Members phkrause Posted August 5, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 5, 2023 August 4, 2023 By German Lopez Good morning. We’re covering Oregon’s drug surge, Trump’s arraignment and the Pinegrove Shuffle. Portland, Ore.Jordan Gale for The New York Times A crucial difference When Oregon was getting ready to vote on whether to decriminalize all drugs in 2020, I was covering the story for Vox. During my interviews with the leaders of the decriminalization campaign, they often cited Portugal. It decriminalized all drugs in 2000. In the years after, Portugal’s drug-related problems declined. But I found the comparison to be inexact. Even as Portugal ended prison time for drug possession, it created a unique system that pushed people to stop using drugs — sometimes with the continued threat of penalties, like the revocation of a person’s professional license. Oregon didn’t plan to enact similarly tough penalties, and advocates for decriminalization did not have a clear explanation for why their law would work as well as Portugal’s. Our conversations left me wondering whether Oregon could repeat Portugal’s successes if the decriminalization initiative passed. It did pass, with more than 58 percent of the vote. The results have not been good. Overdose deaths have spiked, and drug users have overrun public spaces in Portland, as Jordan Gale and Jan Hoffman reported for The Times this week. Source: C.D.C. | Chart shows provisional numbers. | By The New York Times “At four in the afternoon the streets can feel like dealer central,” said Jennifer Myrle, who runs a downtown coffee shop and wine bar with her brother. “At least 20 to 30 people in ski masks, hoodies and backpacks, usually on bikes and scooters. There’s no point calling the cops.” On her walk to work, Myrle often sees needles, shattered glass, human feces and people who are passed out. In today’s newsletter, I’ll use Oregon’s disappointing experience to consider a larger lesson about drug policy. Carrot, but no stick Drug addiction is an illness, but it is different from many other illnesses in a crucial respect. Most people with diabetes or cancer wish they could make their diseases disappear. Addicts have a more complex relationship with their disease. People with addiction often do not want treatment. They frequently think they have a handle on their drug use. That attitude is at the root of many people’s addictions. “You need to answer the question: Why would people stop using an incredibly rewarding drug if there is no real consequence at all?” said Keith Humphreys, a drug policy expert at Stanford University. A crucial part of Portugal’s change in 2000 was its attempt to nudge people to stop using drugs. The country did not simply decriminalize the substances. It also set up new incentives for seeking help: People caught using drugs can be sent to a special commission that tries to get them into free treatment. If drug users do not cooperate or they show serious problems, the commission can impose penalties, such as barring people from taking some jobs or visiting certain locations. It is a carrot-and-stick approach. A police officer checks on a person believed to be overdosing.Jordan Gale for The New York Times Oregon does not have much of a stick. The state imposes a $100 fine for people caught using drugs, but people can easily avoid the fine. A single phone call participating in a health screening, with no commitment to actual treatment, can get it waived. Drug users often ignore the fines, without consequences. Some police officers, knowing the fines can be toothless, no longer issue them. As a result, people continue to use drugs, without an incentive to seek help. The implication here — that law enforcement matters for stopping addiction — might make some liberals uncomfortable. But the evidence strongly suggests that people with addiction often need a push to seek help. By ending the threat of arrest or prison time and not creating anything like Portugal’s commissions, Oregon was left without a push. Portugal, as it happens, seems to have lost its own push. The government has invested less in its commissions and treatment options in recent years, and some police officers have stopped citing people for drug use. As The Washington Post reported, Portugal’s drug problems are now getting worse, although they are still at lower levels than those in the U.S. and in Europe overall. Supporters of decriminalization argue that Oregon’s policy just needs time: The law set aside money to improve access to addiction treatment, and that money has only recently gone out. Decriminalization advocates also say the pandemic is partly to blame for rising drug use. At the very least, though, Oregon’s policy change has not turned things around. The U.S. has spent decades criminalizing drug use, increasing spending on prisons and police and disproportionately locking up Black, Hispanic and Native Americans. Many experts believe that approach remains deeply flawed. Oregon’s experience shows there are also downsides to going to the other extreme. Related: Oregon’s experience should deter other states from trying decriminalization, the Times columnist Bret Stephens argued. Jacob Sullum of Reason magazine countered that critics of the change aren’t grappling with the immorality of the law it replaced. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT THE LATEST NEWS Trump Indictment Donald Trump arriving in Washington yesterday.Doug Mills/The New York Times At a Washington courthouse, Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to plotting to overturn the 2020 election. Trump’s arraignment was routine. The judge read him his rights and explained the charges. Trump entered his plea. Jack Smith, the special counsel, sat nearby. “The general atmosphere was far less tense than during Trump’s arraignment in Miami in June,” Glenn Thrush reports. Trump’s supporters have made inaccurate claims about the charges and the judge. Here’s a fact check. The next hearing, where the two sides in the case are expected to discuss a trial date, is scheduled for Aug. 28. That’s days after the first Republican primary debate. Trump is facing 78 charges across three criminal cases. These graphics from The Washington Post explain them. Times 2024 Poll Trump is ahead of his Republican primary rivals in Iowa by double digits, but it’s a smaller lead than he has nationwide, a Times/Siena College poll found. The caucuses could be other candidates’ opportunity to make Trump look vulnerable, Nate Cohn writes. Politics The U.S. charged two Navy sailors with passing military secrets to China. Dianne Feinstein’s family is fighting for control of her late husband’s estate. War in Ukraine Ukraine used drones to strike two ports, one in Russia and one in occupied Crimea, Russian officials said. The destruction of a dam in June emptied a Ukrainian reservoir. Beneath the water were archaeological treasures, including ancient pottery. Southern Border The Biden administration can keep its asylum restrictions for at least several more weeks, an appeals court ruled. The authorities found a body in the floating barrier that Texas installed on the Rio Grande to deter migrant crossings. Education The College Board warned Florida schools not to teach A.P. Psychology, after the state demanded that it cut sections on gender and sexual orientation. Texas A&M will pay $1 million in a settlement with a Black professor. The school asked her to run its journalism program and then changed the offer because of a conservative backlash. Other Big Stories Six former officers pleaded guilty in an assault on two Black men in Mississippi. They stripped and beat the men, and subjected one to a mock execution, prosecutors said. A national pediatrics group renewed its support for gender-affirming care for children, but ordered a review of the research. New York City is set to make outdoor dining permanent — but will order restaurants to take everything down each winter. Researchers claim to have found a superconductor that works at room temperature, a breakthrough that would transform electronics. Some experts are skeptical. Opinions The joy of being together again is fueling this summer’s spate of spectacular, sold-out concerts, Elamin Abdelmahmoud writes. Here are columns by David French on the Supreme Court and Michelle Goldberg on an abortion-related referendum in Ohio. New with a news subscription: Audio Introducing New York Times Audio, an iOS app with exclusive shows, narrated articles and more. Download now. MORNING READS A former member of the European Parliament. A chatbot falsely labeled her a terrorist.Ilvy Njiokiktjien for The New York Times Fake identity: What can you do when A.I. lies about you? Climate activism: Greenpeace protesters scaled the British prime minister’s house. Modern Love: He was Muslim. She was raised by an evangelical Christian. Should they get married? Lives Lived: Seiichi Morimura wrote a searing exposé of the Japanese Army’s secret biological warfare program in occupied China, describing how it forcibly infected thousands of prisoners with deadly pathogens. He died at 90. SPORTS NEWS Women’s World Cup: Germany is out after a draw with South Korea, the team’s earliest exit from the tournament. “It might be the biggest shock in Women’s World Cup history,” Michael Cox writes. Simone Biles: The gymnast is expected to return to elite competition tomorrow at the U.S. Classic. Here’s what to expect. A W.N.B.A. first: Diana Taurasi became the first player in league history to score 10,000 regular-season points. Football’s return: The Browns beat the Jets in last night’s Hall of Fame game, the first preseason contest of the N.F.L. slate. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT ARTS AND IDEAS Garrett Lee, a former football player, created the Pinegrove Shuffle.Tony Luong for The New York Times Sad dance of the season: The Pinegrove Shuffle is an unlikely candidate for viral fame. Its choreography is a full-body lunge, set to a melancholy indie rock song by the band Pinegrove. Yet videos of the dance are all over TikTok this summer. Watching it is “both strangely soothing and tinged with sadness,” Gia Kourlas writes. More on culture Lizzo denied allegations from three former dancers who said she created a hostile work environment. The influencer Andrew Tate has been released from house arrest in Romania pending his trial on human trafficking charges. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS … Nico Schinco for The New York Times Stir grated Cheddar into mayo for great tomato and cheese toasts. Pack this travel underwear. Save money with a used air conditioner. Take our news quiz. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was varmint. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. — German P.S. If you’re a frontline worker who never had the option to work from home, The Times wants to hear about how your commute has changed in the past few years. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 6, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 6, 2023 August 5, 2023 Today I’m turning over the lead of the newsletter to my colleague Nikita Richardson from the Food desk, who has some good advice for dining out. — Melissa By Nikita Richardson Good morning. Having a hard time keeping up with all your dining options? I can help. María Jesús Contreras Eating well If you’re the type of person, as I am, who likes to try new restaurants as much as possible, keeping up can be tough. That’s especially true in a city as rich and diverse as New York, which I cover in my weekly restaurant newsletter for The Times’s Food section. “How do you keep up with all these restaurants?” is a question I get a lot from my fellow dining enthusiasts. My to-dine list is long, but I have methods for staying on track. Here are my tips for dining smarter, not harder. Lists are your friends Have you ever arrived at the grocery store only to realize you don’t know exactly what you need? This is the genius of keeping a running shopping list. I do the same with the Notes app on my iPhone, but for dining out. My list has all the restaurants that I want to visit, organized by borough with descriptions of what they serve. I didn’t write this list in one sitting; I add to it every time I come across a restaurant — on Instagram, on a food news website, via a friend’s recommendation — that piques my interest. I tick off restaurants as I try them, to great satisfaction. This list is also a godsend when friends and acquaintances ask for restaurant suggestions and I need to remember where I’ve recently eaten. Swiping through my list brings up good memories and keeps me on top of my goal of visiting new places. Location, location, location I know a lot of professional and amateur diners who love to use the Saved feature on Google Maps. It allows you to sort your saves into lists, like one called “Want to Go.” I prefer the Notes method, but one benefit of saving locations on a map is that you can be spontaneous. Say, for instance, you’re out and about, and you suddenly realize you haven’t eaten in what feels like ages. If you’ve already started saving locations, you can open your Maps app and see if there are any restaurants nearby that you’ve been meaning to try. (Instagram has a similar feature, but it’s slightly more difficult to navigate.) You can use this method on the road, too, if you’re planning a trip. Look around The early days of the pandemic forced me to dine hyper-locally, and I discovered amazing choices. We’ve all been guilty of passing by the same restaurant repeatedly without stepping inside. So I’ll end by challenging you to check out one neighborhood restaurant you’ve never been to. You might just discover a new favorite. For more There’s still plenty of summer left. Here’s where to eat in New York City this summer. What does being on a “plant-based diet” really mean? Melissa Clark explains. Speaking of travel, here’s where you should drink wine if you’re ever in Madrid. Meet the latest dining aesthetic: darkroom-core. Sign up for my newsletter, Where to Eat: New York City. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT THE WEEK IN CULTURE Paul Reubens at the 2011 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.Danny Moloshok/Reuters Paul Reubens, who died this week at 70, was quiet. But his most famous character — Pee-wee Herman — was noisy and boisterous. See eight of Reubens’s best performances. “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” celebrated the kind of anarchy that captivates kids and freaks out adults. James Poniewozik, The Times’s television critic, writes that he loved it “enough to marry it.” Mark Margolis, a character actor who stole scenes in “Breaking Bad” and Darren Aronofsky films, died at 83. For one night, Gwyneth Paltrow is renting her guesthouse on Airbnb. A Vogue writer imagined the possibilities. Lizzo lost more than 150,000 Instagram followers after three former dancers alleged she created a hostile work environment, BuzzFeed reports. “Back to the Future,” a musical based on the time-travel films, opened on Broadway. It’s a show with a “big wow factor,” The Times’s Jesse Green writes. “The Notebook,” a musical based on the Nicholas Sparks novel, is coming to Broadway in the spring. With Hollywood strikes shutting down film shoots, some actors have turned to Cameo, a personalized video website, to make money. A.I. innovations have transformed visual effects, making it a grievance for actors worried they will be replaced. A trombonist breaking barriers: Hillary Simms, 28, became the first woman to join the prestigious American Brass Quintet. A masterpiece of outdoor art was installed in a saltwater marsh in Georgia. It’s been sinking for decades, just as its sculptor intended. THE LATEST NEWS Smoke from Canadian wildfires enveloped Washington, D.C. in June.Kenny Holston/The New York Times A conservative policy plan, meant to guide the next Republican president, calls for dismantling government clean energy programs and boosting fossil fuels. Donald Trump’s legal team is a web of conflicting interests: Some could eventually become defendants, or witnesses, in the two federal trials. Mike Pence believes history will judge him well for his defiance of Donald Trump. On the campaign trail, though, Republican voters have not been so kind. The U.S. economy added 187,000 jobs last month, a sign of solid yet cooling growth. The F.D.A. approved the first pill to treat postpartum depression. Trials found that the drug works faster than general antidepressants. A Ukrainian naval drone damaged a Russian warship on the Black Sea, part of Ukraine’s push to bring the war home to Russia. Aleksei Navalny, the jailed Russian opposition figure, received a new, 19-year sentence on charges of supporting “extremism.” From an Indian village where “no one wanted girls,” one father of two daughters is taking on the patriarchy. Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. CULTURE CALENDAR By Gilbert Cruz 📺 “Only Murders in the Building” (Tuesday): Season 3 of this marvelous Hulu comedy leaves the titular building and heads to the Great White Way. After a Broadway actor (Paul Rudd) dies onstage, our true-crime podcasting trio (Martin Short, Steve Martin and Selena Gomez) must investigate. Meryl Streep joins this already stacked cast. 📚 “Whalefall” (Tuesday): This is a novel about a 17-year-old scuba diver’s attempt to escape from the belly of a sperm whale after he accidentally gets swallowed while searching for his father’s remains off the coast of Northern California. Do I even have to tell you more? (In our review, Sarah Lyall writes that the author Daniel Kraus “brings the rigor of a scientist and the sensibility of a poet to his descriptions of the undersea world.”) Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT RECIPE OF THE WEEK Linda Xiao for The New York Times By Melissa Clark Extra-Creamy Scrambled Eggs Do you really need a recipe for scrambled eggs? For a quick weekday breakfast, maybe not. But for something far more special, J. Kenji López-Alt’s extra-creamy scrambled eggs turn a quotidian dish into an exceptional weekend brunch. The secret, which Kenji adapted from Mandy Lee of the food blog Love & Pups, is whisking a starchy slurry into the eggs before cooking. That way, they don’t set up too firmly and stay especially fluffy and tender. Add some good coffee and generously buttered toast and set the tone for an excellent day. REAL ESTATE Jonathan Carlson Mortgage-rate envy: With interest rates climbing, the newest form of one-upmanship is the mortgage humble brag. Rent or own? Can’t figure out whether to rent or buy a home? Take this quiz. Leaving California: A couple dropped everything to move to New York for the hustle and bustle. Was it too much? What you get for $1.2 million: A saltbox house with an attached 1830 barn in Hartland, Vt.; a two-bedroom condominium in a 1914 building in Brooklyn; or a Tudor Revival house in Akron, Ohio. The hunt: They wanted a place above Central Park for less than $800,000. Which one did they pick? Play our game. LIVING Michelle Gustafson for The New York Times Midlife workouts: How to tweak your fitness habits and mind-set once you hit 40. Is menopause changing my hair? Yes, but you can manage it. Don’t quit: Find happiness at work when leaving isn’t your best option. Dance on the Albanian Riviera. ADVICE FROM WIRECUTTER Make your summer produce last If you want to extend the shelf life of your farmers’ market bounty, consider a vacuum sealer. Vacuum sealing allows you to preserve your perfectly ripe summer fruit to enjoy months later. I like to make a blueberry pie in the depths of winter for a little taste of summer and a brief respite from dreary weather. For best results, freeze the fruit first on a quarter-sheet pan before bagging, sealing and sucking all the air out. Don’t forget to date and label the bag before returning it to your freezer. Come February, you’ll be glad you did. — Michael Sullivan GAME OF THE WEEKEND U.S. players training in Melbourne.William West/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images United States vs. Sweden, Women’s World Cup: The U.S. team looks mortal. They were nearly eliminated in the tournament’s first stage, when a late-game shot by Portugal bounced off the goal post, and the offense has looked uninspired. Now the knockout rounds begin with a matchup against a Swedish squad that won its first three games with authority. There is reason for hope, though: The U.S. defense, anchored by Julie Ertz, has allowed only one goal. 5 a.m. Eastern tomorrow on Fox. For more: The early struggles took an emotional toll on the Americans. “We’re just going to do a couple of Kumbayas, and we’ll be good,” Kelley O’Hara, a veteran defender, said. After several upsets, it feels as if the field of potential World Cup winners is now broader than it was when the tournament started, Rory Smith writes. NOW TIME TO PLAY Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangrams were bighead and bigheaded. See the hardest Spelling Bee words from this week. Take the news quiz to see how well you followed this week’s headlines. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your weekend with The Times. — Melissa P.S. W.J. Hennigan is joining Times Opinion from Time magazine to cover nuclear threats. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 7, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 7, 2023 August 6, 2023 By David Leonhardt Good morning. We’ve got a new quiz that tests your knowledge of history. A new Times quiz Today, my colleagues at the Upshot section are introducing a beta version of a weekly history quiz. It’s called Flashback, and it’s free for all readers for a limited time. The quiz is simple: It asks you to put eight historical events in chronological order. Times editors choose the events each week, and most are connected to news events from the previous week. In today’s quiz, for example, you’ll notice that one of the events involves the Women’s World Cup and another involves Ivy League admissions. Like many Morning readers, I’m a game player. I do the Bee and Wordle every day, and I have long been hoping that The Times would expand into historical and trivia quizzes. Flashback represents an early attempt to do so. I’ve had a great time playing the internal versions that my colleagues have shared in recent weeks. One tip: Pay close attention to the photographs and other visuals. They sometimes contain clues. For people who want to go deeper, you’ll find links in the game to Times reporting, sometimes including our original coverage of the event from decades past. You can play the first edition of Flashback here. There will be a new version of Flashback each Sunday for at least the next four weeks. If you enjoyed the quiz — or didn’t — my colleagues welcome feedback at flashback@nytimes.com. And if you have an idea for a feature they should create in the future, let them know. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT NEWS War in Ukraine A military cadet school in Moscow.Nanna Heitmann for The New York Times Vladimir Putin wants to lead Russians into a conflict with the West far larger than Ukraine. Will they follow him? Putin is working crowds to become more accessible after a military rebellion. Ukraine has struck Russian ships and fired drones at Moscow, expanding the war to new battlefields. Politics Justice Clarence Thomas drives a $267,230 R.V. that was financed by a wealthy friend. The latest indictment against Donald Trump gives the special counsel multiple paths to a guilty verdict. Republicans are more interested in “law and order” than battling wokeness, a poll found. “His candidacy is an embarrassment”: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential bid is frustrating members of his family. Sports Sweden celebrating the win.William West/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Sweden beat the U.S. in penalty kicks at the Women’s World Cup, sending the defending champions home. The U.S. goalkeeper initially blocked Sweden’s final penalty before the ball just crossed the goal line. Simone Biles won the U.S. Classic in her return to elite gymnastics. Oregon and Washington are joining the Big Ten, leaving the Pac-12 bereft. International Imran Khan, former prime minister of Pakistan, was arrested after a court sentenced him to three years in prison on corruption charges. In China, towns were deliberately flooded, in part to protect Beijing from storms. Other Big Stories A popular YouTuber was charged with inciting a riot after he promised to give away free game consoles in Union Square Park in Manhattan. Sun, swimming and therapy: Many summer camps are adding mental health support for campers. FROM OPINION “I don’t think Harvard was good for my soul.” Hear Times columnists talk about elite colleges and legacy admissions on “Matter of Opinion.” Dog parks are dirty, stressful, dangerous and unnecessary for canines who just want to play with their humans, Julie Iovine argues. Here are columns by Maureen Dowd on the Trump indictment and by Nicholas Kristof on the horrors of hog farms. The Sunday question: Should Trump’s trials be televised? Cameras would foster trust and reduce misinformation by letting Americans make their own judgments about history-making proceedings, Neal Katyal writes in The Washington Post. The University of Iowa law professor Cristina Tilley made the counter case to NPR, arguing that a focus on courtroom drama would undermine viewers’ understanding of the legal minutiae the actual jury must consider. Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. MORNING READS Left, the Palais Garnier in Paris. Right, the Louvre Museum.Baptiste Hermant “Rooftoppers”: They scale buildings and share the photos of their views on social media. Critics say they’re reckless. What is worse: Drippy AC units or sudden storms? Take our quiz on summer in New York. Vows: They were teenagers when they met. Lives Lived: Charles J. Ogletree Jr. was a Harvard law professor who helped reframe debates around criminal justice, school desegregation and reparations. He also mentored young Black lawyers, including Barack Obama. He died at 70. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT TALK | FROM THE TIMES MAGAZINE Robin Wall KimmererPhoto illustration by Bráulio Amado By David Marchese Robin Wall Kimmerer is a scientist, member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and author of the perennial best seller “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants.” We spoke earlier this year about finding ways to feel hopeful about the challenge of climate change. In “Braiding Sweetgrass,” you write about nature as capable of showing us love. If that’s true, doesn’t it also have to be capable of showing us the opposite? The answer that comes to mind is that it’s not all about us. What?! [Laughs.] Some of these cycles of creation and destruction that promote change might be bad for us, but we’re one of 200 million species. Over evolutionary time, major changes that are destructive are also opportunities for adaptation and renewal. Another message in your work is that prioritizing the objective scientific worldview can close us off from other useful ways of thinking. But how does one keep an openness to other modes of inquiry from tipping over into skepticism about scientific authority? When we do conventional Western science, our experimental designs are designed to optimize objectivity and rationality so that we come to some perceived truth about the natural world — minus human values and emotions. That means that the questions that we can validate with Western scientific knowledge alone are true-false questions. But the questions today that we have about climate change are not true-false questions. What are the keys to communicating a sense of positivity about climate change that’s counter to the narrative we usually get? So much of what we think about in environmentalism is gloom-and-doom, but when you look at examples where people are taking things into their hands, they’re joyful. That’s healing not only for land but for our culture as well — it feels good. Read more of the interview here. More from the magazine Did a Virginia school district cover up a sexual assault in a girls’ bathroom in order to protect transgender rights? The art of telling forbidden stories in China. Play this breakup song on repeat. Read the full issue. BOOKS Mealtime in the artists’ studio in Brooklyn. Tall windows: These six children’s book creators work together in an open loft. Our editors’ picks: “How to Love Your Daughter,” a novel about regret, and eight other books. Packing light: Bring one of these six paperbacks on your next trip. Times best sellers: “Baking Yesteryear,” a collection of retro recipes, debuted on top of the advice, how-to and miscellaneous list. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS … Watch the best shows on Hulu right now. Make hot pot at home. Use this dinnerware outside. Buy fancy Jell-O shots in serious bars. THE WEEK AHEAD What to Watch For Ohio holds a special election on Tuesday to determine rules around ballot initiatives. The outcome could affect an abortion vote later this year. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will release its Atlantic hurricane outlook on Thursday. Sheila Oliver, New Jersey’s lieutenant governor who died last week, will lie in state for three days. What to Cook This Week Sam Sifton’s blueberry pie.Ryan Liebe for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. When fruit is in peak season, sometimes you have to bear the added heat of the oven and bake some desserts — peach cobbler and blueberry pie are great right now, Emily Weinstein writes. For dinners this week, she suggests sheet-pan chicken with spicy corn, green bean and tofu with peanut dressing, and cold noodles with tomatoes. NOW TIME TO PLAY Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was honeydew. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your weekend with The Times. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 8, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 8, 2023 August 7, 2023 By David Leonhardt Good morning. We’re covering an argument inside the Republican Party, facial recognition and a travel scam. Ron DeSantisChristopher (KS) Smith for The New York Times What would Milton say? The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board has spent the last few months trying to boost Gov. Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign. It has called his legislative record “as impressive as you’ll find,” while touting Florida’s population growth and noting that the state’s age-adjusted Covid death rate is well below the national average. As DeSantis’s campaign has sagged, The Journal’s editorialists have offered him tactical advice for confronting Donald Trump. After DeSantis released his economic plan last week, however, The Journal took a different tone. Its headline called the plan “unstable.” The editorial praised some parts of DeSantis’s agenda while criticizing him for favoring less trade with China, less immigration and federal action to ease student debt. Even if the DeSantis campaign ends with a whimper, this argument among American conservatives is an important one. It will shape the Republican Party in the post-Trump era — however far away that may be — and, by extension, influence the country’s economic policy. Today’s newsletter explains the debate. A Republican split The Journal editorial page represents an outlook that dominated the Republican Party from Ronald Reagan’s presidency in the 1980s until Trump’s arrival in 2016. It favors an approach that’s variously described as laissez-faire, small-government and neoliberal. It includes light regulation, low taxes, cuts to government benefits and high levels of trade and immigration. Its patron saint is Milton Friedman, who argued that free-market capitalism is the best way to lift living standards. The problem for the laissez-faire advocates is that many of their predictions have not come true. Income growth for most Americans has been sluggish since the Reagan Revolution. Only the affluent have enjoyed healthy gains in income and wealth. Other measures of living standards look even worse. In 1980, life expectancy in the U.S. was typical for an industrialized country; today, it is lower than in Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea or any large country in Western Europe. By The New York Times | Source: T. Piketty, E. Saez and G. Zucman Some laissez-faire advocates claim that these statistics are all misleading and that the past several decades have in fact been a glorious period of prosperity. But most Americans disagree, polls show. Even many Republican voters disagree. This dissatisfaction created the opening for Trump to take over the Republican Party while calling for less trade and immigration and promising to protect Medicare and Social Security. His campaign was a sharp departure from the proposals of laissez-faire Republicans like Paul Ryan. Each of the Republicans who hopes to lead the party after Trump faces a choice on economic populism: Return to Reagan’s neoliberalism? Or try to create a more coherent version of Trump’s populism? A few, including Nikki Haley, have opted for Reaganism. Most high-profile younger Republican leaders have not. Josh Hawley, Marco Rubio and J.D. Vance are among the Republican senators who have called for trade restrictions or other government actions to lift incomes, as I’ve noted before. DeSantis is a telling case study because his national record was thin enough that he could choose which path to take. And he did not choose Reaganism. He has embraced some parts of it, like low taxes, less bureaucracy and school choice, but the first item on his agenda is decidedly different: He has called for trade restrictions with China and the end of its “most favored nation” status. He rejects a core plank of the old Republicanism. “We are a nation with an economy, not the other way around,” DeSantis said last week. On immigration, he has called for restrictions — to protect wages and reduce the flow of fentanyl — and offered an explanation that sounds like a Bernie Sanders line: “The American immigration system will serve Americans, not multinational corporate elites.” On student debt, DeSantis supports a middle ground between the status quo and Biden’s attempts at cancellation: Helping borrowers to discharge debt through the bankruptcy process and holding colleges responsible for unpaid loans. “It’s really notable that what he decided was that the pre-Trump Republican orthodoxy was not of interest to him,” said Oren Cass, a former aide to Mitt Romney and the founder of a reformist conservative think tank called American Compass. “He sees a need to go in a new direction. He thinks that’s what’s politically salable in the G.O.P.” ‘Latent factions’ I don’t want to exaggerate the shift. Republicans like DeSantis, Rubio and Trump continue to support tax cuts for the wealthy and most deregulation. The Supreme Court is dominated by Reagan-style, laissez-faire justices. The Republican Party is still mostly the party of big business. In the short term, these economic issues are also not the central ones for our political system. The central issue is whether the anti-democratic forces within the Republican Party, led by Trump, again take control of the federal government. DeSantis himself has shown some authoritarian tendencies, such as bullying skeptics and whitewashing history. Still, the split over the Republican economic agenda matters. Already, it helps explain why Biden was able to attract Republican support for legislation to improve the country’s infrastructure and expand its semiconductor industry. “On the surface, American politics is deeply calcified, stuck and hyper-polarized,” Lee Drutman, a political scientist, wrote in his Substack newsletter last week. “Below the surface, American politics is rich with latent factions and repressed diversity.” More election news At barbecues, fairs and weddings, DeSantis is wooing Iowa voters. Kamala Harris has taken on a more visible role in the 2024 campaign: She has sparred with DeSantis and defended abortion rights in Iowa. Nevada, a swing state, has the country’s highest unemployment rate. Its economy has struggled to recover after the pandemic. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT THE LATEST NEWS International “It’s a marathon”: The Times spent two weeks with Ukrainian troops to understand how, and where, the slow counteroffensive is going. A deadline passed for Niger’s military junta to reinstate the ousted president or face military action from other West African nations. There’s no sign of intervention so far. A train derailed in Pakistan, killing at least 30. China The U.S. is importing fewer goods from China, and Mexico is now the U.S.’s top trading partner, The Washington Post reports. An American tech mogul is spreading Chinese propaganda around the world, mixing progressive advocacy with Beijing’s talking points. Climate A group of older Swiss women say the country has violated their rights by failing to curb emissions. Fires and floods: The climate crisis is changing how we think about summer. Boy Scouts are leaving the World Scout Jamboree campsite in South Korea early because of a typhoon. Politics A lawyer for Trump went on television and said his actions weren’t crimes, they were “aspirational.” State highway troopers in Texas are clashing with local police in Austin, the progressive capital. The federal government’s decision to keep Space Command headquarters in Colorado Springs has frustrated residents of Huntsville, Ala. Some feel they’re being punished for their conservatism. Other Big Stories Porcha WoodruffNic Antaya for The New York Times A woman was falsely accused of robbery and carjacking after a facial recognition match and was arrested while eight months pregnant. Yellow, the trucking firm that received a $700 million pandemic bailout, filed for bankruptcy. Opinions Jane Coaston interviewed Jennifer Williams, a member of the Trenton City Council, about being a transgender Republican. Gail Collins and Bret Stephens discussed Mike Pence and the latest Trump indictment. Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. FREE MORNING READS Today, we’re offering free access to the articles linked in this section. Josip Petrsoric, known to celebrities and tourists as Joe.Lanna Apisukh for The New York Times Fifty-five years: A bartender at Sardi’s, Broadway’s go-to saloon, is retiring. He knew everybody’s favorite drink. “Hank the Tank”: A black bear responsible for at least 21 home break-ins near Lake Tahoe has been captured. Metropolitan Diary: Boxers forever. Lives Lived: Florence Berger was a tenured professor at Cornell who found a second calling as a matchmaker. Many of her pairings lasted. She died at 83. WOMEN’S WORLD CUP Round of 16: England beat Nigeria in a penalty shootout. Australia’s game against Denmark starts soon. Megan Rapinoe: A missed penalty kick ended the star’s World Cup career. But her influence was never just about soccer. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT OTHER SPORTS NEWS Lionel Messi: After two more spectacular goals last night, he now has seven goals in four matches since arriving in the U.S. Women’s basketball: The New York Liberty beat the Las Vegas Aces. Technology and talent: Why does every generation of athletes seem to be better than the last? Professional darts can explain. ARTS AND IDEAS Covers of travel books that are A.I.-generated.The New York Times A travel scam: If you’re looking for a guidebook for an upcoming trip, beware of the fakes. Shoddy travel books that appear to be compiled with the help of artificial intelligence have flooded Amazon in recent months. Fake reviews recommend the self-published books, bringing some to near the top of search results. More on culture “Barbie” reached $1 billion in global box office sales. (Chinese moviegoers are loving it.) Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is finishing its initial North American leg with shows near Los Angeles. Fashion newsletters are playing the role that magazines once did. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS … Nico Schinco for The New York Times Sizzle mint for this zucchini salad. Find the best backpacks for school. Shop these end-of-summer sales. Take our news quiz. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangrams were handling and highland. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. — David P.S. Hollywood movie and television writers ended a five-month strike, their longest ever, 35 years ago today. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 9, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 9, 2023 August 8, 2023 Continue reading the main story SUPPORTED BY Mass General Brigham By German Lopez Good morning. We’re covering Ohio’s vote today, uranium mining and a chief Uno player. Campaign signs in Columbus, Ohio.Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times On the ballot Early this year, Ohio legislators ended the practice of regularly holding elections in August, pointing to high costs and low turnout. A few months later, the state’s legislature put a measure on the August ballot anyway, one that would make it harder to pass constitutional amendments. It will be the only thing on state ballots when voters head to the polls today. Why the turnabout? Republicans, who control the legislature, are trying to block a potential victory for abortion rights. If the measure passes, it could pre-empt a November vote on whether to enshrine abortion rights in Ohio’s Constitution. Today’s initiative would raise the threshold for approving constitutional amendments from a simple majority to 60 percent of the vote. Supporters have been clear that the measure is meant to make it harder for November’s abortion rights amendment to pass. “This is 100 percent about keeping a radical pro-abortion amendment out of our constitution,” Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican who’s also running for U.S. Senate, said. “The left wants to jam it in there this coming November.” Stopping a backlash Since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade last year, voters across the country have approved multiple ballot initiatives protecting abortion rights. A surge of support for abortion rights also appears to be driving greater support for Democrats in some close elections. Ohio Republicans are trying to stem the backlash in their state by limiting voters’ power. “Once, Ohio was the quintessential swing state,” my colleague Michael Wines, who covers voting and other election issues, wrote. “Now, on issues such as education, voting and abortion, it is an exemplar of a nationwide phenomenon: one-party-controlled legislatures, almost invariably Republican ones, changing the rules of the democratic process to extend their control even further.” November’s abortion rights amendment would establish a right to “make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions,” including on abortion. Polls suggest most Ohioans support the amendment. But Republicans oppose it and have gone to great lengths, including filing a lawsuit to the Ohio Supreme Court, to block it. If it passes, today’s ballot measure, called Issue 1, would also make it more difficult to put the issue in front of voters again, by requiring petition signatures from each Ohio county for future constitutional amendments. That would be the strictest requirement for any state that allows voter-led amendments, said Jonathan Entin, a constitutional law expert at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. “It is antidemocratic in the strictest sense of the word,” Kerri Milita, a political scientist at Illinois State University, told me. She has studied other instances in which lawmakers have tried to limit ballot measures, and has found it most often happens when legislators are at odds with public opinion. Republicans have made other arguments for raising the threshold for state constitutional amendments. LaRose, for one, has pointed out that the Ohio Constitution has been amended 172 times, compared with the 27 times that the U.S. Constitution has been modified. That frequency, he argues, is evidence that the state constitution is too easy to change. Some experts argue that such easy-to-pass constitutional amendments can make it too difficult for legislators to govern, since lawmakers cannot change them without bringing the issue back to voters. But those considerations have received little attention compared with the fight over abortion rights. A bellwether? Ohio’s vote today could jump-start other efforts. If the ballot measure succeeds, abortion opponents may try a similar approach elsewhere. Republicans are already considering ways to make it harder to pass ballot initiatives in Florida, Idaho, Missouri and other states. Advocates are working to put abortion rights on the ballot in more states. Among them is Florida, which already requires that ballot initiatives get 60 percent of votes to pass. Supporters are trying to get the measure on Florida’s ballot during next year’s presidential election, and there are similar initiatives in Arizona, Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota. For more “We can kind of do what we want”: Ohio Republicans are using their power to push the state in a conservative direction. Here’s what’s at stake. The initial turnout was huge last night, Politico reports. Anti-abortion efforts threaten direct democracy, Melissa Murray and Kate Shaw argue in Times Opinion. Continue reading the main story A MESSAGE FROM Mass General Brigham Exceptional care happens here At Mass General Brigham, we are dedicated to improving the lives of patients everywhere. With annual investments in medical research, we are committed to innovation and advancement in care — not just in our communities, but for patients around the world. Learn more THE LATEST NEWS Politics Republican presidential contenders, following Donald Trump, are verbally attacking American institutions like courts and schools. “Of course he lost”: Ron DeSantis acknowledged that Joe Biden beat Trump in 2020. Trump taunted the U.S. women’s soccer team, and specifically Megan Rapinoe, after it lost to Sweden in the World Cup. Andrew Cuomo’s sister Madeline worked with activists to help smear women who accused him of sexual harassment. Environment Viewing the Grand Canyon.Ty O'Neil/Associated Press The Biden administration will designate nearly a million acres of land near the Grand Canyon as a national monument to protect it from uranium mining. The E.P.A. wants to remove the recycling symbol from hard-to-recycle plastics. The man who invented the icon agrees. Weather Storms swept across the eastern U.S., killing at least two people. Flights were canceled and delayed, including in Atlanta and New York City. International Damage from shelling in eastern Ukraine.Tyler Hicks/The New York Times Two missile strikes in eastern Ukraine killed at least seven people, including an emergency worker responding to the first attack. Britain moved some asylum seekers onto a barge. South Korea is hosting blind-dating events to push singles toward building families. The country has the world’s lowest fertility rate. China Xi Jinping abruptly replaced two top generals in the military arm that manages conventional and nuclear missiles. “You must not aim too high”: Chinese college officials are telling graduates not to be so picky about jobs during a youth unemployment crisis. Other Big Stories A 17-year-old cousin of the Uvalde gunman was arrested. The teenager’s mother reported that he was trying to buy a gun and “do the same thing.” A judge sentenced a former Minneapolis police officer, Tou Thao, to nearly five years in prison for holding back onlookers as another officer killed George Floyd. A white mother sued Southwest Airlines after she was accused of human trafficking when flying with her Black daughter. Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, has a plan for universal basic income. But first, he needs to scan your eyeballs. The next Mega Millions drawing is tonight. The jackpot is $1.55 billion. A golden retriever befriended a burglar in a garage. The Washington Post has the viral video. Opinions In the U.S., Euny Hong’s Korean heritage makes her a minority. In Paris, her knowledge of French elevates her to the dominant class, she writes. Here are columns by Carlos Lozada on Biden and Trump’s verbal tics and by Lydia Polgreen on the Indigo Girls. Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. FREE MORNING READS Today, we’re offering free access to the articles linked in this section. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau and Justin Trudeau.Anna Moneymaker/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The Trudeau separation: A stable marriage (publicly at least) used to be a cornerstone of any world leader’s résumé. Not in 2023. IJBOL: A new acronym is replacing LOL on social media. Wanted: Mattel posted a job opening for a chief Uno player, CNN reports. Lives Lived: Rhoda Karpatkin, who led Consumer Reports, doubled the magazine’s subscriptions and was once called “the nation’s smartest shopper.” She died at 93. WOMEN’S WORLD CUP Round of 16: Colombia beat Jamaica to reach its first quarterfinal. A first: Morocco’s match against France starts soon. The team is the first majority Arab nation to compete in a Women’s World Cup. OTHER SPORTS NEWS An unforced error: The Orioles suspended an announcer, shifting the spotlight away from the first-place team. Punishment: After a fight, the White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson will serve a six-game suspension. The Guardians third baseman José Ramírez will sit for three. Coast to coast: The A.C.C. is mulling expansion to add Stanford and Cal. ARTS AND IDEAS Inside the new Louis Armstrong museum.Ike Edeani for The New York Times New home for a jazz great: The Louis Armstrong House Museum, a tribute to the trumpeter’s legacy, is tucked inside his modest brick home in Queens. The museum’s new extension, however, is impossible to hide, with a curving brass facade that resembles a 1960s-style spaceship. The museum includes Armstrong’s archive, a multimedia exhibition and a performance space. “The house is relatively small,” the museum’s executive director said. “But his legacy is humongous. And this is the building that will help us to launch that.” More on culture William Friedkin, the director of “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist,” two box-office hits of the 1970s, died at 87. Paramount agreed to sell the publisher Simon & Schuster to a private-equity firm. The death of O’Shae Sibley, who was stabbed during a fight over his dancing to Beyoncé, shows that some people are still threatened by public expressions of queerness, the dance critic Gia Kourlas writes. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS … Blistered broccoli pasta with walnuts, pecorino and mint.Andrew Purcell for The New York Times Blister broccoli for this walnut pecorino pasta. Drink hard juice. Stack shoes on the best racks. Buy matching hangers. It will make you feel more put together. Wear sneakers to visit Europe. Really, it’s OK. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was holiday. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. — German P.S. New assignments: Robin Pogrebin will write about California culture, and Adam Nagourney will cover the 2024 presidential race. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 10, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 10, 2023 August 9, 2023 By David Leonhardt and Ian Prasad Philbrick Good morning. We’re covering the election results from Ohio, a Trump memo and peacocks. Celebrating in Ohio.Jay Laprete/Associated Press A winning streak Once again, abortion access has won a victory at the polls. Yes, last night’s victory was merely a procedural one. Voters in Ohio soundly rejected a Republican-backed attempt to raise the threshold for changing the state’s Constitution to 60 percent in a ballot initiative. A follow-up election will take place in November, in which Ohio voters will decide whether to establish a right to abortion in the state’s Constitution. A simple majority will decide the outcome. But last night’s result was still significant. Ohio is an increasingly conservative state, which Donald Trump won by eight percentage points in 2020 and where state legislators voted to ban almost all abortions (a policy that a judge has blocked for now). And yet voters rejected a ballot proposal that everybody understood was meant to help restrict abortion. It wasn’t close, either. The proposal failed, 43 percent to 57 percent, according to the latest count. Ohio becomes the fourth red state, along with Kansas, Kentucky and Montana, to have voted on the abortion-rights side of a referendum since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer. You can read more coverage of the Ohio vote here. In today’s newsletter, we look at the other states where the abortion issue may go before voters. A slow start Ohio is one of 10 states that both significantly restricts abortion (or soon might) and allows citizen-sponsored ballot initiatives. The others are Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota. All of these states except for Arizona voted Republican in the 2020 presidential election, a sign that many of their voters favor significant abortion restrictions. Consider these results from a recent Times/Siena College nationwide poll: New York Times/Siena poll, July 23-27, 2023 Still, a ballot initiative establishing abortion access would have a chance to pass in any of the 10 states. That’s one of the lessons of the Ohio result. Abortion-rights measures tend to receive overwhelming support from Democratic voters and some support from Republicans. Yet there is an important caveat to abortion’s political potency: The issue does not appear to swing most general elections. In statewide elections in Florida, Ohio, Texas and elsewhere last year, Democrats tried to defeat Republicans by emphasizing their hostility to abortion. But most Republicans — Mike DeWine and J.D. Vance in Ohio, Ron DeSantis and Marco Rubio in Florida, Greg Abbott in Texas — won easily. At best, the Supreme Court decision helped Democrats in a limited number of very close midterm elections. How could this be? Most voters care about many issues. And on several other high-profile issues today, like public safety and border security, the Democratic Party is arguably as out of step with public opinion as the Republican Party is on abortion. (This is a theme of Ruy Teixeira’s recent writings for the Liberal Patriot newsletter on Substack). At least for now, ballot initiatives — as opposed to ousting otherwise popular Republican politicians — appear to be one of the few ways for advocates to expand abortion access in conservative states. Abortion rights groups got off to a slow start after the Supreme Court’s decision, as we explained in a previous newsletter. The groups have struggled to agree on a nationwide strategy or to commit to an ambitious timetable. As a result, only a few of the 10 states appear likely to vote on abortion soon. Next up: the Sun Belt Ohio is the only state that will vote on the issue this year. Here’s a state-by-state breakdown for 2024 and beyond: The effort in Florida, where DeSantis signed a six-week abortion ban in April, is the furthest along. Organizers are on track to gather more than enough signatures to place the measure on the ballot next year. The measure would amend the state’s Constitution to legalize abortion until fetal viability (typically around 23 weeks of pregnancy) or later if the mother’s health is in danger. Florida law requires all citizen-initiated constitutional amendments to receive 60 percent of the popular vote to pass. In Arizona, abortion-rights groups released their proposed constitutional amendment yesterday, and it is similar to Florida’s. Legal challenges and an expensive drive to collect signatures are likely, but advocates are optimistic. Chris Love, an official with Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona, told us that advocates conducted polls to determine which version of an initiative would have the best chance of passing. “We wanted to see where our electorate was,” she said. In Missouri, advocates have filed multiple versions of a potential constitutional amendment. Republican officials are analyzing those versions slowly, seemingly in an attempt to keep the issue off the ballot next year. In South Dakota, which has a near-total abortion ban, a local group has proposed a measure that would prohibit any restrictions during the first trimester (through about 13 weeks of pregnancy). But the local Planned Parenthood affiliate doesn’t support the measure, believing it does not go far enough. Efforts have made relatively little progress in Arkansas, Nebraska, North Dakota or Oklahoma. The same is true in Montana, although abortion remains legal there, despite state officials’ attempts to restrict it. The campaigns in Arizona and Florida are worth watching for reasons beyond abortion policy. Democrats hope that the excitement over the initiatives could lift President Biden’s re-election chances in both states and play a role in Arizona’s Senate race. For more Abortion is turning previously unremarkable elections into national events, Lisa Lerer writes. Politico explains why anti-abortion messaging isn’t resonating with many voters. Read four takeaways on the vote from The Washington Post. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT THE LATEST NEWS Trump Indictment In a previously secret memo, a lawyer allied with Trump plotted to overturn the 2020 election using false slates of electors. Prosecutors are using the memo to help show that the Trump team’s efforts evolved into a criminal conspiracy. Politics The Red Butte area in Arizona.Kenny Holston/The New York Times Biden established a national monument around the Grand Canyon, protecting nearly a million acres of land. Ron DeSantis replaced his campaign manager, the latest shake-up of his struggling 2024 candidacy. The Supreme Court revived the Biden administration’s regulations on “ghost guns,” untraceable firearms that can be made from kits bought online. Gov. Tate Reeves of Mississippi, a Republican incumbent, will face Brandon Presley, a Democratic state official (and a second cousin of Elvis Presley), in November. China The Biden administration is expected to restrict some American investments in China. An economic slowdown in China has raised fears of deflation in the world’s second-biggest economy. International The Black Sea has become a hot spot for fighting in the war in Ukraine. The leaders of eight countries in the Amazon River basin, led by Brazil, signed a pact to reduce deforestation. Business Zoom, a company that has become synonymous with remote work, is asking employees to return to the office. A Taiwan-based semiconductor giant is building its first chip-making factory in Europe. Other Big Stories The obesity drug Wegovy reduced the risk of serious heart problems by 20 percent in a large trial, the drug’s maker said. A shark bit a woman at Rockaway Beach, the first known shark attack in New York City since the 1950s. She is in stable condition. At least three people are expected to be charged after a group of white boaters in Alabama appeared to attack a Black boat captain in an episode captured on video. A ticket in Florida won the $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot. Opinions Hindu supremacy and anti-Muslim violence are pushing India to the brink, Debasish Roy Chowdhury writes. Here is a column by Zeynep Tufekci on America’s failure to improve indoor air quality. Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. FREE MORNING READS Today, we’re offering free access to the articles linked in this section. Alfonso Duran for The New York Times Peacocks: The colorful birds are running wild in a Miami suburb. The solution? Vasectomies. Summer travel: How to stop slow digestion from ruining your vacation. Lives Lived: In his decade leading the Royal Shakespeare Company, Michael Boyd stabilized the institution and undertook ambitious projects, including the un-Shakespearean hit “Matilda the Musical.” He died at 68. SPORTS NEWS World Cup and Wimbledon: Female athletes are fighting to change what they’re expected to wear. Hits not errors: M.L.B. scorers have issued the fewest errors in recorded history this year. A new phenom: Da’vian Kimbrough, just 13, signed a contract with the Sacramento Republic yesterday, making him the youngest pro soccer player in American history. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT ARTS AND IDEAS The New York Times Kitchen content: Cooking videos change with their mediums — Julia Child’s gentle instruction on PBS, the celebrity gloss of Food Network, the perfectly framed dishes of Instagram. Now, TikTok has put its spin on the genre, with videos that use rapid edits, familiar personalities and recipes that already went viral. Not everyone is a fan. “I don’t want to see 100 versions of feta pasta,” said Hetal Vasavada, a food TikToker. More on culture The rapper Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting Megan Thee Stallion during an argument in 2020. Mourners gathered as Sinéad O’Connor’s coffin was carried past her last family home in Ireland. Fans of hockey romance — an actual literary subgenre — are divided after an N.H.L. player’s wife said they had gone too far in objectifying her husband. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS … A caramelized onion galetteDavid Malosh for The New York Times Caramelize onion for this galette. Use a reading light, while your partner sleeps. Give these tools to coffee lovers. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was untagged. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. P.S. We’d appreciate your feedback on The Morning. What do you like? How can we improve? Take this short survey to share your thoughts. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 11, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 11, 2023 August 10, 2023 Hip-hop’s unofficial 50th birthday is tomorrow. It’s the anniversary of a neighborhood back-to-school party in the Bronx during the summer of 1973 that sparked a global phenomenon. To celebrate it, today’s newsletter excerpts an essay in The Times Magazine by my colleague Wesley Morris and offers a guide to the Magazine’s special issue on hip-hop. — David Leonhardt By Wesley Morris Critic at Large Good morning. We’re covering the history of hip-hop, wildfires in Hawaii and Taylor Swift. Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives, via Getty Images Bring the noise For 50 years, the essential writing — fables, comedies, diaries; adventure, memoir, porn — about young Black life in this country has been happening in hip-hop. Songs about feelings, fantasies, dilemmas, confessions, fantasias. What else is Notorious B.I.G.’s “Ready to Die” and its grueling, knowing, melodic re-creation of moral decay and sexual congress other than a triumph of literature? It is but one title on a shelf buckling with scores of comparable powerhouses. That’s one masterpiece set in New York. What eventually brews in Houston and Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans and Memphis, in Virginia and California, deepens hip-hop, takes it into freaky, funky, bouncy, hilarious, mischievously brewed realms, dark, dreamy, unstable landscapes. Frailty, paranoia, trippiness, Afrocentrism and minimalism emerge. It’s music mining the past but potently about the present, often about itself. Hip-hop kids didn’t know a national struggle for civil rights as more than lore or part of a lesson plan. They had experienced personal strife — the struggle for food, shelter, safety, stability, jobs and respect. How many of these artists came of age in or adjacent to public housing and the criminal-justice system? Plight was in the art. Jonathan Mannion Hip-hop represents a break with the past because it exploded out of something that broke: this country’s promise to its Black citizens. And unlike aspects of jazz and Motown, this new music wouldn’t be arguing for its resplendence, worthiness and incomparable ingenuity. Salves, appeasement, subtlety, civility, love — those evidently didn’t work because here we are. Bring the noise. Its practitioners may have attended church, but there’s little church in this music, especially during its first waves, just communal jubilation and the streets. “La di da di, we like to party” alongside “I never prayed to God, I prayed to Gotti.” Hip-hop arose from want. It thrived in gain. The average love song culminates in consumption, brandishing what has been consumed. Capitalism has been trying to turn its back on Black America and to break Black America’s back. Hip-hop is Julia Roberts after being written off in “Pretty Woman” by that snooty sales lady: Big mistake. Big. Huge. You can read Wesley’s full celebration here. A crowd in Harlem watching Doug E. Fresh, 1995.David Corio More from the Magazine The story of hip-hop can be told through the stunning evolution of bling. The future of rap is female: As their male counterparts turn depressive, women are having all the fun. Mahogany L. Browne, Lincoln Center’s poet in residence, wrote a love letter to hip-hop composed entirely of lyrics. Put your headphones on. The rappers we lost: Biggie, Tupac, DMX and 60 other stars who died too young. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT THE LATEST NEWS Hawaii Wildfires Lahaina, Hawaii.Matthew Thayer/The Maui News, via Associated Press Wildfires spread across Maui, killing at least 36 people and forcing thousands of residents and tourists to evacuate. The fires have been mostly contained. Some people escaped flames by swimming into the ocean. Lahaina, a coastal town that was once Hawaii’s royal capital, was “almost totally burnt to the ground,” Senator Brian Schatz said. Climate change has made Hawaii more susceptible to wildfires. Winds from a hurricane in the Pacific also exacerbated these fires. China Biden signed an executive order banning new American investment in some Chinese technology such as semiconductors and A.I. The order is expected to heighten tensions between the two powers, The Wall Street Journal reports. International Fernando VillavicencioKaren Toro/Reuters A presidential candidate in Ecuador was assassinated at a rally days before the election. Read more about his life antagonizing the powerful. Ukraine targeted Moscow with two more drones, Russian officials said. Kidnappers in Haiti freed an American nurse and her child. Politics A man who threatened to assassinate President Biden was killed by an F.B.I. agent during a raid on his home in Utah. Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Orlando’s top prosecutor, accusing her of going easy on violent crime — which she disputes. She’s the second elected Democratic prosecutor he has removed this year. Senator Dianne Feinstein, 90, was briefly hospitalized after falling in her home in San Francisco. Trump Indictment Prosecutors obtained a search warrant for Donald Trump’s Twitter account this year in connection with their Jan. 6 inquiry. It’s the first known example of prosecutors directly searching Trump’s communications. Climate A typhoon made landfall on the Korean Peninsula. Extreme weather has hurt the wheat crop in Kansas, further roiling a grain market disrupted by the war in Ukraine. Volatile food prices and supplies could be here to stay, experts warn. Hot weather can exacerbate mental health disorders Other Big Stories Disney, experiencing a decline in its traditional TV business, will raise subscription prices for its streaming services. Despite the recent uptick in Covid cases, experts suggest waiting on a vaccine booster until a new formulation is available in the fall Dozens of U.S. children die each year in hot cars. Could sensors prevent more tragedies? Opinions Josephine Sittenfeld These photos, by Josephine Sittenfeld, capture the fleeting magic of summer camp. Washington’s National Mall is our dullest national park, a flat, grassy monotone. Let’s make it a riotous meadow of wildflowers, Alexander Nazaryan writes. Here are columns by Charles Blow on a viral brawl in Alabama and by Ross Douthat on the complicated feminism of “Barbie.” Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. FREE MORNING READS Today, we’re offering free access to the articles linked in this section. A beach shack on Cape Cod.Cody O'Loughlin for The New York Times Cape Cod: Dune shacks, beloved by generations of locals and artists, may soon be leased to bidders. Catching prey: These fish have mastered a fake out. Watch how they do it. Upper East Side killer: The quaint French bookstore’s German shepherd was known to attack other dogs. The latest victim died. Lives Lived: Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, who performed as Rodriguez, recorded two albums in the early 1970s that went virtually unnoticed in the U.S. But he developed a devoted following abroad, and was the subject of a 2012 documentary that won an Academy Award. He died at 81. SPORTS NEWS Women’s World Cup: Spain faces the Netherlands in a quarterfinal match tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern. 124 pitches: In his first home start, Michael Lorenzen threw a no-hitter for the Phillies. Henry Ruggs: The former wide receiver for the Raiders was sentenced to at least three years in prison for his role in a crash that killed a woman in Las Vegas in 2021. Inside a downfall: Read about the “chaotic” final days of the Pac-12. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT ARTS AND IDEAS Taylor Swift performing in Inglewood, Calif., on Monday.Michael Tran/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Commanding the stage: Even Taylor Swift’s fans admit that her dance moves are a bit stiff. Onstage during this summer’s Eras Tour, though, she has shown an innate ability to connect with her audience, often electrifying the crowd with a simple point or glance. “It makes sense, then, that she moves the way anyone might move,” the critic Brian Seibert writes. “So that anyone might imagine being her.” More on culture Robbie Robertson died at 80. As lead guitarist and songwriter for the Band, he fused rock, country and folk into a singular American sound. A Chuck Close painting that had been sitting in a New York dog walker’s apartment is going to auction. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS … Johnny Miller for The New York Times Bake eggplant Parmesan. Clean stinky sneakers in the washing machine. Give frequent travelers these gifts. Read “The Visionaries” about Hannah Arendt and Simone de Beauvoir. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was analyzed. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. — David P.S. Are floods, wildfires or extreme heat changing your summer? The Times wants to hear from you. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 13, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 13, 2023 August 11, 2023 By David Leonhardt Good morning. We’re covering Hunter Biden, the crisis on Maui and an Appalachian reading guide. Hunter BidenAl Drago for The New York Times Is it a scandal? The Hunter Biden case has become the latest example of America’s dueling realities. If you’re a Republican, there is a good chance you believe that Democrats and the mainstream media are deliberately minimizing a scandal that calls into question President Biden’s honesty and threatens his presidency. I know some conservative readers of The Morning feel this way because they’ve written to me to say so. If you’re a Democrat, you likely believe that this so-called scandal is a transparent attempt to distract from Donald Trump’s far worse behavior. You may see the Hunter Biden obsession as the latest in a line of conservative conspiracy theories, joining Barack Obama’s birthplace, John Kerry’s Vietnam War record and the suicide of Vince Foster. Today’s newsletter is for both those readers who believe the case deserves more attention and those whose instinct is to skip any article about Hunter Biden. I hope to avoid committing the journalistic sin of false balance while explaining why the story deserves some attention from everybody. Cashing in When top Democrats are asked about Hunter Biden, they tend to dismiss his problems as a private issue. “Hunter Biden is a private citizen, and this was a personal matter,” Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, said last month when asked about federal tax and gun charges against him. “The president, the first lady, they love their son, and they support him as he continues to rebuild his life.” This explanation is partially fair. Hunter Biden has struggled with drug addiction. His failure to pay taxes seems connected to the chaos of his life while he was using crack cocaine, and the gun charge stems from his claiming to be sober when he bought a handgun in 2018. But it’s a stretch for anyone to suggest that Hunter Biden is merely a private citizen. When his father was vice president from 2009 to 2017, Hunter tried to create the impression that he could leverage his family connections to help his clients, as a former business partner has testified to Congress. Some clients believed it. Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, put Hunter on its board, in an attempt to signal that it was pro-Western. A Chinese tycoon also signed a partnership with him. All told, Hunter made more than $800,000 in 2013 and more than $1.2 million in 2014. My colleague Luke Broadwater, who covers Congress, told me that he initially found the public discussion of Hunter Biden to be uninteresting — typical partisan noise. But Luke came to believe the story was more important. “Many rich and famous people try to cash in on their family name, including relatives of the politicians,” Luke said. “It’s certainly worth newspaper coverage.” Luke notes that Joe Biden made a false statement during a 2020 campaign debate when he claimed, “My son has not made money” in China. “The only guy who made money from China is this guy,” Biden continued, referring to Donald Trump. (Amazingly, Biden was correct about the Trump part: The Trumps received money from the same Chinese company.) These details are not pretty. The current president’s son made substantial sums of money from the perception of his proximity to top government officials, and the president has claimed otherwise. That story is notably different from past Republican lies about Obama’s birthplace or Kerry’s war record. Unsupported claims The problem for Biden’s Republican critics is that they are making their own untruthful statements — or at least statements lacking any support. House Republicans have claimed that the elder Biden himself received money as part of Hunter’s business dealings; they have produced no evidence to support the claim, Luke notes. There is also no evidence that Joe Biden altered policy to benefit Hunter’s clients. Sometimes, the Republican claims have turned farcical. House Republicans portrayed Gal Luft, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen, as a truth teller who would expose the Bidens. Luft has not done so. Instead, a grand jury indicted him last month for acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government and helping Iran evade sanctions. Luft denies any wrongdoing. For anybody who wants to dig deeper into the Hunter Biden saga, I recommend this detailed article by my colleagues Adam Entous, Michael Schmidt and Katie Benner. Here’s the key sentence: “The real Hunter Biden story is complex and very different in important ways from the narrative promoted by Republicans — but troubling in its own way.” As Michael said to me: “Should the vice president’s son be selling the perception of access to his father even if that son isn’t delivering anything for that money?” Jonathan Chait of New York magazine has compared Hunter Biden to the Supreme Court justices who have accepted large gifts from private citizens. “In American politics, the worst abuses by powerful people usually involve clever ways to exploit the law without committing crimes,” Chait wrote. Yes, Trump and his family have profited much more from their government service than Hunter Biden has. But that isn’t a fully satisfying explanation to many Americans. Perhaps, Chait argues, it’s time for stricter ethics rules for the highest officials and their close relatives: “It’s unsavory, but it’s not a crime” is a good argument for a defense lawyer. It’s not a great argument for people who are in a position to write new laws and whose survival depends on refuting the cynicism of a pseudo-populist whose appeal is rooted in the corrosive assumption that every politician is on the take. Related: Wealthy executives have treated Justice Clarence Thomas to at least 38 vacations, including yacht trips and private jet flights, ProPublica reported. (Finally, a request for readers: My colleagues and I would appreciate your feedback about The Morning. What do you like? What can we do differently? Here’s a survey for anyone who has a few minutes.) Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT THE LATEST NEWS Hawaii Wildfires Looking for a missing cat in Kula, Hawaii.Max Whittaker for The New York Times Maui is in crisis after fires killed at least 55 people. The wind that spread the flames is easing, but none of the fires are fully contained. The death toll was expected to rise: Emergency workers have been searching burned-out properties for victims. Some survivors from the fire in Lahaina, Hawaii’s former royal capital, say the flames reached them before evacuation orders. People escaped on foot, some holding children. In Lahaina, the fires destroyed streets and leveled hundreds of structures, satellite photos show. “Climate change is here and it’s affecting the islands,” Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii said. Read more in The Washington Post. International Iran agreed to free five imprisoned Americans. In exchange, the U.S. will release some Iranian prisoners, and allow Tehran to buy food and medicine with previously frozen funds. Ecuadorean officials arrested six suspects in the killing of the presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. All six are Colombian. West African leaders said they were activating a “standby force” ready to intervene against a coup in Niger. Russia launched a rocket intended to land a robotic craft on the moon. It’s Russia’s first lunar mission since the 1970s. Politics The Supreme Court temporarily blocked a deal shielding the Sackler family from lawsuits related to the opioid epidemic. The court will hear a challenge to the plan. The Biden administration will spend $1.2 billion on projects to vacuum carbon out of the atmosphere, an ambitious but unproven tactic against climate change. Republican presidential hopefuls arrived at the Iowa State Fair, a political rite of passage filled with fried food and photo ops. Trump said he would not promise to support whoever wins the Republican presidential nomination, a requirement for the first debate. Senator Joe Manchin told a West Virginia news station that he was thinking “very seriously” about leaving the Democratic Party. Trump Indictments The special counsel asked a judge to set a January start date for Trump’s election interference trial. In the other federal trial, over his handling of secret documents, Trump and his aide Walt Nauta pleaded not guilty to the new charges that prosecutors added last month. Trump’s legal bills are straining his campaign funds. Other Big Stories Consumer prices rose slightly last month, new figures show. Economists said the numbers suggest inflation is continuing to cool. After the suicide of a participant, regulators halted human research trials at a Columbia-affiliated psychiatric center. Opinions Teenagers deserve the space and privacy to be teenagers and make mistakes — including online, Lux Alptraum argues. Here is a column by Pamela Paul on shoplifting. Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. FREE MORNING READS Today, we’re offering free access to the articles linked in this section. Chimp Haven in Keithville, La.Emil T. Lippe for The New York Times Extreme weather: When a storm is coming, who warns the chimps? Muons: This tiny particle might unlock the universe’s secrets. Modern Love: Never give your child five names. Lives Lived: In the mid-1960s, when Pop Art and minimalist sculpture were in the ascendancy, Brice Marden’s intricately textured paintings made a powerful counterstatement. They propelled him to art-world stardom while he was still in his 20s. He died at 84. WOMEN’S WORLD CUP Spain is through: A late goal in extra time propelled the Spanish women’s national team into the World Cup semifinals, eliminating the Netherlands. Japan is out: Sweden won their quarterfinal, 2-1. No former champion remains in the tournament. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT OTHER SPORTS NEWS Big bets: Phil Mickelson’s former gambling partner said the golfer had placed more than $1 billion in wagers. A new high: Liverpool has agreed to a record $140 million transfer fee in order to acquire midfielder Moises Caicedo. ARTS AND IDEAS Raphaelle Macaron Literary landscape: Appalachia crosses half a dozen states, but its residents share a mind set — small town folk who rely on one another, who measure the time by planting seasons, who make things like quilts, music and stories. “It adds up to a literature as bracing and complex as a tumbling mountain creek,” writes the novelist Barbara Kingsolver, who was raised in rural Kentucky. Kingsolver has written a guide to reading across Appalachia. More on culture Tapestry, which owns Coach and Kate Spade, agreed to buy Capri, which owns Versace and Michael Kors. Years after he was turned away from a swanky hotel bar, a Manhattan teenager returned with protest signs. Their feud is now the subject of a lawsuit. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS … Johnny Miller for The New York Times Smash cucumbers for this shrimp salad. Play music on the best bookshelf speakers. Buy these kitchen tools on sale. Take our news quiz. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was anklebone. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. — David P.S. I will be off next week, returning to the newsletter on Tuesday, Aug. 22. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 14, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 14, 2023 August 12, 2023 By Lauren Jackson Good morning. In the 20 years since the 2003 blackout, couples who got married then have come to realize the lessons they learned. María Jesús Contreras A change of plans Wedding planning can be both joyous and perilous. The stakes can be high and much can go wrong (food poisoning, canceled flights, a poorly timed revelation of an affair). Take it from couples who lived through a particularly bad disruption: the largest blackout in American history, 20 years ago this month. On a hot night in August 2003, the power went out in eight states across the Northeast and Midwest. The blackout stranded wedding guests in transit, turned off a blow dryer as a bride was getting ready, and cut the lights and sound at reception halls. Still, many couples went ahead with their ceremonies. Now, as they approach their 20th anniversaries, my colleague Sadiba Hasan called some of the couples and asked: Did a wedding day crisis set up your marriage for success? For Dr. Dvasha Stollman, the answer is yes. On the morning of her wedding, she had been worried about the flowers. “I thought that the shade of purple of the flowers was not what I thought it was supposed to be,” Dr. Stollman, 44, a dentist, said. “I was getting really upset, but in the end, that was hardly the biggest problem.” Her entire wedding took place during the blackout. By the time her 7 p.m. outdoor ceremony was over, darkness had set in. The reception carried on indoors at the Surf Club on the Sound in New Rochelle, N.Y. Candles and the lights from boats outside the window provided the only light as people found their tables. Caterers kept food hot with portable warmers. Three hundred of their 450 invited guests managed to make it to the wedding. Despite inconveniences like a lack of air-conditioning, everyone was dancing. A band played traditional Jewish music acoustically and guests danced in a circle, shedding layers of clothing and tossing them into a garbage can. By the end of the night, it was full of discarded pantyhose and stockings. “It was a very campy feel,” Dr. Stollman said. “Anyone who went to our wedding had really the best time,” she added. Now, when Dr. Stollman goes to weddings, she tells the couple: “Don’t sweat the small stuff.” She and her husband, Nachum, are still married, and they have five kids. She believes the disruption on her wedding day was a good omen — setting up her partnership for adaptability. “It definitely was a good lesson to start out,” she said. “Whatever was going to come at us after that, we could weather the storm.” Read Sadiba’s article about other blackout weddings, including one about a bride wandering the streets of Manhattan in a wedding gown in search of an elusive cab. For more How to include a dog on your wedding day. Cash is a common wedding gift in Asia, but unwritten rules on how much to give depend on who you are and which superstitions you believe. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT THE WEEK IN CULTURE @jaked0713/Pop Nation, via TMX These moments turned Taylor Swift’s Eras tour into a phenomenon. Her tour could generate economic activity comparable to that of an Olympics. Ye, the rap star formerly known as Kanye West, made his first concert appearance after antisemitic remarks he made last year led to his alienation from the music industry. Fans gathered in Ireland to say goodbye to Sinéad O’Connor. Mourners paid tribute to O’Shae Sibley, a man stabbed to death in Brooklyn after dancing to Beyoncé, at the scene of his killing. The suspect pleaded not guilty. The movie version of the romance novel “Red, White & Royal Blue” aims to recreate the excitement around the book. (Read The Times’s review.) Three productions at the Edinburgh International Festival tackle questions of nationhood, identity and belonging. The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia will be allowed to lend paintings to other museums, a move that disrupts the set configurations that its founder established. A contestant was kicked off “Big Brother” for using a racial slur. Tiina the Store, a shop that was like Gap for billionaires, is closing. Listen to 16 essential songs by Robbie Robertson, the Band songwriter whose arrangements evoked bygone eras. He died this week at 80. One of the year’s best meteor showers hits its peak tonight. THE LATEST NEWS Attorney General Merrick GarlandKenny Holston/The New York Times Attorney General Merrick Garland elevated the prosecutor investigating President Biden’s son Hunter Biden to the status of special counsel. (Read The Morning’s breakdown of the case.) The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case limited the former president’s ability to speak broadly about evidence and witnesses. A judge ordered Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, to jail and revoked his bail after prosecutors accused him of witness intimidation. In the Hawaii town devastated by wildfires, piles of ash lie alongside debris from burned homes as residents searched for anything left to salvage. The estimated number of U.S. suicide deaths rose to nearly 50,000 last year, including an increase in gun-related deaths. China’s slowdown has reduced demand for goods from around the world, posing a risk for the global economy. Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. CULTURE CALENDAR By Gilbert Cruz 📚 “The Guest” (out now): All of a sudden, it feels as if this Emma Cline book, which came out in May, is getting the “last gasp of Northeast summer vacation” stamp of approval, with pieces in Time magazine, Vanity Fair (spoilers!) and New York Magazine. As our reviewer wrote, it’s “a deceptively simple story about a young woman kicked out of her rich lover’s Long Island beach house in the final days of summer.” That young woman, Alex, decides to stick around those wealthy environs for several more days, essentially scamming her way into parties and houses. Juicy! 🎮 “Red Dead Redemption” (Thursday): And now for something completely different: This classic open world Western (gunslingers, cowboys, hats, horses) that owned a large part of my 2010 comes to the Nintendo Switch, which means that not only can I carry around a bit of the Old West with me, but I can also do it with zombies — the “Undead Nightmare” expansion pack is included. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT RECIPE OF THE WEEK Christopher Simpson for The New York Times By Melissa Clark Best Gazpacho The difference between an excellent gazpacho and a take-it-or-leave-it one comes down to the olive oil. You need to use enough to give the chilled soup a rich flavor and velvety texture that’s balanced by a shot of vinegar and plenty of ripe, sweet tomatoes. Julia Moskin’s best gazpacho has just enough olive oil to meld with the vegetables. And unlike many other gazpacho recipes, it doesn’t need bread for thickening. You can serve this either in a bowl with a spoon or in a glass for sipping; this vibrant blend is as thirst quenching as it is cooling. REAL ESTATE Veronica Olson Tiny space: She made all 475 square feet in Brooklyn count. What you get for $3 million: An Arts and Crafts house in Minneapolis; a Tudor Revival home in Asheville, N.C.; or a Mediterranean-style retreat in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The hunt: A couple wanted a place in Chicago near a new grandchild for less than $400,000. Which home did they choose? Play our game. More color and more life: Here’s what sets apart the best gardens. LIVING The Cruella de Vil at the Brooklyn bar Ottava.Rachel Vanni for The New York Times Layers and stripes: They’re the new look for cocktails. Libido differences: What to do when one partner wants more sex than the other. Thirst quenchers: Americans are buying billions of dollars’ worth of water bottles. Twenty percent rule: A dermatologist asked for a gratuity. Is tipping getting out of hand? Entering its prime: Spend 36 hours in Prague. ADVICE FROM WIRECUTTER Keep your kitchen cool Everyone knows that feeling of sweat beading down your legs as you stand over a hot stove in the dead of summer. But eat you must. On the hottest days, Wirecutter experts suggest skipping the stove and taking stock of the small appliances that may be lurking in your pantry. Use an electric pressure cooker to simmer the baked beans and pulled pork for your next barbecue. That farm-stand corn? Microwave it. And while a blender won’t cook your food, it can blitz enough dips and cold soups to tide you over until fall. — Gabriella Gershenson GAME OF THE WEEKEND England vs. Colombia, Women’s World Cup: With the U.S. eliminated, this World Cup is anyone’s for the taking. England is among the favorites to win, but the team’s chances took a hit last match when Lauren James, a breakout star of the tournament, earned a red card for stepping on the back of an opposing player. James is suspended for today’s match, and the next if England wins. “On a team already weakened by injuries, the ejection of James could be a game-changer,” The Times’s Andrew Das wrote. 6:30 a.m. Eastern on Fox; re-airs at 11 a.m. on FS1. For more In The Atlantic, Franklin Foer makes the case for supporting Colombia, “because of both its electric style and all that its players have struggled to overcome.” Australia outlasted France through 10 rounds of penalty kicks to confirm its place in the team’s first semifinal. NOW TIME TO PLAY Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangrams were illiquidity and liquidity. See the hardest Spelling Bee words from this week. Take the news quiz to see how well you followed this week’s headlines. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your weekend with The Times. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 14, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 14, 2023 August 13, 2023 By Anna Kodé Good morning. To afford rent, young American adults are making tough choices. Dave Sanders for The New York Times Adult reality An enduring image of urban American 20-somethings is one of carefree living with friends in spacious apartments, as depicted in shows like “Friends” or “How I Met Your Mother.” That portrayal, never really all that close to reality, is growing further from it in part because of one factor: high rent. For years, we’ve been told that what you pay for housing shouldn’t exceed 30 percent of your monthly income. I knew that sticking to that maxim was getting harder for many people because housing costs have soared in the past few years, which I’ve written about as a reporter for The Times’s Real Estate section. Still, I was struck by a recent report that found that a median-income American household would need to break the 30 percent rule just to afford an average-priced apartment. If that was the case, how realistic was this principle? Not very, especially for many Gen Z adults who have recently moved into their first homes and are early in their careers. My colleague Karen Hanley and I spoke with dozens of them across the country for a story that recently published about how they’re living with high housing costs. Many were setting aside the pursuit of certain passions or career paths, migrating out of big cities or moving back home with their parents. Most said they couldn’t imagine a future in which they owned a home; some even laughed at the prospect. One 24-year-old, Ives Williams, who lives in Baltimore and spends half of his monthly income on rent, said the only way he could see himself owning a home one day was if he bought one with friends. It’d be like “one big sleepover,” he joked. We also wanted to learn what it feels like to be spending such a large chunk of income on rent. Is this how young people imagined adult life? Savannah Scott, a 23-year-old renter in Reno, Nev., told us that she spends about 75 percent of her monthly income on rent. She limits her driving to once a week and buys only basics at the grocery store (“brown rice and beans”). Kellie Beck, 25, in Brooklyn, spends around 40 percent of her income on rent. She shares a room with her partner in an apartment with two other roommates and said she turns down opportunities to spend time with friends. “One night at a restaurant wipes out my spending for the week,” she explained. Most of the conversations we had carried an air of hopelessness about homeownership. For many Gen Z adults, it is a dying part of the American dream. Read more in our story here. For more “Where’s the escape hatch?” Young people are moving in with their partners to save on rent. Millennials — who had their own tough start to adulthood — are seeing financial trends improve, Jean Twenge argues in The Atlantic. One TikToker inspired hundreds of people to move to a Midwestern city for affordable housing. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT NEWS Hawaii Fires Damage in Lahaina.Philip Cheung for The New York Times The death toll from the firestorm in the Maui town of Lahaina reached 93. It’s the deadliest wildfire in the U.S. in more than a century. Maui has 80 warning sirens but activated none of them in response to the fire. The state’s largest utility had no plan to cut power to prevent further ignitions even after flames began consuming the island. These maps show how much the fires destroyed. Politics Donald Trump needled Ron DeSantis at the Iowa State Fair, buzzing his plane overhead during his rival’s appearance. Two witnesses said they were subpoenaed to appear before the Georgia grand jury investigating Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. Trump has turned criminal charges into campaign assets through sympathetic coverage in conservative media, fund-raising help from the Republican Party and other political levers. Conservative elected officials are pushing to restrain or oust Democratic prosecutors who have promised reform. Hunter Biden Republicans criticized the elevation of David Weiss, the prosecutor in the Hunter Biden inquiry, to special counsel status, saying he had been too lenient. With a special counsel overseeing the investigation, it may be harder for the White House to dismiss questions about Hunter’s conduct as politically motivated. Other Big Stories A man once sidelined by Volodymyr Zelensky as a symbol of corruption in Ukraine is now an invaluable supplier of weapons for the war. There’s a new Covid variant spreading in the U.S., but experts say it poses no more substantial threat than previous versions. Inexpensive gadgets called switches convert ordinary pistols into fully automatic weapons, making them deadlier and fueling the nation’s gun violence epidemic. Israel’s politically powerful ultra-Orthodox minority wants to bar women and men from mixing in many public arenas. FROM OPINION Prisoners with dementia challenge common rationales for incarceration, Katie Engelhart writes. Here’s a column by Paul Krugman on the Chinese economy. The Sunday question: Is the U.S. credit rating’s downgrade a surprise? The credit-rating agency Fitch downgraded the U.S. to an AA+ rating from AAA, citing a growing government debt burden. “Fitch’s rationale is flawed,” The Washington Post’s editorial board writes, calling U.S. debt “one of the safest assets on the planet.” But The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board argues the downgrade “may even be an overly optimistic assessment,” pointing to what it calls runaway government spending. Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. MORNING READS A reminder: You’re probably oversharing on Venmo. Vows: At 90, he came out as gay in a viral Facebook post. Then he met his partner, who is almost 60 years younger. Lives Lived: Tom Jones wrote the book and lyrics for a musical called “The Fantasticks” that opened in 1960 in Greenwich Village and ran for an astonishing 42 years. He died at 95. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT TALK | FROM THE TIMES MAGAZINE Photo illustration by Bráulio Amado By David Marchese The Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard, a best-selling author and former interpreter for the Dalai Lama, has been called “the world’s happiest man.” I spoke to him about compassion. How are we supposed to deal gracefully with our polar opposites in a world that feels increasingly about polarities? I mean, the Dalai Lama could talk to Vladimir Putin all he wants, but Putin’s not going to say, “Your compassion has changed me.” When we speak of compassion, you want everybody to find happiness. It has to be universal. You may say that Putin and Bashar al-Assad are the scum of humanity and rightly so. But compassion is about remedying the suffering and its cause. You can wish that the system that allowed someone like that to emerge is changed. But why does compassion have to be universal? Because this is different from moral judgment. It doesn’t prevent you from saying those are walking psychopaths. But compassion is to remedy suffering wherever it is, whatever form it takes, and whomever causes it. If someone beats you with a stick, you don’t get angry with the stick, you get angry with the person. These people we are talking about are like sticks in the hands of ignorance and hatred. Is there a thought that you can suggest to people that they can carry in their minds that might be helpful to them as they go through life’s challenges? If you can cultivate that quality of human warmth, wanting genuinely for other people to be happy; that’s the best way to fulfill your own happiness. This is also the most gratifying state of mind. If we try humbly to enhance our benevolence, that will be the best way to have a good life. Read more of the interview here. More from the magazine Rap has transformed the English language, bringing Black vernacular’s vibrancy to the world. The West Coast rapper Too Short is an unsung pioneer of the genre. Read the full issue. BOOKS The Ripped Bodice bookshop in Brooklyn.Adrienne Grunwald for The New York Times Engaged fans: The romance genre might have once been considered tacky, if popular. Now it’s becoming more accepted. Thrillers: A spy novelist has recommendations. Our editors’ picks: “Close to Home,” a debut novel about a striving Irishman, and eight other books. Times best sellers: “The Wager,” by David Grann, leads the hardcover nonfiction list. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS … Freeze watermelon for a daiquiri. Send your kids to school with these dorm essentials. Pack these backpacks for travel. Watch “The O.C.,” which just hit its 20th anniversary. THE WEEK AHEAD What to Watch For Amazon executives are scheduled to meet this week with members of the Federal Trade Commission, which is contemplating an antitrust lawsuit against the company. The Georgia investigation into Donald Trump and election interference is expected to go before a grand jury on Tuesday. President Biden will travel to Milwaukee on Tuesday to mark the anniversary of signing the Inflation Reduction Act into law. Spain and Sweden will face off in the first Women’s World Cup semifinal on Tuesday, and Australia and England will meet in the second on Wednesday. The final is a week from today. Kai Carlo Cenat III, the social media streamer whose promised video-game console giveaway unspooled chaos last week in Manhattan, is due in court on Friday on charges of inciting a riot. What to Cook This Week Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Judy Kim. A perfect tomato is a summery revelation, Emily Weinstein writes in her Five Weeknight Dishes newsletter, with recipes that take advantage of the season. Try basil and tomato fried rice, a coconut fish and tomato bake or a new recipe for grated tomato pasta. NOW TIME TO PLAY Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangrams were compile and polemic. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Test your knowledge of history with The Times’s new weekly quiz, Flashback. Thanks for spending part of your weekend with The Times. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 15, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 15, 2023 August 14, 2023 By German Lopez Good morning. We’re covering the energy transition, Georgia’s Trump case and a painting’s secret. Wind turbines north of Beijing.Gilles Sabrié for The New York Times Contradiction or transition? While the U.S. and Europe have enacted sweeping policies to fight climate change in recent years, China has always had the potential to undermine those successes. China is the world’s biggest polluter. It has the second-largest population on earth, with a growing economy that increasingly demands energy. If China largely fills that demand with coal and other fossil fuels, as it has for the past two decades, it could negate the rest of the world’s progress in reducing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. The good news is that China is not relying only on fossil fuels. The world is moving toward a clean energy future faster than experts expected, my colleagues David Gelles, Brad Plumer, Jim Tankersley and Jack Ewing reported. And that future includes China. It already produces more electricity by solar and wind power than any other country, as this chart shows: Source: Energy Institute | By Nadja Popovich China is also a leading manufacturer of electric cars. They now make up a larger share of the passenger vehicle market in China than in the U.S. or the E.U.: Source: International Energy Agency | Data excludes plug-in hybrids. | By Nadja Popovich “There is no doubt about it: China is doing more than any other country when it comes to renewable energy and electric vehicles,” David, who writes The Times’s Climate Forward newsletter, told me. How? China has poured a lot of money into the research, development and use of clean energy, using its extensive manufacturing base to build solar panels and wind turbines and bring down prices worldwide. It has provided subsidies to buyers of electric vehicles, as the U.S. now does. And it has pursued, and surpassed, aggressive goals: China vowed to double its capacity of wind and solar power by 2030. It is on track to meet that goal five years ahead of schedule. Still, there is some bad news. While China is the world’s biggest adopter of clean energy, it also remains the world’s biggest user of fossil fuels, particularly coal. “We have to hold these two things, which can seem contradictory, in our heads at the same time,” David said. “China is pulling the world in two directions.” This may not be a contradiction so much as a transition. China’s investments suggest it is enthusiastic about clean energy. But it needs to power homes and factories at levels that clean energy sources alone can’t handle yet. So China continues using fossil fuels to meet its needs. As clean energy becomes cheaper and more competitive, China could replace fossil fuels and over time reduce how much it pollutes. That is the optimistic scenario, and China’s quick embrace of clean energy suggests such a future is increasingly plausible. Read my colleagues’ article, the first of a three-part series on how the U.S. has pivoted to clean energy. More in the series Supply chain problems, shortcomings in power grids and byzantine regulations have slowed the transition. The save-the-planet argument doesn’t go far with some conservatives, so Biden administration officials and electric car sellers avoid mentioning climate change. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT THE LATEST NEWS Trump Investigation The case against Donald Trump in Georgia reveals how far he and his allies went in their efforts to reverse the election result in the state. Prosecutors in the state are expected to present their findings starting this morning, and a grand jury is likely to decide within days whether Trump should be indicted. Here’s what you need to know about the case, which has been two and a half years in the making. Politico has a guide explaining Trump’s legal troubles — including this investigation and three indictments. Hawaii Wildfires Firefighters trying to save Lahaina, Hawaii, found hydrants starting to run dry. The families of missing people are receiving few updates from slow search efforts. Flammable invasive plants helped spread the fires. Hercules Mata’afa, a former college football star, saved his parents before their family home burned. International F-16 fighters.Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters Has the delay in getting F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine doomed its counteroffensive? Experts say it can still prevail, but it will be tougher. A Norwegian climber who broke records ascending K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, was accused of stepping over an injured porter who later died. Iranians are using a ritual gathering in Shia Islam to protest the government. Media The police in a Kansas town raided the offices of a newspaper over a document it had acquired but had not published. The CBS News president Neeraj Khemlani stepped down but plans to take a different job at the network. Mark Zuckerberg backed off a potential “cage fight” with Elon Musk, saying that Musk did not seem serious. Texas Texas has dropped over half a million people from Medicaid — more than any other state — since the end of a pandemic-era policy that barred states from removing people. State officials closed libraries in Houston schools as part of a takeover plan, angering parents. China When disaster or tragedy strikes in China, the government suppresses information to avoid highlighting Communist Party failures. The government rewrote a popular song about disillusionment in a Chinese industrial city. Other Big Stories An F.B.I. spy hunter’s arrest on corruption charges suggests he was motivated by greed. The new head of the N.Y.P.D.’s intelligence unit says it’s become more conscientious about protecting civil liberties after repeated violations, including spying on Muslims. The police in Michigan apologized after wrongfully arresting a 12-year-old Black boy who was taking out the trash, The Washington Post reports. Opinions The Inflation Reduction Act has put the onus on poor communities to reap its benefits, Farah Stockman argues. Garret Keizer writes that he has one thing in common with the people who call for book bans: They believe in the power of literature. Here are columns by Maureen Dowd on Hunter Biden and by Ross Douthat on decline in Britain. Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. FREE MORNING READS Today, we’re offering free access to the articles linked in this section. A Jacuzzi advertisement.Paulo Jacuzzi “I am THE Jacuzzi”: Family squabbles fractured a hot tub empire. Metropolitan Diary: “My gosh,” he said. “I almost kissed you!” Skiplagging: To save money, people are booking flights where the layover is the real destination. Lives Lived: Alice Kahn Ladas was a psychologist whose best-selling 1982 book, “The G Spot,” advanced conversations about female pleasure. She died at 102. SPORTS NEWS Joshua Cheptegei, a world-record holder, and other distance runners.Jonathan W. Rosen Rising from Mount Elgon: Ugandan distance runners are challenging decades of Kenyan and Ethiopian dominance. Basketball: Team U.S.A. defeated world No. 1 Spain in a friendly as the teams prep for the FIBA World Cup. Staying, for now: The French soccer star Kylian Mbappé has is back at Paris Saint-Germain, weeks after the relationship seemed severed. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT ARTS AND IDEAS Bélizaire and the Frey children.Elliot deBruyn for The New York Times Uncovering art history: For years, a 19th-century painting of three white children in a Louisiana landscape held a secret — a depiction of an enslaved child named Bélizaire, painted over with sky. Such depictions are so rare that after the painting was restored, the Metropolitan Museum acquired it. A new video from The Times shows how the secret was discovered. More on culture With Hollywood productions paused, viewers are taking the opportunity to catch up on old shows. “Barbie” is finding an audience in Saudi Arabia, while some Middle Eastern countries are denouncing it. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS … Michael Graydon & Nikole Herriott for The New York Times Braise chicken thighs to make them fall-apart tender in under an hour. Reduce food waste with Wirecutter’s freezer tips. Automate your outdoor lights, and never have to worry about turning them off. Learn about changes to FAFSA. Take our news quiz. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was concordant. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. — German P.S. Little sleep, lots of coffee: How Juliet Macur, a Times Sports reporter, covers the Women’s World Cup across countries and time zones. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 17, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 17, 2023 August 15, 2023 Continue reading the main story SUPPORTED BY Masterworks By German Lopez and Ian Prasad Philbrick Good morning. We’re covering the latest indictment against Trump, a climate case in Montana and outdated sunscreen. Donald TrumpMaddie McGarvey for The New York Times ‘Criminal enterprise’ Donald Trump was indicted last night for the fourth time, once again over his attempts to stay in power after he lost the 2020 election. The indictment contains some of the most sweeping allegations against Trump yet. It accuses him and some former top advisers of organizing a “criminal enterprise” to reverse the election results in Georgia, where a grand jury handed up the indictment. The document cites eight ways in which Trump and 18 other defendants allegedly obstructed the election. Among them: Lying to the Georgia legislature and state officials Creating a fake pro-Trump slate for the Electoral College Harassing election workers Engaging in a cover-up The conduct that prosecutors described goes beyond Georgia, incorporating Trump and his aides’ attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and other states. The top charge was brought under a type of law originally created to prosecute the Mafia. “The indictment alleges that rather than abide by Georgia’s legal process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeering enterprise to overturn Georgia’s presidential election result,” Fani Willis, the district attorney in Fulton County who led the investigation, said at a news conference late last night. The indictment The Georgia indictment is built around the state’s RICO law, short for Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations. This type of law primarily targets organized crime. In Trump’s case, prosecutors argue that he and his supporters engaged in a wide-ranging conspiracy, with more than 160 acts aimed at keeping him in power. Trump faces 13 charges, including violating the RICO law, soliciting a public official to violate an oath and filing false documents. (You can read the full indictment, annotated by Times reporters, here.) Prosecutors pointed to a phone call in which Trump asked Georgia’s secretary of state to “find” nearly 12,000 votes, seemingly to change the state’s election results. He also falsely claimed that Ruby Freeman, an election worker in Georgia, was a vote scammer and political operative, prompting harassment against her and her daughter. RICO “allows a prosecutor to go after the head of an organization, loosely defined, without having to prove that that head directly engaged in a conspiracy or any acts that violated state law,” Michael Mears, a law professor at John Marshall Law School in Atlanta, told The Times. “If you are a prosecutor, it’s a gold mine. If you are a defense attorney, it’s a nightmare.” The 18 others indicted include Trump’s former White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and some of his lawyers: Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and John Eastman. (The Washington Post explains who was charged.) Altogether, the group faces 41 total counts. Here is a breakdown of those charges by type: The New York Times Uniquely important Many of the Georgia case’s details overlap with the third indictment against Trump, which also accused him of trying to subvert the 2020 election and was secured by the Justice Department’s special counsel. But experts say that the Georgia indictment matters potentially even more than the federal case does for two big reasons. First, because the case is at the state level, Trump would have a much more difficult time doing away with the new indictment should he become president again. Trump could get the Justice Department to drop the two sets of federal charges against him, and he could try to pardon himself of federal crimes (although experts are divided on whether a president has the authority to pardon himself). But he would have no such power over state charges. In other words, the Georgia case could hold Trump accountable for election interference even if he were to win the 2024 presidential race. Second, the Georgia case could reinforce American democracy. Local and state governments largely run elections, including federal races — setting the rules, times and mechanisms for collecting and counting votes. The decentralized nature of voting in the U.S. helps keep power over the process from concentrating in few hands. But if counties and states want people to follow the rules, experts say, they have to hold lawbreakers accountable. “If we’re going to have law enforcement used against attempts to steal presidential elections, state and substate governments have a really important role to play,” said Richard Hasen, an election law expert at the University of California, Los Angeles. What’s next Trump and the other defendants have until noon on Aug. 25 to voluntarily surrender in Fulton County. “We look forward to a detailed review of this indictment which is undoubtedly just as flawed and unconstitutional as this entire process has been,” Trump’s lawyers for the Georgia case said in a statement. After Trump is arraigned, a judge will schedule the trial. A conviction is not guaranteed. For one, a jury could be put off by the prosecution’s novel approach: Officials have never used the RICO law for this kind of case because there has never been a situation quite like this one. “The indictment’s use of the phrase ‘cover up’ carries echoes of the Watergate scandal,” our colleague Richard Fausset, who is covering the case, wrote. “It is difficult to imagine that its deep resonance in American political history was lost on the authors of the indictment.” For more The indictment alleges a vast conspiracy reaching from the Oval Office to an election official in a rural county. Read more about the case. Trump’s arraignment is likely to mirror previous indictments. Here’s what happens next. Rudy Giuliani led the legal effort in several states to keep him in power. “Another disastrous Trump indictment”: Politico explains how Trump’s 2024 opponents responded to the news. “What was once unprecedented has now become surreally routine,” The Times’s Peter Baker writes, referencing Trump’s four indictments in four months. “Willis’s case may well be more straightforward — less legally problematic — than Smith’s election-interference case,” Andrew McCarthy, a former federal prosecutor, writes in The New York Post. Georgia allows court proceedings to be televised. “We know from the Jan. 6 hearings — as well as, in an earlier era, the Watergate hearings — the power of seeing and hearing these events firsthand,” Norman Eisen and Amy Lee Copeland write in Times Opinion. Continue reading the main story A MESSAGE FROM Masterworks Billionaires wanted it, everyday investors got it When incredibly valuable assets come up for sale, it's typically the wealthiest people who end up with an amazing investment. But Masterworks is taking on the billionaires at their own game, buying and securitizing prized blue-chip artworks for its investors. Its investors have realized annualized net returns of 17.8 percent, 21.5 percent, 35 percent and more from these opportunities. Offerings can sell out in minutes, but you can skip the waitlist below. See disclosures at masterworks.com/cd Skip the Waitlist THE LATEST NEWS Hawaii Wildfires The fire that devastated Lahaina ignited nine hours before it roared through town, yet residents say they received no warnings. Here’s how the disaster unfolded hour by hour. At least 99 people died in the fires. The death toll is still expected to rise. In the search for what caused the fire on Maui, experts are scrutinizing Hawaii’s biggest power utility, which did not shut off its lines as high winds reached the island. Climate Youth plaintiffs in Held v. State of Montana.Janie Osborne for The New York Times A Montana judge ruled in favor of young residents who sued the state, saying its disregard for climate change infringed on their right to a healthy environment. Temperatures have topped 100 degrees in the Pacific Northwest, scorching areas where air conditioning is not as common. War in Ukraine At an emergency meeting, Russia’s central bank raised interest rates by 3.5 percentage points to try to stem the decline of the ruble. Russia attacked western Ukraine with missiles, killing at least three people. The attacks shattered the sense of relative security in the west, which is far from the front lines. Recent fighting has been focused on the Black Sea, in the south. International The Chinese government suspended its youth unemployment report, which was expected to show a seventh consecutive increase. A far-right libertarian candidate won Argentina’s presidential primary. He wants to adopt the dollar as the country’s currency and embraces comparisons to Trump. Other Big Stories Arkansas officials told school districts to not to offer A.P. African American studies. In a court filing, prosecutors provided evidence they plan to use to convict Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the failed crypto exchange FTX. He faces trial in October. Opinions Autocrats like Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin rarely ease into retirement; they tend to become more aggressive and overconfident, Michael Beckley argues. Here’s a column by Michelle Goldberg on the New College of Florida. Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. FREE MORNING READS Today, we’re offering free access to the articles linked in this section. Getty Images ’90s sunscreen: American sunblock is worse than foreign formulas. Can Congress fix that? Visiting Europe? These hot-weather behaviors will out you as an American tourist. Lives Lived: By shaping the careers of singers like Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson, as well as of politicians, actors and sports figures, Clarence Avant helped establish Black culture and consumers as forces. Avant died at 92. WOMEN’S WORLD CUP Semifinals: Spain beat Sweden, 2-1, to reach its first Women’s World Cup final. Play our game: Can you guess where the ball should be in these photos? Continue reading the main story A MESSAGE FROM Masterworks Billionaires wanted it, everyday investors got it When incredibly valuable assets come up for sale, it's typically the wealthiest people who end up with an amazing investment. But Masterworks is taking on the billionaires at their own game, buying and securitizing prized blue-chip artworks for its investors. Its investors have realized annualized net returns of 17.8 percent, 21.5 percent, 35 percent and more from these opportunities. Offerings can sell out in minutes, but you can skip the waitlist below. See disclosures at masterworks.com/cd Skip the Waitlist OTHER SPORTS NEWS Blindsided: Michael Oher, the former N.F.L. player whose life was the basis of the film “The Blind Side,” accused the family that took him in of tricking him into signing away his decision-making powers. Troubling allegation: M.L.B. is investigating the Tampa Bay Rays’ Wander Franco, after social media posts accused him of an inappropriate relationship with a minor. ARTS AND IDEAS Bread and Puppet TheaterTony Cenicola/The New York Times Puppets and protest: Each summer, the Bread and Puppet Theater attracts crowds to rural Vermont for avant-garde performances with towering papier-mâché figures, political effigies, a rowdy band and homemade sourdough bread. The driving force behind the shows, Peter Schumann, got his start making puppets for Vietnam War protests. At 89, he is still at the center of the company — the puppetry, the art, even the baking. “Everyone’s busy planning my funeral,” Schumann told The Times. “But I work and smoke cigars and drink beer anyway because I have no inclination to be healthy, only to enjoy what I do.” More on culture The Jewish Museum in New York announced its next director: James S. Snyder, who has spent decades at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem and the Museum of Modern Art. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS … Julia Gartland for The New York Times Glaze mushrooms and add bok choy. Use a portable dishwasher in your rental. Keep this trash can in your car. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was bogeymen. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. — German and Ian P.S. The Morning’s team has a new writer: Desiree Ibekwe, who joins us from The Times’s Audio department. Welcome, Des! Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 17, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 17, 2023 August 16, 2023 By Lisa Lerer National Political Correspondent Good morning. We’re covering Donald Trump’s campaign, the death toll on Maui and influencers on TikTok. Donald Trump at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday.Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times Center of gravity There was a time, not all that long ago, when being indicted was bad for a politician’s career. That time is over — at least for Donald Trump. The outrageous statements and chaos that defined his candidacy and time in office did little to dent his popularity within the Republican Party. Now, his fourth indictment is testing that support again. Can a candidate facing 91 criminal counts, including charges that he sought to subvert democracy by trying to overturn an election, win his party’s nomination for the presidency? So far, the answer seems to be yes. Not only are Trump’s indictments far from disqualifying for large parts of the Republican base — he holds a decisive polling lead across nearly every ideological wing and demographic group in the party — but they are ensuring that the contest revolves around him. All eyes on Trump At the Iowa State Fair last weekend, Republican voters packed every stop Trump made. The crowds were so large that they made it difficult to walk through the fairgrounds during the hour he was there. He effectively stole the spotlight from Ron DeSantis, his chief rival in the race, who was scheduled to visit the fair at the same time. Two days later, Trump dominated the news again with the spectacle of his fourth indictment. This time, the setting was Georgia, where Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, charged Trump with trying to reverse the state’s 2020 election results. As with his other indictments, Trump’s rivals were asked their view of the charges, further establishing him as the center of the Republican world. And there’s little sign that the Trump show is ending soon. He plans to hold a news conference on Monday at his club in New Jersey. He has until next Friday to voluntarily surrender to the Georgia authorities, an appearance that will bring another wave of news media coverage. In between, on Wednesday, at least eight other Republican candidates are meeting in Milwaukee for the first debate of the race. Normally, the face-off would prompt weeks of speculation over tactics, attack lines and debate skills. But this year, the only thing people seem to be talking about is whether Trump will attend. Many of his advisers are telling him to skip the event, saying he has nothing to gain by being on a stage with opponents that he leads by double digits. Trump has not ruled out making an appearance, but, even if he follows his team’s advice and stays home, the debate is likely to be defined by his absence. New territory We can’t know how this will end. Trump is the first former president to face criminal charges, never mind the first major party candidate to run with a lengthy rap sheet. Some strategists supporting his rivals argue that the charges are already having an effect, noting that his poll numbers in Iowa and his favorability ratings have dipped. Their assessments could eventually be proved correct. Or, they could be just the latest round of wishful thinking by anti-Trump Republicans. The country is headed into an extraordinary political season. Voters are likely to be evaluating a major party nominee who is bouncing between the campaign trail and criminal trials. And if Trump wins the 2024 election, there’s the possibility that Americans will watch their president spend part of his term in a courtroom. More on the Georgia indictment Fani WillisKenny Holston/The New York Times Racketeering charges, used against the mafia and gangs, could help Willis tell a sweeping story of the effort to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. Hiring challenges and threats plagued Willis during her two-and-a-half-year investigation. Election deniers are facing consequences after years of spreading lies, Nick Corasaniti writes. Rudy Giuliani went from “America’s mayor” to criminal defendant. Read more about his long slide. Another defendant is a publicist who worked for Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. Willis said she hoped to begin a trial in the next six months. See Trump’s complicated legal calendar. More on other cases The special counsel in the Jan. 6 indictment obtained Trump’s direct messages on Twitter. Trump is taunting the judge in that case. Some lawyers say that if he wasn’t a former president, his criticism would put him in jail. Confused by all these indictments? Here’s an explanation of each case. