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Books
How Life as a Foreigner Helped Shape a Man of Letters
In “A Tokyo Romance,” the historian and editor Ian Buruma recalls a vivid and influential Japanese sojourn in his early 20s.I did not do that.
I looked and recoiled.
2
Fashion & Style
Tommy Hilfiger Runs Out of Gas
The designer brought his final see-now/buy-now Gigi Hadid collaboration to Milan for a Formula One-themed extravaganza.Checkered flag underwear is inappropriate.
3
Opinion
No Bucket List for Me
A reader explains why she finds compiling a bucket list impossible.It is a good way to live.
Many cannot take the time from duty.
4
World
Erdogan Tells a Weeping Girl, 6, She’d Receive Honors if Martyred
With Turkish armed forces engaged in a difficult battle in Syria, the president tried at a rally to bolster confidence.https://www.juancole.com/2018/02/militias-allying-against.html
I can find no political path to peace in Afrin.
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The Upshot
What Happens When You Let Babies Feed Themselves?
The hope was that they would naturally eat the right amount, and that fewer would be overweight, but a study didn’t support that.Sucrose and its component fructose defeatself regulation of food consumption.
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Opinion
FedEx Hearts the N.R.A.
Also: Don’t blame low turnout on voter suppression.Yes.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/22/1743377/-It-s-just-an-ultra-low-turnout-special-election-but-it-helps-predict-November-s-results
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Well
More Fitness, Less Fatness
Public health experts worry about the effects of “fat acceptance” on well-being and the costs of chronic weight-related ailments.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lustig
https://www.uctv.tv/shows/Sugar-The-Bitter-Truth-16717
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhwLBKPtXG4&t=335s
8
Well
Parents, I Was Smug About Your Videos of Your Children. I’m Sorry.
I mourn the fact that I cannot reach into my pocket and tap my phone and see my daughter in action when she was 3.I hope you kept good records.
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Opinion
Teenage Moms in Labor
An obstetrician writes that withholding pain medication is abuse.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/opinion/teenage-mothers-children.html
Denying an epidural is abuse.
Avoiding opiates is good practice often.
There are other anesthetics.
Curing opiate addiction is possible for motivated people.
A cure is difficult and requires good support.
The support is usually not available.
Tapering is said to work.
Twelve step usually does not work.
I am not an experienced expert.
10
Business Day
Stop Worrying! Your Instant Pot Is Safe
Certain batches of the company’s Gem 65 8-in-1 Multicooker may have an overheating problem, but the wildly popular pressure cooker is not affected.I do not own an "Instant Pot"
Mother refused to use a pressure cooker for decades.
I never developed the habit.
I like the idea of tight temperature control.
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