Aさんの おぼえた日記 - 2017年2月5日(日)

QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"It’s a tragedy to see a great institution in decline."
GEORGE R. GOLDNER, on the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr. Goldner retired in 2014 after 21 years as the chairman of the Met’s drawings and prints department and has since served as a consultant to the museum.

FEBRUARY 05, 2017

（０）EDITORIAL：Mr. Trump’s Random Insult Diplomacy
If the president insists on alienating American allies, shouldn’t he at least have a very good reason?

（１）Appeals Court Rejects Request to Immediately Restore Travel Ban
The court’s decision against the Justice Department deepened the legal showdown over President Trump’s immigration order.

（２）In Fall of Gorsuch’s Mother, a Painful Lesson in Politicking
President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee learned from an early age about how caustic the nation’s political culture could be. He now faces his own test in Washington.

（３）Not ‘Lone Wolves’ After All: How ISIS Guides World’s Terror Plots From Afar
Terrorism planners in Syria and Iraq are using messaging apps to enable attacks across the world, right down to picking the targets and finding the guns.

（４）G.O.P. Hurries to Slash Oil and Gas Rules, Ending Industries’ 8-Year Wait
Not since the Reagan administration has Washington moved so quickly to nullify so many federal regulations.

（５） Is the Met Museum ‘a Great Institution in Decline’?
Aiming ever higher, the museum faces financial challenges that include a deficit nearing $40 million and expansion plans that have been postponed for lack of funding.
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