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT THE LATEST NEWS Hawaii Wildfires A driveway of a burnt home on Maui.Bryan Anselm for The New York Times More deaths from the fires are still being confirmed: The toll is now at least 106. DNA specialists have flown to Maui to help identify the dead. Officials in Hawaii released the first names of the dead last night. Many families have been waiting over a week for news. President Biden said he would travel to Hawaii. War in Ukraine The Russian central bank’s sharp interest-rate rise highlights how the country is struggling to both pay for its war and tame inflation. Ukraine’s unseen army: Behind the troops fighting Ukraine’s counteroffensive are technicians who also put themselves in danger. International Hundreds of young Taliban soldiers, bored by the routine of keeping peace in Afghanistan, are fleeing to Pakistan to wage war. China’s biggest real estate company, Country Garden, has $200 billion in unpaid bills. If it defaults, experts say, the wider economy could suffer. “The Daily” explains why Niger’s allies still think it’s possible to reverse the country’s coup. Lounge chairs that rent for up to $130 are spreading across Greek beaches, and residents are protesting. Health More than half of Americans addicted to opioids aren’t getting treatment. Parents and doctors say a medication shortage is leading to learning declines in children with A.D.H.D. Defamation Sandy Hook families are asking a bankruptcy judge to ensure that the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones pays the full $1.4 billion that he owes in defamation damages, even if it takes him the rest of his life. When a Wisconsin news outlet claimed a businessman used an anti-gay slur, he sued. A judge dismissed the case, but legal bills could still close the site. Other Big Stories Donnell Drinks, center, was convicted at age 17 of murder.Abdul Kircher for The New York Times People sentenced to life in prison as teenagers are making the case for their release. Read their stories. X, formerly known as Twitter, slowed access to certain websites, including The Times, Substack and Facebook. It reversed some of the changes yesterday. Opinions Europe’s response to migration has normalized mass death, Sally Hayden writes. Here are columns by Jamelle Bouie on abortion and surveillance and by Thomas Friedman on Israel. Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. FREE MORNING READS Today, we’re offering free access to the articles linked in this section. Ageless or airbrushed? Vogue’s latest cover, with ’90s supermodels, started a conversation about beauty standards online. A regular: Becoming a familiar face at a neighborhood shop made one woman less lonely. Ultraviolet rays: Can there be a safe suntan? More fees: Restaurant owners are charging extra for using a credit card. Lives Lived: Joann Meyer spent nearly 60 years at The Marion County Record in Kansas. On Friday, the police searched its offices and her home. She died a day later — while she was asking how such a thing could have happened, her son said. She was 98. WOMEN’S WORLD CUP Semifinal: Australia, a tournament host, is playing England for the remaining spot in the final as we send this. Criticism: Carli Lloyd defended her inflammatory comments about the U.S. team during its World Cup run. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT OTHER SPORTS NEWS Breanna Stewart recorded her third 40-point game of the season on Sunday.Ron Hoskins/NBAE, via Getty Images High scoring: Once rare, 40-point games are surging in the W.N.B.A. Dominance: The New York Liberty claimed the Commissioner’s Cup with a blowout win over the Las Vegas Aces. A new star? The Colts named the rookie Anthony Richardson as their starting quarterback yesterday, increasing the pressure on a player already under intense scrutiny. Alex Collins: The 28-year-old former N.F.L. running back was killed in a motorcycle crash in Florida. ARTS AND IDEAS Maddi Koch, a TikTok influencer.Madeline Gray for The New York Times MovieTok: A new generation of movie reviewers is reaching millions of viewers on TikTok. These reviewers tend to bristle at the title of “critic,” which they see as old-fashioned and snobbish. “A lot of us don’t trust critics,” said Bryan Lucious, who posts reviews under the name @stoney_tha_great. But traditional critics might say the feeling is mutual, as many TikTok movie reviewers eschew the old model of journalistic independence and sign promotional deals with Hollywood studios. More on culture The Orlando Museum of Art filed a lawsuit accusing its former director of seeking to profit from a scheme to pass off paintings as Basquiats. Xuxa was Brazil’s biggest TV star. Decades later, the country is reckoning with how a blond white woman became the symbol of such a diverse country. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS … Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. Switch on an electric pressure cooker for a rich dal. Picnic in style with the best blankets. Buy glasses at online shops with easy returns. Make sure you’re eating enough fiber. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was weighty. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 18, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 18, 2023 August 17, 2023 By German Lopez Good morning. We’re covering positive economic signs, the Georgia indictment and Jay-Z. The Federal Reserve Board building.Sarah Silbiger for The New York Times Good, but not too good Over the past few weeks, sentiments about the economy have gone from bleak to optimistic. Inflation is down. The U.S. is still adding jobs, but not so quickly that it is prompting fears of an overheating labor market. Wages are now rising faster than prices, but also not quickly enough to renew worries about higher inflation. In short: The economy is good, but not too good. What does it all mean for you? The chances of a job-wrecking, wage-crushing recession appear lower than they have in years. America’s central bank, the Federal Reserve, has been working since 2022 to cool the economy and, with it, inflation. Yet each step the Fed took to raise the cost of borrowing money carried risks — namely, going too far and causing an economic downturn. While it’s too early for the Fed to declare victory, economists are now more optimistic that the economy will make a so-called soft landing: Prices will stabilize without a recession. “Things are good,” my colleague Jeanna Smialek, who covers the U.S. economy, told me. “But I wouldn’t want to overstate it.” Balancing act To understand what is happening with the economy, let’s look at the Federal Reserve. It has a dual mandate: to stabilize prices while keeping unemployment low. The two goals can be at odds. Consider this scenario: If employers are rapidly adding jobs, there may not be enough workers to fill all the new positions. Knowing this, employers can entice applicants by offering higher pay. To fund those higher wages, companies might try to raise their prices. This is just one of many ways a strong economy can lead to higher prices — also known as inflation. This dynamic is why traditionally good economic news can turn into bad news during inflationary periods. America is adding a lot of jobs? That may be an overheating labor market and could cause prices to rise. Wages are up? That could translate to higher prices from companies and too much demand from consumers. The Federal Reserve’s recent mission has been to make sure the economy does not become or remain too good. By raising interest rates, it hoped to slow lending, investment and, eventually, inflation. In doing so, it also risked suppressing the economy to the point of a recession. That scenario played out in the 1980s after years of stubbornly high inflation, and many economists had feared that a repeat would be needed to bring down prices today. So far, though, the economy appears to have reached a better balance. Last month, prices were up 3.2 percent compared with a year before, down from a peak of 9.1 percent last summer. The unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent, near a record low. And wage growth again surpassed inflation, as this chart by my colleague Ashley Wu shows: Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics | Earnings data is seasonally adjusted. | By The New York Times Uncertain times None of this is a guarantee of future prosperity. The economy is tremendously complex, and it often takes turns that few saw coming. Inflation is still above the Federal Reserve’s target of 2 percent, and minutes from July’s Fed meeting released yesterday suggest policymakers are determined to slow it further. Some experts are more optimistic now, but they tend to mix that outlook with caution. As Jeanna said, “We’re just going to have to be patient.” For more Pushed by angry members, American unions are becoming increasingly assertive. Economists who thought lowering inflation would require high unemployment should be asking themselves how their predictions turned out so wrong, Paul Krugman argues in Times Opinion. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT THE LATEST NEWS Georgia Indictment The district attorney prosecuting Donald Trump in Georgia sought a March trial start date, but experts said that might be overly ambitious. The Georgia jail where Trump will be booked is notorious for dangerous, unsanitary conditions. Republican officials in the state fear that criticism from Trump could hurt their re-election prospects. Trump’s Other Indictments A Texas woman has been charged over threats to the judge in the Jan. 6 indictment. Prosecutors say she left a voice message declaring, “If Trump doesn’t get elected in 2024, we are coming to kill you.” See the many ways Trump repeatedly lied about the 2020 election, including baseless accusations of fraud. Here’s a guide to Trump’s small army of lawyers, and how much they’ve been paid. Hawaii Wildfires Lahaina, HawaiiMichelle Mishina Kunz for The New York Times Wildfire survivors working in Hawaii’s tourism industry must balance their jobs with their desire to help victims. The death toll is at least 111, and more than 1,000 people remain missing. Desperate families are writing the names of their loved ones on sticky notes, The Washington Post reports. Emergency responders, with help from anthropologists and dogs, must sift through ashes and debris to find human remains. Politics President Biden will host the leaders of Japan and South Korea at Camp David, a bid to deepen alliances in a region dominated by China. A federal appeals court upheld abortion pill restrictions, but access doesn’t change for now: The Supreme Court will ultimately decide. North Carolina became the latest state to ban access to gender-transition care for minors. An aide to Representative George Santos who impersonated an adviser to Speaker Kevin McCarthy in fund-raising emails was charged with identity theft. A prosecutor in Kansas ordered the return of the materials seized in a raid on a small-town newspaper. International Cars leaving Yellowknife, Canada.Pat Kane/Reuters A fire is heading toward Yellowknife, Canada. Officials told all the city’s residents — about 20,000 people — to leave by noon tomorrow. The military takeover in Niger has upended years of counterterrorism efforts by the U.S. and France, and could open the door to Russian influence. A boat carrying migrants from Senegal capsized off the coast of Cape Verde, with more than 60 feared dead. Many peace activists are making an exception for Ukraine’s self-defense against Russia. Two American tourists were caught sleeping in the Eiffel Tower, delaying its morning opening. Other Big Stories Drugs like Ozempic may change how society thinks about obesity, but scientists still don’t know why they work. Three people in the New York City area died after contracting a bacterial infection that can spread through seawater and raw oysters. Read the story of one family in medical and financial crisis after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed near their Ohio home. Opinions Algorithms curate our online lives. We need more options than the ones social media companies control, Julia Angwin argues. Here are columns by Charles Blow on education in Florida and Pamela Paul on the phrase “sex work.” Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. MORNING READS Jay-Z Brooklyn Library Cards.Roc Nation and Brooklyn Public Library Card knock life: Limited-edition library cards with cover art from Jay-Z albums have become coveted hip-hop memorabilia. Forever chemicals: They lurk in so much of what we eat, drink and use. What are they doing to us? The most dressed: A bit of Texas in the Hamptons. Lives Lived: Renata Scotto electrified audiences and elicited praise from fellow opera stars for her acting and her dramatic insight as much as for her voice. Scotto died at 89. WOMEN’S WORLD CUP The final: England beat Australia, 3-1, to secure a place in the final against Spain. An exit: The head coach of the U.S. women’s national team, Vlatko Andonovski, resigned after the team underperformed in the World Cup. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT OTHER SPORTS NEWS Another probe: The Dominican Republic is investigating allegations that Wander Franco had an inappropriate relationship with a minor. M.L.B. is also conducting its own inquiry. Big bucks: A bat that Babe Ruth used in 1923 sold for $1.3 million. ARTS AND IDEAS Kent House Irish Pub in Towson, Md.Rosem Morton for The New York Times On the front lines: As public fentanyl overdoses rise around the U.S., restaurant and bar workers are being trained to administer the overdose-reversing drug Narcan. Some bars view stocking the medication as common sense, like having a first-aid kit or a fire extinguisher, though others worry that keeping it on hand will invite drug use. Ellen Wirshup, a Portland bartender who started a nonprofit that distributes Narcan, said treating overdoses should be considered part of the job: “We are already put in that role where we are providing service, providing care for other people.” More on culture The executive director of Africa’s largest art museum has built it into a world-class institution. A historic windmill that featured in the 1968 movie “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” is for sale. The Mütter Museum in Philadelphia is reconsidering its collection of medical curiosities — oddities like skulls corroded by syphilis and skeletons deformed by corsets. Many fans object. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS … Alex Lau for The New York Times Combine coconut milk and dill for grilled salmon. Reuse one of Wirecutter’s favorite produce bags. Mute your TV, game console and sound system with one universal remote. Read one of these novels about love. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was medieval. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. — German Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 20, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 20, 2023 August 18, 2023 By Lauren Jackson and Ian Prasad Philbrick Good morning. We’re covering Ukraine’s naval drones, Camp David and subtitles. The port of Odesa on the Black Sea last year.Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times Striking from afar Ukrainian forces have been fighting a brutal counteroffensive for the past two months, struggling to break through on land. Yet they have made progress on another front: the Black Sea, a vital shipping route for both sides of the war. Last month, Russia withdrew from a deal that had allowed ships to safely export grain from Ukraine across the Black Sea. Within days, Moscow bombarded Ukrainian ports and threatened foreign cargo ships. Ukraine responded by sending a new class of sea drones to attack Russian ships and infrastructure hundreds of miles away. Ukraine is hoping the drones will keep Russia from controlling the sea and, ultimately, allow shipments to resume. Yesterday, a civilian cargo ship sailed safely through Ukrainian waters in the Black Sea for the first time since the deal collapsed. “The counteroffensive is often thought of too linearly as progress reclaiming territory,” said our colleague Marc Santora, who covers the war from Ukraine. “Just as important to the counteroffensive is Ukraine’s ability to cut Russia’s supply chain and attack Russia in deep positions. And that’s what is happening in the Black Sea.” Today’s newsletter explains how the Black Sea became a hot spot and what it means for Ukraine’s counteroffensive. A battleground, again Even before invading, Russia sought to be the dominant force in the Black Sea, which is bordered primarily by Russia, Ukraine and three NATO countries. Upon invading, Russia decimated Ukraine’s much smaller navy and blockaded its ports. While Ukraine fought back with missiles, sinking a major Russian ship, Moscow’s warships were mostly able to sail with impunity, launching missiles at Ukrainian towns and cities. After both sides agreed to keep shipping routes across the water open in an international deal, an uneasy status quo held for nearly a year. Ukraine was able to export grain, propping up its economy and the global food supply, and Russia mostly refrained from attacking ports. But the deal was shaky. Russia complained that the terms favored Ukraine — which had kept launching small-scale attacks against the Russian-held Crimean Peninsula on the Black Sea — while international sanctions hurt the Russian economy. After repeated threats, Russia quit the agreement last month. The deal’s collapse drove up global grain prices and reopened the Black Sea as a major battleground. “During the period when the corridor was opened for grain, the Black Sea faded a bit from international attention,” Marc said. “The closing of that corridor not only threatens global food supplies but ushered in a new, turbulent phase in the battle at sea.” A video image of a sea drone approaching a Russian tanker on the Black Sea.Validated UGC, via Associated Press Explosive speedboats Russia has made it clear it wants to keep its economic stranglehold on Ukrainian exports. But unlike in the beginning of the war, Kyiv now has an agile weapon to fight back: an expanded fleet of sea drones. Similar to unstaffed aerial drones, the small vessels, often no longer than 18 feet, can travel hundreds of miles to strike or surveil targets. They are fast and stealthy and do not require Ukrainian sailors to risk their lives. “The most common ones are sort of like unmanned speedboats that are packed with explosives,” Marc said. Ukraine first used sea drones in a large-scale attack in October, striking Russia’s naval base in Sevastopol. (These graphics from Reuters explain the attack). After, Ukraine developed its fleet of more sophisticated craft — drones that could carry more explosives on board. This month, Ukrainian sea drones struck both a Russian warship near a naval port and a Russian oil tanker. Each drone costs only about $250,000 and can damage or destroy multimillion-dollar Russian ships. Because the drones are relatively new, they are now forcing Russia to develop sophisticated defenses against them. It may have to devote more resources to protecting ships, ports and bridges from attacks that threaten its economy and its ability to resupply troops. “We’re now in a place where Ukraine can increasingly fight back at sea,” Marc said. A shifting strategy The sea drones are an example of how Ukraine has gotten creative to outsmart a more powerful, better-armed opponent. Wars often inspire naval innovations. The American Civil War saw the first clash between ironclad warships. World War I introduced widespread submarine warfare. World War II showed the superiority of aircraft carriers over battleships. Even if it fails to turn the tide of the war, Ukraine’s pioneering use of sea drones may have a similar effect. It is the first country to use sea drones at large scale in war, and both sides have deployed large numbers of aerial drones to target artillery, drop bombs and attack cities. Ukraine’s attack on Sevastopol was the first in history to use both sea and aerial drones. “Every military expert I’ve spoken to said that moment is going to be studied for years to come as a moment where naval warfare globally shifted,” Marc said. More Ukraine news This morning, Russia said it intercepted a drone in Moscow and that it stopped a sea drone attack in the Black Sea. Ship operators are nervous of sailing near Ukraine after a Russian patrol ship fired warning shots at a cargo ship and Russian forces temporarily boarded it. The U.S. will allow allies to send American-made F-16 fighter jets to Kyiv once Ukrainian pilots are trained to fly them. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT THE LATEST NEWS Politics Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a judge to delay the start of his federal trial over the Jan. 6 attack until 2026. Some experts predicted that only one or two of Trump’s indictment trials will take place next year. Officials in Georgia are investigating online threats against the grand jurors who voted this week to indict Trump. A super PAC backing Ron DeSantis wants him to “take a sledgehammer” at next week’s debate to Vivek Ramaswamy, who is rising in the polls. Federal prosecutors recommended that two Proud Boys leaders should each be sentenced to 33 years in prison for their actions on Jan. 6. Biden’s Foreign Policy President Biden; Fumio Kishida, Japan’s leader; and Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s leader, in May.Kenny Holston/The New York Times The leaders of Japan and South Korea will join President Biden at Camp David today. The meeting is a diplomatic milestone for the Asian countries, which have a bitter history. White House officials have been holding meetings to generate support among Democratic senators for a pact between Saudi Arabia and Israel. Climate The chief of Maui’s emergency management agency resigned after facing criticism for not sounding alert sirens during the fires. Rains from Hurricane Hilary, a category 4 storm, are set to hit the Southwest today. Track Hilary’s movement. A wildfire is approaching Yellowknife, Canada. Residents have quickly packed bags and left. Indonesia’s stocks of nickel — a mineral used to make electric vehicles’ batteries — are caught in the fight between the United States and China. Economy Source: Freddie Mac | The New York Times Mortgage rates in the U.S. reached a 21-year high, climbing back above 7 percent. Hong Kong stocks are in a bear market, a sign that investors are pessimistic about China’s post-pandemic recovery. Other Big Stories As the school year begins, a shortage of bus drivers across the U.S. is making it hard for students to get to class. Middle-aged adults are binge drinking and using marijuana at record levels. A leader of the Southern Baptist Convention resigned over the discovery that he falsified academic credentials on his résumé. Opinions Tired of the fashion industry’s one-size-fits-some whims? Make your own clothes, Elizabeth Endicott says. Here is a column by David Brooks on marriage. Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. FREE MORNING READS Today, we’re offering free access to the articles linked in this section. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain and his family.Emma Mcintyre/Getty Images Summer holiday: Inside the British prime minister’s vacation to Disneyland. A discovery: This Instagram account convulsed a high school. Modern Love: She came out of the closet and went into the garden. Lives Lived: Jerry Moss co-founded A&M Records in a garage in 1962. It became a major force in pop music, with a roster that included the Police, the Carpenters and Peter Frampton. Moss died at 88. SPORTS NEWS Wish granted: The Tuohy family said it was ending its conservatorship over Michael Oher. Their family is the subject of the movie “The Blind Side.” Taking a break: The Blackhawks legend Jonathan Toews said he would step away from hockey for the 2023-24 season, but emphasized he is not retiring. Open the calendar: The N.B.A. has released its full regular-season schedule for the upcoming season. Here are the best matchups. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT ARTS AND IDEAS Derek Abella A case of the mumbles: If you find yourself turning on the subtitles to watch TV, you aren’t alone. About 50 percent of Americans — and the majority of young people — watch videos with captions on most of the time. Dialogue really is getting harder to understand, experts say, as TV speakers get thinner and weaker. And unlike traditional broadcasts, which adhered to a set volume limit, streaming services each have their own audio standards. Brian X. Chen, a Times tech writer, tested some technological remedies: Most helped, but none fully solved the problem. More on culture The British singer Lily Allen, now sober, has a new life in New York and has added acting to her repertoire. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS … Julia Gartland for The New York Times Blister tomatoes and add farro. Protect your hearing with earplugs at live shows. Wear a fan around your neck. (It may look silly, but it works.) Take our news quiz. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was alchemy. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 21, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 21, 2023 August 19, 2023 By Melissa Kirsch Good morning. There’s nothing like a vacation to give you a little perspective on the complicated experience of daily life. María Jesús Contreras Simple gifts We’re in the down elevator. Look out the window and there’s summer, visibly diminishing with each earlier sunset. If you’re lucky, you might get out of your home and your head, take some time off and away. Upon return, you might be blessed (or cursed?), as I was recently, with that post-vacation clarity, whereby the excesses of one’s everyday life seem gaudy, nearly intolerable. It’s good to be home, sure, but home is also absurd. Home, with its black-hole coat closet and dust-covered knickknacks and so very many condiments, is too much. A week spent living out of a suitcase and the concept of owning more than one sweatshirt seems silly. I keep thinking about the wise friend who told me that everything you buy makes everything you own less valuable. It’s not the stuff itself — having enough stuff is a privilege — but the complications that accompany the stuff. You spend time in a new environment, on a different schedule, maybe eating different things, trying on other ways of living. Back home, you question things. Why do we always eat the same thing for dinner? Why don’t we have the same curiosity about the town where we live as we did about the town where we spent a few days? Why are we hanging on to the cords and cables from every electronic device that ever crossed our threshold? This change in perspective, I think, more than even the rest and relaxation, is the most transformative possibility of vacation. You get to shed that life’s worth of accumulated mental freight for a short period, and it feels freeing. You return determined to maintain some of that lightness. Even if you’re not taking a vacation this month, there’s nothing stopping you from questioning the way you’re doing things. A day trip, perhaps, or a long walk. What’s weighing you down? What feels sclerotic or overdetermined or just too much? Sometimes the problem isn’t something that announces itself as troubling, but a garage that’s too messy, a Saturday routine that doesn’t have to be so boring, a tiny spot in your life that’s become complicated and that, it turns out, you can alter in an instant. For more A neuroscientist on the benefits of an uncluttered mind. After the conspicuous consumption of the 1980s came the voluntary simplicity of the ’90s. “We don’t really think about the cost of holding on to things, but we think about the cost of needing it one day and not having it.” How to declutter your tech life. Shake off monotony with a game. Before you go: Won’t you take a few minutes and give us a bit of feedback about The Morning newsletter? Tell us what you like, and tell us what we could do better. You can take our survey here. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT THE WEEK IN CULTURE Britney Spears and Sam Asghari in 2019.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Britney Spears and her husband, Sam Asghari, filed for divorce. See a timeline of their relationship. The divorce is one of many recent celebrity breakups — which prompted The Cut to declare this the “summer of splits.” Bradley Cooper’s use of a prosthetic nose in portraying the composer Leonard Bernstein, who was Jewish, in an upcoming biopic was criticized for playing into an antisemitic trope. Ashley Olsen, the fashion designer and former child actor, became a mother for the first time, The Cut writes. That question mark in the cosmos? It’s real. The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced a retrospective of the work of female designers in the male-dominated fashion industry. Women’s fall fashion is all about the deliberately imperfect. John Barrett, a celebrity hairdresser whose salon had regulars like Princess Diana and Hillary Clinton, died at 66. A court revived lawsuits by two men who accused Michael Jackson of sexually abusing them as children. They say employees of his companies were complicit. A man who sold a fatal dose of fentanyl-laced heroin to the actor Michael K. Williams was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The British Museum fired a senior curator suspected of stealing precious jewels. The International Chess Federation’s new regulations bar some transgender women from participating in women’s competitions. Recent depictions of queer villains on shows like “White Lotus” mark a milestone in the history of gay representation onscreen, Mark Harris writes. Paul Brodeur, a writer at The New Yorker who specialized in covering threats to people’s health, died at 92. THE LATEST NEWS A funeral for a Ukrainian soldier.Mauricio Lima for The New York Times The total number of Ukrainian and Russian troops killed or wounded in the war is nearing a half-million, a staggering toll. Hurricane Hilary, a Category 4 storm, was barreling toward the southwestern U.S. It prompted the first-ever tropical storm watch for Southern California. Track the storm here. Donald Trump plans to skip the first Republican primary debate on Wednesday. He will instead be interviewed by Tucker Carlson. Experts predict that only one or two of the trials that Trump faces will take place before the presidential election next year. President Biden and the leaders of Japan and South Korea agreed to expand security cooperation in a deal built with North Korea and China in mind — and, potentially, Trump. Many Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing: The U.S. is heading toward failure. Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. CULTURE CALENDAR 🎬 “The Adults” (out now): Michael Cera has made a career of wringing charm and sympathy out of a knowing awkwardness, whether as the young George Michael Bluth in “Arrested Development” or as Allan in last month’s superhit “Barbie.” His latest loner, Eric, is a poker addict who returns home for as brief a visit as possible. In her Times review, Amy Nicholson calls the film a “keen-eyed dramedy.” 📺 “BS High” (Wednesday): This HBO documentary explores the bizarre saga of the football team at Bishop Sycamore, a start-up high school that was clobbered 58-0 in a nationally televised game in 2021. The blowout prompted scrutiny of the school, and journalists uncovered legal and financial problems. “Almost overnight, Bishop Sycamore became shorthand for sports factories that cynically masquerade as schools to produce elite, made-for-TV athletes,” The Times wrote months after the game. Michael Strahan, the Hall of Fame defensive end, is a producer. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT RECIPE OF THE WEEK Andrew Purcell for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Carrie Purcell. By Emily Weinstein Grilled Chicken Skewers With Tarragon and Yogurt We have begun our descent into Labor Day, but there’s still time to take sound grilling advice from Clare de Boer, a chef at the restaurants King and Jupiter in New York City and at Stissing House in the Hudson Valley. In this recipe she wrote for New York Times Cooking, Clare decisively guides you to skewered and grilled chicken that’s flavorful, juicy and tender, which she serves with grilled scallions, pita and yogurt sauce. 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ADVICE FROM WIRECUTTER Simplify back to school For parents, August means two things: summer break hitting peak chaos and school supply lists hitting inboxes. This year I’m sending my youngest to preschool, and the kind but absolutely mandatory reminder “Please label all of your children’s clothes and gear” has resurfaced. In the past I’d begrudgingly reach for a Sharpie and try my hand at legibility. But this year — after researching and testing the best labels for kids’ gear and clothing — I’m overly eager to label every water bottle, lunchbox, onesie and sock. The delight of smacking labels will be a respite for me and, more important, a helpful tool for my toddler’s teachers. — Lauren Sullivan GAME OF THE WEEKEND Lucy Bronze of England, right, and Caitlin Foord of Australia during their semifinal.Brendon Thorne/Getty Images England vs. Spain, Women’s World Cup final: One of Europe’s powerhouse teams will win its first World Cup this weekend. Spain is a slight favorite, thanks to stars like Alexia Putellas, the reigning winner of the Ballon d’Or, and Salma Paralluelo, a 19-year-old sensation who has emerged in the past few weeks. But the Lionesses, as England’s team is known, have been ascending for years. They reached the semifinals in the previous two World Cups and won the Euro championship last summer. “We’ve got resilience,” said Lucy Bronze, a defender. “We’ve got an inner belief that, I think, is bigger and better than we have ever had.” 6 a.m. Eastern tomorrow on Fox. NOW TIME TO PLAY Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was phoenix. See the hardest Spelling Bee words from this week. Take the news quiz to see how well you followed this week’s headlines. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your weekend with The Times. — Melissa Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 21, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 21, 2023 August 20, 2023 By Ian Prasad Philbrick Good morning. We’re covering the aesthetics and the nostalgia of state flags. Flying colors Flags flutter over every state capital in the U.S. They bear emblems symbolizing the states they represent: a boldface C for Colorado, a lone star for Texas. They adorn magnets, mugs and T-shirts. They fly at half-staff in mourning. But state flags can also become objects of contention — especially when lawmakers try to change them, as my colleagues Sarah Almukhtar and Mitch Smith reported. Some of the disagreements are aesthetic. Others are nostalgic. “People feel very attached and don’t like the idea of change,” Sarah said. In March, Utah enacted a bill to replace the current flag — a century-old design featuring the state seal, an eagle perched atop a shield — with a red, white and blue homage to the state’s mountains, canyons and early settlers. Many liked the new standard, but opponents bristled at the idea of replacing a flag that was offending no one. “They’re trying to cancel our heritage,” one unhappy Utahn recently said while collecting signatures to put the flag to a statewide vote. What makes a good flag? Experts and designers who spoke to Sarah and Mitch favor simplicity, distinctiveness and symbols that are legible from a distance. Some of the most iconic include Alaska’s, which looks like the night sky splashed with a constellation of stars; Maryland’s, with its unique black-on-yellow and red-on-white geometric patterns; and California’s, which features a loping grizzly bear above the words “California Republic.” And when a flag fails to unite, some Americans just go their own way. In Maine, where I grew up, it’s common to see flagpoles topped with a version of the banner the state first adopted in 1901, which depicts a pine tree and a blue star, instead of the current flag, which sets the state’s coat of arms against a navy backdrop. “The purpose of a flag is for it to be flown,” Sarah said. “Regardless of what’s official, the people have chosen which one is theirs.” For more Sarah and Mitch’s interactive story lets you compare state flags and see how they’ve changed. Test your knowledge of the many colors, mottoes and symbols that festoon flags with this quiz. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT NEWS Politics Ron DeSantisHaiyun Jiang for The New York Times Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has made a reputation crusading against elites in higher education. But he has benefited from his own Ivy League connections, a Times investigation found. Donald Trump’s growing animosity toward Fox motivated him to skip the first Republican debate this week. The Georgia prosecutor who charged Trump is also pursuing a racketeering case involving the rapper Young Thug. Its plodding pace could offer a preview of the Trump trial. Before Hunter Biden’s plea deal collapsed, there were hints that it was on shaky ground. Other Big Stories Hurricane Hilary is expected to bring heavy rain, dangerous flooding and possibly even tornadoes to Southern California today. Here is the latest on the storm. A senior-living complex on Maui was among the first places destroyed by the wildfires. At least two residents died, and more are missing. Russia’s robotic lunar lander crashed into the moon. Industry vs. history: Should Brazil protect an expanse of rainforest for a tribe with two remaining members? A shortage of guards has led to brutal conditions at some U.S. prisons. One Wisconsin facility has been locked down for months with little access to fresh air or toilet paper. England and Spain are facing off in the Women’s World Cup final this morning. Follow the match live. FROM OPINION Maui’s emergency management claims its response to the recent wildfire was the best it could have been. “We do not agree,” the experts Costas Synolakis and George Karagiannis write. The Supreme Court’s ambivalence about press freedom helped make the police raid on a local Kansas newspaper possible, Gregory Magarian writes. Yes, Latinos can be white supremacists, Yarimar Bonilla writes. Here are columns by Maureen Dowd on Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani and David French on the 14th Amendment. The Sunday question: Do the authorities in Georgia have a stronger case against Trump than the special counsel? The 41-count Georgia indictment “is so complicated and involves so many people that any trial will be difficult to conduct,” Carl Leubsdorf writes in a syndicated column in The Seattle Times, adding that the special counsel’s four-count indictment is “tightly drawn.” But for all its complexity, the Georgia case “is by far the most comprehensive” of the indictments against Trump, Austin Sarat writes in The Hill, and will serve as “a forum to examine the damage he has done to our democracy.” Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. MORNING READS Courtney Yates for The New York Times Jumping for joy: Meet the 40-plus Double Dutch Club, a group of women embracing the spirit of play. Foraging: Visit Sweden to pick berries. Career shift: Why have Vanity Fair employees gone to work at a “very glamorous roofing company”? Vows: Five decades later, they revisited their fifth-grade crushes. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT TALK | FROM THE TIMES MAGAZINE Mamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times By David Marchese Dr. Peter Attia is the co-author of “Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity,” which has been a runaway best seller since it was published in March. I spoke to him earlier this year about how to live longer and healthier. If you were to say to someone, “If you don’t do anything else to increase your health span, at least start doing X,” what would X be? Many people, I think, are underemphasizing strength training. There’s the sense that, Yep, I’m hiking, I’m walking. Those things are great, but the sine qua non of aging is the shrinkage or atrophy of Type 2 muscle fiber. That’s the thing we probably have to guard most against, and you can’t do that without resistance training. You’re asking people to pay a significant amount of attention to the specifics of their nutrition, physical activity and sleep. Don’t you think there’s a danger of pathologizing these normal things by micromanaging them and linking them to potential risks? That’s possible. The question is: What is the balance of benefit versus harm? We’re probably still in a world where a majority of people are not paying enough attention to those things, as opposed to too many people paying too much attention. If I decide to become hyperfocused on well-being in the hope that I’ll be healthier and have more quality time to spend when I’m older — why give away all this time and energy when I’m still relatively young and healthy? I see it as an optimization problem. I could say, “I am going to spend this summer in Ibiza, partying with my friends, never lifting a finger, and boy, will I have fun.” But the price I will pay with my health is too great. Read more of the interview here. More from the magazine Sean Paul’s hits have brought a generation onto crowded dance floors. Get on the diving board and face that tiny pang of fear. Wrap stone fruit in flaky pastry. Read the full issue. BOOKS An Amazon warehouse in Staten Island.Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times Antitrust: Authors are urging the government to investigate Amazon’s domination of the book market. “Necessary Trouble”: Harvard’s former president wrestles with her conservative Southern upbringing. Our editors’ picks: “Pet,” a twisted psychological thriller, and eight other books. Times best sellers: Ben Macintyre’s “Prisoners of the Castle” makes a first appearance on the paperback nonfiction list. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS … Stew greens for this classic Nigerian dish. Pack for the kids in one of Wirecutter’s top picks for lunchboxes. Wash your produce well — here’s how. Listen to cross-generational covers. Read a book about obsession and marital claustrophobia. THE WEEK AHEAD What to Watch For Guatemala and Ecuador both hold elections today. The first Republican Party presidential debate is set for Wednesday in Milwaukee. Zimbabwe holds elections on Wednesday. The deadline for Trump to surrender to the authorities in Georgia is Friday. The college football season begins on Saturday. What to Cook This Week Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Barrett Washburne. The star of Emily Weinstein’s Five Weeknight Dishes newsletter this week is zucchini, summer’s low-key charmer. Her recipes include zucchini-filled Korean pancakes, half zucchini, half chicken meatballs, and chilled zucchini soup with lemon and basil. NOW TIME TO PLAY Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangrams were filename and inflame. Can you put eight historical events — including the Han Dynasty and Hank Aaron’s home run record — in chronological order? Take this week’s Flashback quiz. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your weekend with The Times. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 22, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 22, 2023 August 21, 2023 First, a breaking news update: Tropical Storm Hilary brought flooding and heavy rain to Southern California, deluging desert cities. Follow updates. By German Lopez Good morning. We’re covering near-misses on airport runways, severe weather and the Women’s World Cup. La Guardia Airport.Desiree Rios/The New York Times Close calls The U.S. has not had a fatal plane crash involving a commercial airline in more than 14 years — an incredible safety achievement. But the elaborate system that keeps planes from crashing is struggling. In recent years, air traffic controllers, who guide planes out of harm’s way, have suffered a staff shortage. Out of 313 air traffic control facilities nationwide, just three as of May met staff targets set by the Federal Aviation Administration and the union representing controllers. Aviation officials worry the shortage is leading to close calls, in which planes nearly crash. There were at least 46 near misses involving commercial airlines last month, according to an investigation by my colleagues Sydney Ember and Emily Steel that published this morning. Those close calls are still a small fraction of the nearly 1.4 million flights in the U.S. each month, and it is not clear whether the rate is increasing. But any close call is dangerous, potentially leading to a fatal crash that breaks America’s safety streak. As a spokesman for the F.A.A. said, “One close call is one too many.” The agency’s goal is to reduce the number of such near misses to zero. Staff shortages make that harder. “The controllers we’ve talked to take real pride in their job, and they work really hard to make sure these planes are safe,” Emily told me. “But they’re worried that the circumstances around their jobs could make them slip up and that those mistakes could be very dangerous.” What is behind the shortage? Part of the problem goes back decades: In the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan fired thousands of air traffic controllers who were on strike. The F.A.A. then hired new controllers. Many retired when they became eligible to do so 20 years later. And now, another 20 years later, another wave of controllers is retiring. Chronic disinvestment in government services is another cause. Over the past decade, the number of fully trained controllers has fallen 10 percent, while airport traffic has increased 5 percent. The F.A.A. has asked for more money to increase hiring. Even if the agency receives those funds, it will take time to hire new controllers and train them. In the meantime, the U.S. risks more close calls. Some in aviation worry it’s only a matter of time before the overworked system fails to stop a deadly crash. “Aviation officials will say that we have the safest system in the world,” Sydney said. “But underlying that success are risks and issues that deserve attention.” For more In some near misses, airplanes have come so close to each other that officials described the encounters as “skin to skin.” Do you work in aviation and have concerns about safety? Sydney and Emily would like to hear from you. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT THE LATEST NEWS Tropical Storm Hilary Filling sandbags in Long Beach, Calif., yesterday.Daniel Dreifuss for The New York Times Rain and wind in Los Angeles toppled trees, downed power lines and closed roads. Follow updates here, as California wakes up to assess the damage. This storm is an extraordinarily rare event for the state. Scientists will have to figure out whether it is influenced by human-made climate change. Hilary made landfall on Mexico’s Baja California coast yesterday, causing floods and mudslides. In California, officials closed parks and beaches and canceled events. An earthquake — unrelated to the tropical storm — struck northwest of Los Angeles yesterday afternoon. No damage or injuries were reported. Track Hilary’s path and see the latest forecast. Other Extreme Weather After a fight over a reservoir on the day of the Maui fire, the governor loosened regulations about how Hawaii allocates water. In the South, humidity has been relentless, persisting for days and bringing a record number of heat warnings. Politics The number of Republican presidential candidates who have qualified for Wednesday’s debate remains unclear. Here’s where the candidates stand on major issues. Mike Pence said he knew of no widespread declassification of documents by Donald Trump, undercutting one of Trump’s main defenses against charges of endangering national security. Ron DeSantis shifted his campaign message to focus more on the economy and border security. Other Big Stories Border guards in Saudi Arabia have opened fire on African migrants, killing hundreds of people in a recent 15-month period, Human Rights Watch said. Ukrainian commanders say their forces are in better shape than months ago after an infusion of troops, training and equipment. A man shot and killed the owner of a California clothing shop after disparaging the store’s Pride flag. An anticorruption crusader won Guatemala’s presidency. Ecuador’s presidential election looks headed for a runoff between an establishment leftist and a businessman. Police unions are demanding extra pay for wearing body cameras. Opinions If Republicans narrow their primary field, they can keep Trump from the party’s presidential nomination, Christopher Sununu argues. Elections produce entitled, Machiavellian leaders. Picking randomly would be better for democracy, Adam Grant argues. Employers claim they’ll hire workers without college degrees. But having one still matters, Ben Wildavsky writes. Gail Collins and Bret Stephens discuss Hawaii and the Republican presidential debate. Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. MORNING READS Haptic suits translate music into vibrations. Wearable tunes: Feel music through your skin. Psychedelics: Ecstasy is considered one of the safer illegal drugs. But there are risks. Metropolitan Diary: Furniture shopping like a New Yorker. Lives Lived: Ron Cephas Jones was an admired actor in theater and on television, including on “This Is Us,” for which he won two Emmy Awards by drawing on his youth of drug addiction and temporary homelessness. He died at 66. WOMEN’S WORLD CUP The Spain team after winning the World Cup.Alessandra Tarantino/Associated Press Victory in disharmony: Spain overcame a squad revolt and a key injury to win the tournament, beating England, 1-0, in the final. Unpleasant reminder: The president of Spain’s soccer federation kissed the forward Jennifer Hermoso on the lips during the medals ceremony. Sexism has plagued Spanish women’s soccer. Growth movement: The final brought out fans of all stripes and rallied girls in England and Spain to hit the field and play. “So many problems”: England faced its own challenges in advancing to the final. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT OTHER SPORTS NEWS Next stop, major: Coco Gauff won the Cincinnati Open yesterday, a week before the U.S. Open. Rock bottom: The worst division in M.L.B. history? Welcome to a weekend in the AL Central. Frustration: The golfer Scottie Scheffler’s problem was on display yesterday — his putter. ARTS AND IDEAS Recreating a bygone China: Over the past few decades, China’s government razed rural houses to make way for the highways and high-rises that propelled the country’s modernization. Now, a group of artists are creating miniature replicas of the homes, for both an older generation nostalgic for simpler times and a younger generation who never got to live them. “If we don’t leave a record, those born after the 2000s won’t have any impression of this,” said Shen Peng, a miniaturist. More on culture Even a bad accent in a movie can be a lot of fun, Kyle Buchanan writes. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS … Sarah Anne Ward for The New York Times Sweeten pork chops with a cherry-pepper sauce. Discover America’s regional hot dogs. Clean smelly sneakers in the washing machine. Sharpen your knives. Take our latest news quiz. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangrams were linocut and locution. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. — German P.S. Hawaii became the 50th state 64 years ago today. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 22, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 22, 2023 August 22, 2023 By David Leonhardt Good morning. We’re covering a common misunderstanding about sexual assault, as well as the rest of the day’s news. Photo illustration by Katrien De Blauwer A natural response This morning, I want to tell you about a story that’s difficult to read but also eye-opening. Jen Percy, a contributing writer for The Times Magazine, has spent months reporting on a frequently misunderstood aspect of rape — why victims often freeze rather than scream or fight back. Jen’s story opens with a list of examples, some well-known and some from her reporting. “I froze,” said a woman who was assaulted during a military training exercise. “I just absolutely froze,” the actor Brooke Shields said, describing how she felt while being raped. “I just froze,” Lady Gaga said, about being assaulted when she was 19. “I was like a dead person,” Natassia Malthe, a Norwegian actor, said. One study of rape victims at a Boston hospital found that more than one-third of them reported experiencing a version of this freezing, which in its extreme form is known as “tonic immobility.” Researchers say that it is an automatic defensive response with roots in evolutionary behavior. There is a cliché, dealing with a different kind of threat, that captures the same idea: a deer in the headlights. Jen writes: For more than a century, scientists have studied similar phenomena in animals, and over the years they have been named and renamed — animal hypnosis, death feigning, playing dead, apparent death and thanatosis, an ancient Greek word for “putting to death.” Tonic immobility is a survival strategy that has been identified across many classes of animals — insects, fish, reptiles, birds, mammals — and draws its evolutionary power from the fact that many predators seem hard-wired to lose interest in dead prey. It is usually triggered by the perception of inescapability or restraint, like the moment a prey finds itself in a predator’s jaws. As Amy Arnsten, a neuroscientist at Yale, says, “Under stress, your brain disconnects from its more recently evolved circuits and strengthens many of the primitive circuits, and then these unconscious reflexes that are very ancient kick in.” Yet many people remain ignorant of the frequency of freezing during sexual assaults. Instead, friends ask victims why they didn’t fight back or yell for help. Doctors and nurses are sometimes confused, too. Most significantly, police officers have long treated reports of freezing as a basis to doubt an assault allegation. That attitude is one reason that such a small portion of reported rapes lead to criminal charges. All of which suggests that more widespread understanding of the freezing phenomenon could change the way that both the medical system and the criminal justice system handle sexual assault. In her story, Jen describes the work of Nancy Oglesby, a prosecutor, and Mike Milnor, a former police officer, who teach a class that trains investigators to recognize freezing and respond appropriately. In the class, Oglesby and Minor teach police officers how to conduct empathetic interviews that gather potential evidence. Afterward, Milnor said, officers sometimes get emotional as they reflect on prior cases that they have mishandled — a feeling that Milnor said he himself had. “I can’t tell you the number of times that I’ve had these tough, seasoned, burly cops coming up to me with tears in their eyes,” Milnor said, “saying how they’re thinking about the victims that they treated poorly, not out of malice, but out of ignorance.” You can read Jen’s magazine story here. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT THE LATEST NEWS Hawaii Wildfires President Biden, center, in Lahaina.Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times President Biden traveled to Hawaii to tour the aftermath of the wildfires and meet with survivors. “The devastation is overwhelming,” he said. These maps of Lahaina show at least 1,900 buildings and other structures that the wildfires damaged. Officials in Hawaii knew for years that wildfires were coming. Now, residents are asking how they were so unprepared. Tropical Storms The San Gabriel Mountains near Santa Clarita, Calif., yesterday.Alisha Jucevic for The New York Times Tropical Storm Hilary brought record rainfall to parts of Southern California, but caused little damage. “We were very lucky,” an Orange County official said. The rain reduced the risk of wildfires in the region, at least for a few weeks. Tropical Storm Harold formed overnight less than 200 miles east of Texas and was expected to move inland today. Republican Debate The field is set for the first Republican primary debate: Eight candidates will participate tomorrow. Donald Trump will not. “A royal rumble”: Democrats hope to see Republicans take unpopular positions on abortion and Social Security. Chris Christie had hoped to goad Trump on the debate stage. Will his attacks land if Trump isn’t there? Trump Indictments Trump said he would turn himself in on Thursday to be arraigned in the Georgia election interference case. A judge set his bail at $200,000. Prosecutors pushed back against Trump’s request to postpone his federal election interference trial until 2026. A new poll found that Trump’s lead among Republicans in Iowa, the site of the party’s first caucuses, grew after he was indicted in Georgia. China China made a smaller-than-expected cut to a key interest rate in the face of its economic slowdown. Stocks fell in response. The Chinese government has often addressed economic troubles by spending more on infrastructure and real estate, but heavy debt will make that playbook tough to follow. While the Biden administration is trying to reset the U.S. relationship with China, state governments are enacting sweeping rules aimed at severing trade ties with Beijing. International Yevgeny Prigozhin, the mercenary chief who led a brief mutiny against the Russian military in June, appeared in an unverified video, seemingly in Africa. Japan intends to begin discharging over a million tons of radioactive wastewater into the ocean this week. The plan complicates its nascent friendship with South Korea. Cambodia’s prime minister transferred power to his son after nearly 40 years. A British nurse was sentenced to life in prison without parole in the killings of seven newborns. Other Big Stories Six months after he entered hospice care, former President Jimmy Carter is still holding hands with his wife, and his family is planning for his 99th birthday in October. One-year-olds exposed to more than four hours of screen time a day had developmental delays. Investigators missed signs that sheriff’s deputies in Mississippi suffocated a man while subduing him, experts said. Opinions Tennessee Republican officials accuse the state’s G.O.P. governor of ignoring voters by urging action on gun violence. In fact, he’s heard them, Margaret Renkl says. Japan’s plan to release radioactive water into the Pacific is a missed opportunity to restore trust in how governments handle nuclear waste, Azby Brown writes. Here are columns by Michelle Goldberg on a right-wing critique of capitalism and Paul Krugman on the Chinese economy. Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. MORNING READS Kelsey McClellan for The New York Times Waymo’s robo-taxis: San Franciscans can book rides in driverless cars. Times reporters tried it. “Keep your clothes on”: A sunflower farm had to ask visitors to stop posing nude. Tourism of excess: Spaniards complain that British visitors drink too much and spend too little. Dating: Having too many followers can be a turnoff. Lives Lived: Bob Jones was a folk singer in the early 1960s when he volunteered to work at the Newport Folk Festival. He soon became a force behind that festival and one for jazz. He died at 86. SPORTS NEWS World’s fastest woman: Sha’Carri Richardson, an American sprinter who missed the Tokyo Olympics because she tested positive for marijuana, won her first world championship title in the 100 meters. Luis Rubiales: The head of Spain’s soccer federation offered a halfhearted apology for kissing a player on the lips during the Women’s World Cup medal ceremony. “Probably I made a mistake,” he said. Riveting finish: The Commanders beat the Ravens, 29-28, on a field goal in the final seconds to end Baltimore’s 24-game preseason winning streak. The ESPN analyst Troy Aikman called it “the greatest preseason game I’ve ever been a part of.” Another first: The Mariners’ Julio Rodríguez has reached base safely 17 times in a row when putting the ball in play, a major-league baseball first. The young star is fueling a seven-game Seattle winning streak. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT ARTS AND IDEAS Oliver Anthony@radiowv, via YouTube Going viral: A little-known musician, Oliver Anthony, topped the latest Billboard singles chart with “Rich Men From North of Richmond,” a country song infused with right-wing messages. The song is part of a summer of conservative pop-culture hits, including the Jason Aldean song “Try That in a Small Town” and the anti-child-trafficking film “Sound of Freedom.” Social media attention helped the song find an audience, but its sudden rise was partly thanks to savvy fans who used a quirk of the charts to boost its position — a tactic that K-pop fans also use. More on culture Angelina Jolie will produce a Broadway musical adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s 1967 novel “The Outsiders.” A federal judge rejected an inventor’s attempt to copyright A.I.-generated artwork. The ruling is expected to be appealed. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS … Ryan Liebe for The New York Times Caramelize eggplant for vegetarian chili. Play fantasy sports with Wirecutter’s picks for the best apps. Breathe when you’re checking email. A lot of people forget. Do more with a Chinese cleaver. Check whether you should get an R.S.V. vaccine. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was monoxide. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. — David P.S. The Times promoted Emily Weinstein to editor in chief of Cooking and Food. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 24, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 24, 2023 August 23, 2023 By German Lopez Good morning. We’re covering the geography of global warming, the first Republican debate and #gravetok. Flooding in Cathedral City, Calif., on Monday.Alex Welsh for The New York Times Extreme weather This year’s heat can seem relentless, and appears to be only the beginning of a lifetime of hotter summers. It’s even hot in the oceans. And then there are the wildfires, droughts and floods, which have recently hit the seeming paradises of Hawaii and California. The weather extremes are enough to drive some people to pick up their lives and look for more climate-friendly places to live. Jesse Keenan, a climate adaptation expert at Tulane University living in low-lying New Orleans, is among them. “Another Katrina is going to happen,” he said, referring to the hurricane that struck the city in 2005. “I tell my students this: ‘Within your lifetime, Tulane will no longer be a university. Your alma mater will relocate or disappear because of where it is.’” Are there places that are better suited to deal with climate change? Yes, experts say. The Midwest, inland Northeast and northern Great Plains are three examples in the U.S., and parts of Canada, Russia and Scandinavia could offer refuge internationally. These regions are not immune to climate problems; it’s called “global” warming for a reason. But they are expected to see less of the extreme weather that a hotter planet will bring. Still, Americans are not moving to climate-friendly places today. If anything, many more have moved away. One of the fastest-growing U.S. cities is Phoenix, which has suffered temperatures above 110 degrees Fahrenheit for much of this summer. That trend could start to change as people endure more disasters. Moving to safety How do you know whether a location is better suited for dealing with climate change than the place you live now? Experts point to two major factors. The first is geography. Consider the Midwest: It is inland, away from the rising, hotter oceans and seas that will cause more floods and more intense hurricanes. Midwestern states are farther north than many others, with naturally lower temperatures. The Great Lakes and surrounding rivers provide reliable sources of water, preventing some of the worst effects of drought. These factors also apply to much of the Northeast U.S. and the northern Great Plains. The second factor is the ability to take in newcomers, climate refugees or not. Does the area have enough affordable housing? Are residents welcoming to outsiders? Are local and state governments preparing for population increases? If the answer to at least some of these questions is yes, you may have found yourself a potential destination. Some cities meet these standards. Detroit, Cincinnati and Buffalo, N.Y., are common examples. They are in regions with more climate-friendly geography. And they have one thing in common: Their populations have shrunk by the hundreds of thousands since the 1950s, leaving them with both a desire to bring people back and many empty buildings that could be turned into housing. Similarly, much of inland New England and the northern Great Plains have climate-friendly geography and plenty of space for people to move into. (Montana has been called the “anti-California” for its recent efforts to build more housing.) As an added benefit, these regions also offer stunning vistas and many forms of outdoor recreation. Better, not perfect Experts emphasize that no place is invulnerable to climate change. Vermont is a potential climate haven because of its geography and desire to attract more people. But last month, record floods hit the state. Researchers linked them to climate change. That disaster highlights an important point: Better is not perfect. Climate change has an impact everywhere, even if residents can take steps to mitigate the damage. Many people also can’t, or won’t, leave their homes. Some, particularly in the poorer Global South, simply can’t afford to move to avoid potential disasters. And wealthier places are not always ready for extreme weather. Hawaii’s fires this month offer an example; a lack of preparedness and human errors, including possible mistakes by the state’s biggest power utility, likely made the situation worse. The bottom line: The planet will continue warming in the coming decades, according to the most recent projections. Those rising temperatures will bring more extreme weather and more disasters. People will have to find ways to deal with those problems. In some cases, doing so may be as straightforward as installing air conditioning in more homes. But some might feel compelled to take more extreme steps, including leaving those homes behind. Related: “Twenty years from now, a summer like this is going to feel like a mild summer,” one expert told my colleague Somini Sengupta. Read more about our future of climate extremes. More on climate Maui’s wildfires spread after firefighters left a brush fire they said they had contained. Among the more than 1,000 people still missing: grandparents, immigrant hotel workers and residents of homeless encampments. Greek firefighters tackling a wildfire near the Turkish border recovered the bodies of 18 people believed to be migrants trying to reach the E.U. Tropical Storm Harold made landfall south of Houston, pummeling Texas with heavy rains. It’s now been degraded to a tropical depression. Tropical Storm Franklin is expected to cause flooding in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Parts of the Midwest are enduring a heat wave. A 1-year-old girl died after she was left in a daycare center’s van as temperatures outside reached 98. Gen Z is using lawsuits and TikTok videos to push for lower emissions. Smoky lakes, charred forests: Climate change threatens the places where we once sought refuge, Serge Schmemann writes in Times Opinion. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT THE LATEST NEWS Republican Debate Eight Republican candidates meet tonight for the first debate of the 2024 presidential race. It starts at 9 p.m. Eastern; here’s a guide. Republican candidates have already spent tens of millions on ads. For now, these candidates are vying to be second, behind Donald Trump, who’s snubbing the debate. But one could yet secure the nomination if legal problems derail Trump’s campaign. Why are the longest shots running? To become better known, or to win potentially valuable gigs later on. Politics Some of Trump’s co-defendants in the Georgia election inquiry turned themselves in. Others are looking to move their cases to federal court or have them dismissed. Mark Meadows, Trump’s former chief of staff, spoke to federal prosecutors but resisted questions that could hurt his career. In the documents case, a former Trump employee dismissed his lawyer, whose fees were paid by a PAC tied to Trump, then changed his grand jury testimony. Though Trump complains about Hunter Biden’s overseas deal-making, he and his family have received much more money from around the world. War in Ukraine American officials say Ukraine’s counteroffensive is struggling because it has spread troops across a wide front instead of focusing them. At a summit, Vladimir Putin tried to rally the leaders of Brazil, India, China and South Africa to his side in the war. Russia recruits soldiers with appeals to manliness and promises of good pay. See how military service is sold on TV. International Lowering a rescuer to the cable car.Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Rescuers pulled eight people from a broken cable car dangling hundreds of feet above a valley in Pakistan. Seven of the passengers were students. Brazilian authorities are investigating whether Jair Bolsonaro, the former president, illegally sold gifts he received in office, including a diamond Rolex. An Indian lunar lander is expected to reach the moon’s surface this morning. These graphics explain the current race to the moon. Other Big Stories An influential expert panel recommended extra options for H.I.V. prevention. Hollywood studios released details of their latest proposal to the striking writers’ union, in an apparent attempt to break the labor stalemate. The hot labor market has led to rapid pay increases, particularly for low-wage service jobs. Former Vice journalists started their own technology news publication, 404 Media. Opinions One lesson of long-distance friendships: It’s hard to stay emotionally close without physical closeness, Shani Zhang says. Here is a column by Tressie McMillan Cottom on sorority rush. Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. FREE MORNING READS Today, we’re offering free access to the articles linked in this section. A Mrs. Roper Romp in Providence, R.I.Sarah Meftah for The New York Times Mrs. Roper Romp: The landlady from “Three’s Company” has become a cult figure. #gravetok: Influencers are hoping to inspire a new generation of cemetery enthusiasts. Unlikely pair: Pacsun and the Metropolitan Museum of Art will release a fourth clothing collaboration this week. Lives Lived: Betty Tyson was New York State’s longest-serving female inmate when a judge overturned her murder conviction in 1998, freeing her after 25 years in prison. She died at 75. SPORTS NEWS A W.N.B.A. record: Aces center A’ja Wilson scored 53 points in last night’s win, tying the league’s all-time single-game scoring record. White Sox shake-up: The Chicago mainstays Ken Williams and Rick Hahn are out as the team’s owner embarks on a rebuild. A costly stunt: The N.B.A. fined James Harden $100,000 for comments about his trade request fiasco. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT ARTS AND IDEAS Nolan Pelletier All the world’s a stage: Lately, it seems as if grown-up theater kids run the world. Politicians, Olympians, tech entrepreneurs and even a Supreme Court justice acted in their youth. The ability to perform an outsize version of oneself — a trait that once made drama-loving teens an easy punchline — has become a strength, whether on TikTok, in a Zoom meeting or on a presidential debate stage. “I don’t think it’s like the awesomest personal quality that I have, that I want people to pay attention to me,” said the MSNBC host Chris Hayes, a former theater kid. “But we live in a culture that really rewards thirst.” More on culture The Met announced a Harlem Renaissance exhibition for 2024. The museum says it will be New York’s first major survey of the movement in nearly 40 years. “Ahsoka,” a new “Star Wars” series on Disney+ starring Rosario Dawson, capably follows the franchise’s formulas without breaking ground, our critic writes. The wedding of Jack Antonoff, a musician and producer, and Margaret Qualley, an actress, brought celebrities like Taylor Swift to New Jersey, The Cut reports. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS … Armando Rafael for The New York Times Replicate banana pudding from New York’s Magnolia Bakery. Find the right multivitamin at a reasonable price. Churn out homemade ice cream in a machine featured on “Gilmore Girls.” GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was walkout. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. — German Correction: Monday’s newsletter, relying on information from the Federal Aviation Administration, referred imprecisely to the last time there was a deadly U.S. plane crash. While there was a fatal accident involving a PenAir flight in Alaska in 2019, there has not been a fatal crash involving a major U.S. carrier since 2009. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 24, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 24, 2023 August 24, 2023 By David Leonhardt and Ian Prasad Philbrick Good morning. We’re covering the Republican debate, Yevgeny Prigozhin and ice. The Republican presidential debate.Kenny Holston/The New York Times Running for second The eight Republican presidential candidates who took the stage last night had a lot going for them. There was a sitting senator and two sitting governors, as well as an entrepreneur, a few former governors, a former U.N. ambassador and a former vice president. Polls show that several of them have high approval ratings among Republican voters. In a different year, the race among them might be a fascinating one. But the 2024 Republican campaign is shaping up to be unlike any in memory. Donald Trump remains so popular among Republican primary voters that there is no obvious path for any of the other candidates to displace him. He leads among virtually every Republican subgroup: both men and women; those with household incomes above and below $100,000; evangelicals and non-evangelicals; moderate and conservative Republicans; Fox News devotees and people who get their news elsewhere; and in each region of the country, as well as in rural areas, suburbs and cities. New York Times/Siena Poll, July 23-27, 2023 In every other modern primary campaign that did not involve an incumbent president, candidates had different bases from which to build a winning strategy. Trump looks more like an incumbent president trying to fight off pesky challengers. He could still lose the nomination, to be clear, especially given his legal troubles. Voting won’t begin for several months. But there don’t seem to be any tactics that his opponents can adopt that would succeed on their own. Their best hope, as Nate Cohn, The Times’s chief political analyst, suggests, may be positioning themselves as the second choice of Trump supporters in the event that a conviction of Trump upends the campaign. For more than eight years now, since he declared his 2016 candidacy in New York, Trump has dominated the Republican Party, notes our colleague Shane Goldmacher, who covers politics. Many Republicans — a long and varied list starting with Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz in 2016 — have tried to displace Trump, without success. Neither Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in 2020 nor the poor performance of his preferred candidates in the 2022 midterms nor the four recent indictments have altered the situation. In the rest of today’s newsletter, we review the highlights of last night’s debate, which Trump skipped. At least for now, though, we recommend that you remember that this year’s primary debates are unlikely to change the campaign on their own. The candidates Ron DeSantis talked loudly and rapidly, but he spoke less than several other candidates and dodged questions on abortion and Jan. 6. See who had the most speaking time. The entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy seemed to channel Trump onstage. He cast himself as a businessman outsider and tussled with Chris Christie and Nikki Haley. Mike Pence defended rejecting Trump’s request to overturn the 2020 election, but struggled to respond to criticisms of the Trump administration’s Covid lockdowns. Instead of debating, Trump appeared in a pretaped interview with Tucker Carlson, in which he downplayed the violence on Jan. 6. The audience booed Chris Christie, and Nikki Haley took the moderate lane: Here are seven takeaways. The issues The debate largely ignored Trump and his legal troubles. But when the Fox News moderators asked whether the candidates would support him if he was convicted and became the nominee, just two said no: Christie and Asa Hutchinson, the former Arkansas governor. Pence and Senator Tim Scott said they would sign a national abortion ban after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Haley, the only female candidate, called for a consensus approach. Candidates were asked to raise their hands if they believed humans were fueling climate change, though there is no scientific dispute on the question. DeSantis objected, saying, “We’re not schoolchildren.” Ramaswamy said, “The climate change agenda is a hoax.” Haley acknowledged climate change was real. Only Ramaswamy and DeSantis said they opposed more funding for Ukraine, though DeSantis hedged. Haley and Pence called Vladimir Putin a “murderer.” The candidates attacked Biden over inflation, his son Hunter and the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. DeSantis exaggerated his Covid response, Pence mislead about the border: Here’s a fact check. On “The Daily,” Maggie Haberman explains the debate. Commentary “They hardly laid a glove on him tonight,” Kellyanne Conway said of Trump, “because they know that in attacking Trump, you’re alienating his voters.” “Ramaswamy is by far the closest candidate to Trump in terms of media ability,” Megan McArdle writes in The Washington Post. “He’s good at commanding a stage.” NPR’s Eric Deggans criticized the Fox moderators for losing control of the debate at times, while The Times’s Frank Bruni praised them for focusing on issues other than Trump. Times Opinion writers scored the candidates’ performances: Bret Stephens called Nikki Haley “the star of the evening.” Michelle Cottle said she was confident women found Vivek Ramaswamy’s tech bro persona “insufferable.” Read more commentary on the debate. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT THE LATEST NEWS Russian Jet Crash Emergency workers at the crash site, in a photograph released by the Russian government.Russian Investigative Commitee Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenary group and of a brief mutiny in Russia two months ago, was listed as a passenger on a plane that crashed north of Moscow. Russian officials have not confirmed whether Prigozhin was on board but said that all 10 people on the plane had died. See photos from the crash site. The cause of the crash isn’t yet clear, but when asked who was responsible, Biden said, “There’s not much that happens in Russia that Putin’s not behind.” Politics Rudy Giuliani’s mug shot.Fulton County Sheriff'S Office, via Reuters Rudy Giuliani turned himself in at an Atlanta jail to be booked in the Georgia election interference case. Trump said he would turn himself in today. The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld a near-total ban on abortion, reversing an earlier decision. Artificial Intelligence Sales of Nvidia chips, which are essential to building A.I. systems, continue to soar. The company’s revenue has doubled over the past year. Researchers translated a paralyzed woman’s brain activity into A.I.-generated speech. Will the federal government regulate A.I.? History suggests it could take a while. International The BRICS Group, a club of nations that formed to tilt the international order away from the West, invited six countries to join: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia. More than 350 fires have broken out in Greece in the past week. This is its worst summer for wildfires on record. India landed a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, becoming the fourth country to successfully complete a lunar landing. Japan began releasing treated radioactive wastewater from Fukushima into the ocean. China said it would suspend imports of Japanese seafood. Other Big Stories A man opened fire at a biker bar in Southern California as a crowd gathered for a rock show and spaghetti night. At least four people are dead, including the gunman. A gender clinic in St. Louis was overwhelmed by new patients and struggled to provide them with mental health care before landing in a political firestorm. Terry Funk, the Hall of Fame professional wrestler whose hard-core fighting style inspired decades of bloody brawls and entertaining matches, died at 79. Opinions Hip-hop is now America’s poetry, John McWhorter argues. Here’s a column by Nicholas Kristof on why Americans are becoming less religious. Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. FREE MORNING READS Today, we’re offering free access to the articles linked in this section. Iced treats.Esther Choi Frozen: Whether it’s served flawless as a diamond or in chunky pebbles, ice may be the ultimate luxury. Jet Ski escape: A Chinese dissident fled the country with a telescope and a compass. Exclusive invitation: Filmmakers have Cannes. Billionaires have Davos. Economists? They have Jackson Hole. Lives Lived: During the 800-meter run at the Melbourne Olympics in 1956, a runner suddenly sneaked past Tom Courtney and burst toward the finish line. But Courtney had one last surge in him, lunging forward and winning gold by one-tenth of a second. He died at 90. SPORTS NEWS Demotion: The San Francisco 49ers announced Trey Lance — the starter heading into last season — as its third-string quarterback yesterday. Arm fatigue: An ailing Shohei Ohtani left in the first inning of the Angels’ loss. Suit filed: The former U.S.C. star Reggie Bush sued the N.C.A.A. for defamation, over comments made by a spokesperson in 2021. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT ARTS AND IDEAS Ukrainian soldiers playing games.Thomas Gibbons-Neff/The New York Times War games: During their downtime, Ukrainian soldiers sometimes play the video game World of Tanks on their cellphones. The game, which features virtual tanks destroying each other and has long been popular in Ukraine, may seem like a baffling choice for an actual battlefield. But some soldiers said it helped them disconnect from the realities of war, while others found it soothing to play a game they loved before the fighting began. More on culture Toto Cutugno, an Italian singer and songwriter whose 1983 hit “L’Italiano” became a worldwide sensation, died at 80. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS … Armando Rafael for The New York Times Add chickpeas to this beet salad. Buy new boxer briefs. Send students to college with a good laptop. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was plateful. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. — David and Ian Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 25, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 25, 2023 August 25, 2023 By David Leonhardt Good morning. We’re covering China’s economic problems, Trump’s surrender and Loch Ness. Construction in Nantong, China.Qilai Shen for The New York Times ‘What to do next’ China’s economic problems can seem sudden and surprising. Just a few years ago, its economy inspired worldwide envy. Today, signs of trouble appear to be everywhere. The real estate market is in a serious slump. Consumer spending is weak. Unemployment among young adults has surged above 20 percent — and the government has responded by suspending the release of that statistic. “The most terrifying thing is that everyone around me is at a loss of what to do next,” Richard Li, the owner of an auto parts business who has closed two of his four stores, told my colleague Li Yuan. “I used to believe that our country would become better and better.” Today’s newsletter is intended to help you make sense of the turnabout. My main argument is that China’s problems are not, in fact, new. They have been building for years, and Chinese leaders have long vowed to address them. So far, though, they have mostly failed to do so. That failure is catching up to them. The only story China’s ascent over the past half-century has been remarkable, producing an arguably unprecedented decline in poverty. Even so, the country’s economic model has been familiar: investing in physical capital and education to become more productive and lure residents of rural areas to cities where they work in factories. In previous eras, England, Germany, the U.S., Japan and South Korea all followed the same model. So did the Soviet Union, after World War II. The economist Gregory Clark called it the only story of economic development. An unfinished apartment complex in Suzhou, China.Qilai Shen for The New York Times After countries achieve rapid growth for several decades, they can come to resemble unstoppable forces, destined to dominate the globe. People made such predictions about the Soviet Union in the 1960s, Japan in the 1980s and China in recent years. But you’ll notice a pattern of disappointment in those examples, as Paul Krugman, the Times columnist and Nobel laureate economist, has pointed out. Thirteen years ago, I visited China to report a story for The Times Magazine and wrote the following: To continue growing rapidly, China needs to make the next transition, from sweatshop economy to innovation economy. This transition is the one that has often proved difficult elsewhere. Once a country has turned itself into an export factory, it cannot keep growing by repeating the exercise. It can’t move a worker from an inefficient farm to a modern factory more than once. It cannot even retain its industrial might forever. As a country industrializes, workers will demand their share of the bounty, as has started happening in China, and some factories will start moving to poorer countries. Eventually, a rising economy needs to take two crucial steps: manufacture goods that aren’t just cheaper than the competition, but better; and create a thriving domestic market, so that its own consumers can pick up the slack when exports inevitably slow. These steps go hand in hand. Big consumer markets become laboratories where companies know that innovations will be tested and the successful ones richly rewarded. I did not predict China’s current problems, to be clear. I was agnostic about whether its leaders would take the steps to build a more advanced economy. But I did describe the consensus, both inside and outside China, about what those steps were. China’s current problems stem from not having taken them. Its leaders have instead doubled down on the same strategies that worked in past decades, like the construction of more apartment buildings and factories. It’s not working. China still does not have a thriving consumer economy to replace its smokestack economy. It has neglected to build a safety net strong enough to give ordinary workers the confidence to spend more. Health insurance is spotty. “Government payments to seniors are tiny,” Keith Bradsher, The Times’s Beijing bureau chief, wrote this week. “Education is increasingly costly.” Why hasn’t China taken the necessary steps? Change is hard. The bureaucrats who run legacy industries like construction have more political influence than those who run nascent industries. President Xi Jinping also seems concerned that a robust consumer economy might undermine the ruling party’s authority. ‘At least 5 or 10 years’ Any article about China’s economy tends to include the caveat that it could turn around soon. So consider this newsletter caveated. But telling a coherent story about why and how China would boom again is becoming harder. Xi is resisting changes that even Chinese experts have long advocated. The country’s population is shrinking, with the biggest declines ahead. And other countries have become warier of working with China, for geopolitical reasons. In that 2010 Times Magazine article, I included the following paragraph of caveat. It feels a little different 13 years later: None of this means China is on the verge of running out of steam. It probably has at least 5 or 10 years of rapid growth ahead, even if it simply doubles down on its current growth strategy, because it can still take more industrial market share from other countries. In a way, though, the country’s short-term strengths in manufacturing and exporting may be another reason to wonder what the future holds. Those strengths will make it harder for China to summon the urgency to remake itself. For more “China’s 40-year boom is over,” The Wall Street Journal proclaimed in a front-page headline this week. The editors of The Economist agreed: “China’s economy won’t be fixed.” The country has accumulated enough empty apartments to meet seven years’ worth of demand. “China is already a superpower, and its current stumbles aren’t likely to end that status,” Krugman wrote recently. “China’s domestic problems make it more, not less, of a danger to global security.” Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT THE LATEST NEWS Trump Indictment Donald TrumpFulton County Sheriff's Office Donald Trump surrendered at an Atlanta jail and was booked on charges that he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss. He spent about 20 minutes at the jail. Trump gave his fingerprints and stood for a mug shot, the first taken in his four criminal indictments this year. Trump posted the mug shot on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. His account had been dormant since the platform reinstated it in November. The mug shot is the ultimate memento of a norm-shattering presidency and this social-media-obsessed age, Vanessa Friedman writes. Russian Plane Crash U.S. officials believe that the mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash and that Vladimir Putin ordered his killing. They also believe an onboard explosion brought down the plane. Putin publicly referred to Prigozhin in the past tense. “This was a person with a complicated fate,” Putin said. “He made some serious mistakes in life, but he also achieved necessary results.” Prigozhin rose from running hot-dog stands and became one of the most powerful men in Russia, serving as the public face of a force that fought on the country’s behalf across the Middle East and Africa. Climate In a lawsuit, Maui officials blamed an electric utility for allowing a deadly fire to start. Authorities also released the names of more fire victims, including a 7-year-old, Tony Takafua. Tropical Storm Franklin hammered the Dominican Republic. It is expected to turn east, away from the U.S. A majority of emperor penguin colonies in a region of Antarctica lost their chicks as ice melted. Tiny forests are providing big environmental benefits across the U.S. Artificial Intelligence As the school year begins, some districts that barred the use of A.I. chatbots are rethinking their stance. While automation has mainly hurt blue-collar workers, A.I. is putting white-collar jobs at risk. Other Big Stories Kathy Hochul, New York’s governor, criticized the Biden administration for failing to help the state manage a recent influx of migrants. The number of gender-affirming surgeries in the U.S. nearly tripled from 2016 to 2019, as laws expanded coverage for them. A man in the Bronx died after a police sergeant threw a cooler at him, knocking him off his motorbike. Human encounters with bears have become more common in Connecticut. Though the state doesn’t have a bear hunt, a new law allows residents to shoot the animals in self-defense. Opinions The self-help industry teaches us to make the right decisions. But we should feel free to act on our desires, Jamieson Webster writes. Here is a column by David Brooks on Nikki Haley. Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. FREE MORNING READS Today, we’re offering free access to the articles linked in this section. What was supposedly a photo of the Loch Ness Monster turned out to be a hoax.Associated Press Loch Ness: The search is on, again, for Nessie. Real estate innovation: It looks like a new development. Technically, it’s also public housing. State fair: What’s inside a butter statue? It’s not just butter. Modern Love: As her friends took exciting jobs, she put her eggs in the boyfriend basket. Lives Lived: John Warnock co-founded Adobe Systems but was probably best known for inventing the ubiquitous PDF, making the paperless office a reality. He died at 82. SPORTS NEWS Mary Earps, England’s goalkeeper.Dean Lewins/EPA, via Shutterstock Backlash: Nike said it would change course and offer replicas of the jerseys worn by Women’s World Cup goalkeepers after complaints from fans. W.W.E. loss: The wrestling superstar Windham Rotunda, better known by his stage name Bray Wyatt, died unexpectedly yesterday at 36. Another record: The Las Vegas Aces became the first team in W.N.B.A. history to reach 30 regular-season wins. An arm’s impact: Shohei Ohtani’s elbow injury could reshape his career — and the entire free-agent market. