David Swerdlick

Today's gift link. "Success will not come rapidly or without turbulence. But a new approach applied consistently over time will either persuade Israel to take hard steps to salvage the relationship or lead American leaders to impose limits." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/o...

Today's gift link. "Given Mr. Trump's passion on the issue of mail-in voting—he is a longtime crusader against it, even though he himself votes by mail—it seems a certainty that he will try again to curtail the practice in 2028." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...

Here's one from earlier this week: "Mr. Trump got a lot of mileage out of his supporters thinking of him as a singular figure—a tycoon who put his glitzy life on hold in order to fix a broken Washington" but "some of them are beginning to draw a different conclusion." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...

Been slacking. Catching up on a few editions of today's gift links. From yesterday: President Trump's communications team "should know by now that the prices at the pump and the self-checkout line are undefeated." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/o...

Bonus gift link. "Gaza has no future as long as Hamas holds two million Palestinians hostage to its nihilistic agenda." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/o...

Today's gift link. "It's remarkable that the livelihood of American ranchers is being shaped in private meetings between the president of the United States and a representative of Brazil's largest exporter of beef." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/o...

Today's gift link. "We can and should denounce double standards, but successful candidates must also navigate them." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/o...

Today's gift link. "Mr. Warsh has so far been quiet on the wisdom of Mr. Bessent's buyback gambit, and whether it is encroaching on the Fed's fief or compromising the hard-fought credibility of Treasury markets." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...

Today's gift link. "They should do the work." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/o...

Today's gift link. "China's ability to weather the Iran war's oil disruptions came as a surprise to many. It shouldn't have—this is exactly what the government has spent years preparing for." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/o...

"Which would you rather have, a solar-powered home or explosive diarrhea?" www.washingtonpost.com/food/2026/08...

This pie is worth the heat. Go pick up some stunning tomatoes and a bottle of Duke’s. (OK, fine, whatever mayo you prefer.) Fire up the oven and spark joy! nyti.ms/4xiE6M4

This meal has the flavors of a Greek combination plate with chicken souvlaki, Greek salad and tzatziki, but it is streamlined for the home cook. nyti.ms/4qv0pLF

Today's gift link. "The crisis in the United States is not the general corruption of both parties; it is the specific corruption of Trump and his enablers." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

David saying what many of us watching the Dems fear: They'd rather fight each other than worry all that much about Trump. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.

"Livestock inspection records show mustangs sold by the government soon ended up on trucks bound for slaughter plants in Canada." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...

Today's gift link. "What has surged is the real yield, or the extra, inflation-adjusted compensation that investors demand to bear the risk of buying debt in a more volatile world. It's unsettling out there right now." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/o...

Breaking News: The U.S. national debt hit $40 trillion after decades of borrowing. President Trump has promised to restore fiscal order, yet many of his policies have only exacerbated the debt burden. nyti.ms/4gpGitS

Today's gift link. "The world isn't running out of oil. It is running out of places to turn that oil into fuel. Which means the price of refined products such as gasoline will remain high." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/o...

Bonus gift link. "Trump won the 2024 election after promising to 'immediately bring prices down, starting on Day 1.' He did not. That's what the burrito discourse is really about." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/o...

Today's gift link. Trump's broken promises, in 11 charts. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Today's gift link. "The biggest difference so far between the G.O.P. Tea Party and whatever is happening in the Democratic Party is that the Democrats haven't yet thrown away a winnable seat as a result of their intraparty convulsions." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/o...

Today's gift link. "Trump the policymaker repeatedly does more harm than good. He is trapped in a maelstrom of zero-sum thinking, profound narcissism and an unshakable faith in his instincts." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/o...

Footage shows doctors at Kumamoto General Hospital in Japan clinging to an operating table to protect a patient during a powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake on July 28. The surgery was completed successfully. nyti.ms/4gip5n9

Counterpoint. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/s...

Today's gift link. "What, uniquely, does writing do? It compels thought. It compels thinking in ways that silent contemplation or spoken language rarely can." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...

Breaking News: Two deaths in Michigan have been linked to cyclospora. Both people who had the parasite also had underlying health issues.

As a committed shorts-wearer, I didn't want this to be persuasive, but it was. "That's why pilots wear uniforms. And you'd be turning right around on the jet bridge if you looked into the cockpit and spotted madras, bare legs and flip-flops." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/o...

If you’re only using the Normal mode on your washing machine, your clothes and linens might not be getting as clean as they could be. Here are the 10 most important settings on your washing machine to make it work better: nyti.ms/4bf6Egk

Today's gift link. "Pious or secular, these beliefs come down to the same idea: Men are people, and women are things." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Today's gift link. "Anyone who cares about Israel's well-being shouldn't be silent about anti-Palestinian settler terrorism." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/o...

Double-bonus gift link. "It would be a mistake, however, to dismiss Mr. Jackson as a bargain bin (or a Marden’s bargain, as they might say in Maine) version of Mr. Platner. Mr. Jackson might be the Graham Platner that Maine Democrats were always looking for." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/o...

Bonus gift link. "He indulges in a favorite refrain that falls groaningly short of being a rallying cry: 'For so many North Carolina families, there's just too much month at the end of the money.'" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/o...

Today's gift link. "Chris Rock was onto something when he riffed about Iraq war-era politics in his 2004 stand-up special, 'Never Scared.' He noted that, like most people, 'I got some stuff I'm conservative about; I got some stuff I'm liberal about.'" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/o...

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Breaking News: Taylor Farms, whose lettuce was linked to cyclospora cases, said it would remove the products at the center of the outbreak.

"It kept buying Iranian oil, maintained relations with the Gulf states, avoided the costs of defending Iran or policing the Gulf. This is Beijing's preferred approach, no dramatic confrontations but rather the steady accumulation of influence." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Quite a few instances of "war" and "prewar" in a document meant to end a conflict that was not described as a war. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/u...

Today's gift link. "Americans hate data centers. They really, really hate them." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/o...

Peter Navarro: "Every American should love tariffs"

Breaking News: U.S. exports rose 2.6% in April, as the war with Iran boosted exports of oil and petroleum products.

From @theathletic.com: The first sitting U.S. president to attend an NBA Finals game, President Trump was booed louder than the San Antonio Spurs by his fellow New Yorkers. nyti.ms/4uZHM49

My crankiest old man take is that referring to all art/entertainment/journalism/criticism/comedy/advertising as “content” helped pave the way for broad-ish acceptance of AI slop.

Economic confidence, by party news.gallup.com/poll/710450/...

MENG: Are you going to issue new memo in writing rescinding weaponization fund? BLANCHE: I'm not committing to putting anything in writing. What would the purpose be? M: You established it in writing so it makes sense to rescind it in writing B: Ok. I'm not committing to doing anything in writing

46.3 million barrels: that's how much U.S. gasoline inventories have fallen since january, the largest such drop on record going back to 1996. it's 54% bigger than the second-largest ever recorded, 2022's 30.3 million barrel plunge.

Today's gift link. "Americans may be struggling to afford food, gas and a visit to the doctor, but drugs and alcohol are more affordable than ever." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/o...

Bonus gift link. "Having lambasted President Barack Obama's 2015 deal to ease sanctions on Iran in exchange for limits on its nuclear program, Mr. Rubio is now among the loudest supporters of a similar agreement." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/o...

Today's gift link. "People are enduring democracy as 'the worst form of government' without the necessary balanced understanding (that citizens in the mid-20th century had gained through firsthand observation) of 'except all those other forms that have been tried.'" www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/o...