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Opinion
$250,000 a Year Is Not Middle Class
What Hillary Clinton gets wrong with her pledge not to raise taxes."We are the 99%"
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Sports
Meadowlark Lemon, Harlem Globetrotters’ Dazzling Court Jester, Dies at 83
Known for his charismatic clowning and his halfcourt hook shots, Lemon was the Globetrotters’ top showman for more than two decades.I miss his play.
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Obituaries
Ellsworth Kelly, Mixing Abstraction With Simplicity
Looking back on his life and art.Art.
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Opinion
Doubling Down on W
The G.O.P. candidates, all of them, refuse to learn from recent history."If this happens, it will be important to realize that not being Donald Trump doesn’t make someone a moderate, or even halfway reasonable. The truth is that there are no moderates in the Republican primary, and being reasonable appears to be a disqualifying characteristic for anyone seeking the party’s nod."
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Business Day
T.S.A. Moves Closer to Rejecting Some State Driver’s Licenses for Travel
The Department of Homeland Security said airport screeners may soon start accepting only licenses that meet federal standards, despite resistance from privacy advocates.The goal is to force congress to change the law.
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U.S.
Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. Commander in Gulf War, Dies at 78
General Schwarzkopf, who was lauded for his leadership during the war, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and Queen Elizabeth II made him an honorary knight.I will not "speak ill of the dead".
Gulf War 1 should not have happened.
It ended neatly.
That is all that can be asked of a general.
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U.S.
Cleveland Officer Will Not Face Charges in Tamir Rice Shooting Death
The 12-year-old boy was killed as he was playing with a replica gun in a park. Relatives and activists, who called the shooting senseless, had sought charges in the case.I can imagine worse results.
The police will be retrained.
His relatives are not comforted.
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World
Japan and South Korea Settle Dispute Over Wartime ‘Comfort Women’
The deal, in which Japan made an apology and promised an $8.3 million payment, may help mend ties between the countries.They delayed until almost all the victims died.
It is cheaper that way.
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World
Syrian Family’s Tragedy Goes Beyond Iconic Image of Boy on Beach
The death of Alan Kurdi, 2, which focused the world on refugees, was just one chapter of a sprawling family’s story in its desperate attempts to escape Syria and find a new home.Syria is a tragedy.
Millions of Syrians need shelter from the war.
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Arts
Ellsworth Kelly, Who Shaped Geometries on a Bold Scale, Dies at 92
Mr. Kelly, who shaped his distinctive style of American painting in the years after World War II, showed influences of Picasso and Byzantine mosaics.He owns that niche.
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Donald Trump Takes On Bill Clinton’s Behavior Toward Women
As Donald Trump sets his sights on a potential general election matchup against Hillary Clinton, he is making her husband’s history of marital infidelity a central issue.A pot calling a kettle black.
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World
Obama’s ‘Boots on the Ground’: U.S. Special Forces Are Sent to Tackle Global Threats
While President Obama has said he opposes sending Americans to fight in far-flung countries, his administration carves out exceptions for Special Operations.Congress is not willing to back off.
They have the president by the budget.
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U.S.
The California Ranch That Takes Jerry Brown Off the Grid
“Nobody likes the place but me,” Governor Brown said of a property that his family has owned for almost 150 years — and that might be his retirement home.Yes.
The land has no opinions.
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World
Iraqi Forces Retake Center of Ramadi From ISIS
The militants fled the western city’s government headquarters, although pockets of resistance remained in the north and east.A "scorched earth" withdrawal.
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Obituaries
Meadowlark Lemon: His Globetrotter Dream Came True
Lemon’s moves were a highlight of the traveling basketball show for nearly a quarter-century.Clowning while winning is a feat.
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U.S.
Jane Sanders Knows Politics, and How to Soften Husband’s Image
With the exception of Bill Clinton, Ms. Sanders may be the most politically active and experienced spouse in the 2016 presidential election.She is doing well in a traditional role.
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The Upshot
Simple Rules for Healthy Eating
There’s a lot of advice out there about what kinds of food you should be avoiding. Here’s a more positive approach.Puritanism does not work.
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U.S.
How Hillary Clinton Went Undercover to Examine Race in Education
Mrs. Clinton’s work, as a young law student in 1972, to determine whether an Alabama school discriminated against blacks was a moment of awakening for her.She did that.
She gives it as much attention as it deserves.
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Real Estate
What I Love | Julie Morgenstern
The professional organizer practices what she preaches in a one-bedroom apartment.Children are naturally disorderly.
Life is disorderly.
The imposition of order is a skill and a life's work.
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Opinion
Tamir Rice and the Value of Life
It is hard to think of the dying boy and the officers who withheld their help and not reach a white-hot level of righteous indignation.Indignation is easy.
Our nation appears to be taking no action.
It is time to remove the second amendment to the constitution.
It and the militias it was supposed to support have been found unworkable.
An handgun is almost always a problem rather than a solution.
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