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Saturday, July 27, 2019
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[Karen Anderson, a nurse midwife at the Planned Parenthood clinic.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfHyUJP4QMAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMTkvMDcvMjcvb3Bpbmlvbi9zdW5kYXkvd29tZW5zLWhlYWx0aC13ZXN0LXZpcmdpbmlhLmh0bWw_ZW1fcG9zPWxhcmdlJnJlZj1pbWcmdGU9MSZubD1uaWNra3Jpc3RvZiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDE5MDcyNz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTIzMCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE1NjIyJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MmVkaXRfbmtfMjAxOTA3MjdXA255dEIKACkJoDxdViIEF1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)
Karen Anderson, a nurse midwife at the Planned Parenthood clinic. Nicholas Kristof/The New York Times
While I was reporting in a Planned Parenthood clinic in West Virginia this week, a young woman showed up for a follow-up chlamydia test (she had been treated, and the test was to make sure that it had disappeared). But new Trump administration rules meant that instead of being free, the test would cost her $94 â so she walked out, untested.
[My Sunday column](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfHyUJP0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNy8yNy9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS93b21lbi1oZWFsdGgtdHJ1bXAuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPW5pY2trcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMTkwNzI3P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExMjMwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTU2MjImdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAxOTA3MjdXA255dEIKACkJoDxdViIEF1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) is about these new Trump administration rules, part of its broader campaign against family planning and womenâs health programs. These new rules will affect millions of women and girls (and many boys and men) across America, and they should generate more outrage. When a young woman in West Virginia canât get an S.T.D. test because of the whims of a male septuagenarian president in Washington, health care has been politicized in ways that are profoundly damaging to the entire country. [Please read!](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfHyUJP0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNy8yNy9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS93b21lbi1oZWFsdGgtdHJ1bXAuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPW5pY2trcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMTkwNzI3P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExMjMwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTU2MjImdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAxOTA3MjdXA255dEIKACkJoDxdViIEF1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)
The U.S. government is investigating Facebook for antitrust, and itâs about time. Iâve come around to the view, which Elizabeth Warren has also emphasized, that the U.S. should be more aggressive (as Europe has been) in tackling oligopolistic behavior by large companies. Thereâs evidence that Americans pay substantially more for mobile phone service than Europeans, for example, because of the laxity of antitrust regulation in the U.S. And it seems ridiculous that Facebook can also control another social media platform, Instagram, and another messaging platform, WhatsApp, in ways that inhibit competition. My thinking on all this has been shaped by an excellent book by Jonathan Tepper with Denise Hearn, [âThe Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition.â](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfHyUJP0S2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXl0aG9mY2FwaXRhbGlzbS5jb20vP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExMjMwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTU2MjImdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAxOTA3MjdXA255dEIKACkJoDxdViIEF1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) I highly recommend it.
The Trump administration said Thursday that it will resume executions for those on death row, and it scheduled five executions for December and January. I explained in a recent column why Iâm against the death penalty, and how so much of what we believe about it is wrong. Bill Barr, if youâre reading this, [hereâs that column](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfHyUJP0ThaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNi8xNC9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9kZWF0aC1wZW5hbHR5Lmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNra3Jpc3RvZiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDE5MDcyNz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMTIzMCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE1NjIyJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MjIwMTkwNzI3VwNueXRCCgApCaA8XVYiBBdSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~).
On Saturday, President Trump [denounced](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfHyUJP0TTaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9yZWFsRG9uYWxkVHJ1bXAvc3RhdHVzLzExNTUwNzM5NjU4ODAxNzI1NDQ_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTEyMzAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTYyMiZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDE5MDcyN1cDbnl0QgoAKQmgPF1WIgQXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) Rep. Elijah Cummingsâ district as âfilthyâ and ârodent infested.â CNNâs Victor Blackwell, who grew up in that district, responded with a searing commentary noting that whenever Trump uses the word âinfested,â heâs referring to black or brown people; do watch [Blackwellâs commentary](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfHyUJP0TKaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS95YXNoYXIvc3RhdHVzLzExNTUxMjgyMzIzMjIxODcyNjU_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTEyMzAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNTYyMiZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDE5MDcyN1cDbnl0QgoAKQmgPF1WIgQXUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) to the end. Trumpâs rhetoric recalls the Rwandan references to Tutsis as cockroaches before the 1994 genocide: âInfestationâ is language to dehumanize. I donât believe Trump is planning a genocide, but I do believe he is dehumanizing people on the basis of race.
In the Democratic debates next week, I suggest you particularly keep an eye out for Sen. Cory Booker, Sen. Michael Bennet and Sen. Elizabeth Warren. I think they are three of the smartest candidates with the deepest grasp of policy, and are well worth paying close attention to.
A hero of the human rights world died a few days ago. Dr. Joel Filártiga, 86, was a Paraguayan who abandoned his family wealth to serve impoverished communities during the Stroessner dictatorship. He was tortured, and his 17-year-old son was tortured to death in an effort to get evidence against him. Dr. Filártiga continued to resist and, when the torturer later moved to New York, the family sued him. In a landmark ruling, the court ruled that certain crimes â including slavery, piracy and torture â are so odious that they create universal jurisdiction, allowing courts anywhere to proceed even if the crime occurred far away. That was an important step to create accountability for those who violate human rights. Dr. Filártiga, R.I.P.
And now hereâs my column on the latest battle in the war on family planning. One young woman I interviewed in the West Virginia clinic told me that if she could speak to Trump about the new regulations, she would ask him: âWhy attack women?â I invite you to [read the column](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfHyUJP0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNy8yNy9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS93b21lbi1oZWFsdGgtdHJ1bXAuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPW5pY2trcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMTkwNzI3P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExMjMwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTU2MjImdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAxOTA3MjdXA255dEIKACkJoDxdViIEF1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) and comment on it!
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Weâve been pulling out the cherry trees on our family farm in Yamhill, Oregon, and replacing them with wine grapes and cider apples, so Iâve been reading [âThe Grail,â](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfHyUJP0S_aHR0cDovL29zdXByZXNzLm9yZWdvbnN0YXRlLmVkdS9ib29rL2dyYWlsP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTExMjMwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTU2MjImdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAxOTA3MjdXA255dEIKACkJoDxdViIEF1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) by Brian Doyle. Itâs a beautifully written nonfiction chronicle of a year in the life of a vineyard near ours and the struggle to make the very best pinot noir in the world. âThe Grailâ is a reminder of the art, science and grapes that constitute great wine-making, and itâs particularly good with a nice glass of pinot! I canât wait until our vines are producing.
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The party no longer stands for much of anything.
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MS-13 and 18th Street gangsters want to run Honduras. Cutting off American aid isnât going to stop them.
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