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Opinion

Dare You to Eat This

Jun 27th 2018

A nutritionist laments the menu choices in fast food chains.

The object of "fast food"is the operation's bottom line.

The health of the patrons is not a concern of management.

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U.S.

‘Leave My Husband Alone’: Elaine Chao Confronts Immigration Protesters

By EMILY COCHRANE | Jun 27th 2018

The transportation secretary defended her husband, Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, when protesters confronted them over the separation of immigrant families.

Loving Elaine Chao does not excuse Mitch McConnell.
His actions are evil.

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Style

How to Be a Poolside Pinup

By HAYLEY PHELAN | Jun 27th 2018

And, rainbow jewelry as a cure for minimalist fatigue, Louis Vuitton’s nod to the ’80s, and more.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/twee

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Well

Walk Briskly for Your Health. About 100 Steps a Minute.

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS | Jun 27th 2018

The dogs don't like the pace.

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Arts

After #MeToo, the Ripple Effect

By JESSICA BENNETT | Jun 28th 2018

As the harassment conversation shifts to “what’s next?”, small networks of women are helping to lay the groundwork for legal and institutional change.

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

I can live with that.

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New York

A Detective Lied to the Grand Jury. Now She’s Going to Jail.

By JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN | Jun 27th 2018

A former detective was sentenced to 60 days in jail for lying, in a case that shined light on the perjury problem in the New York Police Department.

Ok

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Books

Going for Broke, the Middle Class Goes Broke

By JENNIFER SZALAI | Jun 27th 2018

“Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America,” by Alissa Quart, is a timely book about the increasing number of people who feel profound economic vulnerability.

Eventually the children who survive are independent.

Fiduciary responsibility has destroyed the social contract.

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

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

Alissa Quart is correct.

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Movies

It’s June. Here’s the Trailer for Your First Oscar 2019 Contender.

By BRUCE FRETTS | Jun 27th 2018

Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell star as an addicted son and his father in “Beautiful Boy,” adapted from the real-life story of Nic and David Sheff.

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

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Magazine

The Patient Had Pain When He Walked, but There Was a More Telling Change

By LISA SANDERS, M.D. | Jun 27th 2018

The patient had conventional symptoms — diabetes, high blood pressure, being overweight — but the disease was anything but conventional.

Get a diagnosis.

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Arts

Kanye West: You Asked, We Answered

By THE NEW YORK TIMES | Jun 27th 2018

Was “Ye” rushed, and does it matter? How do women fit into Kanye’s world? Are conversations about politics with him fruitless? A conversation, on Popcast.

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

An audience has found him.

There is other music and thought.

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Sports

World Cup 2018: Switzerland vs. Costa Rica Live

By VICTOR MATHER | Jun 27th 2018

Switzerland must win or draw in this game to advance, or get help from Brazil. Stay here for live World Cup updates and analysis from Russia.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/sport

A long day of car repair.

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Business Day

Dept. of Justice to Approve Disney’s Purchase of Fox Assets

By CECILIA KANG | Jun 27th 2018

The government’s approval was based on the condition that Disney, which already owns ESPN, divest several regional sports networks.

Keeping power to the Republican side.

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Well

Walk Briskly for Your Health. About 100 Steps a Minute.

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS | Jun 27th 2018

Yes

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Opinion

Princes Charming and Not-So-Charming

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Jun 26th 2018

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Travel

The Frugal Five

Jun 27th 2018

The five writers who have contributed to the Frugal Traveler column over the last 25 years share stories, travel philosophies and plenty of tips.

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Well

Stress Disorders Tied to Autoimmune Disease

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR | Jun 26th 2018

People with post-traumatic stress disorder or related conditions were more likely to develop autoimmune illnesses.

Get the mechanism.

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Sports

‘Never Do This to a Woman’: Men Harass 2 Sports Reporters at the World Cup

By CHRISTINA CARON | Jun 27th 2018

Two widely viewed videos show one reporter being kissed and grabbed, and another reporter dodging a man’s advances.

Misogyny must not be tollerated.

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Magazine

Behind the Cover: A Spymaster Steps Out of the Shadows

Jun 27th 2018

A video series goes inside the process for creating the covers of The New York Times Magazine. For this issue, a look at the former C.I.A. director John Brennan.

Motive for this display interests me.

Steve Bannon wants more war with Islam.

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

The rest is noise and opposition to Woodrow Wilson.

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli

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U.S.

Rare White Alligator Stolen During Fire That Killed 43 Reptiles, Officials Say

By MAYA SALAM | Jun 27th 2018

Robbie Keszey, who once hosted the reality show “Swamp Brothers,” said a leucistic alligator, Snowball, was missing from a Florida sanctuary and “was like my best friend.”

Think of it as a political parable.

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Magazine

The Patient Had Pain When He Walked, but There Was a More Telling Change

By LISA SANDERS, M.D. | Jun 27th 2018

The patient had conventional symptoms — diabetes, high blood pressure, being overweight — but the disease was anything but conventional.

