Posts by Swedan Margen
Thirty 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 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 MoreThere Is No Death Penalty Surge | National Review
The current rate of executions reflects the enormous slowdown in the carrying out of sentences. 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 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 MoreTrump Has No Authority to Federalize Elections | National Review
President Trump, much as he might wish otherwise, is not Congress. Source link
Read MorePayPal transformed digital payments. Why the California fintech giant is now struggling
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…
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 MoreThe President’s Not-So-Reassuring Iran Address | National Review
President Trump could have done a better job assuaging the concerns of the American public on Iran. Source link
Read MoreWhat Color Is Your Conservatism? | National Review
A comedian introduces a new color-coded politics. Source link
Read MoreBroadway’s “Dog Day Afternoon” Is a Dog
Sidney Lumet’s kinetic, emotionally complex film has been transformed into a hokey sitcom with gunshots. Source link
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