is not being diplomatic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni_Islam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia_Islam
https://www.juancole.com/

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U.S.

After a Chaotic Start, Congress Has Made a Conservative Mark

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG | Dec 24th 2017

The 115th Congress, under Republican control, has left a conservative imprint on the courts, taxation, regulation and the environment. Next up: poverty programs.

It will be hard to erase that scar.

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pinion

What I Was Wrong About This Year

By DAVID LEONHARDT | Dec 25th 2017

How we should talk about numbers.

Ok

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Opinion

How Can I Possibly Believe That Faith Is Better Than Doubt?

By PETER WEHNER | Dec 25th 2017

The wall we have built between religion and reason is more porous than it seems.

Doubt does not usually fight.
Faith always fights.

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Opinion

Christians Need a New Right-to-Life Movement

By MARGARET RENKL | Dec 24th 2017

I hope for the day when feeding the hungry, caring for the sick and welcoming refugees aren’t political issues at all.

Our babies or their babies should make no difference.
The babies are  entitled.

As things stand the duty is the parents' duty and specifically the mother's duty.
There is a choice that can be made with each pregnancy to proceed to term or not.
I would not deny any woman that choice.

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Opinion

As Trump Rages About Immigrants, They Go to the Ivy League

By TARIRO MZEZEWA | Dec 25th 2017

Three American sisters born in Cameroon can articulate the American ethos better than our president.

 Trump is a stranger to facts.
The Republican party likes it that way.

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U.S.

Democrats Leave Few Seats Unchallenged in Quest for House Control

By RACHEL SHOREY and LILIA CHANG | Dec 24th 2017

Stung by their failure to field candidates in crucial House races last year, Democrats are contesting virtually every Republican-held House seat in 2018.

Contesting is good.   Winning is better.

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

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Opinion

Santa’s Manhattan Homes

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Dec 25th 2017

... including the house where Virginia wrote the letter that inspired what is ranked as America’s most “unforgettable” editorial.

"There aint no sanity clause."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_Sy6oiJbEk

Yes.  Love and charity exist.

The spirit of Christmas Future as imagined by Charles Dickens is dominant in Washington D.C.

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Opinion

Waking Up to the Gift of ‘Aliveness’

By SEAN D. KELLY | Dec 25th 2017

My friend and teacher Hubert Dreyfus, who died this year, left me a message about life’s purpose I am still learning from.

Yes.  
 Life is a process.
Life has no goal

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

As Brooklyn Dodger fans said, "Wait till next year."

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

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



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