Posts by Swedan Margen
Sebastião Salgado’s View of Humanity
Last year, on the occasion of Taschen’s reissue of “Workers” (originally published in 1993), I had the chance to interview Salgado over video chat. He was in Paris, sitting in his studio, with a mural-size print of one of his photographs behind him. Salgado had a smooth shaved head and wild white eyebrows. In conversation,…
Read More'Prognosis is good': Biden sounds upbeat about cancer treatment
Former President Joe Biden said people are optimistic about treating his prostate cancer. Source link
Read MoreMinnesota Gov. Tim Walz, in South Carolina remarks, calls on Democrats 'to be a little meaner'
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sought to energize activists at a Democratic state convention in South Carolina, as the party’s 2024 vice presidential nominee works to keep up the high national profile he gained when Kamala Harris selected him as her running mate. Source link
Read MoreSummers Before Screens
Remembering a way of life we’ll never get back Source link
Read MoreDid Stephen Miller Punch Elon Musk? Wild Theories about Musk’s Black Eye Surface after Katie Miller Quits White House to Work for Tesla CEO
Elon Musk made headlines on Friday as he appeared alongside Donald Trump in the Oval Office to bid farewell to the White House. However, it was Musk’s black eye that caught the attention of most of the viewers, sparking a wave of speculation about he got the shiner, with the billionaire blaming it on playful…
Read MoreWho Is Megha Vemuri? Indian-Origin Student Banned from MIT Graduation Ceremony for Delivering Pro-Palestine Commencement Speech
Jewish students walked out of their graduation ceremony on Thursday after the commencement speaker at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology accused the prestigious institution of supporting efforts to wipe “Palestine from the face of the Earth.” Megha M. Vemuri, president of the Class of 2025, drew both boos and applause during her controversial commencement speech,…
Read MoreMan, 43, Dies After Falling from Height in Workplace Accident in Singapore
A 43-year-old Singaporean man died after falling from a tower at a worksite near the Padang on May 30 while he was abseiling. The Ministry of Manpower said that the man, who was a freelance industrial rope access worker, was rappelling down an 18m-high steel tower on Connaught Drive when his single anchorage rope failed,…
Read MoreChinese National Jailed in Singapore for Offering S$50 Bribe to ICA Officer After Being Caught with Contraband Cigarettes
A 29-year-old student as sentenced to four weeks’ jail on Friday, May 30, after she pleaded guilty to offering bribe of least $50 to an Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officer. This comes after the Singapore-based foreign student was caught with contraband cigarettes at the Woodlands Checkpoint and tried to get off the hook by…
Read MoreSo Do Judges Get to Read the President’s Mind or Not?
The president may not be insulated from any judicial review of his motivations. Source link
Read MoreA Visit to Winterthur, the House Museum Par Excellence
The du Pont estate in Delaware might be old-time but the art is timeless. Source link
Read MoreAnother Harvard Scandal Proves That Science Is Broken
Harvard’s dishonest expert on honesty is a poignant symbol of a far larger problem in academia: ideological allegiance replacing the quest for truth. Source link
Read MoreThe Antisemitism Is the Point
Charges of genocide against Israel are not only disinformation. They are also often projection on the part of its enemies Source link
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