Posts by Swedan Margen
How to Measure the Good Life
In “The Meaning of Your Life,” he no longer trumpets free markets, extolls entrepreneurs, or praises work as “a blessing,” as he did in earlier books. Now he claims that the ambitious professionals he calls “young strivers” lead superficial and unfulfilling lives. What they lack, in his view, is “the one thing that can never…
Read MoreA Not-So-Faithful Portrayal of the Women of the Bible | National Review
The Faithful often eschews biblical teaching for a Hollywood retelling. Source link
Read MoreRisotto for the Masses | National Review
This dish is easier and more delicious than I’d anticipated. Source link
Read MoreHow Arsenio Hall Captured the Culture
“The audience went crazy,” Hank Moorehouse says. Later, a fire at Hall’s grandmother’s house would destroy most of his magic act. But Moorehouse proved prescient: Hall followed his advice all the way to Hollywood. “Arsenio” tells that story—with “The Arsenio Hall Show” as its dizzying, occasionally harrowing zenith—with Hall’s characteristic good cheer. Whether he’s starting…
Read MoreMars Mission Is the Rocket Fuel NASA Needs | National Review
The agency’s new Mars plan reverses the problem of entertaining vendor-driven wish lists that yield little benefit. Source link
Read MoreHow the landmark verdict against Meta and YouTube could hit their businesses
A Los Angeles jury dealt a blow to social media giants Meta and YouTube this week when it found that the platforms were negligent for designing addictive features that harmed the mental health of a California woman. Both companies plan to appeal, but the ruling has ignited uncertainty around the tech companies’ future and sparked…
Read MoreL.A. social media addiction verdict set to unleash more lawsuits — and force changes
Two of America’s largest tech companies suffered stunning defeats in court this week, sustaining early jolts in what could prove to be a seismic shift in how social media operates amid a new landscape of legal risk. Meta and Google both vowed to appeal verdicts that were handed down by civil juries in Los Angeles…
Read MoreGrowing Up as the Child of Radical Revolutionaries
I was born underground and spent my early years on the run. By 1980, though, my parents had finally decided to turn themselves in. A plea deal awaited us in Chicago, but, for the deal to work, we had to make it to the courthouse in person. If we were caught along the way, my…
Read MoreHonor the Plumbers | National Review
That we now have a cabinet secretary who is a plumber is something to be welcomed rather than mocked. Source link
Read MoreJimmy Kimmel’s Grating Contempt for the Working Class | National Review
His mockery of Markwayne Mullin was revealing. Source link
Read More“Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat” and Age of the Prestige Prank Show
Three years ago, the quasi-scripted comedy “Jury Duty,” an unassuming offering on the now defunct streaming service Freevee, became a social-media sensation through its particular brand of gentle brazenness. Its creators, Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, Frankensteined the series by stitching together two moribund TV genres—the mockumentary sitcom and the prank show—to construct something new,…
Read MoreCalifornia bill would require parent bloggers to delete content of minors on social media
As the daughter of a social media influencer, Caymi Barrett said she navigates life within a digital footprint she wished never existed. “Everything my mom posted is still on social media,” she said. “Photos I wish never saw the light of day, private details about my health, even when I started my first menstrual cycle.”…
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