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David Brooks is correct: Both the quality and quantity of our relationships matter

It’s embarrassing to admit, since I work in a Center on Children and Families, but I had never really thought about the word “relative” until I read the new Atlantic essay from David Brooks, “The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake.” In everyday language, relatives are just the people you are related to. But what does…

       




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Health care is an opportunity and liability for both parties in 2020

One of the central policy debates of the 2020 presidential contest will be health care. Democratic candidates and President Donald Trump have firm, yet divergent positions on a plethora of specific issues related to individuals’ access to health care. However, despite each party having the opportunity to use the issue to their advantage, both parties…

       




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Solving both the short- and long-term COVID-19 crises

The global COVID-19 health and economic crisis compels us to act in the short-term—in the here and now. We can’t look away from the human health consequences without giving our best efforts to lessen the suffering of those infected. On the economic side, there is also great pain that must be assuaged. Some people are…

       




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David Brooks is correct: Both the quality and quantity of our relationships matter

It’s embarrassing to admit, since I work in a Center on Children and Families, but I had never really thought about the word “relative” until I read the new Atlantic essay from David Brooks, “The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake.” In everyday language, relatives are just the people you are related to. But what does…

       




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The thing both conservatives and liberals want but aren't talking about


Editor's Note: The current U.S. presidential race demonstrates the deep political divisions that exist in our country. But what does it mean to be "liberal" or "conservative," "Republican" or "Democratic"? According to Shadi Hamid, certain values transcend political chasms. This post originally appeared on PBS NewsHour.

What does it mean to say that the Republican Party is on the “right”? The GOP, long defined (at least in theory) by its faith in an unbridled free market, the politics of personal responsibility, and a sort of Christian traditionalism, is no longer easily plotted on the traditional left-right spectrum of American politics. Under the stewardship of presidential nominee Donald Trump, the Republican Party appears to be morphing into a European-style ethnonationalist party. With Trump’s open disrespect for minority rights and the Bill of Rights, the GOP can no longer be considered classically “liberal” (not to be confused with capital-L American Liberalism). This is a new kind of party, an explicitly illiberal party.

These developments, of course, further constrain Republicans’ appeal to minority voters (I haven’t yet met an American Muslim willing to admit they’re voting for Trump, but they apparently exist). This makes it all the more important to distinguish between conservative values and those of this latest iteration of the Republican Party.

There are some aspects of Burkean conservative thought – including aspects of what might be called civic communitarianism – that could plausibly strike a chord in the current cultural landscape across “left” and “right,” categories which, in any case, are no longer as clearly distinguishable as they once were. (Take, for example, British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s Euroskepticism and that of his opponents on the right, or the populist anti-elitism and trade protectionism that are now the province of both Republicans and Democrats).

Everyone seems angry or distrustful of government institutions, which, even when they provide much needed redistributive fiscal stimulus and services, are still blamed for being incompetent, inefficient, or otherwise encouraging a kind of undignified dependency. After the Brexit debacle, it seemed odd that some of the most Europhobic parts of Britain were the very ones that benefited most from EU subsidies. But this assumes that people are fundamentally motivated by material considerations and that they vote – or should vote – according to their economic interests.

If there’s one thing that the rise of Trump and Brexit – and the apparent scrambling of left-right divides – demonstrates, it’s that other things may matter more, and that it’s not a matter of people being too stupid to realize what’s good for them. As Will Davies put it in one of the more astute post-Brexit essays, what many Brexiteers craved was “the dignity of being self-sufficient, not necessarily in a neoliberal sense, but certainly in a communal, familial and fraternal sense.”

The communitarian instinct – the recognition that meaning ultimately comes from local communities rather than happiness-maximizing individuals or bloated nanny-states – transcends the Republican-Democratic or the Labour-Conservative chasm. In other words, an avowedly redistributive state is fine, at least from the standpoint of the left, but that shouldn’t mean neglecting the importance of local control and autonomy, and finding ways, perhaps through federal incentives, to encourage things like “local investment trusts.”

