Recent articles
February 23, 2026
Democrats don’t need a Project 2029
The party needs fewer big ideas, not more.
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February 20, 2026
Charismatic leaders can roll their base
Plus a detailed explanation of something obscure Chuck Schumer did in 2008
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February 19, 2026
Jesse Jackson and the rise of the progressive movement
Today’s Democratic Party is very much the quilt he called for.
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February 18, 2026
A.I. progress is giving me writer’s block
It’s hard to write good articles when you have no idea if everything is about to change.
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February 17, 2026
Trump’s terrible plan to revive coal
It’s dirty, it’s not cheap, it’s not a good idea.
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February 16, 2026
Presidential democracy was a mistake
President’s Day is a bad holiday — and a symptom of a bad system.
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February 13, 2026
Gavin Newsom’s electoral track record is bad
Plus cooking, the Wizards, the auto industry, and Trump’s threat to the election
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February 12, 2026
Americans think everyone is corrupt
Voters have weird views about this, and progressive advocacy groups do a lot that’s counterproductive.
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February 11, 2026
The liberal case for the Olympics
Root for Team U.S.A., don’t let Trump own the flag
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February 10, 2026
Don’t let Elon Musk monopolize space compute
A case for more antitrust enforcement
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February 9, 2026
DoorDash and the dilemma of affluence
A more prosperous America is also a less thrifty America, with mixed results.
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February 6, 2026
Saying what we mean about ICE
Plus the under-appreciated Hakeem Jeffries and some Epstein takes
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February 5, 2026
Who really saved the whales?
The multiple lives and deaths of the commercial whaling industry
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February 4, 2026
A country can’t get rich by making housing scarce
Trump wants to reassure people he won’t make homes more affordable.
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February 3, 2026
Liberalism and globalization
Good economics, questionable political analysis
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February 2, 2026
Gavin Newsom is very similar to Kamala Harris
Two San Francisco local elected officials who successfully ran statewide in CA
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January 30, 2026
E-Verify isn’t magic
Plus flags, Morris Katz, teacher training, and the classics of Russian literature
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January 29, 2026
Trump embraces affordability slop
Politicians should try something that actually works.
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January 28, 2026
“Corporate power” doesn’t mean anything
You can’t fight what you can’t measure or define.
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January 27, 2026
Eisenhower’s big mistake?
A short-term success that laid the groundwork for long-term disaster in Israel and Palestine
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January 26, 2026
A turning point in Minnesota
You can’t just kill people and then lie about the victims.
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January 23, 2026
The shocking collapse of American vaccination
A somewhat surprising, totally terrible, borderline unfixable Trump legacy
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December 18, 2025
Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Do. Why Don’t Democrats?
Liberals should reconcile with America’s oil and gas industry.
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