Why Serious Cooks Are In Love With Frozen Food
#Recipes_Maybe you think of frozen food as over-processed and overpriced, a wasteland of pizza rolls and tater tots. If so, may I suggest a stroll down your supermarket’s iciest aisle? There, a new wave is cresting.…
The Simplest Steak Dinner
#RecipesHOT TIP A quick blanching of the green beans draws out their sweetness and helps release starch to lend body to the sauce.…
Mexico’s New Focus to Stem Violent Culture: Children
#Crime #MexicoPUEBLA, Mexico—When Lupita Pérez Parra was a young girl, struggling to learn how to read, her mother would punish her by pricking her fingers with a sewing needle. Years later, when Ms. Pérez became frustrated at her own children, she found herself meting out the same painful punishment.…
Women Don’t Belong in Combat Units
#Politics #GenderFemale Marine recruits in boot camp in Parris Island, S.C., Feb. 27, 2013. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images…
Byron Wien 2019
#Finance #Byron Wien_New York, January 3, 2019_ – Byron R. Wien, Vice Chairman in the Private Wealth Solutions group at Blackstone, today issued his list of Ten Surprises for 2019. This is the 34th year Byron has given his views on a number of economic, financial market and political surprises for the coming year.…
Berlin ist halt doch ein bisschen wie Afrika
#PoliticsIch kann mich gut an meinen ersten Tag in Berlin erinnern. Ich stand früh auf, um Erledigungen zu machen: ein Gang zu Post und Bank, zu Telefonanbieter und Meldeamt. Was man halt so macht, wenn man ankommt. Ich war dann aber sehr bald wieder zu Hause.…
Will 2019 See Climate Maturity?
#Global WarmingInnocent news consumers may be impressed to learn that Germany has reduced carbon-dioxide emissions by 27% since 1990. This is the standard the German government itself has employed, and it has been glibly endorsed by many news organizations.…
Welcher Staat soll’s denn sein?
#Politics #EUWir erleben derzeit so etwas wie ein Endspiel beim europäischen State-Building. Die Karten werden neu gemischt, mit weitreichenden Konsequenzen. So steht denn auch beim EU-Rahmenvertrag für die Eidgenossenschaft mehr auf dem Spiel als wirtschaftlicher Wohlstand oder direkte Demokratie.…
Parsing the Gender Pay Gap
#SexsismProgressives claim that the pay difference between men and women is caused by sexism that government must redress. But a new study offers compelling evidence that the choices and priorities of women account for much of the disparity.…