Monday, January 1, 2018

@14:30, 12/31/17

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Opinion

Ask Roxane: Is It Too Late to Follow My Dreams?

I’ve always loved advice columns. Now I’m writing one.

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

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Opinion

Higher Ed’s Low Moment

Colleges are crucial to American greatness but found themselves on the defensive in 2017.

Colleges exist to support elitism.
Education works better than self education for employability.

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Opinion

There’s No Place Like This Rent-Stabilized Home

The magic of living on the park comes to an end.

Ends come.

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Opinion

Confessions of a Columnist

Reconsidering my years as a deficit hawk.

Partial reform.

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N.Y. / Region

2 Men Charged in Quadruple Homicide in Troy; Motive Is a Mystery

U.S.

Glitch in South Carolina Lottery Could Mean $19.6 Million in Winnings

A computer error caused a lottery game to produce too many winning tickets and now the state has set aside nearly $20 million in payouts as it decides what to do.

South Carolina must pay the winners.

Insurance should cover the state's losses if South Carolina bought insurance on the risk.

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World

Coming Out in Lebanon

Openly gay, lesbian and transgender people face persecution across the Arab world. The exception may be in Lebanon, which has slowly grown more tolerant thanks to the work of activists.

Lebanon has discovered separation of church and state.
It took a long civil war.

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Opinion

When Forecasters Get It Wrong: Always

Economists were mostly incorrect in their predictions for 2017. That was par for the course.

"The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent"

Paul Krugman gets the right answer often.

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World

Rouhani Urges Calm in Iran as Protests Continue

Two demonstrators were reported killed in recent days as protests quickly grew into a nationwide outpouring of anger.

https://www.juancole.com/2018/01/protests-economic-political.html

Iran may be having another revolution.

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Opinion

How Can Trump Help Iran’s Protesters? Be Quiet.

Public support from the United States government will do the demonstrators more harm than good.

Yes.

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