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Science
Have Dark Forces Been Messing With the Cosmos?
Axions? Phantom energy? Astrophysicists scramble to patch a hole in the universe, rewriting cosmic history in the process.I don't see why.
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U.S.
Architects of Bernie Sanders’s 2016 Race Part Ways With 2020 Campaign
In a blow to the campaign, the consultants, who produced some of the most memorable ads in 2016, said that they had strategic differences with Mr. Sanders and his wife.The primaries are coming.
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U.S.
United Methodists Tighten Ban on Same-Sex Marriage and Gay Clergy
The decision, opposed by progressive members of the church and gay and lesbian pastors, could ultimately splinter the church."Current church policy states that “the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching.”"
The Episcopals will harvest that group of believers.
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World
Trump-Kim Summit Updates: ‘Sometimes You Have to Walk,’ Trump Says as Talks Collapse
President Trump and Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, cut short their second and final day of talks in Hanoi, Vietnam.Trump does not listen to anyone.
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Fashion
The Story of Best Actress Oscar Winner Olivia Colman’s Gown
“This is hilarious,” Ms. Colman said as she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in “The Favourite.” She and Prada worked together for months to create Ms. Colman’s red carpet Oscar moment.Good story. Smart dressing.
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U.S.
White Man Who Shot Black Men After Hurricane Katrina Dies Days After Sentencing
Roland J. Bourgeois Jr. died on Feb. 19, five days after he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the shootings.Suicide? Stabbing? A fall? I am not told.
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U.S.
Hillary Clinton Is Not a Candidate. She Looms Over 2020 Anyway.
After being first lady, senator, secretary of state and a presidential nominee, Mrs. Clinton remains a singular figure in Democratic presidential politics.I would like more done for her.
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Theater
Legal Threats From Broadway’s ‘Mockingbird’ Sink Productions Around the Country
Some community theaters have canceled productions of the play after receiving legal warnings that theirs cannot go on at the same time as the one in New York.Copyright must change.
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Obituaries
André Previn, Whose Music Knew No Boundaries, Dies at 89
A composer, conductor and pianist, he made a career of crossing from classical music to pop, from movie scores to jazz, winning Oscars and Grammys.Play his music.
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New York
Central Park Detective Retires With the Horse He Rode In On
At 63, Detective John Reilly — perhaps New York City’s oldest uniformed officer — faces mandatory retirement. He was Central Park’s lone mounted officer.A tradition ends.
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U.S.
Michael Cohen Accuses Trump of Expansive Pattern of Lies and Criminality
Mr. Cohen, the president’s former lawyer, said he had lied to Congress to protect President Trump. “I am not protecting Mr. Trump anymore,” Mr. Cohen said.Michael Cohen is believable.
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U.S.
House Votes to Block Trump’s National Emergency Declaration About the Border
The House easily voted on Tuesday to block President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the Mexican border, seeking to stop the diversion of funds to his wall.It will be decided in court.
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Books
‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Had Strong Opinions About Appalachians. Now, Appalachians Return the Favor.
A new anthology, “Appalachian Reckoning,” pushes back against some of the generalizations in J.D. Vance’s best-selling memoir.It is still a strong opinion about the Appalachians.
Schisms are like that.
Everyone loves their home.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Style
We Love to Be Smushed
Heavy bedding is everywhere. Does it work?They work.
"When she was a child, Temple Grandin liked to crawl under the sofa cushions and have her sister lie on top. She hated human touch, but the sensation of being squashed under the pillows soothed her. At 18, she built her first “squeeze machine,” a large, viselike device made from plywood, foam padding and even a bit of fake fur. She used it to quell her own anxiety and also acclimate herself to the touch of other creatures. Dr. Grandin, the autistic professor of animal science made famous by Oliver Sacks for her stress-reducing innovations for handling livestock, notes on her website that after a while, her cat no longer ran away from her. “I had to be comforted myself before I could give comfort to the cat,” she writes."
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Opinion
The Deepening ‘Racialization’ of American Politics
Obama was a lightning rod. Trump is a lightning strike.The facts.
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World
Jeremy Corbyn, Under Pressure From His Labour Party, Backs New Brexit Vote
Mr. Corbyn’s support for a second referendum cheered pro-European Britons, but his shift is no guarantee that a so-called “people’s vote” will happen.Britain can do as it pleases.
After Article 50 has been triggered the E.U. is not required to pay attention.
The E.U. has been charitable.
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World
Seeking North Korea Deal, Trump Seems Willing to Ease U.S. Demands
Arriving in Hanoi for a second meeting with Kim Jong-un, President Trump sounds as if he is retreating on his ambition to eliminate the North’s nuclear arsenal.This second meeting changed nothing.
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World
Where Kale Is King (at Least, When It’s Stewed in Schmaltz and Bacon)
Kale in a smoothie? Or a salad? Not in Germany’s north, where eating the leafy green is celebrated with hikes, parties and lots of animal fat.I will eat almost anything when hungry.
