Posts by Swedan Margen
True Crime, False Witness | National Review
The crime fanatics desperately seek a Lindsay Clancy twist. Source link
Read MoreHowie Rose and the Joy of Sound | National Review
What it was like to really hear the voice of that club. Source link
Read MoreAnnie Dillard’s Subject Was the Whole World
A hint of her post-“Pilgrim” strife can be detected in “Holy the Firm,” her most concentrated examination of the problem of suffering. There she talks about camping in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the midst of her newfound fame: “I had hauled myself and gear up there to read, among other things, James Ramsey Ullman’s…
Read MoreCustomer Acquisition Tracking Separates Growing Firms
PYMNTS Intelligence published new SMB Growth Monitor findings on Monday showing that owners who formally log where each customer came from grew revenue at more than double the rate of owners who log nothing. The study carries the title The SMB Growth Gap, and it drew on 526 small and mid-sized American firms. If you…
Read MoreM&A Trends Point to a Recovery Only at the Top
Boston Consulting Group released its M&A Report 2026 on Monday, and the top-line figure reads well. Deal value from January through August came in 15% higher than the same stretch of 2025. It also ran 11% ahead of the ten-year average. One layer down, the m&a trends look far narrower. Almost every dollar of that…
Read MoreNo, You Can’t Be ‘Kind of’ Pregnant | National Review
Slippery terminology undermines human dignity. Source link
Read MoreA rainbow of iMac G3s? This ‘old tech’ party in L.A. is a balm for our isolated times
What happened to the future we were promised? The vision that grew out of the 1990s techno-utopianism, when the internet was still a place of freedom and experimentation. Where are the infinite possibilities the early years of the millennium afforded, when social media meant AOL Instant Messenger and GeoCities, when our cellphones were not yet…
Read MoreHow iPhone users can file to get up to $95 from a $250-million settlement
People who bought certain iPhone models can start submitting claims to get paid as part of a $250-million settlement resolving legal claims that Apple misled consumers about the capabilities of its artificial-intelligence-powered features. Some iPhone users could be eligible for a cash payment of $25 per device, which could increase to $95 per device depending…
Read MoreAlibaba plans AI model with 5 trillion to 10 trillion parameters, unveils new chip
The company also set a target for Alibaba Cloud’s global data centre capacity to surpass 20 gigawatts by 2032 Published Tue, Sep 22, 2026 · 12:05 PM — Updated Tue, Sep 22, 2026 · 12:11 PM [BEIJING] Alibaba Group plans to train a new artificial intelligence model with between 5 trillion and 10 trillion parameters,…
Read MoreWhy U.N. Agencies Can’t Police Themselves | National Review
Too often, nefarious actors are thwarting humanitarian efforts and wasting U.S. taxpayers’ money. Source link
Read MoreHow the Gubernatorial Races Are Breaking | National Review
The races aren’t as uniform as the Senate’s, but the overall picture for the GOP is bad. Very bad. Source link
Read MoreMedian Household Income Record Resets Your Pricing Math
Real median household income reached $87,460 in 2025, the strongest figure in Census Bureau records going back to 1967, the agency reported this week. Poverty on the official measure dropped half a point to 10.2%, and the rate among children set a record low at 13.4%. Every founder selling to consumers just got a new…
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