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February 20, 2026
The NBA’s Problems Are Structural, Cultural and Fixable
What's driving NBA fans to apathy, how the league might find its way back, and whether Adam Silver has outlived his usefulness.
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February 13, 2026
Takaichi, Tanking and Legalization Lessons
On landslide elections in Japan, fixing a mess in the NBA, and a defining political challenge for the next generation in the United States.
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February 6, 2026
What ‘Any Given Sunday’ Gets Right
Any Given Sunday is a product of its time, and its treatment of modern pro football is both more alive and more poignant than just about any sports movie to emerge since.
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January 30, 2026
The Scorpion and the Frogs
As world leaders look to China to de-risk from the U.S., it's worth considering how we got here.
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January 23, 2026
Was Nico Harrison Wrong?
Looking back at the volcanic backlash to the Luka trade, and looking ahead to the future for Doncic in L.A.
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January 16, 2026
News in the Era of Irreconcilable Differences
The Bari Weiss era at CBS is probably not the crisis her critics allege it to be, but two realities make a successful revival look close to impossible.
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January 9, 2026
Notes from Schrödinger’s Cold War
Why the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro, and the challenge of decoding U.S. foreign policy in an era defined by cold war objectives, but without cold war rhetoric.
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December 19, 2025
Five Questions About Victor Wembanyama
Five questions about the biggest story the NBA has this season.
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December 12, 2025
Netflix and the Flattening of Everything
Whether the $72 billion Warner Brothers deal closes or not, the era of Netflix as big tech Switzlerland is now over.
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December 5, 2025
The Forest the New York Times Missed Among the David Sacks Trees
The New York Times failed to support its David Sacks headline, and ignored better questions about the how U.S. devises modern tech policy.
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