Setting up local investment trusts, expanding the child tax credit, or introducing a progressive consumption tax aren’t exactly a call-to-arms, and various traditionalist and communitarian-minded philosophers have, as might be expected from philosophers, tended to stay at the level of abstraction (authors armed with more policy proposals are more likely to be young conservative reformers like Ross Douthat, Reihan Salam, and Yuval Levin). Douthat and Salam want to use wide-ranging tax reform to alter incentives in the hope of strengthening families and communities. This is a worthy goal, but realizing such policies requires leadership on the federal level from the very legislators who we should presumably become less dependent on.

This is the reformer’s dilemma, regardless of whether you’re on the left or right. If your objective is to weaken a centralized, overbearing state and encourage mediating or “middle” institutions, then you first need recourse to that same overbearing state, otherwise the proposed changes are unlikely to have any significant impact on the aggregate, national level.

The fact that few people seem interested in talking about any of this in our national debate (we instead seem endlessly intrigued by Melania Trump’s copy-and-paste speechwriting) suggests that we’re likely to be stuck for some time to come. Incidentally, however, the Hillary Clinton campaign slogan of “Stronger Together” has an interesting communitarian tinge to it. I doubt that was the intent, and it’s only in writing this column that I even took a minute to think about what the slogan might actually mean. I, as it happens, have been much more interested in talking about – and worrying about – an unusually fascinating and frightening man named Donald Trump.

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The thing both conservatives and liberals want but aren’t talking about

What does it mean to say that the Republican Party is on the "right"? Shadi Hamid distinguishes between conservative values and those of the latest iteration of the Republican Party, while exploring the shared values of both liberals and conservatives.

       
 
 




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To unite a divided nation, we must tackle both vertical and horizontal inequality

America was once a country defined by our confident self-perception that we sometimes called “American exceptionalism.” Our “can-do” spirit helped us win two world wars, land on the moon, invent much of the world’s economy, and create a working class that was the envy of the world. Now we wonder whether we are a nation…

       




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US-China trade talks end without a deal: Why both sides feel they have the leverage

       




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The end of Kansas-Missouri’s border war should mark a new chapter for both states’ economies

This week, Governor Kelly of Kansas and Governor Parson of Missouri signed a joint agreement to end the longstanding economic border war between their two states. For years, Kansas and Missouri taxpayers subsidized the shuffling of jobs across the state line that runs down the middle of the Kansas City metro area, with few new…

       




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Climate News Recap: Climate Scientists Get A Legal Defense Fund; Warming to Both Help & Hurt UK; More

Plus, spewing sulfate into sky to stop warming won't fully work (redux); what Singapore's doing to make sure sea level rise doesn't swamp their city. Here's what caught our eye this morning.




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Luxurious Alpha tiny house opens wide on both sides to let the outdoors in

This ingenious design features a roll-up garage door and a drop-down deck on either side, allowing the home to feel even more spacious.




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Caffeine confessions: coffee, tea or…both?

Whether it's coffee or tea, Katherine and Margaret love their steaming mugs of deliciousness.




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Solar 'smart' greenhouses produce both clean electricity & food crops

A new breed of solar panel can do double duty on greenhouse roofs by not only generating renewable electricity, but also by using a light-altering dye to help optimize photosynthesis in the plants beneath them.




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Don't bother with cruise ships

The 2019 Cruise Ship Report Card reveals what a dirty, harmful industry cruising is.




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The Jill Stein Presidential Campaign Was Both a Dismal Failure and a Remarkable Win

Stein may have gotten only 0.3% of the national vote, but that's actually a huge increase over what Greens have gotten in the past two elections.




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Union Theological Seminary and Catholic university both divest from fossil fuels

Fossil fuel divestment is a moral issue. Religious institutions appear to be taking a stand.




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Do you eat for health or environmental sustainability? The Double Pyramid says you can do both

The Double Pyramid is an innovative way of portraying how the ecological footprints of our food compare to their nutritional value.




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Photo: Blushing phantom butterfly is both flirty and demure

Our photo of the day reveals a butterfly of most beautiful contradictions.




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Closed or open kitchen? Charlotte Perriand's design is the best of both worlds

Lessons from the kitchens at Le Corbusier's Unité d’Habitation in Marseille.




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Tom Vanderbilt On The Importance Of Walking, Both For Our Health and For Our Cities

St. Augustine said "Solvitur Ambulando": It is solved by walking. So does Tom Vanderbilt in this great series in Slate.