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Business
Jussie Smollett Won’t Be on Final Episodes of ‘Empire’ Season
The producers of the Fox drama announced that the actor, who was arrested on Thursday, would be removed from the final two episodes of the fifth season.I have not seen "Empire"
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Theater
A ‘Tradition’ Omission: I Had Never Seen ‘Fiddler’ Until Now
Growing up in a traditional Jewish household made the legendary musical a piece to resent, not embrace. So much has changed since.It is part of the cultural whole.
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Science
Have Dark Forces Been Messing With the Cosmos?
Axions? Phantom energy? Astrophysicists scramble to patch a hole in the universe, rewriting cosmic history in the process.Seeing things.
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U.S.
United Methodists Tighten Ban on Same-Sex Marriage and Gay Clergy
The decision, opposed by progressive members of the church and gay and lesbian pastors, could ultimately splinter the church.Their loss.
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U.S.
White Man Who Shot Black Men After Hurricane Katrina Dies Days After Sentencing
Roland J. Bourgeois Jr. died on Feb. 19, five days after he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the shootings.People all die sometime.
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World
Trump-Kim Summit Updates: ‘Sometimes You Have to Walk,’ Trump Says as Talks Collapse
President Trump and Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, cut short their second and final day of talks in Hanoi, Vietnam.Trump does not do his homework.
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Obituaries
André Previn, Whose Music Knew No Boundaries, Dies at 89
A composer, conductor and pianist, he made a career of crossing from classical music to pop, from movie scores to jazz, winning Oscars and Grammys.I have rarely heard his music.
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Books
‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Had Strong Opinions About Appalachians. Now, Appalachians Return the Favor.
A new anthology, “Appalachian Reckoning,” pushes back against some of the generalizations in J.D. Vance’s best-selling memoir.Schismatic fights.
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Fashion
The Story of Best Actress Oscar Winner Olivia Colman’s Gown
“This is hilarious,” Ms. Colman said as she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in “The Favourite.” She and Prada worked together for months to create Ms. Colman’s red carpet Oscar moment.Taking this level of attention to daily wear is a way to poverty
in most cases.
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U.S.
Architects of Bernie Sanders’s 2016 Race Part Ways With 2020 Campaign
In a blow to the campaign, the consultants, who produced some of the most memorable ads in 2016, said that they had strategic differences with Mr. Sanders and his wife.Bernie Sanders did not win.
He did reintroduce the basic concepts of socialism.
They are accepted on the left.
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Theater
A ‘Tradition’ Omission: I Had Never Seen ‘Fiddler’ Until Now
Growing up in a traditional Jewish household made the legendary musical a piece to resent, not embrace. So much has changed since.OK
Sooner is better.
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U.S.
Tlaib Accuses Meadows of Using ‘a Black Woman as a Prop’
Representative Mark Meadows had a HUD official, Lynne Patton, stand silently behind him, drawing scorn from Democrats, one of whom accused him of using “a black woman as a prop.”Representative Mark Meadows, Republican of North Carolina, is guilty.
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Opinion
The Deepening ‘Racialization’ of American Politics
Obama was a lightning rod. Trump is a lightning strike.The numbers lend verisimilitude.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/verisimilitude
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U.S.
N.R.A. Magazine Draws Criticism for ‘Target Practice’ Headline With Photo of Pelosi and Giffords
Critics condemned the layout, with one calling it “an incitement of violence.”All "dog whistles" are not audio.
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World
Trump-Kim Summit’s Collapse Exposes the Risks of One-to-One Diplomacy
President Trump, engaging in the sort of direct negotiation that his predecessors shunned, bet that his self-described skills as a master negotiator would make all the difference. They did not.Trump was not prepared.
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Obituaries
Dick Churchill, Last Survivor of ‘The Great Escape,’ Dies at 99
Mr. Churchill took part in the daring breakout from a Nazi prison camp in 1944 that inspired the 1963 film starring Steve McQueen.Time passes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_mori
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Food
Where the World’s Chefs Want to Eat
Yardbird, in Hong Kong, mixes the polish of Tokyo’s favorite restaurants, the warmth of Sydney’s and the glamour of New York’s, with results that draw chefs from all over the globe.I like food.
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Opinion
An Agenda for Moderates
The policy implications of love your neighbor."So many women. So little time"
Brooks probably does not believe the above
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New York
Central Park Detective Retires With the Horse He Rode In On
Horses and cities have mixed until now.
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World
Seeking North Korea Deal, Trump Seems Willing to Ease U.S. Demands
Arriving in Hanoi for a second meeting with Kim Jong-un, President Trump sounds as if he is retreating on his ambition to eliminate the North’s nuclear arsenal.Trump was not willing to yield.
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Opinion
The Era of Limited Government Is Over
Why American conservatism after Trump may learn to like the state.Ross Douthat has not thought about his reading.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalist_%28American_Revolution%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Republican_Party
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whig_Party_%28United_States%29
Conservatives all.
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World
Jeremy Corbyn, Under Pressure From His Labour Party, Backs New Brexit Vote
Mr. Corbyn’s support for a second referendum cheered pro-European Britons, but his shift is no guarantee that a so-called “people’s vote” will happen.Probably nothing.
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