Posts by Swedan Margen
It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again
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Read MoreAn Uncertain Cease-Fire | National Review
There’s a cease-fire for now, but there won’t be an end to the larger war until the Islamic Republic falls. Source link
Read MoreAI boom catapults San Francisco median home price above $2 million
The artificial intelligence boom has driven up San Francisco’s median home sales price to a record $2.15 million. Real estate brokerage firm Compass said that recent transactions showed that some parts of the tech capital have emerged from its doom loop on the back of the surge in AI investment and hiring. “The economic changes…
Read MoreThe Patron Saint of Oddballs and Delinquents
The New Orleans writer Nancy Lemann conjures scenes of booze-soaked calamity, where everyone and everything is on the verge of rot. Source link
Read MoreIran attempting cyber attacks against U.S. critical infrastructure, officials say
WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies are “urgently warning” private sector companies throughout the nation that Iranian actors “are conducting exploitation activity” that has resulted in “disruptions across several U.S. critical infrastructure,” according to a government notice reviewed by The Times. The Iranian cyberactivity comes as President Trump is threatening to target Iran’s critical infrastructure in the coming…
Read MoreTrump’s Iran Rhetoric Is Not a War Crime | National Review
His threats are overheated and politically unhelpful, but his domestic opponents are skewing the facts in response. Source link
Read MoreA First Step Toward Shrinking Government | National Review
Following the Trump administration’s cuts, the federal government employs the lowest percentage of U.S. workers since World War II. Source link
Read MoreThe Scandal of the Sharenting Economy
“Like, Follow, Subscribe” is decently reported, if clunkily written; it lacks the legal and philosophical acumen of Leah A. Plunkett’s “Sharenthood” or the sociological insights that Kathryn Jezer-Morton brings to her studies of momfluencers. The strongest and most original passages of Latifi’s book, however brief, are devoted to her survey participants, who say that clicking…
Read MoreThe Iranian Sharia-Supremacist Regime and ‘Civilian’ Infrastructure | National Review
There are no ‘civilians,’ in the Western sense, in Iran, and the IRGC uses the infrastructure for its war aims. Source link
Read MoreA Rescue Mission for the Ages | National Review
On Easter morning, U.S. forces rescued a downed pilot from the middle of Iranian territory, advancing America’s tactical and strategic position. Source link
Read MoreWill Biblical Womanhood Box You In or Set You Free?
Twenty years ago, Hatmaker was much like Waters: a young pastor’s wife raising three little kids while writing her first books on Biblical wisdom for Christian women. She practiced the same schedule sorcery as Waters, writing from 8:15 A.M. to 12:15 P.M., three days a week, plus occasionally during nap time. In “Make Over,” from…
Read MoreMaybe Society Should Go to the Dogs | National Review
Making the case for ‘man’s best friend.’ Source link
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