NotableEconomic fallout from conflicts could cause a terrible cycle. “Fragmentation, both geopolitical and geoeconomic, risks ushering in what could become a new age of war.” — Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, a former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund On self-deportation. “I left because, after my family and I had followed every immigration rule for 25 years, our archaic immigration system offered me no means to stay.” — Patricia Rojas, an engineer who chose to return to Mexico, despite having lived lawfully in Texas since infancy No good plan for Penn Station. “The likely truth: The Trump administration plans to stick New York residents and public transit riders with the massive cost of this development.” — Jerrold L. Nadler, who represents New York’s 12th District in the U.S. House of Representatives Spotlight
The Beautiful Truth About Helen of TroyIn casting Lupita Nyong’o to play Helen of Troy, Christopher Nolan, writes Daniel Mendelsohn, “is using Helen just as the Greek authors did: to provoke, challenge and discomfit how we think about beauty and identity, about who we are and how we relate to our world.” ICYMINot everyone should be in therapy. “When every struggle is routed toward a professional, we risk mistaking mental health issues that require treatment for problems of isolation or circumstance.” — Harvey Lieberman, a psychologist Listen (or Watch)More in Opinion
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