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Front Page: The New York Times – January 22, 2023

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Investigators Seize More Classified Documents From Biden’s Home

A team from the Justice Department conducted a 13-hour search of the president’s Wilmington residence on Friday.

Most Abortion Bans Include Exceptions. In Practice, Few Are Granted.

Rape victims and patients with complicated pregnancies are confronting the limits of state abortion laws.

One Saturday in Dnipro, When a Russian Missile Shattered Lives

Despite the ever-present danger of war, life in Ukraine proceeds almost normally at times. Then, suddenly, it all changes, as it did in Dnipro after a missile struck an apartment complex.

Inside the Supreme Court Inquiry: Seized Phones, Affidavits and Distrust

An investigation of the abortion opinion leak was meant to right the institution amid a slide in public confidence. Instead, employees say, it deepened suspicions and caused disillusionment.

Arts: Native American Art Magazine – Feb/Mar 2023

Native American Art Magazine - Issue #43

Native American Art Magazine – February/March 2023:

Native American Art Magazine - Issue #43Moments in Time – Speaking with Light photography exhibition opens at the Denver Art Museum.

Native American Art Magazine - Issue #43Enduring Legacies – The Tucson Museum of Art exhibits works from the James T. Bialac Collection in Southern Arizona.

Native American Art Magazine - Issue #43Dazzling Array – The Richard A. Gates Collection of jewelry goes on display at Western Spirit in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Financial Review: Barron’s Magazine- January 23, 2023

Magazine Archive - January 09, 2023 - Barron's

Barron’s Magazine – January 23, 2023 Issue:

Our Roundtable Pros Scoured the Market. Here Are 26 of Their Top Stock Picks.

Shares of companies with strong fundamentals are poised to shine this year, no matter the economic backdrop. Toyota and Warner Bros. fit the bill.

When a Target-Date Fund Just Doesn’t Cut It for Retirement Investors

Target-date funds have become a mainstay of America’s retirement plans. While they have their benefits, investors may be better off with a more nuanced approach, especially as they near retirement.

How to Capture Electric-Vehicle Tax Credits

The window to snag a $7,500 credit may be closing fast, though leasing may be a loophole in the new tax rules. How to navigate the obstacles.

Commentary: When Goods Move but People Don’t

Work rules in Nafta and its successor could help with North America’s labor shortages. But Washington isn’t interested, Edward Alden writes.

Views: The Alps In Winter

The Alps are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately 1,200 km across seven Alpine countries: France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, and Slovenia. 

“I went back to one of my favorite areas in the world: the Alps, in winter season this time. Enjoy the best drone shots I took in Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Austria and Switzerland.“

Filmed and edited by: Gaëtan Piolot

Politics: Biden’s Classified Documents, Debt Ceiling

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the latest on President Biden’s classified documents investigation and the debt ceiling debate in Congress.

Front Page: The New York Times – January 21, 2023

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Allies Fail to Agree on Sending Tanks to Ukraine

Officials tried to play down the rift. But Germany is still insisting it will not be the country to take the first step alone, for fear of incurring Moscow’s wrath.

A Mother’s Desperate Fight to Save a Child From Haiti’s Gang Wars

Trapped by unending violence in the country’s largest slum, a mother makes a desperate attempt to save her teenage daughter.

Tech Layoffs Shock Young Workers. The Older People? Not So Much.

The industry’s recent job cuts have been an awakening for a generation of workers who have never experienced a cyclical crash.

After Dobbs, Republicans Wrestle With What It Means to Be Anti-Abortion

Activists are pushing for tougher abortion restrictions, while politicians fear turning off swing voters who don’t support strict limits like a national ban.

Books: The New York Times Book Review – Jan 22, 2023

Illustration by Anthony Gerace

The New York Times Book Review – January 22, 2023:

A New Novel Confronts the Scale and Gravity of Climate Change

As catastrophe approaches, Stephen Markley’s “The Deluge” considers its many facets.

A Documentarian Travels the World Asking: ‘Have You Eaten Yet?’

From the Arctic to the Amazon, Cheuk Kwan traces a diaspora through Chinese restaurants owned and operated by immigrant families.

Read Your Way Through Newfoundland

Michael Crummey, an award-winning author whose poetry and prose explore the region and its capital, St. John’s, shares book recommendations, local vocabulary and where to find a good pint.

Arts & Culture: The New Criterion – February 2023

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The New Criterion – February 2023 Issue:

Caesar & the republic  by Adrian Goldsworthy
Otto von Habsburg’s legacy  by Edwin J. Feulner
Garshin: a genius at suffering  by Gary Saul Morson
Saarinen & starchitecture  by Michael J. Lewis


New poems  by Rachel Hadas, Ryan Wilson & Duncan Wu

Culture: The New Review Magazine- January 22, 2023

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The New Review (January 22, 2023) – Maria Pevchikh @pevchikh, right-hand woman to imprisoned Putin critic @navalny, talks to @carolecadwalla.

Our critics’ picks for the Oscars How the science of Covid vaccines may aid the fight against cancer. Plus @WainBright, director Simon Stone & more.

Design: ‘3 Scenes of Home’ – A Rotating Micro-Cabin

3 scenes of home: this micro-cabin  by Studio Supra-Simplicities theatrically rotates to optimize flexibility of living
The three scenes of the home | all images by Studio Supra-Simplicities

designboom (January 20, 2023) – In a swiftly rotating display, this micro-scale cabin shifts its program on its axis to integrate three different ‘scenes’ of living on one small platform. Studio Supra-Simplicities conceptualizes ‘3 Scenes of Home’ to compactly integrate spaces for sleeping, dining, and washing into one mechanism that marks a sophisticated integration between the typical house program and the theatrical function of a stage.

a house with scene changing system to optimize flexibility of living 10topped with a rainwater harvesting system

a house with scene changing system to optimize flexibility of living 6

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Removing the need for unnecessary circulation spaces and infusing a distinctive dynamic character, the structure maximizes its internal mobility and flexibility of living, while sitting with a micro footprint. It minimizes external impact by covering only a tiny parcel on the natural landscape, and recycling rainwater for daily use through its rooftop harvesting system.