NEW THINGS

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Opinion

When Transgender Trumps Treachery

By JAMES KIRCHICK | Aug 29th 2017

The glitterati are feting Chelsea Manning with little regard for the fact that she jeopardized American security and innocent lives around the globe.

The documents Chelsea Manning passed to Wikileaks were not important.

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Business Day

Britain Looks to Address Inequality With Executive Pay Measures

By AMIE TSANG | Aug 29th 2017

Proposals aim to increase transparency and raise pressure over C.E.O. compensation, but critics argue that they do not go far enough.

I wish Britain good luck.
The change is needed but will not happen.

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Opinion

‘This Is Texas’: Help in a Disaster

Aug 29th 2017

Readers from Texas and beyond react to the catastrophe.

"Yes, it is wrong to deny Americans in Texas aid in a disaster. But it is also wrong for Texas to vote against aid for Americans in New York and New Jersey. Texas should at least ask the rest of America for absolution."

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Food

Putting Fresh Spins on the Steakhouse

By FLORENCE FABRICANT | Aug 28th 2017

Greek or Turkish, vegetable-loving or pork-proud, this fall’s new houses of beef are a motley lot.

Say when and where.

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Watching

The Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix Australia in September

By NOEL MURRAY | Aug 29th 2017

Every month, Netflix Australia adds a new batch of movies and TV shows to its library. Here’s what we like in September.

Your choice.

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Obituaries

Michael Cromartie, Who Guided Journalists on Religion, Dies at 67

By SAM ROBERTS | Sep 1st 2017

A former conscientious objector to the Vietnam War, he became an influential evangelical thinker in Washington.

Just a bad argument.

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U.S.

Trump Says U.S. Is Paying ‘Extortion Money’ to North Korea

By EILEEN SULLIVAN and MARK LANDLER | Aug 30th 2017

In a Twitter post, the president said the country has been paying North Korea for 25 years, though it was not clear what money he was referring to.

Let the State Department work.

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Fashion & Style

Jennifer Cole, David Feldstein

Sep 3rd 2017

The couple both attended Cornell, but they didn’t begin dating until well after graduation.

Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.

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Fashion & Style

Richa Bhasin, Sridhar Reddy

Sep 3rd 2017

Richa Bhasin and Sridhar Reddy are to be married Sept. 3 at the Gramercy Park Hotel in Manhattan.

Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.

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Crosswords & Games

V.I.P. Area

By DEB AMLEN | Aug 31st 2017

Zachary Spitz squares off.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun_Home

The cartoons are not funny to me.

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Arts

10 Things to Do in NYC Now

By LOUIS LUCERO II | Sep 1st 2017

It’s a big city, with plenty to do, see, hear and watch. Here’s a sampling of cultural highlights this weekend and over the week ahead.

I like Mondrian.

Your choice.

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Opinion

The Nashville Statement Is an Attack on L.G.B.T. Christians

By ELIEL CRUZ | Sep 1st 2017

It’s not just symbolic. Bigoted religious views cause real harm.

Yes.
Rationality on the Christian Right is rare.

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Arts

We Haven’t Seen That Before: A Critics’ Conversation About ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’

By MANOHLA DARGIS and JAMES PONIEWOZIK | Aug 31st 2017

James Poniewozik and Manohla Dargis talk about “Twin Peaks: The Return,” which was much more than a simple sequel series.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4093826/

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Movies

What Do Harrison Ford and a Homicidal Clown Have in Common?

By MICHAEL GOLD | Sep 1st 2017

The trailers for “It” and “Blade Runner 2049” use central characters to bring in new audiences, build suspense and keep old fans wanting more.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1396484/

Opinion

What if I Bombed at My Own Wedding?

By JOSH GONDELMAN | Sep 1st 2017

We were writing our own vows. I needed to make sure I got some laughs.

Weddings are formal. Be formal.

Sports

Rollie Massimino, 82, Dies; Rode Dark Horse Villanova to Basketball Glory

By HARVEY ARATON | Aug 30th 2017

For a coach who won more than 800 games, none was sweeter than the 1985 N.C.A.A. final against Georgetown.

The Huskies play in the spring.

World

Blunting the Far Right, Merkel Gains as German Election Nears

By MELISSA EDDY | Sep 1st 2017

Once vulnerable, the chancellor has opened a big lead in polls by taking away from her opponents the issue that had animated them: immigration.

Angela Merkel is of the far right.

