Posts by Swedan Margen
Gallup’s Presidential Approval Misstep | National Review
The polling industry seems increasingly uninterested in its own history. Source link
Read MoreThe Ugly Deportation Case of Rumeysa Öztürk | National Review
The administration may appeal the latest decision and might well win. But its conduct has conveyed weakness in several respects. Source link
Read MoreLosing Faith in Atheism
If I was still in search of beliefs, many atheists would object, I hadn’t really gotten over my religious upbringing. A good atheist deals not in faith but in facts, not in belief but in knowledge. Yet I could find no obvious factual, knowledge-based answer to the question that was most pressing to me: How…
Read MoreA Tour Through Central Park’s Cruising Grounds
Tress’s new book, “The Ramble, NYC 1969” (Stanley/Barker), and a related exhibition currently at the Clamp gallery, in Chelsea, makes me rethink all this. The work was made concurrently with another series, “Open Space in the Inner City: Ecology and the Urban Environment.” The Ramble, a wooded area on the center-west side of Central Park,…
Read MoreGold reclaims US$5,000 as cooling inflation lifts Fed easing bets
Published Sat, Feb 14, 2026 · 02:44 PM [NEW YORK] Gold advanced as traders raised bets on US Federal Reserve rate cuts after a tame inflation reading, with some investors taking advantage of Thursday’s (Feb 12) sharp sell-off to buy the metal at a lower price. US inflation was fairly mild at the start of…
Read MoreFord CEO, Trump officials discussed China-US carmaking JVs
These would be structured so that both the Chinese and US partners would share profits and technology, say sources [WASHINGTON] Ford Motor’s top executive spoke to senior Trump administration officials about a potential framework in which Chinese automakers could build cars in America while offering some protection for domestic companies, according to people familiar with…
Read MoreNvidia’s Jensen Huang falls out of world’s 10 richest ranking
Three members of Walmart’s founding Walton family overtake the tech billionaire Published Sat, Feb 14, 2026 · 11:11 AM [NEW YORK] A weeks-long hot streak for Walmart shares has vaulted three members of the founding Walton family into the ranks of the world’s 10 richest people, overtaking Nvidia chief executive officer Jensen Huang, who dropped…
Read MoreSingapore’s GIC pulls US$250 million from hedge fund Jain Global: sources
Published Sat, Feb 14, 2026 · 10:52 AM [SINGAPORE] Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC has pulled cash from Jain Global, roughly 18 months after backing one of the biggest startups in hedge fund history. GIC has redeemed US$250 million from New York-based Jain, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The wealth fund was…
Read MoreUS: S&P 500 ends up slightly as tech dips, inflation cools
Published Sat, Feb 14, 2026 · 09:34 AM [NEW YORK] The S&P 500 closed barely higher on Friday (Feb 13), with technology and communications services down on nagging fears of artificial intelligence (AI)-disruption but equities drew support from optimism that cooling inflation data would support Federal Reserve rate cuts. Data showed US consumer prices increased…
Read MoreRivian finds a way to shine even as the EV market struggles in the dark
Rivian shocked the market with strong earnings results, proving itself an outlier in the electric vehicle market, which has been struggling with the end of government subsidies and cooling consumer excitement. The shares of the Irvine-based high-end EV manufacturer skyrocketed 27% on Friday after it announced stronger-than-expected results, indicating that, after years of struggling with…
Read MoreParents who blame Snapchat for their children’s deaths protest outside company’s headquarters
Standing in front of Snap’s Santa Monica offices, parents clutched photos of their children who died from taking fentanyl-laced pills facilitated through the disappearing messages of the Snapchat app. They rolled white paint onto the ground, spelling out the names of 108 children who died from alleged social media harms. “Snapchat: Protect kids not predators,”…
Read More“Crime 101” Is an Enjoyably Moody Exercise in Michael Mann Lite
Those qualities bind him, in a spiritual sense, to Lou, who can’t suppress a quiet admiration for the criminal he’s pursuing, and also to Sharon, the insurance broker, who is unwittingly drawn into both men’s orbits. She’s investigating a claim filed by Sammy Kassem (Payman Maadi), a jewelry-store proprietor who was robbed by Davis, and…
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