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Opinion
Latvia Above Us, Croatia Below
Under Trump, America is no longer in the top tier of democratic countries."America First" is not a slogan of liberalism.
The interests of civilization must supersede nationalism.
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U.S.
Who Are the Trumps’ State of the Union Guests?
Some of the first couple’s 13 guests are the human faces of narratives that President Trump has been crafting and wishes to advance.The state of our union is less strong than it should be.
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Arts
MoMA to Close, Then Open Doors to More Expansive View of Art
Don’t plan to visit MoMA this summer. It’s closing for renovations that will put a new focus on work by women and artists of color. The results will shake up every gallery.This is a political act.
Art and politics are tightly bound as are art and pleasure.
Museums have traditionally tried to stand outside of commerce.
Fashion is art shading into commerce.
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U.S.
Trump Inaugural Committee Ordered to Hand Over Documents to Federal Investigators
Prosecutors in Manhattan demanded documents about the committee’s donors, including whether it received illegal foreign donations.There may be something there.
The investigation will distract Trump.
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World
Pope Francis Breaks Some Taboos on Visit to Persian Gulf
The remarks, delivered in the United Arab Emirates, were exceptionally candid for a pontiff who usually does not criticize the country that hosts him."How many divisions has the Pope?"
Yemen is involved in religious war.
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U.S.
How Democrats Are Using Guests to Send Messages at the State of the Union
From women in white to guests threatened by his policies, the House’s new Democratic majority plans to confront President Trump on the state of disunion.Trump is not listening.
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World
Ultra-Orthodox Israeli Woman Defies Rabbis and Runs Left
Seeing herself as a voice for the “new Haredim,” Michal Zernowitski hopes secular Labor voters will give her a chance.The only way to change is change.
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U.S.
Stacey Abrams, Preparing Her State of the Union Response, Weighs Senate Run
Ms. Abrams, who attracted wide attention in her narrow loss for Georgia governor and will speak after the State of the Union, is being courted by the party to challenge Senator David Perdue in 2020.She should continue her efforts.
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U.S.
Plane Crashes Into Southern California Home, Killing 5
The pilot was killed, along with four people in a house in Yorba Linda. Two people were injured, and debris from the plane was discovered throughout the neighborhood.There will be more reporting.
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Opinion
A More Honest State of the Union
America has many needs. A 30-foot-high wall on the Mexican border is not one of them.Yes.
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Opinion
The Gift of Shared Grief
It’s hard to know what to say to people in mourning. Say something anyway.Death is never easy for families.
We do what we can.
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Arts
Frida Kahlo Was a Painter, a Brand Builder, a Survivor. And So Much More.
The artist and pop culture icon meticulously built her own image. A sweeping survey at the Brooklyn Museum examines how she did it, and why.Frida Kahlo was a power.
She was not unique.
She was exotic.
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Business
Julia Hartz Founded Eventbrite With Her Fiancé. Then She Took His Job.
The California native is “an energy person” who worked in TV and then did a little of everything at the couple’s start-up. It all prepared her to take it public.I can work on other things.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Opinion
The Meaning of Tony Romo, Super Bowl Psychic
Meet Romostradamus. Savor Romomania. And behold the beauty of real expertise in a country starved of it.Frank Bruni likes the play of football.
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Movies
‘Miss Bala’ Review: Gina Rodriguez Finds the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time
A Hollywood remake turns a grim tale of violence into a fable of empowerment.A pedestrian treatment of a continuing tragedy.
I will dig out No Country for Old Men.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/
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Style
Meet the Creator of the Egg That Broke Instagram
He works in advertising.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet_Rock
Good photography has an audience
https://www.google.com/search?q=edward+weston&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi6tYrElqrgAhWoZd8KHTUfBScQ_AUIDigB&biw=1467&bih=738
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Sports
Cubs Owners Reel After Emails of Family Patriarch Come Out
The fortune of Joe Ricketts allowed his family to buy the Chicago Cubs. When anti-Muslim emails went public Monday, trouble began — again.People are looking for trouble.
This trouble is in the past.
Watch the behavior of the Cubs management and hit them with something current.
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Arts
An 1840s Road Trip, Captured on Lustrous Silver
An exquisite show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art recalls travel before digital maps, when photography was the hottest of new media.Stability is a problem.
The grain is extremely fine.
The work is worthy of attention both as an archive of architecture and of fashion in nineteenth century France.
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Opinion
The Church and the Abortion Capital
How Catholicism's decline increased partisan polarization on abortion.Ross Douthat displays his presumption of the moral authority of Roman Catholic doctrine.
The Church condemnation of abortion is correct in his mind. The legalization by civil authority is political polarization.
The separation of church and state is necessary to prevent conflicts between authorities.
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U.S.
Undocumented Workers Lose Their Jobs at Yet Another Trump Property
As President Trump has railed against illegal immigrants, his company has employed them for many years. Now in the limelight, they are being let go.Trump has no internal standards of behavior.
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