# New York Times Front Page; 31 December 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 6, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-front-page-31-december-2019/853239 "2020-05-06T01:25:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-front-page-31-december-2019/853239/1 "2020-05-06T01:25:44Z")
It was a simpler, more innocent time. [-=Link=-](https://www.nytimes.com/issue/todayspaper/2020/01/01/todays-new-york-times) 1. Protesters Attack U.S. Embassy in Iraq, Chanting ‘Death to America’ 2. F.D.A. Plans to Ban Most E-Cigarette Flavors but Menthol 3. From the Brig to Mar-a-Lago, Former Navy SEAL Capitalizes on Newfound Fame 4. Trump Warns Iran as Risk of Wider Armed Conflict Grows 5. Trump Warns Iran as Risk of Wider Armed Conflict Grows 6. Impeachment Trial Looming, Chief Justice Reflects on Judicial Independence 7. North Korea Is No Longer Bound by Nuclear Test Moratorium, Kim Says 8. California Wanted to Protect Uber Drivers. Now It May Hurt Freelancers. 9. Why Abolishing Bail for Some Crimes Has Law Enforcement on Edge 10. 12 Things Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2020 Greta Gerwig onstage, Jack London on film, Broadway revivals and an opera celebrating the 19th Amendment are just a few of their choices. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-front-page-31-december-2019/853239/2 "2020-05-06T02:05:27Z")
Oh, and from one of the inner pages: _Was 2019 the ‘Best Year Ever’?_ ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-front-page-31-december-2019/853239/3 "2020-05-06T05:13:31Z")
Those were the days. Not to be nit-picking, but did you realize #4 and #5 are the same? ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-front-page-31-december-2019/853239/4 "2020-05-06T06:32:07Z")
This story is darkly hilarious in the time of Covid and social distancing. [Another Benefit to Going to Museums? You May Live Longer](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/arts-health-effects-ucl-study.html) > [@](#): > > Researchers in London who followed thousands of people 50 and older over a 14-year period discovered that those who went to a museum or attended a concert just once or twice a year were 14 percent less likely to die during that period than those who didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-front-page-31-december-2019/853239/5 "2020-05-06T08:24:11Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > This story is darkly hilarious in the time of Covid and social distancing. > [Another Benefit to Going to Museums? You May Live Longer](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/22/us/arts-health-effects-ucl-study.html) Jesus. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-front-page-31-december-2019/853239/6 "2020-05-06T09:04:23Z")
Even news up till mid-Feb seems innocent now. Political cartoons before them are so quaint. And current travel magazines still arriving point to a fantasy world. I read the NYT email bulletins from the end for obits. IIRC the year-end news sites show that year’s list of prominent croakers. The 31 Dec 2020 list will likely be many times the usual. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-front-page-31-december-2019/853239/7 "2020-05-06T10:00:53Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > Not to be nit-picking, but did you realize #4 and #5 are the same? No, I did not notice. Further, this is the sort of simple mistake that appears more and more frequently in my writing. Honestly, I wonder if it is my eyes or something worse. All in all, I am considering posting less here. OTOH, mistakes like that matter less on lesser parts of the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-front-page-31-december-2019/853239/8 "2020-05-06T10:45:27Z")
Don’t post here less. If anything post more. ---
**Author:** ![And\_his\_buzzer\_goes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/and_his_buzzer_goes/32/377_2.png) [@And\_his\_buzzer\_goes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/And_his_buzzer_goes)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-front-page-31-december-2019/853239/9 "2020-05-06T14:48:34Z")
We received a supermarket magazine a week or two ago encouraging us to “celebrate spring” by inviting friends over and cooking together. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-front-page-31-december-2019/853239/10 "2020-05-06T18:57:42Z")
It’s amazing how “the good old days” were so recent. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-front-page-31-december-2019/853239/11 "2020-05-06T19:52:51Z")
This video is clever and very well done: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ms7capx4Cb8/maxresdefault.jpg "Explaining the Pandemic to my Past Self") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms7capx4Cb8) “Explaining the Pandemic to my Past Self” (3 mins) She travels back in time from April to January to give advice.