34. 4/30/17

A1

REMAKING THE PRESIDENCY, TRUMP HAS CHANGED, TOO

"'I never realized how big it was,' he said of the presidency in an interview with The Associated Press. 'Every decision,' he added, 'is much harder than you'd normally make.'

... This is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier.'"

So did we, Donnie ... so did we.


A5

LEECHES? DOCTOR'S ORDERS

" ... [L]eeches are creeping back into Western medicine -- as many as 6,000 are used annually in the United States."

"Most American patients 'would prefer a pill or something else without the yuck factor.'"


A14

PIPELINE AGAIN DIVIDES NEBRASKA

" ... [I]f construction ever begins, opponents say they are willing to participate in civil disobedience. But opponents in Nebraska are betting that they can block the pipeline through other means ... five days of hearing on the project in August."

SR3

TRUMP'S ONE AWFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT

"Remember Day One?

Trump visited the C.I.A. He compared them to Nazis. He said the media had invented his feud with the agency. He lashed out at suggestions that his inaugural crowds hadn't been the biggest and most orgiastic. To top it all off, he crowed about how often he'd claimed the cover of Time magazine, because who isn't fascinated by that? Whose heart doesn't beat faster when Trump yet again ponders the glory of Trump?

He was president at that point. Vindicated. Inaugurated. He could decide to be big. But he chose to be small, and it was clear then, if it hadn't been before, that there would be no pivot to dignity, which was either beyond his capabilities or outside his interests."

SR7

LEARNING TO HATE LIKE THE RIGHT

" ... [Trump] has unwittingly created a new movement in American politics, as Democrats channel the sort of all-encompassing outrage that has long fueled grass-roots conservatism.

... [T]here is no comparison between the conservative demonization of Mr. Obama and the progressive case against Mr. Trump. People on the right saw Mr. Obama as a Kenyan-born secret Muslim with a hidden agenda to hobble American power and a health care reform plan to establish 'death panels.' None of that is true.

People on the left believe that Mr. Trump has incited hatred against minorities, and boasted about grabbing women by their genitals. Democrats think that the president and his family are blatantly profiting off the presidency and that he welcomed the help of a hostile foreign power during the election . All this is grounded in fact."

So far, the lesson of this presidency is that when it comes to building political power, love does not, in fact, trump hate."


SR11

LESSONS FROM 100 DAYS OF TRUMP

"A dozen things we have learned in President Trump's first 100 days."

Great reading.

SP5

JUDGE LEADS RETURN OF BRONX BOMBERS

"I'm not sure you really expect 10 home runs from anybody in a month. I mean, that would be 60 in a year.

'Anything's possible,' [Judge] said with a sheepish smile."

BOOK REVIEW

YOU SHALL TELL YOUR CHILD

"'Sukkot is about shtupping' (Yiddish for both 'pushing' and 'having sex'), one rabbi tells her, describing the sexual aspect of thrusting the lulav and handling the lemon-like etrogs."

Hmm. Fellow Jews? Ever heard of this?