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Opinion
Nasty, Brutish and Trump
America’s gun madness is part of an assault on the very idea of community."In short, you might want to think of our madness over guns as just one aspect of the drive to turn us into what Thomas Hobbes described long ago: a society “wherein men live without other security than what their own strength and their own invention shall furnish them.” And Hobbes famously told us what life in such a society is like: “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.”"
http://www.bartleby.com/34/5/13.html
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U.S.
Questions Swirl as Melania Trump’s Parents Obtain Green Cards
It is unclear how or when Viktor and Amalija Knavs got green cards, but immigration experts said the most likely way would have been a program the president has railed against.Trivial for Democrats.
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U.S.
Armed Sheriff’s Deputy ‘Never Went In’ During Florida Shooting
Surveillance video showed the only armed security guard at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., doing “nothing” during last week’s deadly shooting.Not the behavior armchair Republicans expect.
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Sports
Jury Finds U.S.T.A. Liable in Lawsuit Brought by Eugenie Bouchard
The jury found that the United States Tennis Association was 75 percent responsible for Bouchard’s fall in the trainers’ room at the 2015 U.S. Open.The jury decided.
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Well
How Our Beliefs Can Shape Our Waistlines
Believing in your healthful habits is a healthful habit in itself.Faith healing has been thought to work.
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Real Estate
Homes for Sale in Manhattan and Brooklyn
This week’s properties are in Park Slope, Brooklyn, in Clinton and Chelsea.You may have the budget for the location.
The spaces are easy.
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N.Y. / Region
Question at Murder Trial, ‘Have You Ever Hired a Nanny?’
Jury selection in the case of a nanny accused of killing two children in her charge put attitudes toward child care, and raw emotions, on display.Insanity is punishing enough.
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Books
10 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.It looks like a mixed bag.
Some I would not seek.
no
THE HEART IS A SHIFTING SEA
THE MAZE AT WINDERMERE
maybe
GOING FOR A BEER
THE UKRAINIAN NIGHT
try
PECULIAR GROUND
THE TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY It could be ahistorical.
Libraries are useful
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Magazine
No Time for a Breakfast Soufflé? Try a ‘Soufflazy’
Tricks for turning this notoriously difficult dish into an approachable delight.Any time I am not running out the door.
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