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Opinion
The New ‘Dream Home’ Should Be a Condo
Builders want to sell us huge, unsustainable monstrosities. That’s not what we need.Yes but . . .
I do not want the shared walls and floors, the arbitrary choice of neighbors.
I want control of the gardens and the animals.
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Opinion
The Oppression of the Supermajority
The defining political fact of our time is not polarization. It’s the thwarting of a largely unified public.Every two years all of the house of representatives and a rotating third of the Senate stand for election. The party in opposition is ineffective if large majorities continue to be frustrated by obdurate congress persons.
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U.S.
Trump’s Grip Shows Signs of Slipping as Senate Prepares to Block Wall Emergency
Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, conceded that he could not stop the Senate from overturning President Trump’s national emergency declaration.A two thirds majority is required to over ride a presidential veto.
The courts will resolve the wall.
Trump will be out first.
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Business
Bigger, Saltier, Heavier: Fast Food Since 1986 in 3 Simple Charts
Adding lighter fare like salads to the usual burgers and fries has meant more options for time-pressed diners. But the meals are largely less healthy now, a new study finds.The population will not grow old or the assumptions about the healthfulness of food are wrong.
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New York
She Helped Deliver Hundreds of Babies. Then She Was Arrested.
A home birth attendant beloved by Mennonite women is facing felony charges. In a rare move, the women are speaking publicly in her defense.The government worries about licenses.
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Worlde
The Guardians of the French Language Are Deadlocked, Just Like Their Country
The “Immortals” of the Académie Française have failed to fill four seats, a paralysis that reflects France’s own struggle to adapt to the 21st century.Hierarchy has been central to French culture.
It is not gone.
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Opinion
Grant’s First Tomb
Ulysses S. Grant, inaugurated as president 150 years ago today, missed a chance to reconstruct the South economically as well as politically.
All true but limited in details.
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New York
How the N.Y. Public Library Fills Its Shelves (and Why Some Books Don’t Make the Cut)
Every book has to earn its spot in one of the world’s leading public library collections. Here’s what it takes.The New York public library tries hard to do a good job.
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U.S.
Nursing Homes Are Closing Across Rural America, Scattering Residents
As financial pressures have forced scores of small-town nursing homes to shut down, their residents often must relocate far from their families to find care.Benefits are too low. Fraud does not help.
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Health
H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the Global AIDS Epidemic
Scientists have long tried to duplicate the procedure that led to the first long-term remission 12 years ago. With the so-called London patient, they seem to have succeeded.People are learning slowly.
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New York
New York City Transplants and a River Town’s Natives Fight for Its Soul
Beacon, N.Y., became a destination for city dwellers looking to slow down. Old-timers want to keep the boom going, but the recent arrivals want development to stop where it is.Everyone likes money
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Opinion
Jared and the Saudi Crown Prince Go Nuclear?
There are too many unanswered questions about the White House’s role in advancing Saudi ambitions.aborted
Trump must learn diplomacy.
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Books
12 New Books to Watch for in March
Preet Bharara on justice, a chronicle of gun violence in Chicago, a grown-up fairy tale and more.All society is local.
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Opinion
A Dose of Moderation Would Help Democrats
They can appeal to moderate voters without betraying progressive values.Winning is the only thing.
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New York
Why Allen Weisselberg, Trump’s Money Man, Could Face Scrutiny Next
Mr. Weisselberg has referred to himself as President Trump’s “eyes and ears” at the Trump Organization. He was incriminated by Michael Cohen in testimony on Wednesday.Allen Weisselberg enables Trump.
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New York
‘I Had Finally Found the Right Place for My Son’
Green Chimneys, a school on a farm outside of New York City, is in the vanguard of using animals to help special-needs children learn.17
Opinion
Reckoning With Violence
We must face violent crime honestly and courageously if we are ever to end mass incarceration and provide survivors what they truly want and need to heal.End all poverty.
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Style
There Are No Five Stages of Grief
When my father died, I wanted desperately to know the timing of this thing. But grief doesn’t have a timeline.The web of memory is weakening.
It will not vanish.
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U.S.
To Woo a Skeptical Trump, Intelligence Chiefs Talk Economics Instead of Spies
While the professionals do not criticize Mr. Trump’s focus, they question whether those interests are crowding out intelligence on threats like terrorism.I agree that almost everything measured is money.
I hope there is more to life.
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Science
Tyrannosaurus Rex: The Once and Future King
The dinosaur will always be the predator potentate. But let’s not forget all the other members of the royal family.Guns put paid to dominant preditors.
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