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Split design on sit-stand adjustable height desk lets you do both (Video)

This modern work desk lets more than one person sit and stand -- at the same time.




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Wave Energy technology produces both clean water and clean energy

This novel wave energy technology can deliver large volumes of high pressure water ashore for desalination or power production (or both).




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"Why bother knitting a scarf?"

Because there's far more to it than meets the eye. Here's why I knit.




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Summertime means heading to the shore, in both town and country

Katherine lives in rural Ontario. Margaret lives in New York City. The way they enjoy their summers is bound to be drastically different.




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Almost half of American drivers don’t bother using their turn signals

And then they yell at cyclists for not following the rules.




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The Hideout tiny house has both fold-down master bed & loft

This contemporary small dwelling has both a main-floor bedroom and a secondary sleeping loft.




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Can stocks and bonds both be right? Making sense of rising equities and ultra-low Treasury yields

Both markets are responding, each in its own way, to the same accommodative Fed.





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Both teams line up for the national anthems

KOLKATA, INDIA - OCTOBER 28: Both teams line up for the national anthems prior to the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 Final match between England and Spain at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan on October 28, 2017 in Kolkata, India. (Photo by Tom Dulat - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)




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'The official made me ink both fingers'

I began my Monday by first casting my vote and returned with both my index fingers inked at Municipal School No 1, Pratiksha Nagar.

I reached the polling station at 7.15 am and joined the queue there, but due to some technical snag, it took half an hour for the proceedings to start. Four voters who cast their votes before me were inked on their right-hand index finger and the official there wanted to do the same with me too.

Election 2019: Prominent personalities, other Mumbaikars come out to caste vote!

I informed him that the correct way was to mark the left index finger. He insisted on marking my right hand though and when I requested meeting his senior official to confirm, his colleagues told him that it was indeed the left-hand index finger that must be marked. When he realised his mistake, he wanted to ink my left index finger to rectify his error.

I tried to reason with him saying it was okay now that he had marked my right hand, but he wouldn't budge. While he was ultimately satisfied at having done his job, I had to roam around with two fingers inked.

Salman Khan, SRK, Ranveer Singh, Kangana, Bachchans step out for voting

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Will miss you both! Sourav Ganguly's touching tribute to Rishi Kapoor, Irrfan Khan

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president and former skipper Sourav Ganguly on Thursday expressed grief over the demise of the two Bollywood legendary actors Rishi Kapoor and Irrfan Khan and said that he will miss them.

Taking to Twitter Ganguly wrote, "One life .. live to the fullest and happiest .. nothing else matters .. just a reminder. Will miss u both."

India Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane also extended condolences over the passing away of the two great actors of the cinema industry.

"First Irrfan Khan ji and now Rishi Kapoor ji. Feel really sad about this huge loss for all of us. May their soul rest in peace," Rahane tweeted.

Actor Rishi Kapoor's family on Thursday issued a statement on his demise detailing how the veteran remained jovial and determined to live to the fullest right through two years of cancer treatment. He passed away at 8:45 am IST, the Kapoor family said.

In September 2019, Rishi and wife Neetu returned to India after almost a year in New York for his cancer treatment. During this time, the couple was visited by scores of celebrities from Deepika Padukone to Priyanka Chopra and many others.

Rishi Kapoor was admitted to the Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai on Wednesday. In September 2019, the veteran actor returned to Mumbai after staying in New York for almost a year for cancer treatment. He was last seen in the 2019 film 'The Body' alongside Emraan Hashmi and Shobita Sobhita Dhulipala.

This has been a terrible week for the Indian film industry. On Wednesday, ace actor Irrfan Khan had also passed away, aged 53. The internationally renowned actor passed away at Mumbai's Kokilaben Hospital while battling rare cancer.

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Happiness Quotient Equal in Both Open and Monogamous Relationship

People in open relationships (relationship with more than one partner) have been found to be as happy as people who are in a Monogamous relationship (one partner for one person), finds a new study.




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Paid Maternity Leave Benefits Both Mothers (and) Kids Health

Paid maternity leave has significant mental and physical health benefits for both mothers and children - including decreased rates of postpartum depression and infant mortality, reports a new study.




