GENERAL INTERESTThe drama, beauty and charm of America captured in jaw-dropping photographs, from tornadoes and lush forests to rugged volcanic islands and epic glaciers
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-6565781/Stunning-photos-reveal-Americas-incredible-contrasting-landscapes.html
Canadian Fishing Trip Begins with Bald Eagle Snatching Bait
https://weather.com/series/extreme/video/canadian-fishing-trip-begins-with-bald-eagle-snatching-bait?pl=pl-the-latest
Mystery of Fireball Over Los Angeles Solved
https://weather.com/news/trending/video/mystery-of-fireballs-over-los-angeles-solved?pl=pl-the-latest
Pride comes before a fall! Angry pack of lions chases away a lone male after he started threatening their cubs
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6834197/Angry-pack-lions-chases-away-lone-male-started-threatening-cubs.html
Cathedral: Trump didn’t need to sign off on McCain’s funeral
https://nypost.com/2019/03/21/cathedral-trump-didnt-need-to-sign-off-on-mccains-funeral/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=mail_app
MENTAL HEALTH
They’re magic! Eating mushrooms could slash risk of cognitive decline by 50%
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/theyre-magic-eating-mushrooms-could-slash-risk-of-cognitive-decline-by-50-2019-03-22
HEALTH CARE
Finnish Government Collapses Due to Rising Cost of Universal Health Care
https://freebeacon.com/politics/finnish-government-collapses-due-to-rising-cost-of-universal-health-care/
Medicare’s Hospice Rules Could Make Your Doctor a Criminal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/medicares-hospice-rules-could-make-your-doctor-a-criminal-11553209261?emailToken=0a2805f7a69462098fe47e9acbab3c0eoUlUbt2Sxgd/aL6M4GLUTDm+5hyvmk+3A3tf4DZFHB0A5q/S9H27vSnwYKXE77cwuevFdPpZzdRbd4V5WL+krv+0QpUqAjE2esqVKje0D5OVbEbGbhQkp36d/xmkSNU5&reflink=article_email_share
PARENTING
There Goes the Neighborhood
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/03/free-range-childhood-helicopter-snowplow-parenting/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202019-03-22&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart
PROGRESSIVES UNHINGED
Chick-Fil-A Banned From San Antonio Airport
https://start.att.net/news/read/category/finance/article/fortune-chickfila_banned_from_san_antonio_airport-rtime
EDUCATION
DivestU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcD5YVg9Z1Q
How the Few Black and Hispanic Students at Stuyvesant High School Feel
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/nyregion/stuyvesant-high-school-black-students.html?emc=edit_ne_20190322&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5893540820190322&te=1
SPORTS
NFL paid less than $10 million to settle Colin Kaepernick collusion case
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/nfl-paid-less-than-10-million-to-settle-colin-kaepernick-collusion-case-2019-03-21
ENVIRONMENT
Bernie Sanders Becomes First 2020 Primary Candidate to Promise Carbon Neutral Campaign
https://www.ecowatch.com/bernie-sanders-carbon-emissions-2632380171.html
CYBER SECURITY
Nokia phones ‘secretly transmitted users’ private data to China’, Finnish authorities claim
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6835507/Nokia-7-Plus-phones-secretly-transmitting-users-private-data-China.html
FEMA Released Personal Information of Survivors
https://start.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/newsweek-fema_released_personal_information_of_survivors-rnewsweek
FOREIGN POLICY
Trump says he's reversing North Korea sanctions imposed by his Treasury Department
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/435329-trump-says-hes-reversing-north-korea-sanctions-imposed-by-his
Why Do Americans Care About Israel?
See the first Wall Street Journal article, below.
LAW AND ORDER
How Strongmen Turned Interpol Into Their Personal Weapon
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/world/europe/interpol-most-wanted-red-notices.html?emc=edit_ne_20190322&nl=evening-briefing&nlid=5893540820190322&te=1
IMMIGRATION
Groundswell in migrations overwhelms ICE officers
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=b494abb176a6fb64bde7898a82b05e95_5c94fcc9_5cd1fdb&selDate=20190322&goTo=A01&artid=2&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button
TRUMPGATE
Mueller delivers report to Justice, ending investigation
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/435294-mueller-delivers-report-to-justice-ending-investigation
Kushner to cooperate with Judiciary document requests
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/435341-kushners-lawyer-has-indicated-plans-to-cooperate-with-nadler-doc
POLITICS
2020 Dems avoid this year's AIPAC conference
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/435234-2020-dems-avoid-this-years-aipac-conference?userid=288549
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"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end –
which you can never afford to Lose – with the discipline to confront
the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be."
- VAdm James Stockdale, USN (1923-2005)
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Why Do Americans Care About Israel?
To understand, look to AIPAC’s Policy Conference.
David Friedman, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, speaking at AIPAC’s Policy Conference in Washington, March 5, 2018. Photo: Michael Brochstein/Zuma Press
Yesterday was the holiday of Purim. It celebrates how the Jews, with the wisdom of Mordechai and the bravery of Queen Esther, dodged an ancient Persian genocide. Following the heroes of old, Aipac encourages Americans of all stripes to stand strong together with Israel against Iranian threats and prevent another modern holocaust.
Mr. Weiss is a Pittsburgh carpet salesman.
Mr. Weiss is a Pittsburgh carpet salesman.
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Medicare’s Hospice Rules Could Make Your Doctor a Criminal
If he says you have six months to live and you survive longer, has he committed fraud?
Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto
For two years, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has wrestled with this question. The decision could ratify a trend of criminalizing medical judgments and jailing doctors based on disagreements with other doctors.
The case involves a hospice provider, AseraCare, and certifications it filed with the government from 2007 to 2009 that patients had less than six months to live. These certifications are required under Medicare rules to make hospice care reimbursable. The government believes many of them were false—that the patients had more than six months to live and AseraCare knew it.
A brazen theft of public resources, if true. But how can we know?
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Yes, that prediction affects the hospice provider’s bottom line. But any physician has an incentive to prescribe further care that will involve his services. That’s a byproduct of fee-for-service health care. The antidote is not to pretend that subjective decisions in a hospital room become objective facts in a courtroom.
Some medical judgments can be false. But the government is trying to create a standard that is far too broad. Professional disagreement should not be illegal.
Messrs. Clark and George are trial lawyers at Baker Botts in Washington. They have defended and advised health-care providers in criminal and civil investigations by the federal government.
A brazen theft of public resources, if true. But how can we know?
........................................................................
Yes, that prediction affects the hospice provider’s bottom line. But any physician has an incentive to prescribe further care that will involve his services. That’s a byproduct of fee-for-service health care. The antidote is not to pretend that subjective decisions in a hospital room become objective facts in a courtroom.
Some medical judgments can be false. But the government is trying to create a standard that is far too broad. Professional disagreement should not be illegal.
Messrs. Clark and George are trial lawyers at Baker Botts in Washington. They have defended and advised health-care providers in criminal and civil investigations by the federal government.
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