If Trump Stops Funding Key Health Care Subsidies, the Federal Government Will Actually Pay More – The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/15/us/what-happens-if-health-subsidy-payments-stop.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news The Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday that health insurance premiums would rise and the federal deficit would increase if President Trump cuts off payments

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Summer of Love, Summer of War – The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/opinion/vietnam-san-francisco-1967-summer.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=Moth-Visible&moduleDetail=inside-nyt-region-1&module=inside-nyt-region&region=inside-nyt-region&WT.nav=inside-nyt-region Michael J. Kramer AUG. 15, 2017 Attendees of the Human Be-In Festival resting in a field in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park in 1967.

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When the President Is Un-American – The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/opinion/when-the-president-is-un-american.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region Paul KrugmanAUG. 14, 2017 Remember back in 2008, when Sarah Palin used to talk about the “real America”? She meant rural and small-town residents

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