Recent articles
September 11, 2026
We’re still underrating 9/11’s impact
Flukey events and eccentric decisions changed the world for the worse forever.
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September 10, 2026
The economy could survive a downtick in A.I.
Plus what happened to college and what’s wrong with Tucker Carlson
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September 10, 2026
The 9/11 attacks and the crisis of global liberalism
Cosmopolitan Humanism 1 was crazy.
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September 9, 2026
Trump’s terrible plan to break skilled immigration
Improve flawed programs — don’t destroy them.
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September 8, 2026
There’s an awful lot we don’t know about data centers
An un-splainer about the issue of the moment
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September 4, 2026
Slow Boring D.C. happy hour on Wednesday
Join us at Barrel House at 6 p.m. on September 9.
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September 4, 2026
You can’t blame housing shortages for literally everything
Plus alternate Reconstructions, saving D.C. real estate, and the truth about Tupac
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September 3, 2026
Stop making up reasons to be mad
A harmless old A.E.S. tweet, a paranoid anti-A.E.S. conspiracy theory, and the case for a mind of winter
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September 3, 2026
Is there a liberal center? Should there be?
A conversation with Nate Silver and Jeremiah Johnson
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September 2, 2026
An easy way to give kids more freedom
Apple should let kids use digital transit passes. They’re already riding the bus — make it easier!
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September 1, 2026
Republicans have a big midterm cash advantage
Democrats have alienated billionaires without winning back the working class.
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August 31, 2026
Democrats should vow to surrender in the Canada trade war
Good politics, good policy, and the search for a peaceful world require complete repudiation of this nonsense.
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August 28, 2026
The Great Awokening started in 2014, not 2020
Plus price controls, a lot of Maine stuff, and what a 2028 anti-MAGA insurgency could look like
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August 27, 2026
Politics should be more boring
It’s like drilling hard boards; it’s not supposed to be entertaining.
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August 27, 2026
The “anti-social century” with Derek Thompson
What happens as people spend more and more time alone?
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August 26, 2026
YIMBYs already have a bold vision for solving the housing crisis
Don’t listen to the haters — there’s nothing narrow about this.
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August 25, 2026
The Western water crisis has a simple solution
Stop giving the majority of the water away to farmers for almost nothing!
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August 24, 2026
The real reason nobody feels good about technological progress
The internet is a small miracle that in practice we mostly use to watch short-form video.
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August 21, 2026
Giving the people what they want (not data centers)
Plus dynamism, Rock Creek Park, and all the practical problems with abolishing ICE
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August 20, 2026
Thousands of years of indoor air pollution
The too-late invention of somewhat safe ways to cook and heat with wood
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August 20, 2026
Everyone hates the “elites,” but who are they?
According to voters, it’s basically just rich people.
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August 19, 2026
Two kinds of moderate Democrats
There are many pragmatists, but few have the courage to say what they really think.
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August 18, 2026
The invisible faction that dominates the Democratic Party
Meet the Progressive Establishment
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August 17, 2026
Woke 1 is dead. We’ve learned nothing.
Blatant indifference to facts is all too common across ideologies
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August 14, 2026
History often hinges on boring technical questions
Plus the Silicon Valley canon and the case for YIMBYing beloved vacation destinations
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August 13, 2026
Medicare for All should be more like Medicare
A floor for health care, not a ceiling
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August 13, 2026
From “Bowling Alone” to scrolling alone
Matt and Jerusalem debate the legacy
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August 12, 2026
Abdul El-Sayed can win moderate voters
A roadmap for getting to yes — if he makes the effort
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August 11, 2026
The $20 burrito tearing the Republican Party apart
Trump promised lower prices and has delivered the reverse.
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August 10, 2026
A strange gifted education success story
If expanding access works, is your program really for the “gifted”?
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