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Vaping E-Cigarettes during Pregnancy Not Safe for Both Moms and Babies

Switching to electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), also known as vaping, during pregnancy could be harmful to the respiratory systems of both mothers




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Tax systems help ensure that investments in skills make financial sense for both students and governments, says OECD

Tax systems play an important role in encouraging investment in education and skills, and in ensuring that investments in skills deliver a healthy financial return for both students and governments, according to a new OECD report.




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Nigeria signs both the Multilateral BEPS Convention and the CRS Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement to tackle international tax avoidance and evasion

Today at the OECD Headquarters in Paris, Nigeria signed two major multilateral instruments: the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (the MLI) and the CRS Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement‎ (the CRS MCAA). Nigeria becomes the 71st jurisdiction to sign the MLI and the 94th jurisdiction to join the CRS MCAA.




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Ambitious reforms can create a growth path that is both strong and inclusive, OECD says

Determined and systemic action to implement a comprehensive reform agenda across a wide range of policy areas offers governments the best chance to boost weak demand, restore healthy economic growth, create jobs and ensure that the gains are broadly shared across society, according to the OECD’s latest Going for Growth report.




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Digital technology diffusion: a matter of capabilities, incentives or both?

This paper uses a novel data set of digital technology usage covering 25 industries in 25 European countries over the 2010-16 period to explore the drivers of digital adoption across two broad sets of digital technologies by firms, cloud computing and back or front office integration.




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Guaraní: both Paraguay’s secret weapon and its glue

Widely spoken indigenous vernacular has problems around official adoption and online presence




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In charts: what is bothering the Brazilians?

About 85 per cent of voters think the country is heading in the wrong direction




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Can we tackle both climate change and Covid-19 recovery?

Two experts debate whether shift to low carbon can push forward amid economic stress




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The UK is about to shoot itself in both feet

Britain’s demands for its negotiations with the EU are unrealistic




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Extra Crunch Live: Join Roelof Botha for a live Q&A on May 6 at 2pm ET/11am PT

23andMe. MongoDB. Eventbrite. Evernote. Bird. Square . Tumblr. Unity. YouTube. Xoom. Roelof Botha has had a seat on each of these companies’ boards, but his list of investments is much, much longer. The Sequoia partner, leading the firm’s U.S. business, is legendary in Silicon Valley and the broader tech world, and we’re very excited that […]




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Extra Crunch Live: Join Roelof Botha for a Q&A right now

Sequoia’s Roelof Botha, who runs the firm’s US business, has a portfolio that’s rather impressive. It includes 23andMe, MongoDB, Eventbrite, Evernote, Bird, Square, Tumblr, Unity, YouTube, and Xoom to name just a few. And his perspective on the startup ecosystem as a whole is unique in that Sequoia invests in companies at the very early […]




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Extra Crunch Live: Join Roelof Botha for a live Q&A on May 6 at 2pm ET/11am PT

23andMe. MongoDB. Eventbrite. Evernote. Bird. Square . Tumblr. Unity. YouTube. Xoom. Roelof Botha has had a seat on each of these companies’ boards, but his list of investments is much, much longer. The Sequoia partner, leading the firm’s U.S. business, is legendary in Silicon Valley and the broader tech world, and we’re very excited that […]




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Barcelona 'want to sign BOTH Neymar and Lautaro Martinez this summer'

Despite the Barcelona squad being forced to take a 70 per cent salary cut amid the coronavirus crisis, the club's hierarchy remain confident they can still finance two big money signings.




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Barcelona CAN land both Lautaro Martinez and Neymar this summer

PETE JENSON: On the one hand Barcelona don't have the cash-flow to cope with a month without games caused by the coronavirus but apparently it can afford two players worth €300m combined.




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Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane will target both 'chosen one' Paul Pogba and Erling Braut Haaland

Zidane is looking to bring more 'physical robustness' into the Los Blancos side in order to switch their play style next season to play next season. Pogba and Haaland would be welcome additions for that.




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Gabriel Barbosa and Rafael Leao are 'both options' for Barcelona to replace Luis Suarez  

Barcelona are considering both Gabriel Barbosa and Rafael Leao as options to replace the injured Luis Suarez. Suarez is out of action for at least four months.




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Teyana Taylor and Dreamdoll both wear same trousers to 2018 VMAs

Teyana Taylor and Dreamdoll BOTH wore the same trousers to the 2018 VMA Awards on Monday night.