Recent articles
May 20, 2026
We can fix the Trump/Warren build-to-rent ban
The House of Representatives to the rescue?
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May 19, 2026
A diverse “Odyssey” is the triumph of Western civilization
We should want a canon, and that means an inclusive canon.
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May 18, 2026
Trump’s China policy is a disaster
Surrendering American advantages in an effort to score a big soybean sale
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May 15, 2026
How to know what politicians really think
Plus AOC vs. Mamdani, the DC mayor’s race, and plot vs. story
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May 14, 2026
What the Spirit debate is really about
Promoting competition or promoting a return to price regulation?
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May 14, 2026
The case for clean energy abundance
It’s a good idea — and strikingly different from conventional environmentalism.
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May 13, 2026
Why kids don’t go anywhere anymore
The technological and economic shifts behind helicopter parenting
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May 12, 2026
Shmoderation is the future
Who cares what you call an eclectic politician who appeals to the hodgepodge of views of heterodox voters?
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May 11, 2026
Hantavirus is a reminder we should prepare for the next pandemic
We’re going backward instead of forward
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May 8, 2026
The real lesson of Spirit’s bankruptcy
Plus pragmatism for conservatives, places I haven’t been, and what’s cooking in Ann Arbor
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May 7, 2026
Matt and Jerusalem read Betty Friedan’s classic, “The Feminine Mystique”
A prescient, influential, and slightly bizarre book
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May 7, 2026
Political commentary should be boring
Old man yells at podcast clouds
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May 6, 2026
Don’t copy Donald Trump’s failed presidency
The Orange Man is bad at the job.
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May 5, 2026
Seniors aren’t living on “fixed incomes”
It’s not 1967 anymore — the world has changed.
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May 4, 2026
We should pay more for the best teachers
A popular, compelling, correct idea
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May 1, 2026
The case for housing is jobs and growth
Plus leverage over Israel, A.I. and immigration, and revisiting Bush’s Social Security plan
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April 30, 2026
Should we end asylum?
Is ending asylum the way to stop chaos at the border?
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April 30, 2026
Technological progress isn’t always good
The Luddites were wrong, but that’s not a universal law.
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April 29, 2026
Ken Martin is doing a terrible job
The D.N.C. needs a chair who’s up to the task.
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April 28, 2026
A radical idea for breaking the cycle of public anger
What if we actually focused on the cost of living?
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April 27, 2026
Where DOGE hit DC hardest
A high-impact failure that hit the poorest neighborhoods
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April 24, 2026
What to make of the generic ballot
Plus ties, Mamdani, the Obama legacy, and fundraising’s diminishing returns
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April 23, 2026
Should we miss hypocritical idealism in American foreign policy?
The upside of Trump's cynical realism
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April 23, 2026
My politically homeless views
There are great ideas that neither coalition wants to push for.
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April 22, 2026
If Israel doesn’t like how it’s perceived, it should change its behavior
There are always persuadable audiences — it’s worth trying
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April 21, 2026
Candidates shouldn’t release lots of “plans”
Not for A.I. and the labor market or health care or anything else
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April 20, 2026
Dogs aren’t people
One of my hottest takes
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April 17, 2026
It’s not “bad marketing” from A.I. companies
Plus progressive mayors, Vice President Henry Clay, and how Trump could be impeached
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April 16, 2026
Destroy the internet to save it?
Jerusalem and I debate internet anonymity
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April 16, 2026
My most right-wing views
Human nature, law and order (if only they applied it to Trump’s cronies ...), and capitalism
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