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How 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…
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Yes, 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
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PayPal 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…
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New Directors, New Films
Also: Zendaya and Robert Pattinson in “The Drama,” Michael Schulman on spring fabulosity, Rachel Syme on the latest in trenchcoats, and…
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What Color Is Your Conservatism? | National Review
A comedian introduces a new color-coded politics. Source link
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Broadway’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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Contributor: Investigate the AI campaigns flooding public agencies with fake comments
California built its tradition of open government — including for citizen boards that set the rules for such functions as automotive…
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Oracle lays off thousands in latest sign of tough times for tech industry
Software giant Oracle on Tuesday started laying off workers as it looks to rein in costs and double down on artificial intelligence. On…
Business
CSU made a $17-million AI bet. A year later, students and faculty give it a mixed grade
California State University’s controversial $17-million deal to provide ChatGPT to every one of its campuses has been met with mixed…
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Savannah Guthrie’s Excruciating Story, on “Today”
Guthrie had agreed to do the interview as a desperate final appeal. Someone, she kept saying to Kotb—someone must know something. She’s…
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Progressives Give Wealth Confiscation Another Go | National Review
Their proposed wealth taxes would be unjust and economically destructive — if they worked. Source link
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Apple at 50: How a garage startup became a $3.5-trillion titan
Fifty years ago, Steve Wozniak knew he built a great personal computer, but the young engineer couldn’t convince his employer,…
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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…
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A Not-So-Faithful Portrayal of the Women of the Bible | National Review
The Faithful often eschews biblical teaching for a Hollywood retelling. Source link
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Risotto for the Masses | National Review
This dish is easier and more delicious than I’d anticipated. Source link
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How 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…
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Mars 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
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How 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…
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L.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…
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Growing 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…
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Honor 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
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Grating Contempt for the Working Class | National Review
His mockery of Markwayne Mullin was revealing. Source link
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“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…