17: Modi

Stumbling Into Goldilocks The economy’s resilience in the face of high interest rates is harder to explain, although a driving force may have been immigration: Slow population growth was one popular explanation of secular stagnation, so an influx of working-age adults may have been just what we needed.

Solar Eclipse

Happy 20th Anniversary, Gmail. I’m Sorry I’m Leaving You. Closeness requires time, and time has not fallen in cost or risen in quantity.

Israel Is Making the Same Mistake America Made in Iraq
Dr. Bob, 75, Knows Aging’s Toll. He Wonders if Biden and Trump Do. Dr. Bob Ross cares for the aging residents of Ortonville, Minn, even as he wonders whether he, and the presidential candidates, are up to all their tasks......... The conversations at the heart of an election cycle were the same ones unfolding inside Bob’s office: What were the best ways to slow the inevitable decline of the human body? How did aging impact cognition? When was it possible to defy age, and when was it necessary to make accommodations in terms of decision-making or professional routines? These were the questions he asked his patients each day, and also himself....... “If your body’s healthy, that helps keep your mind sharp.” ........ “If you’ve seen one person at 80, you’ve seen one person at 80,” Bob said. “There are a million different versions of growing old.” ....... One of his brothers served 20 years in the Army and then was killed in a motorcycle crash .......... The nephew who once ran a lemonade stand in Bob’s front yard was now a doctor and the hospital’s chief executive; a student he mentored in high school had become his colleague as the first female physician in Big Stone County. He’d delivered more than 1,500 babies over the years, at least 100 of whom had grown up to work alongside him at the hospital. ........... the inevitable reality of what happened to an aging human body. The frontal cortex of the brain started to shrink over time, which led to slower recall, shortened attention spans and difficulty multitasking. Heart valves and arteries stiffened with age, which forced the heart to work harder and increased the likelihood of high blood pressure and heart attacks. Spinal disks flattened and then compressed. The metabolism slowed. Muscles contracted, skin bruised, bones weakened, teeth decayed, gums receded, hearing diminished, eyesight deteriorated — and it was normal. It was entirely and inescapably normal. .......

“My preference would be that Joe’s gone, Trump’s gone and give us two new, viable options,” Bob said.

........ “Our minds and our bodies aren’t built to last forever,” he told Mary. “There’s no use pretending otherwise. We all get our turn. We grow old and we die.”
Israel Has No Choice but to Fight On
Help Ukraine Hold the Line
Trump Is Financially Ruining the Republican Party Multiple state parties have been plagued by financial troubles, including in Arizona, Michigan and Georgia — battleground states that could easily decide not only the presidential race but also control of the Senate and House. But time and money are being wasted on Trumpian drama

How Does Dev Patel Become an Action Star? By Directing Himself.
Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Opens at No. 1 With the Year’s Biggest Sales