Archive - Slow Boring

Definitely a good news bad news day.

9 hrs ago •

Progressive millennials are old now

With middle age comes power, but the torch of cool is passing to younger right-wingers

19 hrs ago •

Matthew Yglesias

June 2025

Jun 30 •

Derek Thompson on the politics of abundance

The NBA regular season, Zohran Mamdani's abundance socialism, and more

Jun 30 •

Matthew Yglesias

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Learning from Milwaukee's "Sewer Socialists"

The only way to succeed as mayor is to do a good job with the boring stuff

Jun 30 •

Matthew Yglesias

Sunday thread + Mailbag

Drop your questions below!

Jun 29 •

Saturday thread

Happy Saturday!

Jun 28 •

Interesting explainer from A City that works.

Jun 27 •

Presidential luck

Plus Villette, Iran, and AI functionalism

Jun 27 •

Matthew Yglesias

Thursday thread

This needs to go inside the brain of every progressive Democrat.

Jun 26 •

What true political leadership looks like

Sarah McBride's slow boring of hard boards

Jun 26 •

Matthew Yglesias

Wednesday thread

This is so unbelievably messed up.

Jun 25 •

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