Get a diagnosis.
A tumor to running national politics is too close to truth.


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Well

Walk Briskly for Your Health. About 100 Steps a Minute.

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS | Jun 27th 2018

Vigorous walking requires about 130 steps per minute, while jogging starts at about 140.

I walk briskly.

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Opinion

Princes Charming and Not-So-Charming

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Jun 26th 2018

The Republicans approve of war by proxy.

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Travel

The Frugal Five

Jun 27th 2018

The five writers who have contributed to the Frugal Traveler column over the last 25 years share stories, travel philosophies and plenty of tips.

I like to sleep under a roof and eat meals I didn't cook.

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Well

Stress Disorders Tied to Autoimmune Disease

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR | Jun 26th 2018

People with post-traumatic stress disorder or related conditions were more likely to develop autoimmune illnesses.

It would be good to know the mechanism.

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Smarter Living

How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop

By WHITSON GORDON | Jun 26th 2018

Ok

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Opinion

The Supreme Court Used to Oppose Discrimination. What Happened?

By NAFEES SYED and SAFA K. SYED | Jun 26th 2018

In its ruling today on President Trump’s “Muslim ban,” the court has broken with its own recent decisions about anti-Muslim bias.

There have been personnel changes.

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Sports

Body Found at Home of Giants’ Janoris Jenkins

By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN | Jun 26th 2018

A probable drug overdose.
Wait for the toxicology report.

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Magazine

The Patient Had Pain When He Walked, but There Was a More Telling Change

By LISA SANDERS, M.D. | Jun 27th 2018

The patient had conventional symptoms — diabetes, high blood pressure, being overweight — but the disease was anything but conventional.

Acromegaly may not be a rare disease.

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Opinion

Two Ob-Gyns, on Women and Depression

Jun 26th 2018

Two doctors write that correlation does not equal causation.

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Arts

Colbert, Fallon and O’Brien Deliver a Joint Rebuke to Trump

By GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO | Jun 27th 2018

After President Trump attacked them at a rally, the three hosts made a skit that opened “The Tonight Show” and “The Late Show.”

We will soon have a greater depression.

"Markets can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent"

A bonfire of the vanities

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

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

I am not concerned with sin.
I do believe in evil.

The reactionaries appear to be evil.


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Opinion

Princes Charming and Not-So-Charming

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Jun 26th 2018

The Duke of Cambridge came to Israel 70 years after Britain left. Jared Kushner came weeks after his last visit. Neither had much to offer.

There will be no peace without surrender as things stand.
If Israel were to offer citizenship and justice to the Palestinians there might be peace.  Short of that there will ultimately be genocide.

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Sports

Body Found at Home of Giants’ Janoris Jenkins

By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN | Jun 26th 2018

Jenkins was not believed to be in the area, but the police and prosecutors confirmed that the body of a man was found on his property in New Jersey.

I would guess Roosevelt Rene died of a drug overdose.

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Opinion

I Will Negotiate With the Taliban Anywhere

By ASHRAF GHANI | Jun 27th 2018

The Afghan government is ready to extend the cease-fire and start formal negotiations to end the war.

The Taliban are fighting a religious war.
They will not negotiate.

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Well

Stress Disorders Tied to Autoimmune Disease

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR | Jun 26th 2018

People with post-traumatic stress disorder or related conditions were more likely to develop autoimmune illnesses.

Do the homework.
Quote the study or keep quiet.
The Times does not guess.

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Opinion

Two Ob-Gyns, on Women and Depression

Jun 26th 2018

Two doctors write that correlation does not equal causation.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/well/prescription-drugs-depression-suicide.html

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World

Japanese Blogger Is Killed After Giving Lecture on Online Trolls

By SATOSHI SUGIYAMA | Jun 26th 2018

Kenichiro Okamoto, 41, was stabbed to death shortly after giving a talk about how to deal with internet trolls.

Mr. Kenichiro Okamoto seems to have been effective at bothering a troll.  That is an heroic feat.
I regret his untimely death.

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Smarter Living

How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop

By WHITSON GORDON | Jun 26th 2018

Like any tool we use every day, our laptops accumulate dust, grime, oils from our skin and who knows what else. Yours is probably due for a cleaning, and here’s how to do it right.

Good advice.

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Opinion

Admission to New York City’s Elite High Schools

Jun 26th 2018

A former principal of Bronx Science, a former city schools chancellor and a specialized school alumnus respond to an editorial.

The problem is that most children are about equally able.
Preparation makes the difference.
The gift received by the gifted is preparation.

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Books

Are More and More People Working Meaningless Jobs?

By ALANA SEMUELS | Jun 26th 2018

In “Bull__ Jobs,” the anthropologist David Graeber argues that technological advances have led to people working more, not fewer, hours at useless jobs.

A "Meaningless  Job" violates fiduciary responsibility.

The answer is no.

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Arts

Fallon Hits Back at Trump: ‘Why Are You Tweeting at Me?’

By GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO | Jun 26th 2018

After President Trump attacked Jimmy Fallon on Twitter, the “Tonight Show” host took him to task for spending his time on social media battles.

Trump is vulnerable to laughter.

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Lens

The Beat Generation in Their Natural Habitats

By JOHN LELAND | Jun 26th 2018

Burt Glinn shot the Beats in New York’s jazz clubs, coffee shops and Village bars.

The "lost generation" was copyrighted.

These were enlisted veterans of The Second World War.



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Opinion

I Will Negotiate With the Taliban Anywhere

By ASHRAF GHANI | Jun 27th 2018

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Opinion

Princes Charming and Not-So-Charming

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Jun 26th 2018

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Sports

Body Found at Home of Giants’ Janoris Jenkins

By BENJAMIN HOFFMAN | Jun 26th 2018

4

Well

Stress Disorders Tied to Autoimmune Disease

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR | Jun 26th 2018

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Smarter Living

How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop

By WHITSON GORDON | Jun 26th 2018

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World

Japanese Blogger Is Killed After Giving Lecture on Online Trolls

By SATOSHI SUGIYAMA | Jun 26th 2018

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Opinion

Two Ob-Gyns, on Women and Depression

Jun 26th 2018

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Arts

Fallon Hits Back at Trump: ‘Why Are You Tweeting at Me?’

By GIOVANNI RUSSONELLO | Jun 26th 2018

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Books

Are More and More People Working Meaningless Jobs?

By ALANA SEMUELS | Jun 26th 2018

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Climate

Take Our Quiz: The Trash Most Likely to Litter a Beach

By TRYGGVI ADALBJORNSSON | Jun 26th 2018

There’s a lot of garbage littering the world’s oceans and shorelines, much of it plastic. What item do you think is most commonly found by volunteer trash collectors?


I don't think of cigarette filters these days.


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The federal government has gone insane.

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Movies

Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Mister Rogers: Hollywood’s Newest Breakout Stars

By JOHN ANDERSON | Jun 26th 2018

Documentaries about them are the surprise hits of the season. But exactly why these films are drawing moviegoers is up for debate.

The reactionaries are lying to the world.

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Arts

Banksy Spreads a Trail of Graffiti, and Rumors, Across Paris

By ANNALISA QUINN | Jun 26th 2018

A series of unsigned murals sparked talk that the artist was in the city — and a race to protect, or deface, his work.

Banksy is a political cartoonist without an employer.

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U.S.

Reality Winner, N.S.A. Contractor Accused in Leak, Pleads Guilty

By CHARLIE SAVAGE and ALAN BLINDER | Jun 26th 2018

Ms. Winner, who pleaded guilty in Georgia, was the first person to be arrested during President Trump’s administration for leaking classified information.

She is making the best deal she can.
She is an heroic prisoner of conscience.
This is the first I have heard of her.

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Arts

Wanted for ‘Don Q’: 2 Ballerinas, Experience and Comic Skills a Plus

By GIA KOURLAS | Jun 26th 2018

Sarah Lane and Hee Seo are making late-career debuts as Kitri at American Ballet Theater. They talk to us about the role, the company, the pressures.

I would like to see this Don Quixote.

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U.S.

Scientist Fatally Shot While Camping With His Daughters

By CHRISTINA CARON | Jun 25th 2018

Police said they have no motive or suspects in the death at Malibu Creek State Park, where past shootings have been reported.

At 4:30 in the morning through a tent.

Accident or long laid plot.

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Opinion

In Becerra, Conservative Christians Win With Liberal Legal Arguments

By ANDREW R. LEWIS | Jun 26th 2018

The right has joined the left in employing expansive individual rights claims for speech and religion.

Congress must fix the law.
The liberal legal arguments are good.

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Sports

Iceland’s Chant Is Mighty, but It Comes From Scotland — via Hollywood

By SARAH LYALL | Jun 26th 2018

The Viking Thunder Clap has nothing to do with Vikings, and a lot to do with a Scottish club named Motherwell. Which is how it often works in soccer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYELAu9hqdU

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Arts

Keith Haring Mural in Amsterdam Is Uncovered After Nearly 30 Years

By ANNALISA QUINN | Jun 26th 2018

The 40-foot work, painted on the side of a storage facility, was hidden behind aluminum insulation panels.

A work not lost but hidden away.

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U.S.

‘Why Do You Hate Us?’ He Asked. ‘Because You’re Mexicans,’ She Replied.

By SARAH MERVOSH | Jun 26th 2018

In a viral video, a woman unleashed a diatribe against a man and his mother, and, invoking President Trump, called Mexicans rapists, animals and drug dealers.

Prejudice.

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Style

You Can’t Hurt Lindsay Lohan Now

By GABRIELLE BLUESTONE | Jun 26th 2018

Once America’s favorite troubled teen, treated with scorn and sexism, our greatest export reveals she’s in a better place now. (It’s called Lohan Beach House.)

There is no reason to hurt a recluse.

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