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Can Teachers Opt Out? What Mahmoud v. Taylor Means for Educators
Public schools do not exist to validate adult identity or ideology. Source link
Swedan Margen
Swedan Margen contributes to L'Officiel Lifestyle with a focus on business and entrepreneurship.
Swedan covers business developments, emerging companies, entrepreneurial stories, and trends influencing industries and the broader economy.
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What King of the Hill Can Teach Us
Hank Hill, in his own way, models conservative principle: fidelity to place and a willingness to make the best of a changing world. Source…
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The Futility of Simulating Nature
In “The Anthropocene of Illusion,” the photographer Zed Nelson captures how the natural world has been reproduced, reshuffled, and…
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What It’s Like to Brainstorm with a Bot
Contrary to what many of my friends believe, good academics are always working—at least in the sense that when we’re stuck on a problem,…
Business
Our Age of Zombie Culture
It’s not alive, but it’s not dead, either. It consumes a vast amount of resources. It’s mindless: what presents as its will is really a…
Business
Chinese tech financier released after probe: former colleague
Chinese tech financier Bao Fan has been released by Chinese authorities after vanishing from public view over two years ago while…
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US licenses Nvidia to export chips to China, official says
The commerce department has started issuing licences to Nvidia to export its H20 chips to China, a US official told Reuters on Friday (Aug…
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Begun, the Gerrymandering Wars Have
Threats have been exchanged, and now we wait until someone pulls the trigger. Source link
Politics
Texas judge blocks Beto O'Rourke from helping runaway Democrats
A Texas judge issued a restraining order Friday blocking former Rep. Beto O'Rourke from using his political group to help state Democratic…
Politics
Trump says he'll meet with Putin in Alaska next Friday
President Trump said he'll meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska next Friday as he pushes to negotiate an end to the war…
Business
US: Nasdaq posts record closing high with tech gains, rate cut optimism
US stocks ended higher and the Nasdaq notched a record closing high for the second straight day on Friday (Aug 8) as technology-related…
Politics
Israeli Takeover of Gaza Would Be a Big Risk
Israel’s war against Hamas remains well-justified, but there is a danger of entrenching there. Source link
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Sri Trang Agro-Industry swings to net loss of 786.8 million baht in Q2
Sri Trang Agro-Industry swung to a net loss of 786.8 million baht (S$31.3 million) for the second quarter ended June, from earnings of…
Business
CEO pulled Boeing out of nosedive, but new challenges approach
One year after taking the helm during Boeing’s deepest crisis in decades, CEO Kelly Ortberg has stopped the company’s freefall. Now, he…
Politics
Trump still faces legal battles in Georgia and New York
President Trump still faces a quartet of legal battles in New York and Georgia, even though federal prosecutions against him over charges…
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US dollar softness to relieve pressure on Asia’s foreign exchange defenders
The worst may be over for Asia’s central banks that have ramped up efforts defending local currencies after a resurgent US dollar and…
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Apac Realty’s H1 net profit more than doubles to S$11.3 million on higher home sales
Real estate services player Apac Realty’s net profit more than doubled to S$11.3 million for its first half ended Jun 30, 2025. This was…
Business
Singapore stocks end Friday in the red amid mixed Asia markets; STI down 0.4%
Local stocks ended its rally to close lower on Friday (Aug 8), following a mixed performance across Asian markets as investors navigated a…
Culture
Richard Brody’s Summertime Movie Picks
The recent heat wave may be only a memory—but enshrining memories is what movies do, and many of them rely on harsh summer climates as…
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Nobody Wins on “Surrounded”
A couple of weeks ago, a clip from a YouTube video titled “1 Progressive vs 20 Far-Right Conservatives” started circulating on social…
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“Weapons,” “Harvest,” and the Shackles of the Horror Genre
Horror is an accursed genre. Because it promises to deliver a specific sensational effect, its stories are obliged to fit into preordained…
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Hollywood’s Conservative Pivot
“King of the Hill,” the animated sitcom that first ran for thirteen Americana-powered seasons between 1997 and 2010, had a deceptively…