Arts

Rock’s Not Dead, It’s Ruled By Women: The Round-Table Conversation

By JOE COSCARELLI | Sep 1st 2017

Guitars may seem to matter less than ever. But just beneath the mainstream, dozens of female bands are making some of the most urgent, politically relevant music around.

https://www.google.com/search?q=grace+slick&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=grace+slick

World

With Tensions High Over North Korea, U.S. and South Korea Finish Drills

By CHOE SANG-HUN | Aug 31st 2017

The United States and South Korea completed their annual joint military exercises by flying warplanes two days after a North Korean missile test over Japan.

Donald Trump does not learn.

Food

A Life’s Many Acts Culminate in the Kitchen at NA/NA in Paris

By MELISSA CLARK | Sep 1st 2017

The chef Nathaly Nicolas-Ianniello, a former ecological journalist, serves dishes like ganache with black sesame miso to adventurous Parisians.

"“I taught myself to cook because I had to,” she said."

As convenient.

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Sports

A Crude Rant Gets Fognini Booted From the Open — and Good Riddance

By JULIET MACUR | Sep 2nd 2017

Out for cause.

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Opinion

The Real Campus Scourge

By FRANK BRUNI | Sep 2nd 2017

Ethanol.

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Fashion & Style

Mackenzie Horan, Rudolf Beuttenmuller IV

Sep 3rd 2017

The bride is a lifestyle blogger and the great-great-great granddaughter of President James A. Garfield. The groom is a senior financial analyst in New York.

Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.

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Opinion

In El Salvador, ‘Girls Are a Problem’

By CATALINA LOBO-GUERRERO | Sep 2nd 2017

Lack of girls is a bigger problem.

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Fashion & Style

Aditi Ahlawat, Vinay Rathi

Sep 3rd 2017

The couple met in 2013 at a charity auction in Worcester, Mass.

Hinduism has few charms.

Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.

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Opinion

Stephen Miller Is the Enemy of My Dreams

By MAEVE HIGGINS | Sep 2nd 2017

A small man.

Fashion & Style

Stranger Than Fiction: What Happened After the Bookstore

By REMY TUMIN | Sep 2nd 2017

What do you do after prolonged eye exchanges while browsing in the aisles and then during a subway ride? Turn to Craigslist’s Missed Connections.

Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.

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Fashion & Style

Emily Hughes, Amit Mukherjee

Sep 3rd 2017

She was an Olympic skater and he is with a venture capital firm. They met through a mutual friend, and hit it off on their first date.

Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.

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Business Day

L’Oréal Drops Transgender Model Over Comments on Race

By JACEY FORTIN | Sep 2nd 2017

Opinion

Right-Wing Books, Wrong Answers

By ROSS DOUTHAT | Sep 2nd 2017

A professional deceiver and a high-minded conservative reach the same dead end.

Ross Douthat does not like Trump.

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Sports

A Crude Rant Gets Fognini Booted From the Open — and Good Riddance

By JULIET MACUR | Sep 2nd 2017

It may take awhile for officials to decide the long-term fate of this foul-mouthed player. Based on his past behavior, though, it should be a no-brainer.

yes.

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The Upshot

To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider the Janitors at Two Top Companies, Then and Now

By NEIL IRWIN | Sep 3rd 2017

Focusing on core competence and outsourcing the rest has made U.S. companies lean, nimble and productive. It has also left lots of people worse off.

Modern industrial management has not been good for labor.

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Business Day

L’Oréal Drops Transgender Model Over Comments on Race

By JACEY FORTIN | Sep 2nd 2017

Munroe Bergdorf posted on social media about “the racial violence of white people” and was dropped from a makeup advertising campaign.

L’Oréal has no enemies. It will exploit all equally.

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Fashion & Style

Stranger Than Fiction: What Happened After the Bookstore

By REMY TUMIN | Sep 2nd 2017

What do you do after prolonged eye exchanges while browsing in the aisles and then during a subway ride? Turn to Craigslist’s Missed Connections.

Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.

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Style

EJ Johnson Is ‘Not Just Some Other Rich Girl’

By MICHAEL SCHULMAN | Sep 2nd 2017

Magic Johnson’s son was outed as gay by TMZ, then became a reality show star. All of 25, he is now embracing his role as a gender-flouting role model.

He is lovely.

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Podcasts

‘Dear Sugars’: In the Shadow of Damaged Parents

By THE NEW YORK TIMES | Sep 2nd 2017

Steve Almond and Cheryl Strayed, joined by Steve’s father, discuss letters from people coping with the traumas they inherited from their parents.

Staying together "for the children" appears to be abusive.

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Fashion & Style