Review: Jacobs and Moses Star in ‘Citizen Jane: Battle for the City’ - The New York Times

Want to see this!

A Stronger Transit Web, on the Water - The New York Times

Bravo, but we need the same attention paid to pedestrians. A pedestrian web on foot?

Stripped Village Homes Expose a Hollowing Out of France’s Heritage - The New York Times

A Joinville I do not know.

Trillions of Plastic Bits, Swept Up by Current, Are Littering Arctic Waters - The New York Times

We should all be so ashamed and, more important, we should all do something about this. Both at home and in business and on the web. Increase the guilt when it comes to discarded plastic, anywhere!

First: Aid – Conscience Magazine

Very nice, but I am hardly a disinterested reader!

A Positive Outlook May Be Good for Your Health - The New York Times

This, too!

Turning Negative Thinkers Into Positive Ones - The New York Times

Makes so much sense!

The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia

Don't we all expect to be manipulated, mentally, all the time?

Why Is This Hate Different From All Other Hate? - The New York Times

I think she is on the right track here. It is refreshing, if I read this correctly, to find anti-semitisim put in its proper place as just one of the many pieces of the awful discriminaiton pie we are witnessing int he US and around the world.

Those Indecipherable Medical Bills? They’re One Reason Health Care Costs So Much. - The New York Times

My concern with this is that patients are simply precluded by all this from playing a meaningful role in the management of their health care.

- Actu - Télématin - France 2

Important for us all to understand better!

Equality

There sure is a lot of meat here.

‘I Am an American Because of Him’: The Journey of Pence’s Irish Grandfather - The New York Times

There is a difference between playing by the rules, and the laws, and not.

Irish Premier Uses St. Patrick’s Day Ritual to Lecture Trump on Immigration - The New York Times

I am fearful that this impressive performance fell on a deaf audience of one.

Irish Premier Uses St. Patrick’s Day Ritual to Lecture Trump on Immigration - The New York Times

I am fearful that this impressive performance fell on a deaf audience of one..

Christopher GRAY

Sorry that I did not pay more attention over all those years.

Steve King, Hurling Insults at Immigrants, Is Rebuked by His Own Party - The New York Times

Obnoxiousness keeps scraping the bottom of the barrel.

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it: My Shop: Why did the chicken restaurant cross the road? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39230746

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it: World wide web creator Tim Berners-Lee targets fake news - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39246810

Facebook’s Zuckerberg, Bucking Tide, Takes Public Stand Against Isolationism - The New York Times

Good move.

Hyphen-Nation - NYTimes.com

Great piece.

Reinvention

Hundreds of years ago, someone in what is now Germany, I think, came up with a great idea and executed on it. The need to be filled was getting a thing from point A to point B without taking it there yourself. The answer was a postal service. We have come a long way since then but have reached not a simple turn in the road, but a full U-turn.

This clip - available online only in France - talks about the problem of dealing with so many orders on the internet, and how stores are confronted with the challenge of how best to get the purchased products (and services) to the cusotmer. The example cited is the store FNAC, a chain carrying many different products, mostly oriented toward technology.

In order to help customers and encourage them to pick up purchases in the store, the customers receive a number and a code on their phones after purchase. That takes them to the door of a box in the FNAC store wall where using code opens the door and, voila, the purchase is at hand.

Sort of makes me think of how mailboxes in post offices used to work, non? Haven't we sped ahead and made a U-turn?

California Farmers Backed Trump, but Now Fear Losing Field Workers - The New York Times

This group is going to grow.

Trump falsely accuses senator of misrepresenting Gorsuch criticism - CNNPolitics.com

Do we have to fall to TRUMP's level and answer things like this with facts about TRUMP lies? Why should we allow him to send us that low?

Trump Calls Hearing on Immigration Ban ‘Disgraceful’ - The New York Times

One has to question his sanity.

President OBAMA and Vice President BIDEN

Good for them!

Betsy DeVos Confirmed as Education Secretary; Pence Breaks Tie - The New York Times

It just gets worse and worse...

NC Attorney General Josh Stein joins other AGs in lawsuit against Trump immigration ban | News & Observer

Super!

9th Circuit Court of Appeals to hear challenge to Trump's ban Tuesday - CNNPolitics.com

Where is North Carolina????????????

‘So-Called’ Judge Criticized by Trump Is Known as a Mainstream Republican - The New York Times

Pretty strong words from a so-called President.

WeTree presents We Tree — KissKissBankBank

This is great, but we all should plant a tree somewhere once/week!

Surely there is one good Republican US Senator in addition to Sens COLLINS and MURKOWSKI?

Find her/him!

Quebec’s Response to Hate: More Tolerance - The New York Times

North American sanity and heart.

