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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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Thursday discussion post
Here’s what’s on Matt’s mind. What’s on yours?
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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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Is there a liberal center? Should there be?
A conversation with Nate Silver and Jeremiah Johnson
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Coalescence or ... no-alescence
Candidates in Texas are being left out to dry by members of their own parties — even as their counterparts in Michigan are gaining support from unlikely…
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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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Tuesday discussion post
Higher ed is looking bad, Michigan is looking good
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