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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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August 7, 2026
In praise of commercial culture
Plus when I’d vote for a Republican, the case for generalists, and why live theater is weird now
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August 6, 2026
Bernie Sanders Is Not Doing the Democrats Any Favors
What exactly is the project of the insurgent left all about?
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August 6, 2026
The message behind Christopher Nolan’s most important change to “The Odyssey”
Are we the Sea Peoples?
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August 6, 2026
A look back at #MeToo
Matt and Jerusalem on the legacy of the movement
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August 5, 2026
Republicans are in too little disarray
With Trump historically unpopular, why isn’t there more infighting?
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August 4, 2026
Mamdani’s not the first to try to bring cheap groceries to N.Y.C.
Walmart versus the stationary bandits
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August 3, 2026
Democrats should seize the chance to end the filibuster
A national voter ID law is nothing to fear.
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July 31, 2026
Mega-events are the new monoculture
Plus N.B.A. analytics, the Paramount deal, and the dream of stronger political parties
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July 30, 2026
How Trump made America less popular than China
Speak loudly and blunder a lot
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