I'm at a loss for words

What is worse than despicable?

Uneasy About the Future, Readers Turn to Dystopian Classics - The New York Times

Makes you want to read again!

Profound Weekend in January 2017 - YouTube

Wonderful!

We Are Dissidents; We Are Legion - The New York Times

We'll see soon enough.

After the US, far right says 2017 will be the year Europe wakes up | World news | The Guardian

We have to keep a global perspective on all of this as the fringe is weaving itself together.

Carla Hayden Thinks Libraries Are a Key to Freedom - The New York Times

Super!

Rohrsbach test!

I love the idea of asking readers how they react to this! One can see almost anything!

Transcript And Analysis: President Trump's Inauguration Speech : NPR

An important contribution to understanding the message.

Germany’s Extreme Right Challenges Guilt Over Nazi Past - The New York Times

There is so much worry today.

How Chickens Shifted From Sacred To Diet Staple : NPR

Great story.

How The Systemic Segregation Of Schools Is Maintained By 'Individual Choices' : NPR Ed : NPR

I could not agree more!

Illinois Congressman: Poverty Plays A Large Role In Chicago Gun Violence : NPR

I want to write more about this in support of his point that there are just too many guns.

‘James Bond of Philanthropy’ Gives Away the Last of His Fortune - The New York Times

I think he accomplished great things and saw all of them happen while still alive!

Only one editor defended the Irish in the era of “No Irish Need Apply” | IrishCentral.com

Good for him!

To Make the World Better, Think Small - The New York Times

This makes a lot of sense.

How to Know What Donald Trump Really Cares About: Look at What He’s Insulting - The New York Times

Really well done.

Why I Will Not Cast My Electoral Vote for Donald Trump - The New York Times

I admire his courage.

NC elector: People want me to change my vote, but I'll vote Trump :: WRAL.com

We surely need a better system.

‘Saturday Night Live’ and Trump Spar Once Again - The New York Times

Let the rough and tumble begin! (And cry a lot!)

Apologizing

I am going to start a little essay here on the decline of apologies in everyday life - especially as a customer of something.....
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Yesterday, I called the Herald-Sun to say that we had not received our paper for two days. I had gotten a phone message that our card did not "go through", so I mentioned this. After giving the woman my credit card, she said I could not do this - i.e., give her my card number. So I asked to be transferred to someone who could resolve this and please don't send me to someone's voice mail. She could not do that either, she said. Not once in this whole exchange did she utter the words, "I am sorry for your inconvenience" until I noted that she had not said this. Grudgingly, she mouthed the words, almost as though she was saying them for the first time!

The Economics For And Against Trump's Infrastructure Plan | Here & Now

Great stuff.

Fidel Castro’s Sister, an Outspoken Critic, Takes No Joy in His Death - The New York Times

I feel for her and agree with her fully. The expressions of glee and joy are repulsive, much moreso this week then the man himself had been to so many. Let us respect life and lament its passing regardless of who it is or was.

Trump and Pence vs. ‘Hamilton’ cast: A collision of two Americas - The Washington Post

I think this will mark a sad but unavoidable point in the TRUMP presidency. It is sad because he had so many options of how to respond. Unavoidable because to suppress speech is to flame it.

NEIL OFFEN: We have the perfect match for you | News | heraldsun.com

As always, there is a story to be told!

Handguns Are the New Home Security - The New York Times

This is so disheartening.

India’s Eternal Inequality - The New York Times

Very sad situation.

Wells Fargo

Everyone who works at Wells Fargo is culpable and should pay a price for this. Just as it takes a village, it takes an entire company to behave this badly.

They Found Bombs on a Beer Run. What Gratitude Are They Owed? - The New York Times

What have we done?

The Wells Fargo Spillover Effect - The New York Times

The company has huge problems, in my view, well beyond this banking fiasco. Just ask those of us who are Wells Fargo Advisors customers!

The Myth of a Democratic Electoral Lock - The Daily Beast

Worrisome times.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn perd son sang-froid face à un journaliste..

Very funny. Pitiful.

Our Immigrants, Our Strength - The New York Times

We need so much more of this.

Saying Goodbye To Old Technology — And A Legendary NYC Repair Shop : All Tech Considered : NPR

Sorry to see this go!

Burkini

Le point principal c’est que chaque femme a le droit de choisir. Ce droit est un droit universel est supérieur d’une loi locale, régionale ou nationale. C’est pas l’état, pas la ville, pas vos amis, pas vous a décider pour elle. Si vous êtes vraiment intéresser de comprendre pourquoi les étrangers (ici aux E-U inclus) pensent que la loi anti-burkini est totalement pas acceptable, lisez cette petite collection des points de vue féminins et musulmans dans le New York Times l’année dernière http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/28/world/muslim-women-on-the-veil.html?_r=0 On verra demain l’état de cette loi après le Conseil d’Etat.