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT ARTS AND IDEAS Raysa Fontana No kids allowed: What happened to the family film? Only 12 major children’s movies are set for release in theaters this year, about half as many as four years ago. Most are adaptations — of a video game, TV show or comic book. Why? The rise of streaming has reduced demand for moviegoing and left studios reluctant to release anything that doesn’t look like a blockbuster. More on culture John Eliot Gardiner, a revered conductor, is accused of hitting a singer for walking off the podium the wrong way at a concert in southeastern France. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS … Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times Grate zucchini into fritters. Try a bidet in your home. Reel in your garden hose. Take our news quiz. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was matriarch. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. — David P.S. Two Times sports reporters, Matthew Futterman and Tyler Kepner, are joining The Athletic. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 27, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 27, 2023 August 26, 2023 By Melissa Kirsch Good morning. How can we work more exercise into our days in a way that’s both enjoyable and sustainable? María Jesús Contreras Stepping it up I have a volatile relationship with my fitness tracker. We’re on again off again, depending on the latest study (10,000? 15,000? 4,000?) and how many workouts I’ve managed that week. When I’ve missed a run or skipped leg day, I’m much more attentive to my step count. “Well, at the very least you accidentally walked 3.36 miles today,” I might tell myself at the end of a day during which I’ve barely locomoted, assembling my meager step collection through commuting to the office and, while there, going to get water twice, possibly three times, depending, again, on the latest study (64 ounces? Get it from fruits and vegetables? If you’re thirsty it’s too late?). I found myself recently rambling about the manicured campus of a sprawling outdoor outlet mall. Before you remind me that I do not need any more stuff, I will tell you I was there really just out of curiosity. Who was spending their perfectly warm but not-too-warm late Sunday afternoon in pursuit of bargains? A good proportion of the greater New York City area’s population, it turned out. All of us, dull of eye and shuffling of foot, ambling the brick pathways from one shop to the next when the weather was practically begging us to go for a bike ride or a swim instead. An hour in, outside a high-tech outerwear boutique, the sort of place where real athletes buy performance gear for the sports I was not participating in, I checked my step count: 5,700. Perhaps the day wouldn’t be lost entirely to sloth, I reasoned. By the time I made it back to the car, which I’d (virtuously, I reminded myself) parked a good distance from the shops to avoid paying for parking, I’d clocked over 13,000 steps. I know! What was next for me? A world championship title? Biking 11 miles to and from Costco with a trailer of groceries, as Andrew Leonard has been doing since his car broke down three years ago? Leonard has found errand-running to be his ideal form of exercise: a healthy routine that’s intrinsically motivated by his love of cycling and his love of getting things done. I’ll admit I’ve tended to look askance at incidental exercise. I like intentional movement, a workout that begins and ends and then I’ve fulfilled my contract. It’s not fashionable to admit this. “Take the stairs!” instruct people who see the world as their gym. “Get off the subway one stop early!” lecture those who do not leave a precise two-and-a-half-minute cushion to get from their house to their first meeting. “The most important thing,” a physical activity psychologist told Leonard, “is that people find ways to make their burst of exercise — be it walking the dog or biking to Costco — the most enjoyable possible.” I have a friend who’s permanently moved her therapy appointments to the phone so she can walk and talk and get her steps in. I remember a colleague telling me about how she brushed her teeth in a squat, a twice-a-day mini glute workout. Where can we, you and I, get more exercise in an enjoyable way? The problem, I find, is what we qualify as “enjoyable.” I told myself that I enjoyed stretching during conference calls while working from home, but it was so enjoyable that I did it for two days and then never again. I respond well to arbitrarily self-imposed rules, so I’m toying with a carrot-and-stick approach. I love listening to podcasts and audiobooks. If I make a rule that I can finish “The Sullivanians” only if I am walking while I do it, there’s a very good likelihood I’ll lace up. How do you fold exercise into your everyday? How do you make it enjoyable when a far more attractive option is, say, taking a nap? Tell me. Include your full name and location and I might include your response in an upcoming newsletter. For more Nothing gets between David Sedaris and his 21,000 steps. “You have to make a decision to put exercise into your day; it’s not just magically going to happen.” How to exercise when you don’t want to. How about a workout that’s done in 10 minutes instead? Or, try two-minute bursts. Generally, the more minutes the better. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT THE WEEK IN CULTURE Olivia RodrigoChantal Anderson for The New York Times Olivia Rodrigo is facing a daunting task: following up a smash debut. One of the original “Sex and the City” quartet, Samantha, returned briefly in the season finale of “And Just Like That … .” The singer Oliver Anthony denounced Republicans for co-opting his hit song, “Rich Men North of Richmond.” Michael Oher says Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy unfairly profited from his story in “The Blind Side.” They have denied it. Netflix said that customers could keep their final batch of DVDs as it ended its mail-rental business. “Bottoms” is a new film about teen lesbians that aims to hit the tone of a horror-indie-dramedy-action-teen sex comedy. Songs recorded in 2009 by Mark Linkous, the creative force behind the band Sparklehorse who died in 2010, are finally being released this fall. Ben Gibbard, the singer for Death Cab for Cutie and the Postal Service, said he’s honoring his past with a tour this fall to perform hit albums by the two groups. Are Broadway musicals like “Six,” “& Juliet” and “Once Upon a One More Time” really empowering for women? Times critics debated. The director of the British Museum resigned, acknowledging that he had failed to respond to warnings that a curator was stealing items. The breakout hit of the Edinburgh Fringe? A clown who performs at 1:30 a.m. A widow’s legal fight could unravel an art dynasty. Bonnie Prince Charlie is portrayed as a beautiful character in “Outlander,” but a new replica of his real-life visage shows him with imperfections like acne. THE LATEST NEWS Vladimir PutinGavriil Grigorov/EPA, via Shutterstock After the crash of the mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plane, the Russian government appears to be sending the message that no achievement is protection from punishment for disloyalty. The authorities in Hawaii released the names of 388 people who were still unaccounted after the deadly wildfires on Maui. “Penny,” the woman whom Ron DeSantis cited at the Republican debate as a survivor of abortion attempts, has told her story before as that of an unwanted child. The heat wave in parts of the U.S. this week prompted school cancellations, highlighting districts’ lack of preparedness for extreme weather. The latest problem to plague China’s economy is a crisis of confidence. Spain’s soccer federation threatened legal action to protect its president’s reputation after a star player said he had forcibly grabbed and kissed her on the lips, prompting calls for his resignation. Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. CULTURE CALENDAR By Gilbert Cruz 🍿 “The Equalizer 3” (Friday): Star actors don’t quite exist in the way they used to, but Denzel Washington remains one of our last greats. And what range! He can play a mammoth American stage role, as he did when he portrayed Hickey in “The Iceman Cometh” five years ago. He can star as Macbeth in a spartan black-and-white film directed by one of the Coen brothers. And then he can crack heads in a franchise like the Equalizer series, the third entry of which finds his lead character just trying to take it easy in Southern Italy when he crosses paths with the Mafia. 📺 “Justified: City Primeval” (Tuesday): Speaking of franchises, Hollywood has gotten scarily proficient at thinking of new ways to extend their life spans. Based on a character created by Elmore Leonard, the beloved FX series “Justified,” starring Timothy Olyphant as the U.S. marshal Raylan Givens, ended in 2015. But who’s to say that Raylan couldn’t be the main character in other Leonard adaptations, including of books he never even appeared in? That was the case with “City Primeval,” which ends its eight-episode run this week. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT RECIPE OF THE WEEK Linda Xiao for The New York Times By Emily Weinstein BLT Pasta Why restrict one of summer’s sterling trios — bacon, lettuce and tomato — to the space between two slices of bread? Colu Henry’s BLT pasta turns that staple sandwich into an easy seasonal dinner, with a smoky sauce built on bacon fat. Arugula or baby spinach replaces the standard iceberg lettuce. REAL ESTATE No renovation: She got her dream house as long as she kept a promise. What you get for $500,000: A Craftsman bungalow in Syracuse, Ind.; an Edwardian house in Louisville, Ky.; or a 1912 cottage in Milwaukie, Ore. The hunt: They wanted a house in the Orlando, Fla., area that was ready for move-in. Which one did they choose? Play our game. LIVING Harriet Falvey, right, a veil designer.Moira West Bridal wear: A designer says that wedding veils, which are often seen as outdated, can be a form of personal expression. Take a dip: In the cold waters off Washington Island, Wis. Generational divide: Hate Gen X? Get in line — behind a Gen X-er. At the bar: Some men see certain cocktail glasses as lacking masculinity. ADVICE FROM WIRECUTTER Stock up your car As summer winds down and you begin cleaning out sand from your trunk, spare a moment to take stock of what’s in your car. Outfitting your vehicle with essentials and emergency items can help life run more smoothly. For my fall reset, I’m finally getting a foldable, durable bag to keep in the glove compartment. I’m guilty of forgetting reusable bags at home and often have to awkwardly clutch purchases while fumbling for my keys. Wirecutter has expert recommendations for cheap(ish) things to always keep in your car, including a first aid kit and a reliable jump starter. — Gabriella DePinho GAME OF THE WEEKEND DJ Jablonski and Easton Benge of Needville, Texas.Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press Little League World Series: Youth baseball players the world over dream of playing on the manicured fields of South Williamsport, Pa., in late August. Friends and family cheer them from the stands, and TV cameras capture their athletic glory. By the end of the weekend, one team will be crowned champion. But just by making it this far, every kid in Williamsport has already done something amazing. Here’s a bit about the four remaining teams: Needville, Texas, loosens up before big games with a dance-off between players and coaches. El Segundo, Calif., holds a pregame huddle to talk about the importance of playing for one another. Willemstad, Curaçao, has been cheered on by a special guest — Jonathan Schoop, an alumnus of the team who went on to play in the majors. Taoyuan, Taiwan, gathers before and after each game to pay respect to the baseball fields. The international championship is at 12:30 p.m. today, and the U.S. game is at 3:30 p.m. The winners will play in the final at 3 p.m. tomorrow. All of the games are on ABC. NOW TIME TO PLAY Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangrams were belittling, belting, billeting and intelligible. See the hardest Spelling Bee words from this week. Take the news quiz to see how well you followed this week’s headlines. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your weekend with The Times. — Melissa Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 28, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 28, 2023 August 27, 2023 By David Leonhardt Good morning. The Times has created a new game, and we walk you through it. Look for the twist When you open Connections — a new Times game — you often need to fight your initial instincts. It’s a game in which a little patience can go a long way. We’re devoting today’s newsletter to an explanation of Connections because we frequently hear from Morning readers who tell us that they enjoy quick daily games and are eager to try new ones. We now have one for you to consider. Each day’s Connections puzzle shows 16 terms — as in the example above, published last week — and your job is to split the 16 into four sets of four. Each set of four is part of a recognizable category of objects, descriptions, phrases or something else. Imagine, say, four colors or four exclamations of joy. If you have played the board game Codenames, this idea will be familiar. But Connections often comes with a twist, and the puzzle above is a good example. It includes six state names, not four: The New York Times How are you supposed to decide which four to put in a “states” category and which two belong in a different category? Answering that question is a big part of the game’s challenge and fun. On most days, you will notice one obvious potential category that includes more than four items, like the state names in this puzzle. Your job is then to figure out which of those items can also fit into a different category. Each day’s puzzle has only one possible solution. Spoiler alert: I’m about to give you the answers to this particular puzzle, so feel free to pause here if you’d rather solve it on our own. Kansas, perhaps When I’m playing Connections, usually with my wife, we often ignore the category that has more than four items in it and start elsewhere. Specifically, we focus on one of the more unusual terms and try to think which categories it could plausibly fit in. In this case, we thought about genesis. It’s a book in the Bible, of course, but we didn’t see any other Bible terms in the grid. We tried to think of common phrases that used the word but couldn’t. We did think of the rock band Genesis — and then noticed the names of two other rock bands, yes and rush. As we went looking for a fourth, I had a vague sense that kansas might also have been a band even if I couldn’t remember any of its songs. (Sorry, Kansas fans.) From there, the solution came together. My wife noticed the names of four soda brands, and we thought that we noticed the last names of four characters named Tony from popular culture. (We were wrong in a way about hawk: Tony Hawk is a nonfictional skateboarder, but Connections accepts correct answers even if the reasoning is flawed.) One of the four was Tony Montana from “Scarface.” At that point, we were down to only four state names, and we had the puzzle solved: The New York Times After a few weeks of playing Connections, I appreciate the level of difficulty. My wife and I can solve the puzzle with a little work on most days, but not always. After four incorrect guesses, Connections announces that you’ve lost and shows you the solutions. Starting today, The Morning will include a link to Connections every day. As always, we welcome your feedback at themorning@nytimes.com. For more Wyna Liu, the lead editor of Connections, offers more background — including the meaning of the four different colors to denote the solutions — in this article. You can play today’s Connections here. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT NEWS War in Ukraine Russian officials confirmed the death of the mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, citing genetic analysis of remains. Nicolas Sarkozy, the former French president, made sympathetic remarks about Vladimir Putin and insisted Russia and France “need each other.” International Luis RubialesEidan Rubio/RFEF, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images FIFA suspended Luis Rubiales, head of Spain’s soccer federation, after he kissed a member of the winning Women’s World Cup team on the lips during the medals ceremony. China’s economic crisis will probably only have minor impacts on the U.S., experts say, because the countries’ financial systems are so separate. In Zimbabwe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa won another five-year term. The election was marred by widespread allegations of fraud. Race A white gunman who “hated Black people” killed three people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Fla., and then himself, officials said. Thousands gathered on the National Mall to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Other Big Stories Bob Barker on “The Price Is Right” in 2007.Kevork Djansezian/Associated Press Bob Barker, the host of “The Price Is Right” for nearly four decades and an animal-rights activist, died at 99. A U.S. military aircraft crashed during training exercises near Darwin, Australia, killing three Marines. The Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is a millennial who criticizes younger Americans. He’s also made misleading claims about Jan. 6 and climate change; here’s a fact check. The National Association of Realtors has ignored sexual harassment complaints, including against its president, over two dozen women say. FROM OPINION Stifling a robust private sector will undermine China’s hopes for a high-tech economy, Eswar Prasad writes. Here’s a column by Maureen Dowd on Trump’s mug shot. The Sunday question: Did Ron DeSantis perform well at the Republican presidential debate? “DeSantis stood at center stage, but he didn’t stand tall,” The Sun Sentinel’s editorial board writes, noting that he dodged questions and avoided responding to attacks from other candidates. But despite some disappointing answers, The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board writes, he made a case for his record in Florida, with “greatest hits” like handling Covid and fighting progressive prosecutors. Morning readers: Save on the complete Times experience. Experience all of The Times, all in one subscription — all with this introductory offer. You’ll gain unlimited access to news and analysis, plus games, recipes, product reviews and more. FREE MORNING READS Today, we’re offering free access to the articles linked in this section. Health: Menopause is different for women of color. Meerkat on a scale: The London Zoo weighed its animals. Vows: They spent months emailing before going on a date. Lives Lived: David LaFlamme was the founder of the San Francisco band It’s a Beautiful Day, and at the center, if not in the forefront, of the Haight-Ashbury acid-rock explosion. He died at 82. Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT TALK | FROM THE TIMES MAGAZINE Mamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times By David Marchese For more than 50 years, the philosopher and best-selling author Daniel Dennett has been in the thick of some of humankind’s most meaningful arguments. I spoke to him ahead of the publication of his memoir, “I’ve Been Thinking.” What’s the most valuable contribution philosophers could be making given the state of the world? Well, let’s look at epistemology, the theory of knowledge. Eric Horvitz, the chief scientist at Microsoft, talks about a “post-epistemic” world. That phrase, the mere fact that he could utter it, is extremely frightening. The presence of agreed-upon sources of common knowledge is something we’ve taken for granted for a long time and can no longer take for granted. We have to work to try to restore it. How? By highlighting the conditions under which knowledge is possible. Andrew Wiles proved Fermat’s last theorem. Why do we know that he did it? Don’t ask me to explain complex mathematics. What convinces me that he proved it is that the community of mathematicians put it under scrutiny and said, “Yep, he’s got it.” That model is the key to knowledge. How do we decide which truths we should treat as objective and which we treat as subjective? The idea of “my truth” is second-rate. The recommended response is, “We’d like to bring you into the conversation but if you’re unable to consider arguments for and against your position, then we’ll consider you on the sidelines.” The title of the book is “I’ve Been Thinking,” but don’t your feelings affect the philosophical ideas you pursue? Oh, absolutely! Your laptop has an operating system. In your brain, there’s no operating system in that sense — it’s all the turmoil of emotions. Happily, we have learned how to harness those emotions. Read more of the interview here. More from the magazine Eric Kim made the greenest pesto, the result of a yearslong quest to replicate a favorite restaurant dish. Read the full issue. BOOKS Reading and faith: What can literature teach us about forgiveness? Our editors’ picks: “Tom Lake,” Ann Patchett’s new novel about a former actress whose long-ago summer fling went on to become a movie star, and eight other books. Times best sellers: “American Prometheus,” an inspiration for the film “Oppenheimer,” is No. 1 for a fifth time on the paperback nonfiction list. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS … Stream one of these offbeat movies (and project them on an outdoor screen). Bring a good toiletry kit on your next trip. Look at Indigenous art. THE WEEK AHEAD What to Watch For The U.S. Open, tennis’s final major tournament of the year, begins tomorrow. The Biden administration is expected to announce its first 10 drugs selected for Medicare price negotiations on Tuesday, before the stock market opens. A tropical storm system is forecast to move toward Florida starting Tuesday. Pope Francis will visit Mongolia, a majority-Buddhist country with one of the smallest Catholic communities in the world, on Thursday. Monthly U.S. employment numbers will be released on Friday. What to Cook This Week Yossy Arefi’s skillet shrimp and corn with lime-mint dressing.David Malosh for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. As summer nears its end, Emily Weinstein is devoting her Five Weeknight Dishes newsletter to a seasonal staple: corn. Her picks include skillet shrimp and corn with lime dressing and southern fried corn cooked in bacon fat and butter. NOW TIME TO PLAY Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was pendulum. Can you put eight historical events — including the development of algebra, saber-toothed cats and the Harlem Renaissance — in chronological order? Take this week’s Flashback quiz. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Sudoku. Thanks for spending part of your weekend with The Times. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted August 29, 2023 Author Members Share Posted August 29, 2023 August 28, 2023 By David Leonhardt and Ian Prasad Philbrick Good morning. We’re covering Biden’s focus on health costs, Russia’s response to the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin and dogs in movie theaters. President BidenPete Marovich for The New York Times Dr. Spend Less As his re-election effort gets underway, President Biden is signaling that health care — and particularly the cost of it — will be central to his campaign. “We’re taking on powerful interests to bring your health care costs down,” he has said. “I’m just tired of seeing Americans ripped off,” he said last month. Tomorrow, he will hold an event at the White House at which he is expected to announce the first 10 drugs that will be part of a new program in which Medicare officials can negotiate with pharmaceutical companies to reduce drug prices. Biden is emphasizing the cost of health care partly because it has been one of his administration’s biggest priorities, even if other policies — such as those on the climate and infrastructure — receive more attention. His administration has reduced the cost of hearing aids, reduced the cost of health insurance for people who buy it though an Obamacare exchange and reduced an array of expenses for Medicare recipients. “Millions of people benefit from the health care provisions,” Larry Levitt, an executive vice president at KFF, a health care research group, told us. Some people, he added, will save “a lot of money.” Biden and his aides understand that these policies are popular with swing voters, who, as this newsletter has described before, tend to lean left on economic issues while being more conservative on many social issues. That’s particularly true of swing voters who don’t have a four-year college degree. The president has described his health care policies as part of “Bidenomics in action.” “If you look at the polling data, it’s overwhelmingly popular, what we’ve proposed,” Biden said earlier this year. “Matter of fact, it’s a hell of a lot more popular than I am.” Today’s newsletter delves into the specifics — and some of the criticisms — of Biden’s health care agenda. The Medicare provisions The Inflation Reduction Act — a law that Biden signed last year, centered on clean-energy funding — also includes measures to lower drug costs for Medicare recipients. Virtually every American age 65 and older is on Medicare, and many will save hundreds of dollars a year in out-of-pocket expenses. Those who spend the most on drugs will likely save a few thousand dollars a year, according to KFF. Where do those savings comes from? As of this past January, the law caps a Medicare recipient’s out-of-pocket spending on insulin at $35 per month. The cap will save about 1.5 million Americans almost $500 a year on average. A provision allows Medicare recipients to receive some vaccines, like those for shingles and tetanus, at no charge. The law caps a recipient’s total spending on prescription drugs at $2,000 a year, although the provision will not take effect until 2025, after the upcoming presidential campaign. The law penalizes pharmaceutical companies that increase drug prices faster than the overall rate of inflation; in recent years, half of the drugs Medicare covered would have qualified. The law also includes the policy that allows Medicare officials to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies to reduce prices. Those last couple of provisions will probably have a bigger effect on the government’s health care spending than on household spending. But less government spending still benefits Americans in the long run by reducing the need for taxes. Beyond Medicare People under 65 don’t benefit as much from Biden’s agenda, but many do benefit to some degree: The Inflation Reduction Act increased tax subsidies for Americans who get health insurance through the Obamacare exchanges. More than 13 million people will each save about $800 a year on average. The policy is temporary, expiring in 2026. An executive order that Biden signed in 2021 led the F.D.A. to allow drugstores and other retailers to sell hearing aids over the counter. The change reduced the cost of hearing aids by more than half. Before the change, the average cost of hearing aids was about $5,000. Biden is trying to close some loopholes that some hospitals and insurers have used to continue sending large, unexpected bills, despite a bipartisan 2020 law, signed by Donald Trump, to prevent the practice. Potential problems The underlying reason for Biden’s push is that Americans pay more for medical care than the citizens of any other county. There are several causes, but many experts believe that the main factor is simply that the U.S. government doesn’t prevent drug companies, hospitals and insurers from charging high prices. An influential 2003 article in an academic journal made this argument bluntly in its headline: “It’s the prices, stupid.” These high prices translate into higher profits for health care companies. Source: Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker | Data for Australia and Japan from 2020; others from 2021. All are in U.S. dollars. | By The New York Times Still, there are some potential advantages to the U.S. system. High prices create an incentive for companies to develop new drugs, some of which save lives. Four of the world’s five largest drug companies are based in the U.S. The pharmaceutical industry warns that lower Medicare prices may hamper innovation, although many independent analysts — including those at the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office — predict any such effect will be minor. Another possible unintended consequence is that drug companies will respond to lower Medicare prices by increasing prices for people on private insurance. If that happened, it would effectively shift money from younger Americans to older Americans, and would probably worsen economic inequality. Most experts are also relatively sanguine about these potential downsides. But, as Levitt told us, “The truth is, we don’t know.” For more Biden has suggested that if he wins re-election, he will try to take more steps to reduce medical costs. Among them: making Obamacare subsidies permanent and capping insulin costs for privately insured Americans. “There’s more to do,” he has said. Medicare will negotiate with drug companies over the first 10 drugs next year, HuffPost’s Jonathan Cohn explains. The negotiated prices will take effect in 2026. Some older Americans are being charged hundreds of dollars for R.S.V. vaccines. 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But it’s a still a good deal: They don’t need their own tickets, and they don’t need to turn off their cellphones. More on culture Museums are rolling back perks for executives, including luxury housing. See the executives’ pay and other benefits. THE MORNING RECOMMENDS … Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews. Stuff meat and vegetables into egg foo young. Open these cans of tomatoes for sauces. Clean your keyboard and mouse. Take our news quiz. GAMES Here is today’s Spelling Bee. Yesterday’s pangram was amicably. And here are today’s Mini Crossword, Wordle and Connections. Thanks for spending part of your morning with The Times. See you tomorrow. — David and Ian P.S. Are you a resident of Lahaina, Hawaii, whom land speculators have approached in the aftermath of this month’s wildfires? Times journalists want to hear from you. Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at themorning@nytimes.com. Continue reading the main story Editor: David Leonhardt Deputy Editor: Amy Fiscus News Editor: Tom Wright-Piersanti News Staff: Lyna Bentahar, Lauren Jackson, Sean Kawasaki-Culligan, Brent Lewis, German Lopez, Claire Moses, Ian Prasad Philbrick, Ashley Wu News Assistant: Lauren Hard Saturday Writer: Melissa Kirsch Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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