Tuesday, June 19, 2018

@1:23, 6/19/18

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Opinion

Michael Cohen and the Felony Overtaking Washington

Some of the lobbying activities for which President Trump’s lawyer is said to be under investigation is shockingly routine in the capital.

Everyone likes money.
We have the best government money can buy.
That is not a good thing for most of the governed.

2
World

Are Women Responsible for Their Own Safety? Australians Point Fingers After Comedian’s Rape and Murder

Mourners at vigils for Eurydice Dixon questioned police advice to women to “take responsibility” when walking alone at night.

The phrase is unfortunate.
Women should take due care.
Women are not to blame when "due care" is insufficient.

3
Opinion

Kids, a Winning Investment

Devoting more resources to early childhood education pays off both socially and economically, the president of Save the Children Action Network says.

Children must be educated.
Indoctrination is not education.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6OaYPVueW4

4
Opinion

What It Means to Be Loved by a Dog


https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/power-dog

5
Books

Curious About Your Ancestry? Submit a DNA Swab, and a Big Grain of Salt

In her book “Futureface,” Alex Wagner takes a skeptical look at companies that research our genetics only to hedge their bets in the fine print.

Ancestry is not simple.
DNA is a fact.
It is not the story.
People's origin stories are what people desire.

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Crosswords & Games

Caution Before a Potentially Upsetting Lecture

Read the Crossword editor Will Shortz’s take on Peter Gordon’s Tuesday puzzle.

The crossings often help.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eponym
I needed to check.

Ok; Trigger warning.

Trigger warnings are pointless.
If the subject were not necessary that aspect would be left as "an exercise for the student".

7
Opinion

The Trump Apologists and the Crying Children

Lying about the president’s evil policy is easier than defending it.

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/new-colossus?gclid=
EAIaIQobChMI37Gl9ZHh2wIVg4bACh3f9QzYEAAYASAAEgJJZvD_BwE

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Food

For the State-of-the-Art Wedding Feast, ‘Look Is Everything’

Big-city reception planners say couples are demanding food, tableware and service that dazzles visually, and even moves: “The camera eats first.”

As you wish.

"I will send them postcards"

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Business Day

What’s Next for Elizabeth Holmes in the Theranos Fraud Case?

Proving a criminal case against Ms. Holmes, the founder of Theranos, and Ramesh Balwani, its former president, may not be as easy as it appears.

Money payments and other punishments
 will not make the defrauded whole.

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Climate

Heat Wave Rolls Across U.S., but Relief Is Coming

Warnings about dangerous temperatures over 100 degrees were in place in 18 states and the District of Columbia. But colder air is expected to move in Tuesday.


There is hope.




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1
Opinion

Michael Cohen and the Felony Overtaking Washington

Some of the lobbying activities for which President Trump’s lawyer is said to be under investigation is shockingly routine in the capital.

"Begin at the beginning, go on until you come to the end"

There is no desire among the guilty.


World

Are Women Responsible for Their Own Safety? Australians Point Fingers After Comedian’s Rape and Murder


Responsibility does not include blame for failure.

3
Opinion

Kids, a Winning Investment

Devoting more resources to early childhood education pays off both socially and economically, the president of Save the Children Action Network says.

The Save the Children Action Network is not alone.


Opinion

What It Means to Be Loved by a Dog

You can learn a lot about being a good person by belonging to a good dog.

I have resisted.

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/power-dog

5
Books

Curious About Your Ancestry? Submit a DNA Swab, and a Big Grain of Salt

In her book “Futureface,” Alex Wagner takes a skeptical look at companies that research our genetics only to hedge their bets in the fine print.

Study. 

6
Opinion

Divide California in 3?

A former state director of planning and research suggests that a recent ballot initiative seems not to make good sense.

Keep thinking.

7
Crosswords & Games

Caution Before a Potentially Upsetting Lecture

Read the Crossword editor Will Shortz’s take on Peter Gordon’s Tuesday puzzle.

Trigger warnings are pointless.

8
Opinion

The Trump Apologists and the Crying Children

Lying about the president’s evil policy is easier than defending it.

The pain is general.

9
Books

Pedaling Uphill, on a Bike and in a Marriage

In Joe Mungo Reed’s debut novel, “We Begin Our Ascent,” a cyclist competing in the Tour de France gets wrapped up in the complicated costs of possible victory.

Yes.

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U.S.

A Persistent Gadfly Wins Again in the Supreme Court

The justices ruled that Fane Lozman, who says his arrest at a City Council meeting in Florida was motivated by retaliation, can pursue a First Amendment lawsuit.

The Supreme Court has decided properly.

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