From: Rudy Salles [mailto:rudysalles06@yahoo.fr]
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 3:40 PM
To: tmaguire@newspaper.com
Subject: Fwd: TR: Nouveau message : BBC interview

Hello,

Thank you for your e mail. I am sorry if you didn't understand what I said. May be my English is not good enough. I just want to say that I respect Islam but I condamn Islamist propaganda. And the burkini, the niqab, the abayas are just provocation and regression for the rights of women. 

I respect the different cultures and religions, I have many muslim firends, I work with Muslim women and they implore that we stop this evolution because they want to live in the French Republic under our laws and not under the Islamist laws and the charia.

My best regards. 

Rudy Salles
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I just listened to your interview, sort of in English, on the BBC. Your answers to the interviewer's quesitons were appalling and embarrassing. For someone who purports to support human rights, as I think you say you do, your views are incomprehensible.

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'Dallas Morning News' Editor Explains The Art Of Out-Of-Office Replies : NPR

Interesting.

Full Frontal: Samantha Bee Takes On Brexit With Full Force | TIME

Well said.

average walking speed km - Google Search

"Although walking speeds can vary greatly depending on many factors such as height, weight, age, terrain, surface, load, culture, effort, and fitness, the average human walking speed is about 5.0 kilometres per hour (km/h), or about 3.1 miles per hour (mph)."

After Orlando Shooting, Talk Show Hosts Suggest Talk Is Not Enough - The New York Times

Which one of these said there are too many guns in the US? I missed it.

Compare These Gun Death Rates: The U.S. Is in a Different World - The New York Times

We have too many guns in the US.

Orlando Shooting Reignites Gun Control Debate in Congress - The New York Times

We have too many guns in the US.

Drones

Amazing to think how far this might go.

Making TRUMP sense...

This is a very compelling analysis of what's going on here....

A Split Over Israel Threatens the Democrats’ Hopes for Unity - The New York Times

This is good. I am all for protecting Jews wherever they may be, Israelis or not. They deserve the same level of protection as all of the rest of us, no more and no less. Maybe we should focus more that perceived need than on whether a country whose "members" would only invite sneers if it were a Jews-only country club, maybe deserves a lot less protection and those it impacts merit a lot more.

Rechercher | www.directmatin.fr

What a snapshot of the US campaign!

Why the Irish passport is among most powerful in the world - IrishCentral.com

What an interesting way of looking at this.

Untold Damage: America’s Overlooked Gun Violence - The New York Times

We have too many guns in the US. One less gun on the street is one less means to commit a horrible crime.

Gender-Segregated Public Bathrooms Have A Long, Ugly History

Same question I have asked often so I look forward to reading this!

Bad News, Language Pedants: Poll Shows Most People Are Cool With Improper Grammar

Depressing.

Stow that smartphone! more employers tell their workers | News & Observer

Bravo!

Sadiq Khan Is Elected Mayor of London - The New York Times

This sounds wonderful to me!

New Diaspora museum in Dublin will leave you brimming with pride (PHOTOS) - IrishCentral.com

This looks wonderful.

Clinton’s Imagination Problem - The New York Times

Very well said. A great deal of creativity is needed.

Connecticut’s Malloy Will Sign Gun Bill - WSJ

Great!

​Christ or a Glock? - CBS News

I support him fully on the gun issue!

Obama Puts His Weight Behind Smart-Gun Technology - The New York Times

Yes!

Texting and Driving? Watch Out for the Textalyzer - The New York Times

I want to know more.

The Dangers of ‘Polypharmacy,’ the Ever-Mounting Pile of Pills - The New York Times

Amen.

The Real Purpose of ‘Bathroom Bills’ - The New York Times

Captured, sadly, perfectly.

Less sweeping than reported

By a long shot.

College Student Is Removed From Flight After Speaking Arabic on Plane - The New York Times

Southwest Airlines deserves widespread condemnation, including right here!

Take the F U train, Ted!: April 7, 2016 - Photos - NYDN front pages of 2016 - NY Daily News

Great Front Page!

Sex-Segregated Public Restrooms Are an Outdated Relic of Victorian Paternalism

Well said!

Interesting paper

On the subject

Is it time for gender neutral toilets? - The F-Word

Yes!

The Terrorists in U.S. Prisons - The New York Times

Such a senseless division between "terrorists" and criminals,especially the ones who have committed violent crimes.

Airports, Designed for Everyone but the Passenger - The New York Times

I would like to write a lot more about this; he makes such a good point.

What Our Relationship To 'Junk' Says About America Through Generations : NPR

I sure can see me in this book!