Posts by Swedan Margen
Maybe Society Should Go to the Dogs | National Review
Making the case for ‘man’s best friend.’ Source link
Read MoreThirty Years After Welfare Reform, It’s Time for the Next Generation of State-Led Solutions | National Review
The problem with today’s safety net isn’t intent; it’s design. State leadership would help fix it. Source link
Read MoreA Malaysian Menu Laced with the Flavors of Brooklyn
The best thing on the menu at Kelang, a Malaysian restaurant in Greenpoint that opened in December, is a puffy paratha on a bed of spiced red-lentil dal, topped with creamy Italian stracciatella cheese. Depending on who you are, where you’re from, and how rigid you are in your notions of gastronomic interpolation, this will…
Read MoreHe Wrote a Book About Interviewing. Here’s His Interview.
I want to be able to speak freely, and I want you to be able to speak freely, and in order to do that I think you should have more freedom than usual to take stuff off the record. My journalistic-ethics justification is that, because we know each other, I don’t want to take something…
Read MoreThe Fog of War Against Iran | National Review
When America loses a war, it is generally because of political reaction at home, notwithstanding smashing success on the battlefield. Source link
Read MoreHow Robert Rauschenberg Made the Real Realer
Rauschenberg returned to Black Mountain for the summer of 1951. By then, the photographers Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan were teaching at the school, along with Hazel Larsen Archer, who had overlapped with Rauschenberg in 1949 and captured his love of movement and of grace in a photograph of her own. (Her picture shows Rauschenberg…
Read MoreMy Brief Time in John F. Kennedy, Jr.,’s Orbit
His curiosity extended to the universe. One night, at a house party, John and I ended up in the back yard, drinking beer. Suddenly he stood up and gazed at the night sky. “Hey,” he said, “you take a lot of reli-stu, right? Can I ask you something? Do you think there’s a God?” I…
Read MoreWho’s In, Who’s Out at the Department of War
Look who’s looksmaxxing. Source link
Read MoreYes, Boldly Go | National Review
Getting back to the moon is nice, but it is a manned mission to Mars that should be our ultimate objective. Source link
Read MoreEurope’s Right-Wing Parties Can’t Afford to Neglect Young People | National Review
Building coalitions around older voters shows a lack of understanding of growing generational tensions in politics. Source link
Read MoreNew Directors, New Films
Also: Zendaya and Robert Pattinson in “The Drama,” Michael Schulman on spring fabulosity, Rachel Syme on the latest in trenchcoats, and more. Source link
Read MoreConsumers aren’t clicking the PayPal button. It’s a big problem for California’s fintech pioneer
PayPal, once the cutting-edge trailblazer of digital payments, is struggling to cash in on consumer clicks like it used to. The San José fintech giant is losing market share to competitors and had to swap out its leadership recently as its shares plunged, and it scrambled for a faster fix. When online shoppers reach the…
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