NY Times: Amos Badertscher, Who Documented a Sexual Underground, Dies at 86 - He took intimate photographic portraits of hustlers, prostitutes and drag queens on Baltimore’s streets and in gay bars. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/arts/amos-badertscher-dead.html -

NY Times: Alice K. Ladas, Whose Book Popularized the G-Spot, Dies at 102 - Working with collaborators, she wrote “The G Spot,” which became a cultural sensation and sold more than a million copies. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/health/alice-k-ladas-dead.html -

NY Times: Robbie Robertson, 80, Dies; Canadian Songwriter Captured American Spirit - As the chief songwriter and guitarist for the Band, he offered a rustic vision of his adopted country that helped inspire the genre that came to be known as Americana. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/arts/music/robbie-robertson-dead.html -

NY Times: Herbert J. Siegel, Investor in Major Media Deals, Dies at 95 - As head of Chris-Craft Industries, he played a role in the Time-Warner merger and sold 10 television stations to Rupert Murdoch. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/business/media/herbert-j-siegel-dead.html -

NY Times: Brice Marden, Who Rejuvenated Painting in the 1960s, Dies at 84 - When conceptual art, Pop Art and minimalist sculpture were in the ascendancy and many were saying that painting was dead, Mr. Marden issued a powerful counterstatement. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/arts/brice-marden-dead.html -

NY Times: Richard J. Whalen, Biographer of Joseph P. Kennedy, Dies at 87 - His book about the patriarch of the Kennedy political dynasty was a best seller. He later worked, briefly and not happily, for Richard M. Nixon. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/books/richard-j-whalen-dead.html -

NY Times: Jamie Reid, 76, Dies; His Anarchic Graphics Helped Define the Sex Pistols - He created some of the most controversial — and celebrated — artwork of the punk era, which outraged polite British society almost as much as the band’s music did. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/arts/design/jamie-reid-dead.html -

NY Times: Joan Kaplan Davidson, Philanthropist Who Championed New York, Dies at 96 - As president of a foundation established by her father, she focused her grant making on issues related to the city’s architecture, design and quality of life. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/nyregion/joan-kaplan-davidson-dead.html -

NY Times: W. Jason Morgan, Who Developed Theory of Plate Tectonics, Dies at 87 - His framework offered a new way to think about continental drift and revolutionized the study of earthquakes, volcanoes and evolution. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/science/jason-morgan-dead.html -

NY Times: Antibiotic Shortage Could Fuel Rise in Syphilis Rates - The primary drug used to treat the sexually transmitted infection could be scarce into next year, Pfizer warns. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/07/health/syphilis-epidemic-antibiotic-shortage-pfizer.html -

NY Times: Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, July 1-7 - Another example of how an excellent vocabulary is the currency of this realm. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/08/upshot/spelling-bee-words.html -

NY Times: Who Employs Your Doctor? Increasingly, a Private Equity Firm. - A new study finds that private equity firms own more than half of all specialists in certain U.S. markets. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/upshot/private-equity-doctors-offices.html -

NY Times: Polls Were Great in 2022. Can They Repeat Their Success in 2024? - Experiments that yielded promising results in 2022 may not be enough if Trump is on the ballot again. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/12/us/elections/2022-poll-accuracy.html -

NY Times: What Really Happened in the Midterms? - A segment of swing voters decided to back Democratic candidates in many critical races. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/14/upshot/midterm-election-puzzle-voters.html -

NY Times: Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, July 8-14 - No amount of exhortation could help with this week’s toughest word. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/15/upshot/spelling-bee-words.html -

NY Times: Health Insurers Deny Medical Care for the Poor at High Rates, Report Says - Investigators found that major companies overseeing Medicaid patients’ health care frequently rejected doctors’ requests for approval of treatments and procedures. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/health/health-insurance-medicaid-denials.html -

NY Times: Hard Questions if Biden’s Approval Doesn’t Follow Economy’s Rise - This is about the time when many presidents see their standing turn around, including Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/21/upshot/biden-approval-ratings-economy.html -

NY Times: Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, July 15-21 - If you succeeded in getting this week’s toughest word, don’t be shy — feel free to trumpet it. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/22/upshot/spelling-bee-words.html -

NY Times: For healthy older people, aspirin could cause more bleeding. - A new analysis of older people who have never had a heart attack or stroke suggests limited protective power of daily low-dose aspirin, and worrisome side effects. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/26/health/aspirin-bleeding-stroke-heart-attack.html -

NY Times: How Did We Do? A Review of 2022 Before Our First Poll of 2023. - Trying to learn from a strong midterm run as we start surveying the G.O.P. primary. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/28/upshot/polling-2022-review.html -